Photograph, Orval Faubus

 
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Photograph, Orval Faubus
AR Politics - Faubus photo
AR Politics - Faubus photo

Photograph, Orval Faubus

Object number2007.005.126
Date1964
Mediumpaper, glass, metal
Dimensions5 x 7 in. (12.7 x 17.8 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionFramed black and white photograph of Governor Faubus being presented a log with his name carved into it as a name plate. Back reads "Nat'l Gov's Conference, 1964, Glacier National Park, Montana, Nat'l Park Service personnel with the signmade for me for the Govs. Conference, on right Director of National Park Service, Washington, D.C."

    Orval Eugene Faubus was born on January 7, 1910 in Madison County. Faubus married Alta Haskins in 1931, they had one son. In 1938, Faubus was elected circuit clerk and recorder of Madison County. After WWII, Faubus was rewarded with an appointment to the state highway commission and later worked in the governor’s office as an administrative assistant. In 1955, he defeated Pratt Remmel for the governorship becoming the thirty-sixth governor of Arkansas. While in office Faubus improved public education including pay increases for teachers, began an overhaul of the State Hospital for the mentally ill, built the Arkansas Children’s Colony, expanded state parks, and paved hundreds of miles of highway. He left office in 1967. Faubus died on December 14, 1994.
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