Tom Connally, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tom Connally

American politician

Date of Birth: 19-Aug-1877

Place of Birth: Hewitt, Texas, United States

Date of Death: 28-Oct-1963

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Thomas Terry "Tom" Connally (August 19, 1877 – October 28, 1963) was an American politician, who represented Texas in both the U.S.
Senate and the House of Representatives, as a member of the Democratic Party.
He served in the U.S.
House of Representatives from 1917 to 1929, and in the U.S.
Senate from 1929 to 1953.
In the House, Connally was a staunch Wilsonian Democrat who campaigned in favor of the League of Nations, and the World Court.
In the Senate, he chaired the Committee on Foreign Relations from 1941, giving strong support to President Franklin Roosevelt's anti--German and anti-Japanese policies.
He worked with Republican Senator Arthur H.
Vandenberg to ensure bipartisan support for an internationalist policy, including the new United Nations.
He led the committee in supporting the Truman Doctrine in 1947, the Marshall Plan in 1948 and NATO in 1949.