Photograph, Press - Orval and Fara Faubus

 
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Photograph, Press - Orval and Fara Faubus
Photograph, Press - Orval and Fara Faubus
Photograph, Press - Orval and Fara Faubus
Photograph, Press - Orval and Fara Faubus

Photograph, Press - Orval and Fara Faubus

Object number2017.022.13
Date1966
Associated LocationLittle Rock, Arkansas
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions8 1/2 × 6 5/8 in. (21.6 × 16.8 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionA press photograph of Orval Faubus and his granddaughter Fara on March 22, 1966. Gov. Faubus is sitting in an office chair holding Fara on his knee while talking with newsmen about his decision to not run for a seventh term. Gov. Faubus is smiling from ear to ear and his wearing a suit and tie.

    Orval Eugene Faubus was born on January 7, 1910 in Madison County. Faubus married Alta Haskins in 1931, they had one son. 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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