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'''John Bowden Connally, Jr.''' (February 27, 1917 – June 15, 1993), was both a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] and [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[politician]] who served as [[governor]] of his native [[Texas]] from 1963 to 1969. He served in the Cabinet of both [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[Richard M. Nixon]].
'''John Bowden Connally, Jr.''' (February 27, 1917 – June 15, 1993), was both a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] and [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[politician]] who served as [[governor]] of his native [[Texas]] from 1963 to 1969. He served in the Cabinet of both [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[Richard M. Nixon]] but was personally closest to [[Lyndon B. Johnson]].
Connally was commissioned in the [[United States Navy]] 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 Navy]] 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.