(1910-01-07)January 7, 1910 Madison County, Arkansas, U.S.
Died
December 14, 1994(1994-12-14) (aged 84) Conway, Arkansas, U.S.
Resting place
Combs, Arkansas, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Other political affiliations
National States' Rights Party
Spouses
Alta Haskins
(m. 1931; div. 1969)
Elizabeth Westmoreland
(m. 1969; died 1983)
Jan Wittenburg
(m. 1986)
Military service
Branch
United States Army
Years of service
1942–1946
Rank
Major
Unit
320th Infantry Regiment
Campaigns
World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
Orval Eugene Faubus (/ˈfɔːbəs/FAW-bəs; January 7, 1910 – December 14, 1994) was an American politician who served as the 36th Governor of Arkansas from 1955 to 1967, as a member of the Democratic Party. In 1957, he refused to comply with a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1954 case Brown v. Board of Education, and ordered the Arkansas National Guard to prevent black students from attending Little Rock Central High School. This event became known as the Little Rock Crisis. He was elected to six two-year terms as governor.
governor. Orval Eugene Faubus was born in the northwest corner of Arkansas near the village of Combs to John Samuel and Addie (née Joslen) Faubus. Although...
the song was written as a direct protest against Arkansas governor OrvalFaubus, who in 1957 sent out the National Guard to prevent the racial integration...
initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by OrvalFaubus, the Governor of Arkansas. They then attended after the intervention...
president of the Art Institute of Chicago OrvalFaubus, governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas 1955-1967 Orval Grove, an American baseball player Orville...
election was held on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Democratic Governor OrvalFaubus won election to a sixth term, defeating Republican nominee Winthrop Rockefeller...
four governors appointed to it by the president of the United States. OrvalFaubus (1955–1967) served the longest term as governor, being elected six times...
needed] and conducted his first campaign for governor in 1964 against OrvalFaubus. His campaign was ultimately unsuccessful, but Rockefeller energized...
election was held on November 6, 1962. Incumbent Democratic Governor OrvalFaubus won election to a fifth term, defeating Republican nominee Willis Ricketts...
Arkansas Orval E. Faubus. He was born in Madison County on Mill Creek south of Combs in the Ozark Mountains, Arkansas, to William Henry Faubus and Malinda...
election was held on November 6, 1956. Incumbent Democratic Governor OrvalFaubus won election to a second term, defeating Republican nominee Roy Mitchell...
was narrowly defeated in the Democratic primary. Democratic nominee OrvalFaubus defeated Republican nominee Pratt C. Remmel with 62.09% of the vote....
Governor OrvalFaubus won election to a fourth term, defeating Republican nominee Henry M. Britt with 69.21% of the vote. That year, Faubus simultaneously...
Democratic Governor OrvalFaubus won election to a third term, defeating Republican nominee George W. Johnson with 82.47% of the vote. Faubus surged in popularity...
soldiers of the National Guard, under orders from Arkansas Governor OrvalFaubus, stepped in her way to prevent her from entering. Eventually, she gave...
his relentless opposition to segregationist Governor OrvalFaubus, a former McMath ally (Faubus had served as McMath's director of highways), during the...
Clinton for in the 1980 election. Clinton had defeated former Governor OrvalFaubus for the Democratic nomination, while White defeated former Lieutenant...
impass with Governor OrvalFaubus may have contributed substantially to [Brownell's] decision to retire.... Late in 1965, Faubus asked Cobb to fill a...
was considered the leading challenger to former governor OrvalFaubus and ran second to Faubus throughout the primary race, but was edged out of a runoff...
entering by the Arkansas National Guard, under the order of Governor OrvalFaubus who opposed integration. They returned to the school weeks later protected...
5%, OrvalFaubus with 4%, and Robert Meyner with <2% G. Mennen Williams with 5%, OrvalFaubus with 5%, and Robert Meyner with 2% Combined for Orval Faubus...
since 1887, and for his run for governor of Arkansas in 1954 against OrvalFaubus. The Remmel family was deeply involved in Republican party politics in...
initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by OrvalFaubus, the Governor of Arkansas. They then attended after the intervention...
public schools. This provoked a showdown between the Democrat Governor OrvalFaubus and Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower that gained international...
was put into effect in 1957, despite opposition from Arkansas Governor OrvalFaubus. Blossom was removed from office in 1958 when most of the Little Rock...
books, including Looking for Hogeye (1986); a biography of Governor OrvalFaubus, Faubus: The Life and Times of an American Prodigal (1997); and Beware of...
decision (and all efforts of desegregation) was the Governor of Arkansas, OrvalFaubus. A group of black students known as the Little Rock Nine were to attend...
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