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Log, - Orval Faubus, Governor of Arkansas
log - Orval Faubus, Governor of Arkansas
log - Orval Faubus, Governor of Arkansas

Log, - Orval Faubus, Governor of Arkansas

Object number2007.005.132
Datemid 20th Century
Mediumwood, paint
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionLog which reads, "Orval Faubus, Governor of Arkansas." Orange with black lettering: "Governor...Arkansas Orval E. Faubus." Faubus received this as a gift while at the National Governor's Conference of 1964 at Glacier National Park, Montana. This was made for Faubus for the conference.

    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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