After Adlai Stevenson surprisingly allowed the party to decide his running mate at the 1956 DNC, a congressman from this state presiding over the DNC swung it away from John F. Kennedy and towards Estes Kefauver. In 1960, JFK gave a speech in this state to a group of Protestant ministers, warning “[t]oday I may be the victim, but tomorrow it may be you,” defusing controversy over his Catholicism. (15[1])The day JFK won the Democratic nomination, he allied with the (*) Speaker of the House from this state, Sam Rayburn. (10[2])In response to an incredibly petty feud involving progressive senator Ralph Yarborough, JFK embarked on a unity tour of this state where he sat with governor John Connally in a motorcade. For 10 points, name this state where JFK was assassinated. ■END■