branch lieutenant children allegiance signature birthname term_end alma_mater battles term_start order rank image predecessor president party successor religion article_title
united states navy preston smith kathleen , iii sharon c. ammann mark m. connally -lrb- 1942 -- 1959 -rrb- john b. connally united states of america 1912 john b connally sig.jpg john bowden connally , jr. june 12 , 1972 january 21 , 1969 university of texas , austin world war ii february 11 , 1971 january 15 , 1963 61st of texas 55th united states secretary of the navy united states secretary of the treasury 39th governor 24px lieutenant commander john connally.jpg david m. kennedy price daniel richard nixon democratic -- 1993 -rrb- -lrb- 1946 -- 1973 -rrb- republican -lrb- 1973 george p. shultz preston smith methodist john connally

john connally

john bowden connally , jr. -lrb- february 27 , 1917june 15 , 1993 -rrb- , was an american politician .
on november 22 , 1963 , connally , at the time the governor of texas , was a passenger in the car in which president john f. kennedy was assassinated , and was seriously wounded during the shooting .
as a democrat he served 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 .
as treasury secretary , connally is best remembered for removing the u.s. dollar from the gold standard in 1971 , an event known as the nixon shock .
in 1973 he switched parties to become a republican , and ran unsuccessfully for the republican nomination for president in 1980 .
