Earle Cabell Earle Cabell The 1963 Dallas mayoral election was held on Tuesday April 2, 1963, with incumbent Earle Cabell being re-elected with 66.6 percent of the vote.

During this term of Cabell's mayoralty, President John F. Kennedy would be assassinated in Dallas on November 22, 1963.

Cabell resigned as mayor on February 3, 1964, in order to run for Congress.

He would go on to win the election and unseat Republican incumbent Bruce Alger.

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