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'''John Bowden Connally, Jr.''' (February 27, 1917 – June 15, 1993) was both a [[Democrat]] and [[Republican]] Party policitician who served as Governor of Texas from 1963-1969. He has the unique position of having served as a cabint secretary for two different Presidents in different political parties.  

[[Image:Connally.jpg|right|275px|thumb|John Connally in 1976]]  '''John Bowden Connally, Jr.''' (February 27, 1917 – June 15, 1993) was both a [[Democrat]] and [[Republican]] Party policitician who served as Governor of Texas from 1963-1969. He has the unique position of having served as a cabint secretary for two different Presidents in different political parties.  

Connally was commissioned in the [[United States]] [[Naval Reserve]] in 1941, where he went through nine major air-sea battles in the [[Pacific]]. In April 1945 he endured fifty-two consecutive hours of Japanese kamikaze attacks. He was credited as a hero and rose to the rank of lieutenant commander. He returned home to work in politics and worked for [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]'s 1946 reelection campaign to [[Congress]] and his 1948 Senatorial Campaign. There where allegations that Connally had been involved in [[voter fraud]] after a suspicious late report of 200 votes in Box 13 from Jim Wells County came in for Johnson, resulting in his 87 vote victory.

Connally was commissioned in the [[United States]] [[Naval Reserve]] in 1941, where he went through nine major air-sea battles in the [[Pacific]]. In April 1945 he endured fifty-two consecutive hours of Japanese kamikaze attacks. He was credited as a hero and rose to the rank of lieutenant commander. He returned home to work in politics and worked for [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]'s 1946 reelection campaign to [[Congress]] and his 1948 Senatorial Campaign. There where allegations that Connally had been involved in [[voter fraud]] after a suspicious late report of 200 votes in Box 13 from Jim Wells County came in for Johnson, resulting in his 87 vote victory.