- Contrary to the Warren Commission, he never believed he was hit with the same bullet that went through President Kennedy. His wife Nellie, first lady Jackie Kennedy and several witnesses all agreed with him. According to Secret Service agent Clint Hill, the commission (which eventually came up with the 'single-bullet theory') did NOT testify the two agents riding behind the President's car that saw two shots hit the President and a separate one hit Connally.
- Was originally picked by President Richard Nixon to succeed Spiro Agnew as Vice-President (under terms of the 25th amendment to the constitution). He refused the offer and it eventually went to Gerald Ford.
- Wounded during the assassination of Pres. John F. Kennedy in Dallas in 1963.
- Governor of Texas, 15 January 1963 - 21 January 1969.
- Brother of Merrill Connally.
- In 1980, he ran for President in a field of candidates that also included Ronald Reagan and George Bush. He was, at the time, the first Governor of Texas to run for President. Appropriately, the other candidate, George Bush, is the father of former Governor of Texas, and U.S. President, George W. Bush.
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 3, 1991-1993, pp. 114-116. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2001.
- Father of Sharon Connally and Mark M. Connally.
- Son of John Bowden Connally Sr. and Lela Wright.
- Graduated from the University of Texas law school in 1941.
- U.S. Secretary of the Navy (1961-1962), U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1971-1972).
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