biography
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Connally, Thomas Terry
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known as Tom Connally
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| male
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| lived:
| (1877–1963)
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| biography:
| US politician and lawyer, born near Waco, Texas, USA. He served as a Democrat in the US House of Representatives (1917–29) and the US Senate (1929–53). He was a conservative on domestic policy, supporting Southern business interests and opposing anti-lynching legislation; but he was an influential internationalist on foreign policy issues, supporting US participation in the UN and NATO. |
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