- Earle Cabell
Earle Cabell (
October 27 ,1906 –September 24 ,1975 ), was aTexas politician who served asmayor ofDallas, Texas . Cabell was mayor at the time of the assassination of John F. Kennedy and was later a U.S. Representative. He was the brother ofCharles Cabell , who wasDeputy Director of Central Intelligence until he was forced to resign in the wake of theBay of Pigs invasion . Some conspiracy buffs believe Earle Cabell rerouted the JFK motorcade so it passed the Depository building and the picket fence. [http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/route.htm]Cabell attended
Texas A&M University andSouthern Methodist University . After returning from college, he founded, along with his brothers, Cabell's Inc., a chain of dairies andconvenience store s. He would later get involved withbanking and other investments. In May 1961, he was elected mayor to succeedRobert L. Thornton .On
February 3 ,1964 , Cabell resigned as mayor of Dallas in order to run for Congress. He unseated the ten-year Republican incumbentBruce Alger . He served four terms in the House before he was defeated by the RepublicanAlan Steelman in the 1972 election.Following his defeat, he retired in Dallas, where he lived until his death.
The Earle Cabell Federal Building on Commerce Street in Dallas is named in his honor.
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before=Robert L. Thornton
title=Mayors of DallasEarle Cabell
after=Erik Jonsson
years=1961-1964
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