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John Bowden Connally Jr. was an American politician who served as the 39th governor of Texas from 1963 to 1969 and as the 61st United States secretary of the treasury from 1971 to 1972. He began his career as a Democrat and became a Republican in 1973.
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Born 27 February 1917 · Died 15 June 1993 · Q311293
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Allegations by Ben Barnes, a longtime Connally associate, were published in the New York Times alleging that Connally interfered with Iran hostage crisis negotiations to aid the Reagan campaign and gain favor with Reagan
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TSLAC loaned the suit to the National Archives and Records Administration for examination purposes
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At the First United Methodist Church of Austin where he and his wife, Nellie Connally, had been members since 1963
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Died 1993-06-15.
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Connally began to have trouble breathing and was admitted to the Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, where he died from pulmonary fibrosis, on June 15, at the age of 76
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Connally filed for bankruptcy as a result of a string of business losses in Houston
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Connally was alleged to be aware of Operation Red Dog, a plot by white supremacists to overthrow the government of Dominica, by Michael Perdue
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To lead the Democrats for Nixon organization, which campaigned for Nixon's re-election
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Disapproved strongly and publicly of Connally's switch, stating that "
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Republican President Nixon appointed Democrat Connally as Treasury Secretary
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Career landmark: United States Secretary of the Treasury (1971–1972).
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Republican President Richard Nixon appointed Connally as his treasury secretary
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But liberal Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine was chosen instead
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While Palestine would either become a state or a region of Jordan, in exchange for the recognition of Israel by the Arab states and a firm flow of oil
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Who walked 350 miles to ask him to support a state minimum wage"
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Connally defended his views by saying: "In a sense it is a dirty business, but not corrupt
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But chose instead to run for a third term as governor
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That was supposed to have been secret), that his administration had gone out of its way to keep taxes off business, although "every poll shows business taxes are the most popular with the public
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That Kennedy was assassinated by 24-year-old ex-Marine Lee Harvey Oswald and that Oswald had acted entirely alone
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Connally grew critical of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society and was willing to block its enaction in Texas
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Connally was seriously wounded while riding in Kennedy's presidential limousine at Dealey Plaza, Dallas when Kennedy was assassinated
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To the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC)
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Connally was riding in the presidential limousine when Kennedy was assassinated, and was seriously wounded
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Career landmark: Governor of Texas (1963–1969).
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Career landmark: United States Secretary of the Navy (1961–1961).
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Which had soured many voters on his administration
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President Kennedy named Connally Secretary of the Navy
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Connally was named to the lucrative position of co-executor of the estate
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Had first proposed the admission of women to the institution
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As an ensign during World War II, first as an aide to James V
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Where Connally remained until 1941, when he joined the Naval Reserve
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Connally met and befriended Lyndon B
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Into a large family in Floresville, the seat of Wilson County, southeast of San Antonio
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Born 1917-02-27.
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And pursued a legal career after graduating from the University of Texas at Austin
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