- Tom Connally
Thomas Terry Connally (born
August 19 1877 near Hewitt,McLennan County ,Texas ; diedOctober 28 1963 inWashington, DC ) was an American politician, who representedTexas in both theU.S. Senate and the House of Representatives, as a member of the Democratic Party.As Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he was instrumental in the ratification of the treaty creating the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization . He was also a member and vice-chairman to theUnited Nations Conference on International Organization in 1945 that chartered theUnited Nations .Connally was a
widower when he married Lucille Sanderson, who was thewidow of the other Texas senator,Morris Sheppard [http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Senate_Spouses.htm] . Connally was the step-grandfather of Lucille's grandson,Connie Mack III , U.S. Senator fromFlorida , and the step-great-grandfather of Mack's son,Connie Mack IV , U.S. Representative from Florida.References
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