Earl Cabell
| Earle Cabell | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 5th district |
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In office January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1973 |
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| Preceded by | Bruce Reynolds Alger |
| Succeeded by | Alan Steelman |
| 48th Mayor of Dallas | |
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In office 1961 – February 3, 1964 |
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| Preceded by | Robert L. Thornton |
| Succeeded by | J. Erik Jonsson |
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October 27, 1906 Dallas County, Texas |
| Died | September 24, 1975 (aged 68) Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater |
Texas A&M University Southern Methodist University |
| Occupation | Politician |
Earle Cabell (October 27, 1906 – September 24, 1975) was a Texas politician who served as mayor of Dallas, Texas. Cabell was mayor at the time of the assassination of John F. Kennedy and was later a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Cabell was born in Dallas. He attended Texas A&M University, where he met Jack Crichton and H.R. "Bum" Bright, and thereafter Southern Methodist University. After returning from college, he founded, along with his brothers, Cabell's Inc., a chain of dairies and convenience stores. He later became involved with banking and other investments. In May 1961, he was elected mayor to succeed Robert L. Thornton.
Cabell was the 4th of 4 sons of the then former 1900-1904 City of Dallas Mayor Ben E. Cabell and also the grandson of the former multi-term City of Dallas Mayor William L. Cabell of the late 19th Century. He was the brother of Charles Cabell, who was deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency until Charles resigned in the wake of the Bay of Pigs invasion.
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. In that same election, Jack Crichton was defeated by a wide margin by the Democratic Governor John B. Connally, Jr., and George Herbert Walker Bush fell to Senator Ralph W. Yarborough. Cabell served four terms in the House before he was defeated by the Republican Alan Steelman in the 1972 election.
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