Earle Cabell

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Earle Cabell
Bruce Reynolds Alger
Succeeded byAlan Steelman
48th Mayor of Dallas
In office
May 1, 1961 – February 3, 1964
Preceded byRobert L. Thornton
Succeeded byJ. Erik Jonsson
Personal details
Born(1906-10-27)October 27, 1906
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Elizabeth “Dearie” Holder
​
​
(m. 1932)​
Children2
Parent(s)
William L. Cabell (grandfather)
Charles P. Cabell (brother)
Alma materTexas A&M University
Southern Methodist University
OccupationPolitician

Earle Cabell (October 27, 1906 – September 24, 1975) was a

assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy and was later a member of the U.S. House of Representatives
.

Early life

Cabell was born in Dallas. He graduated from

H.R. "Bum" Bright, and thereafter Southern Methodist University for one term.[1]

He and his brothers founded Cabell's Inc., a chain of

banking and other investments. In April 1961, he was elected mayor to succeed Robert L. Thornton.[citation needed
]

Family

Cabell was the youngest of four sons of the then former Dallas Mayor

Charles Cabell, who was deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency
from 1953 to 1962.

Assassination of Kennedy

Cabell and his wife met

Mrs. Kennedy at Love Field on the morning of November 22, 1963.[2] Cabell's wife reported that while riding in Kennedy's motorcade through Dealey Plaza, she observed "a rather long looking thing" sticking out of a window of the Texas School Book Depository immediately after the first shot.[3] After receiving word from the Federal Bureau of Investigation that he was the subject of a death threat, Cabell was guarded by police when he traveled to Washington, D.C. to attend Kennedy's funeral and also upon his return to Dallas.[4]

One version of

Charles Cabell.[5] This theory claims that Earle Cabell re-routed Kennedy's motorcade as a favor to his brother.[5]

Congress

On February 3, 1964, Cabell resigned as mayor of Dallas in order to run for Congress. He unseated the ten-year Republican incumbent Bruce Alger. Cabell served four terms in the House before he was defeated by Republican Alan Steelman in the 1972 election. Cabell voted in favor of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Civil Rights Act of 1968.[6][7]

Later life

Following his defeat, he retired in Dallas, where he lived until his death in 1975 from

Restland Cemetery in Dallas.[8]

Legacy

The Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse on Commerce Street in Dallas is named in his honor.[9]

References

  1. ^ "TSHA | Cabell, Earle".
  2. ^ "JFK's Arrival in Dallas". University of Texas Arlington Libraries Special Collections. library.uta.edu/. "Howdy, Mr. President!"; A Fort Worth Perspective of JFK. Arlington, Texas: The University of Texas at Arlington. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  3. ^ "Eyewitness Stories of Kennedy Slaying Among Most Telling Evidence". Chicago Tribune. Vol. 118, no. 272. AP. September 28, 1964. Section 1, page 7. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  4. ^ "Probe Reports Dallas School Kids Cheered; Move Pastor to Place of Safety". Chicago Tribune. Vol. 116, no. 332. November 28, 1963. Section 1, page 14. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  5. ^ a b Catchpole, Terry (January 17, 1992). "Nine JFK assassination theories". Entertainment. Archived from the original on September 1, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  6. ^ "TO PASS H.R. 6400, THE 1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT".
  7. ^ "TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR INTERFERENCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS. INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON ENGAGED IN ONE OF THE 8 ACTIVITIES PROTECTED UNDER THIS BILL MUST BE RACIALLY MOTIVATED TO INCUR THE BILL'S PENALTIES".
  8. ^ "Political Graveyard, Dallas County, TX". Political Graveyard. 2008-06-16. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
  9. ^ "Court Tours". United States District Court | Northern District of Texas. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2019.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Mayor of Dallas

Earle Cabell
1961–1964

Succeeded by
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
United States Representative for the 5th Congressional District of Texas

Earle Cabell (D)
1965–1973

Succeeded by
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