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Governor John Connally
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| Governor John Connally was born on a farm
near Floresville, Texas, on February 27, 1917. He graduated from Floresville High School,
and entered the University of Texas in 1933. Governor Connally graduated from law school
in 1941. Nellie Brill and John Connally were married December 21, 1940 with four
children born to them. During World War Two, John Connally joined the Navy as a fighter on
aircraft carriers and he went through nine major battles in the Pacific and he was a
lieutenant commander. After the war he started a radio station in Austin, Texas, called
KVET. Next he entered politics and worked with Lyndon B. Johnson. Then he went back to
practice law in Texas in 1950. President John F. Kennedy made Connally the
Secretary of the Navy in 1961. He was Governor of Texas from 1963 to 1969. In
Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963 President Kennedy and Governor Connally were shot.
President Kennedy was killed and Governor Connally was badly wounded. After he was
Governor he joined a large law firm in Houston. He died on June 15, 1993, at the Methodist
Hospital in Houston and he was buried in the State Cemetery in Austin. sources: "CONNALLY, JOHN BOWDEN, JR." The Handbook of Texas Online. <http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/CC/fcosf.html> {Accessed Tue Mar 7 12:37:17 2000] Lawrence M. Ludke, Sculptor. http://sculptor.home.texas.net, accessed 3/10/00 |
John Connally with his mother in front of her home near
Floresville. |
