. . . . . . . . . . . . . "1917Z"^^ . . . "55thUnited States Secretary of the Navy" . . . . . . "39thGovernor of Texas" . . . . . "Politician" . . . "John Bowden Connally, Jr."@en . . . "Connally, John"@en . . "(8th Secretary under the DoD)" . . "Connally, John Bowden, Jr."@en . "1993-06-15Z"^^ . "1993Z"^^ . "1917-02-27Z"^^ . "61stUnited States Secretary of the Treasury" . . . "John B Connally sig.jpg" . "John Bowden Connally, Jr. (February 27, 1917 \u2013 June 15, 1993), was an American politician. 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."@en .