Tom Connally

Thomas Terry Connally (born August 19, 1877 in Hewitt , Texas , † October 28, 1963 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ) who represented the state of Texas in both chambers of Congress .

Life

Young Tom Connally attended schools in McLennan County and then enrolled at Baylor University in Waco , where he graduated in 1896. Two years later he graduated from the University of Texas Law School at Austin and was inducted into the bar, after which he began practicing in Waco. In 1899 he then settled in Marlin . During the Spanish-American War , he served as a sergeant major in the 2nd Texas Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

He held his first political mandate from 1901 to 1905 as a member of the House of Representatives from Texas . From 1906 to 1910 he was a district attorney in Falls County . During World War I he fought as a captain of the 21st Infantry Brigade for the US Army . Previously he was elected to the US House of Representatives, where he represented the 11th Congressional District of Texas from March 4, 1917 to March 3, 1929, interrupted by the war effort in 1918.

In 1928, Connally did not run for re-election, but instead ran for a seat in the US Senate . He was successful and took up his mandate after multiple re-elections from March 4, 1929 to January 3, 1953. During this time he chaired the Foreign Affairs Committee and was involved in the ratification of the treaty establishing NATO . In June 1945 he was also vice chairman of the US delegation to the San Francisco Conference . He acted as the representative of the United States at the first session of the UN General Assembly in London and the second session in New York . On his initiative, the United States' declaration of jurisdiction by the International Court of Justice in August 1946 included a restriction named after him the Connally Reservation , according to which the recognition of the jurisdiction of the ICJ should not apply to matters which the United States considered to have jurisdiction would be subject to their national courts.

After his departure from Congress, Tom Connally, who had been married to the widow of former Texas Senator Morris Sheppard , Lucille Sheppard, since 1942 , resumed his legal practice in Washington, where he also died in October 1963.

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personal data
SURNAME	Connally, Tom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Connally, Thomas Terry (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	August 19, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH	near Hewitt , Texas
DATE OF DEATH	October 28, 1963
Place of death	Washington, DC