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CodeDS/UK/13870
NameConnally; John (1917-1993); American politician
Dates1917-1993
GenderMale
BiographyJohn Bowden Connally, Jr. (February 27, 1917 – June 15, 1993), was an American politician, serving as the 39th Governor of Texas, as Secretary of the Navy under President John F. Kennedy, and as Secretary of the Treasury under President Richard M. Nixon. While he was Governor in 1963, Connally was a passenger in the car in which President Kennedy was assassinated, and was seriously wounded during the shooting.

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