Portrait, Governor Orval Faubus

 
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Portrait, Governor Orval Faubus
Portrait, Governor Orval Faubus
Portrait, Governor Orval Faubus
Portrait, Governor Orval Faubus

Portrait, Governor Orval Faubus

Object number2017.041.01
Dateca 1964
Associated LocationLittle Rock, Arkansas
MediumOil on Canvis
DimensionsPortrait: 44 1/4 × 34 1/4 in. (112.4 × 87 cm) Frame: 54 5/16 × 44 1/4 × 2 1/4 in. (138 × 112.4 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionA portrait of Governor Orval Faubus, painted by C.J. Fox. Governor Faubus is standing behind a chair with his hands resting on the back, and behind him are the state flag and a desk with a stack of papers on the left, and three books with a paper and a seal on the right. Governor Faubus is wearing a black suit with a white button down collar shirt and a striped red and gray site. He also has a white pocket square and a wedding ring. He is facing forward and smiling.

    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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