John Connally Autograph
John Bowden Connally Jr. (February 27, 1917 – June 15, 1993) was an American politician. He served as the 39th governor of Texas and as the 61st United States Secretary of the Treasury. He began his career as a Democrat and later became a Republican in 1973. More about John Connally
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Born in Floresville, Texas, Connally 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 to run for Governor of Texas, and he held that position from 1963 to 1969. In 1963, Connally was riding in the presidential limousine when Kennedy was assassinated, and was seriously wounded. During his governorship, he was a conservative Democrat.
In 1971, Republican President Richard Nixon appointed Connally as his treasury secretary. In this position, Connally presided over the removal of the United States dollar from the gold standard, an event known as the Nixon shock. Connally stepped down from the Cabinet in 1972 to lead the Democrats for Nixon organization, which campaigned for Nixon's re-election. He was a candidate to replace Vice President Spiro Agnew after the latter resigned in 1973, but Nixon chose Gerald Ford instead. He sought the Republican nomination for president in the 1980 election, but withdrew from the race after the first set of primaries. Connally did not seek public office again after 1980 and died of pulmonary fibrosis in 1993. Read even more about John Connally at Wikipedia
In 1971, Republican President Richard Nixon appointed Connally as his treasury secretary. In this position, Connally presided over the removal of the United States dollar from the gold standard, an event known as the Nixon shock. Connally stepped down from the Cabinet in 1972 to lead the Democrats for Nixon organization, which campaigned for Nixon's re-election. He was a candidate to replace Vice President Spiro Agnew after the latter resigned in 1973, but Nixon chose Gerald Ford instead. He sought the Republican nomination for president in the 1980 election, but withdrew from the race after the first set of primaries. Connally did not seek public office again after 1980 and died of pulmonary fibrosis in 1993. Read even more about John Connally at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of John Connally
In total, we tracked 55 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of John Connally (TX Governor John Connally - Typed Letter Signed - Considers Pardoning Jack Ruby) was sold in August 2019 for $2000.00 while the cheapest item (C.W. Cassidy Signed John Connally for Governor Official Campaign Letter) found a new owner for $1.29 in December 2020. The month with the most items sold (5) was November 2020 with an average selling price of $37.00 for an autographed item of John Connally. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2019 with $2000.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $11.27 was June 2013. In average, an autographed item from John Connally is worth $41.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of John Connally were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | C.W. Cassidy Signed John Connally for Governor Official Campaign Letter | $1.29 | |
| Governor John Connally - Autographed FDC Envelope - JFK Assasination - Texas | $23.95 | |
| Governor John Connally Signed Letter 1964 (Ron Hoskins Collection) | $35.00 | |
| John Connally - 39th Governor of Texas - Signed Commemorative Coin Envelope | $37.00 | |
| John Connally - JFK Assassination Victim, Texas Governor - Signed $1 Bill | $66.00 | |
| John Connally - JFK Assassination, Texas Governor - Signed 8x10 Photograph | $67.00 | |
| John Connally - U.S. Secretary of the Treasury - Autographed Pristine $1.00 Bill | $103.00 | |
| John Connally - U.S. Secretary of the Treasury - Signed Campaign Stationary | $36.00 | |
| John Connally - U.S. Secretary of the Treasury - Signed Letter (TLS), 1981 | $26.00 | |
| John Connally 1 Day After JFK Assassination Signed Mayflower Compact Memorandum | $255.00 | |
| John Connally Autograph PSA DNA Shot During JFK Assassination Signed 8x10 Photo | $162.25 | |
| John Connally Governor Texas Autographed Signed 1967 Shot JFK Dallas | $24.00 | |
| John Connally Signed Autographed 3x5 Card Beckett BAS Cert Texas Governor JFK | $229.95 | |
| Political Autograph Discovery Lot (16) from Hoskins Estate with John Connally | $46.00 | |
| US Treasury Secretary John Connally Courtesy Signed Banknote Autograph Crisp | $179.48 | |