Born in Floresville, Texas. Married Ida Nell Brill December 21, 1940. They had two sons and a daughter. Received LL.B. from the University of Texas in 1941. Admitted to the bar in 1941. Served in the Navy 1941 to 1946. He received the Bronze Star.

President and General Manager of KVET radio station 1946 to 1949. Administrative Assistant to Lyndon Johnson in 1949. Attorney for Richardson & Bass oil merchants 1952 to 1961. Appointed U.S. Secretary of the Navy 1961. Elected Governor of Texas and served November 3, 1962, to 1968. In 1963 he hosted John F. Kennedy and rode in the front seat of the car carrying Kennedy during the motorcade through Dallas. Connally was injured by one of the bullets fired at the car.

Appointed Secretary of the Treasury by Richard Nixon and served February 11, 1971, to June 12, 1972. His signature appears on Federal Reserve Notes, series of 1969-A, 1969-B, and 1969-C. Partner in the firm of Vinson Elkins 1969 to 1971 and 1972 to 1985. He went Bankrupt in 1987. Connally appears on a mint medal (USM 224) as one of the series for Secretaries of the Treasury. The obverse was by Frank Gasparro; reverse was by Sheryl Joseph Winter.

Connally apears on the Assay Commission Medal for 1972 (AC-116). The obverse was reduced from the regular Connally medal.

He died in a Hospital in Houston.

bio: BDEB; IntWW 92-93; WW 93; WWA 91-92; BNR Aug 93; NUM/NIN 3/94 obit: CW 7/5/93; NYT 6/16/93