by Barbara J. Wood
CONNALLY
John and Nellie Connally, and Pat and President Richard Nixon at Connally ranch
John Connally, wife Nellie Connally, Pat Nixon and President Richard Nixon stand on the porch of Connally's ranch house in Floresville, Texas, on April 30, 1972. Other guests at the Picosa ranch that weekend included Dallas oilman Bunker Hunt, maverick Dallas financiers John Murchison and Clint Murchison Jr., Fort Worth publisher Amon Carter Jr. and Sid Richardson's nephew and heir apparent, Perry Bass. Another guest was Leon Jaworski who, 2.5 years later, as Watergate Special Prosecutor, would force Nixon from the White House.
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Courtesy/Traces of Texas
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Courtesy/Traces of Texas
John Bowden Connally Jr.
John Bowden Connally Jr. was born in Floresville Texas the county seat of Wilson County Texas. He served as the 39th Governor of Texas and as the 61st United States Secretary of the Treasury. As secretary of the treasury, Connally took the U.S. off the gold standard and imposed wage-and-price controls.
"The Secretary of the Treasury is the principal economic advisor to the President and plays a critical role in policy-making by bringing an economic and government financial policy perspective to issues facing the government. The Secretary is responsible for formulating and recommending domestic and international financial, economic, and tax policy, participating in the formulation of broad fiscal policies that have general significance for the economy, and managing the public debt. The Secretary oversees the activities of the Department in carrying out its major law enforcement responsibilities; in serving as the financial agent for the United States Government; and in manufacturing coins and currency.
"The Chief Financial Officer of the government, the Secretary serves as Chairman Pro Tempore of the President's Economic Policy Council, Chairman of the Boards and Managing Trustee of the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds, and as U.S. Governor of the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development."
(From the U.S. Department of the Treasury website)
"The Secretary of the Treasury is the principal economic advisor to the President and plays a critical role in policy-making by bringing an economic and government financial policy perspective to issues facing the government. The Secretary is responsible for formulating and recommending domestic and international financial, economic, and tax policy, participating in the formulation of broad fiscal policies that have general significance for the economy, and managing the public debt. The Secretary oversees the activities of the Department in carrying out its major law enforcement responsibilities; in serving as the financial agent for the United States Government; and in manufacturing coins and currency.
"The Chief Financial Officer of the government, the Secretary serves as Chairman Pro Tempore of the President's Economic Policy Council, Chairman of the Boards and Managing Trustee of the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds, and as U.S. Governor of the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development."
(From the U.S. Department of the Treasury website)
John Connally
Texas Governor's Mansion Christmas Card .... signed by John Connally & Family This is an authentic Christmas Card signed by John Connally, Sharon, & Mark. The Card is marked on the bottom left "GOVERNOR'S MANSION IN THE SNOW 1964". This was sent to Colonel Rowell of The Colonel's Club. Colonel Rowell and his wife also operated the Celebrity Museum in Tennessee, Texas and New Mexico in the 1960s. John Connally was born February 27, 1917, in Floresville, Texas, John Connally rose to political prominence as the campaign manager for Lyndon B. Johnson, then as governor of Texas. On November 22, 1963, Connally was wounded when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Connally also worked with President Richard Nixon, and later later switched political parties. He died on June 15, 1993, in Houston Texas.
QUOTE BY A FAMOUS TEXAN: November 22nd 2011
John Connally (Secretary of Treasury/Navy/Texas Gov. - Born and raised in Floresville Wilson County Texas and graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. Wounded during the John Kennedy assassination. When asked by a friend some 15 years after the shooting on the question of whether he believed that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone that day He said:
"Absolutely not, I think the Warren Commission got it wrong. However; I love this country and it needed closure at the time so I did not speak out publicly on this. I will never speak out publicly about this because I believe it would not be good for America."
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Courtesy /Everybody Loves Texas
KENNEDY ASSASSINATION
Kennedy assassination carried a more traumatic experience for those in Wilson County Texas, especially Floresville Texas. Governor John B. Connally was a well thought of "hometown boy" with family still residing in Wilson County. [Where were you and what were you doing when you heard the news? I was on the Floresville Texas High School campus during lunch hour]
On November 21, 1963, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy left Washington, D.C., for Texas to attend several official functions, to present his administration's views in personal speeches, and to help reunify the conservative and liberal wings of the Democratic party in Texas. He first flew to San Antonio to join Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson in dedicating the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, attended a testimonial dinner in Houston for United States representative Albert Thomas, and flew to Fort Worth to spend the night. On the morning of November 22 he addressed a breakfast sponsored by the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, flew to Dallas, and began a motorcade trip in an open car with his wife, Governor John B. Connally, and the governor's wife through town toward the Dallas Trade Mart, where Kennedy was to speak at a luncheon. At 12:30 P.M., as the car started down the Elm Street hill leading beneath a railroad overpass in Dealey Plaza, several shots were fired, and Kennedy and Connally were hit. They were rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital, where the president was pronounced dead at 1:00 P.M. from wounds in the neck and head. Connally, wounded in the back, wrist, and thigh, recovered. At 2:38 P.M. Johnson was sworn in as president by United States district judge Sarah T. Hughes at Love Field on the plane that returned Kennedy's body to Washington that evening.
Between 1:45 and 2:00 P.M. of the same day, Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested in the Texas Theatre in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas and charged with the murder of policemen J. D. Tippit. On November 23 Oswald was charged with murdering Kennedy with a rifle fired from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository. On November 24 Oswald was shot and killed by Jack Ruby, a Dallas lounge operator, in the basement of the city jail while being transferred to the county jail. Ruby was indicted for murder on November 26, 1963, and was convicted on March 14, 1964. The conviction was appealed, and in November, 1966, a new trial with a change of venue was ordered. Ruby died on January 3, 1967, before the second trial could begin.
On November 29, 1963, President Johnson established the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, also known as the Warren Commission, which consisted of seven men representing the United States Supreme Court, Senate, House of Representatives, the public, and the Central Intelligence Agency. Chaired by Chief Justice Earl Warren, the commission met first on December 5, 1963, and submitted its multivolume report on September 24, 1964. From the moment of publication the report was both criticized and defended vigorously. Hundreds of books and articles have been written on the subject. Skeptics are critical of the commission's inquiry or offer alternate theories about the circumstances and events connected with the assassination. Conversely, many defenders of the Warren report have debunked a number of conspiracy theories. Although the commission concluded that Oswald acted alone, they also noted that it was impossible to prove conclusively that no conspiracy existed. In February 1975, Congressman Henry B. Gonzales introduced House Resolution 204 to convene a House select committee to reexamine the assassinations of President Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr. The committee, which met several times between 1977 and 1979, concluded in its final report (July 1979) that JFK "was probably killed as the result of a conspiracy" but admitted that "the Committee was unable to identify the other gunman or the extent of the conspiracy." In 1992, as a result of increased public interest in the assassination, a law was passed ordering the further release of classified documents relating to the assassination. In September 1993 President William J. Clinton named a board to review those documents.
