Shortly after expressing their condolences to Rose F. Kennedy, mother of the late president John F. “Jack” Kennedy, President and Lady Bird Johnson spoke to Idanell B. “Nellie” Connally, wife of Texas governor John B. Connally. The only other casualty in Dealey Plaza that day, John Connally was one of President Johnson’s closest political associates, having managed Johnson’s 1960 campaign for the presidency.