Wayne Connally
| Wayne Wright Connally | |
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| Texas State Representative from District 44 | |
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In office 1965–1967 |
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| Texas State Senator from District 21 | |
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In office 1967–1973 |
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| Preceded by | Abraham "Chick" Kazen, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | John Traeger |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 19, 1923 Floresville, Wilson County, Texas, USA |
| Died | December 20, 2000 (aged 77) Cody, Park County, Wyoming, USA |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Kay Connally (divorced) obituary |
| Children | Wyatt, Wesley, and Pamela |
| Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin |
| Occupation | Rancher, Politician |
| Religion | Methodist |
Wayne Wright Connally (March 19, 1923 – December 20, 2000) was a Texas rancher, a Democratic member of both houses of the Texas State Legislature, and a brother of both former Governor and United States Treasury Secretary John Bowden Connally, Jr., and Merrill Lee Connally, Sr., an actor and a former county judge.
Connally was born into a family of eight children and reared in Floresville, the seat of Wilson County some thirty miles southeast of San Antonio. His father, John Connally, Sr., was a tenant farmer who once ran for county clerk. His mother, the former Lela Wright, gave him his middle name. After attending public schools in Floresville and San Antonio, Connally attended the University of Texas at Austin. He thereafter enlisted during World War II in the United States Army Air Corps, the forerunner of the Air Force.
In 1964, when John Connally was handily victorious to the second of three consecutive two-year terms as governor, Wayne Connally was elected to the District 44 seat in the Texas House of Representatives. In 1966, Wayne Connally was elected to the state Senate from District 21 and served until January 1973. In the 1970 Democratic primary, he defeated the Hispanic activist, Erasmo Andrade. With the increasing clout of minorities in Democratic primaries, Andrade was considered a serious opponent. Andrade questioned why Connally had voted against a state minimum wage proposal, a teacher pay hike, and in support of retaining the state sales tax on food. Wayne Connally, like his brother a protégé of Lyndon B. Johnson, retained his seat from the unexpected challenge.
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