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Connally V. General Construction Co.
Connally may refer to: People * John Connally (1917–1993), 39th Governor of Texas (1963-1969); 61st U.S. Secretary of Treasury * Merrill Connally (1921–2001), American film actor, county administrative judge, and rancher * Nellie Connally (1919–2006), First Lady of Texas from 1963 to 1969 * Tom Connally (1877–1963), American politician * Wayne Connally (1923–2000), American politician and rancher * Connally Edozien (born 1978), Nigerian soccer player * Connally Findlay Trigg (1847–1907), Confederate serviceman and US congressman * Connally Findlay Trigg (judge) (1810–1880), United States federal judge Places * Connally Building, an Atlanta, Georgia hotel built in 1916 * Connally High School (Waco, Texas), a public high school * Connally Independent School District, a public school district based in the northernmost part of Waco, Texas * John B. Connally Unit, a maximum-security prison for males located in unincorporated Karnes County, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Connally
John Bowden Connally Jr. (February 27, 1917June 15, 1993) was an American politician who served as the 39th governor of Texas from 1963 to 1969 and as the 61st United States secretary of the treasury from 1971 to 1972. He began his career as a History of the Democratic Party (United States), Democrat and later became a History of the Republican Party (United States), Republican in 1973. Connally was born in Floresville, Texas in 1917 and pursued a legal career after graduating from the University of Texas at Austin. During World War II, he served on the staff of James Forrestal and Dwight D. Eisenhower before transferring to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. After the war, he became an aide to Senator Lyndon B. Johnson. When Johnson assumed the vice presidency in 1961, he convinced President John F. Kennedy to appoint Connally to the position of United States Secretary of the Navy. Connally left the Kennedy Administration in December 1961 1962 Texas gubernatorial election, to successfu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merrill Connally
Merrill may refer to: Places in the United States *Merrill Field, Anchorage, Alaska *Merrill, Iowa * Merrill, Maine *Merrill, Michigan *Merrill, Mississippi, an unincorporated community near Lucedale in George County *Merrill, Oregon *Merrill, Wisconsin * Merrill (town), Wisconsin *Merrill Township, Michigan *Merrill Township, North Dakota *Merrill College at the University of California, Santa Cruz People *Merrill (given name) *Merrill (surname) Other uses *Merrill (company), a division of Bank of America *Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, architectural firm * USS ''Merrill'' (DD-976) *Nine men's morris, a strategy board game also called ''Merrills'' * Merrill (crater) * Merrill, a companion character in ''Dragon Age II'' See also * Merril Merril is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: * Judith Merril (1923–1997), American and Canadian science fiction writer * Merril Anthony (1909–1967), Guyanese cricketer * Merril Bainbridge (born 1968), Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nellie Connally
Idanell Brill Connally (February 24, 1919 – September 1, 2006) was the First Lady of Texas from 1963 to 1969. She was the wife of John Connally, who served as Governor of Texas and later as Secretary of the Treasury. She and her husband were passengers in the Presidential limousine carrying United States President John F. Kennedy when he was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. Early life Connally was born Idanell Brill in Austin, Texas, the eldest of five children of Kathleen Annie (née Inks) and Arno W. Brill. She attended the University of Texas where she was named "Sweetheart of the University" in 1938. Connally initially had aspirations to become an actress but gave up those plans after meeting her future husband, John Connally, while attending UT in 1937. The two married in 1940. First Lady of Texas John Connally began his career in politics working for then-Congressman (and future United States President) Lyndon B. Johnson. John Connally was electe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Connally
Thomas Terry Connally (August 19, 1877October 28, 1963) was an American politician, who represented Texas in both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives, as a member of the Democratic Party. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1917 to 1929, and in the U.S. Senate from 1929 to 1953. He was a segregationist who advocated in favor of Jim Crow laws, for example opposing equal education for black people, and against anti-lynching legislation. In the House, Connally was a staunch Wilsonian Democrat who campaigned in favor of the League of Nations, and the World Court. In the Senate, he chaired the Committee on Foreign Relations from 1941, giving strong support to President Franklin Roosevelt's anti-German and anti-Japanese policies. He worked with Republican Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg to ensure bipartisan support for an internationalist policy, including the new United Nations. He led the committee in supporting the Truman Doctrine in 1947, the Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Connally
Wayne Wright Connally (March 19, 1923 – December 20, 2000) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member for the 58th district of the Texas House of Representatives. He also served as a member for the 21st district of the Texas Senate. Life and career Born in Floresville, Texas, the son of Lela and John Connally Sr. His brother was John Connally, later governor of Texas. He graduated from Floresville High School in 1940 and attended the University of Texas at Austin. Connally served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II for three years until February 1946, and later joined his brother John in politics. In 1965, Connally was elected to represent the 58th district of the Texas House of Representatives. In 1967, he was elected to the Texas Senate in the 21st district, succeeding Abraham Kazen. He was succeeded by John Traeger in 1973. Connally moved to Cody, Wyoming Cody is a city in and the county seat of Park County, Wyoming, United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connally Edozien
Connally Edozien (born 26 June 1978) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Playing career Youth and College Edozien was born in Lagos, Nigeria, but spent much of his youth in London. He came to the United States in 1997 to attend Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, where he was an All-American and earned Florida Sun Conference Player of the Year in 1999 and 2000. He was the Regional XIV Player of the Year in 1999 and 2000, as well as a four-time All-Region and All-Conference performer. Edozien is the all-time leader in points at Embry–Riddle. Professional After college, Edozian played for FV Dresden-Nord in Dresden, Germany. In March 2002, he signed with the Cincinnati Riverhawks after impressing during a February 2002 trial. From 2003 to 2004 he also played for the SC Bastia's reserves in France. In the fall of 2004, he signed with the Cincinnati Excite in the American Indoor Soccer League. He caught the eye of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connally Findlay Trigg (congressman)
Connally Findlay Trigg (September 18, 1847 – April 23, 1907) was a Virginia lawyer and former Confederate soldier who served as a United States Congressman from Virginia (1885-1887). available at hathitrust.org Early life and education Born in Abingdon, the county seat of Washington County, Virginia, the third son born to the former Anna Munford Tomkins (1816-1888) and her physician husband, Dr. Daniel Trigg (1808-1853). His parents had ten children, of whom half lived during census years, including three elder and a younger brother and Ann, the eldest daughter and nearly a decade older than this boy. Trigg may have been named for a Unionist lawyer uncle Connally F. Trigg (1810-1880) who served in the 1850 Virginia Constitutional Convention and helped build a new courthouse in Abingdon, but moved to Tennessee in 1856 where he became a U.S. District judge. Since Virginia had no public schools, this boy was educated appropriately for his class. After the conflict, he studied l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connally Findlay Trigg (judge)
Connally Findlay Trigg (March 8, 1810 – April 25, 1880) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee and the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Education and career Born on March 8, 1810, in Abingdon, Virginia, Trigg read law in 1833. He entered private practice in Abingdon until 1856. He was a town councilman for Abingdon starting in 1835. He was clerk of the Washington County, Virginia Court from 1838 to 1852. Trigg was elected to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850, one of four chosen for the delegate district including his home Washington County and Smyth and Wythe Counties. A Whig, he ran for the United States House of Representatives in 1855, but was defeated by the Democratic incumbent, Fayette McMullen.Oliver Perry Temple, Mary Boyce Temple (ed.), Judge Connally F. Trigg" ''Notable Men of Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connally Building
The Connally Building is located at 54 Peachtree Street (corner of Alabama Street) in Downtown Atlanta, adjacent to the Underground Atlanta retail center. It is a work of architect William Lee Stoddart, completed in 1916. The building has been so extensively renovated that it bears little resemblance to the original design, other than the terra cotta façade on the lower stories. This was originally a six-story office building with a terracotta facade, which replaced an earlier Connally Building on the site. In 1990, eleven stories were added and it was converted into a hotel. It has operated under the names Howard Johnson Plaza Suites, University Place at Underground, The Suite Hotel at the Underground, and most recently it became a Fairfield Inn & Suites. See also * Hotels in Atlanta Founded in the 1830s as a railroad terminus, Atlanta experienced rapid growth in its early years to become a major economic center of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, with several hotels bui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connally High School (Waco, Texas)
Connally High School is a public high school located in Waco, Texas, United States and classified as a 4A school by the UIL. It is part of the Connally Independent School District located in northern McLennan County. In 2015, the school was rated " Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency. History Connally Independent School District was created in the 1950−51 school year when the already established Elm Mott School District consolidated with Lakeview School District. The new school's title was Connally Consolidated School District in honor of Colonel James T. Connally and the former air force base of the same title. This rich tradition is carried over onto the school's mascot, the Cadet. At the time, the school system taught only to the tenth grade but eventually expanded to teach all twelve grade levels when the first high school campus was built on a fifteen-acre tract of land. From that moment on the school began to grow rapidly until a fire destroyed it on April 8, 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connally Independent School District
Connally Independent School District is a public school district based in the northernmost part of Waco, Texas (USA). In addition to a small portion of north Waco, Connally ISD serves most of the city of Lacy-Lakeview, the community of Elm Mott, and parts of Bellmead. History The district was formed in 1950–51 by the merger of the Lakeview and Elm Mott school districts. The name comes from the former James Connally Air Force Base in the district (now the flagship campus of the Texas State Technical College System) and carries over to the school mascot, the Cadet. After the resumption of classes in fall 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic, two teachers at the junior high school died of COVID-19 by September 1, 2021; the district canceled classes for two days and reopened after Labor Day with a mask mandate During the COVID-19 pandemic, face masks or coverings, including N95 respirator, N95, FFP standards#FFP2 mask, FFP2, surgical mask, surgical, and Cloth face mask, clot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John B
John Bryn Williams (born 1977), known as John B, is an English disc jockey and electronic music producer. He is widely recognised for his eccentric clothing, wild hair, and his production of several cutting edge drum and bass tracks. John B ranked number 76 in '' DJ Magazine''s 2010 Top 100 DJs annual poll, announced on 27 October 2010. Career Williams was born on 12 July 1977 in Maidenhead, Berkshire. He started producing music around the age of 14, and now is the head of drum and bass record label Beta Recordings, together with its more specialist drum and bass sub-labels Nu Electro, Tangent, and Chihuahua. He also has releases on Formation Records, Metalheadz and Planet Mu. Williams was ranked 92nd drum and bass DJ on the 2009 '' DJ Magazine'' top 100. Style While his trademark sound has evolved through the years, it generally involves female vocals and trance-like synths (a style which has been dubbed "trance and bass", "trancestep" and "futurestep" by listeners). Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
