Thomas Terry Connally

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Biographical Sketches

• CONNALLY, Thomas Terry (Tom) (1877-1963). Representative and Senator, TX. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress.
• CONNALLY, THOMAS TERRY (1877-1963). Handbook of Texas Online.
• Biographical sketch, Thomas Connally, Volume II, pp. 758-760. A History of Central and Western Texas, 1911.
• Photo and biographical sketch, Profiles in Power: Twentieth-Century Texans in Washington, 2004.
• Memorial, January 1964, p. 56. Texas Bar Journal.
• Photographs and biographical sketch. The Texas Senator, 1978.
• Biographical sketch, Thomas T. Connally, pp. 91-92. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.

Military Service Notes

• Texas Volunteer Infantry, Sergeant Major, 2nd Regiment, Spanish-American War; United States Army, Captain and Adjutant, 22nd Infantry Brigade, 11th Division, 1918, World War I. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress.
• United States Army, Captain Adjutant General Department, 22nd Infantry Brigade, World War I. Thomas T. Connally, birth date 8/19/1877 in Newett, Texas, residence in Marlin, Falls County. FamilySearch Texas World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin).
• Connally, Tom T., Texas Volunteer Guard, Call Number: 401-187. 19 years 11 months old, born in Hewitt, McLennan County, oath dated 7/9/1897 at Eddy, Texas. Texas Adjutant General Service Records 1836-1935.
• Sergeant, Spanish-American War; Captain, World War I. Memorial, January 1964, p. 56. Texas Bar Journal.

Other Resources

• Thomas Terry Connally, birth date 8/19/1877, death date 10/28/1963, burial in Calvary Cemetery, Marlin, Falls County. Includes photo of Sen. Tom Connolly inspecting building of Camp Bowie, Brown County, Texas, WWII. Find a Grave.
• Portrait, Hood, Bonnet, and Little Brown Jug: Texas Politics, 1921-1928, 1984.
• Obituary and photo, "Senator Tom Connally Dies in Washington," The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Texas), 10/28/1963, p. 1, crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
• "Waco Residents Receive Baylor Honor," 10/17/1986, p. 5. "The award for 1986 was presented to the Connally family, who boast attendance at Baylor through four generations . . . One of the descendants, Tom Connnally, served as first editor of the Baylor yearbook in 1896. He eventually became a U.S. Senator." Waco Citizen.
• "Hiram Staton Is Seeking Post as State Legislator," photo, 4/11/1948, p. 9. Relatives: Tom Connally - uncle, Hiram Staton - nephew. Waco News-Tribune.

Photographs

• Photograph. Tom Connally, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Tom Connally, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 27th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
• 28th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

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