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===1962 gubernatorial campaign===

===1962 gubernatorial campaign===

From 1967 to 1971, he was a member of the Texas Tech regents under original appointment of Governor [[John Connally|John B. Connally, Jr.]] In 1962, Formby had been among the intra-party rivals defeated by Connally for the Democratic [[Governor|gubernatorial]] nomination. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' termed Formby "a [[conservative]]" in the primary contest but did not elaborate on what were his slim chances of winning the nomination. The other contestants were sitting Governor Marion Price Daniel, Sr., who sought an unprecedented fourth two-year term; Don Yarborough (1925-2009), a [[liberal]] lawyer and supporter of [[organized labor]] from [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]; former state Attorney General [[Will Wilson]], later a Republican convert, and retired Army [[General]] Edwin Anderson Walker (1909-1993) of Dallas, known for his staunch [[Communism|anti-communism]]. Connally went on to defeat the Republican Jack Cox (1921-1990), himself a former Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives in West Texas and then an oil-equipment executive in Houston.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,896085,00.html|title=Nation: Talking in Texas|publisher=''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'|date=April 22, 1962|accessdate=November 18, 2019; under pay wall}}</ref><ref>

From 1967 to 1971, he was a member of the Texas Tech regents under original appointment of Governor [[John Connally|John B. Connally, Jr.]] In 1962, Formby had been among the intra-party rivals defeated by Connally for the Democratic [[Governor|gubernatorial]] nomination. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' termed Formby "a [[conservative]]" in the primary contest but did not elaborate on what were his slim chances of winning the nomination. The other contestants were sitting Governor Marion Price Daniel, Sr. (1910-1988), who sought an unprecedented fourth two-year term; Don Yarborough (1925-2009), a [[liberal]] lawyer and supporter of [[organized labor]] from [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]; former state Attorney General [[Will Wilson]], later a Republican convert, and retired Army [[General]] Edwin Anderson Walker (1909-1993) of Dallas, known for his staunch [[Communism|anti-communism]]. Connally went on to defeat the Republican Jack Cox (1921-1990), himself a former Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives in West Texas and then an oil-equipment executive in Houston.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,896085,00.html|title=Nation: Talking in Texas|publisher=''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''|date=April 22, 1962|accessdate=November 18, 2019; under pay wall}}</ref>

Two other former state highway directors who lost gubernatorial races during this period of history were [[Fred Preaus]] in [[Louisiana]] in 1956 and Henry Ward in [[Kentucky]] in 1967.</ref> John Connally, meanwhile, served three two-year terms as governor from 1963 to 1969, the only office to which he was ever elected.​

Two other former state highway directors who lost gubernatorial races during this period of history were [[Fred Preaus]] in [[Louisiana]] in 1956 and Henry Ward in [[Kentucky]] in 1967.</ref> John Connally, meanwhile, served three two-year terms as governor from 1963 to 1969, the only office to which he was ever elected.​ He was [[United States Secretary|Secretary of the Navy]] under [[U.S. President]] [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] under President [[Richard M. Nixon]]. Late in his career, he switched parties and sought the 1980 Republican presidential nomination, having been quickly defeated in early [[Primary|primaries]].

==Death and legacy==

==Death and legacy==