Plaque, Governor Orval Faubus

 
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Plaque, Governor Orval Faubus
Plaque, Governor Orval Faubus
Plaque, Governor Orval Faubus
Plaque, Governor Orval Faubus

Plaque, Governor Orval Faubus

Object number2017.041.03
DateNovember 21, 1964
Associated LocationArkansas
MediumWood, Brass
Dimensions23 3/4 × 9 7/8 × 7/8 in. (60.3 × 25.1 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionA plaque given to Governor Orval Faubus from the Little Rock Junior Chamber of Commerce in 1964. In the center of the plaque is the state seal of Arkansas and the brass plate at the bottom of the plaque reads, "Presented to Governor Orval E. Faubus By The Arkansas Junior Chamber of Commerce November 21, 1964."

    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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