Earle Cabell
Cabell was mayor at the time of the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy and was later a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.[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.Cabell served four terms in the House before he was defeated by Republican Alan Steelman in the 1972 election.[9] The Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse on Commerce Street in Dallas is named in his honor.