Photograph, Orval Faubus and President Truman at Old State House

 
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photo of Truman in front of Old State House
Photograph, Orval Faubus and President Truman at Old State House
photo of Truman in front of Old State House
photo of Truman in front of Old State House

Photograph, Orval Faubus and President Truman at Old State House

Object number2001.033.05
Dateca 1945
OriginLittle Rock, Arkansas
Mediumpaper
Dimensions8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum collection
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    DescriptionBlack and white photograph, Faubus and Harry Truman in front of the Old State House Museum. On back (in pencil): Review Stand, 1. Gen. (?) 2. (?) 3. Faubus 4. R(?) 5. Gen. Sheppard 6. Gen. (?) 7. Gen. (?) 8. Osgood 9. Pres. Truman.

    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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