Earle Cabell

Earle Cabell ( born October 27, 1906 Dallas County, Texas, † September 24, 1975 in Dallas, Texas ) was an American politician.

Cabell was born in 1906 on a farm south of the Trinity River in Dallas County. He studied at Texas A & M University in College Station and the Southern Methodist University in University Park. In 1932 he founded together with his two brothers, the Cabell 's, Inc., a retail chain of dairies and convenience stores. Cabell was president of the retail chain and was also Chairman of the Board. Later, he was also active in the banking industry.

In May 1961 Cabell was elected as the successor of Robert Lee Thornton for Mayor of Dallas; this office his father Ben E. Cabell had already exercised from 1900 to 1904 and three terms in 1874-1885 his grandfather William Lewis Cabell. In 1963, his re-election. During his tenure, the attack fell on John F. Kennedy in Dallas. On February 3, 1964, he resigned to run for a seat in the House of Representatives of the United States. After his successful election in which he prevailed against Bruce Alger, Cabell represented as a Democrat his home state there from 3 January 1965 to 3 January 1973. In the elections in 1972, he defeated Republican Alan Steelman and retired from politics. Cabell returned to Dallas, where he died on 24 September 1975. He was buried in Restland Cemetery.