Booklet, Speech to The Arkansas Legislature - Governor Orval Faubus
Object number1995.021.06
DateJanuary 1957
Associated LocationLittle Rock, Arkansas, United States of America
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions9 x 6 in. (22.9 x 15.2 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
DescriptionA booklet containing the Annual Message of Governor Orval E. Faubus to The Legislature of the State of Arkansas in January 1957. The booklet has a blue front and back cover and contains black text and the state seal. Topics included in the message are improved services for industrialization, better education, welfare, building a children's colony, a better state hospital, reserve funds, improvement of hospital buildings, sales tax, increase in income tax, fair severance tax, the state police, segregation, roads to the capital, the independent highway commission, and keeping money in Arkansas. It is a total of 26 pages.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 as an administrative assistant in the governor's office. 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.
Status
On view
July 31, 1956
mid 20th Century
mid 20th Century
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