Button, Campaign - Governor Orval Faubus

 
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Button, Campaign - Governor Orval Faubus
Button, Campaign - Governor Orval Faubus
Button, Campaign - Governor Orval Faubus
Button, Campaign - Governor Orval Faubus

Button, Campaign - Governor Orval Faubus

Object number1995.021.37
Date1986
MediumMetal
Dimensions1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionA round Faubus campaign button with a white background with black lettering: "Faubus Governor." Ab lack and white image of Governor Faubus is in the center.

    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.
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    On view
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