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CONNALLY
Ten months before, on January 15th, Connally had become the thirty-eighth governor of Texas. At innauguratiori ceremonies in Austin, the former Secretary of the Navy who resigned his post to run for the state's highest office said, "Let us commit ourselves to the goal of guiding our state to a new greatness. There are no magic formulas, no easy directions, but nothing great 4 was ever easily gained."