Bench, Piano - Orval Faubus Family

 
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Bench, Piano - Orval Faubus Family
Bench, Piano - Orval Faubus Family
Bench, Piano - Orval Faubus Family
Bench, Piano - Orval Faubus Family

Bench, Piano - Orval Faubus Family

Object number2011.031.02
Mediumwood
Dimensions21 x 29 x 14 1/4 in. (53.3 x 73.7 x 36.2 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum collection
DescriptionPiano bench belonging to the Orval Faubus family. This bench goes with a player piano (2011.031.01). Both sat in the Arkansas Governor's Mansion.

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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