Orval Eugene Faubus

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Copyright 2006, Will Johnson, [mailto:wjhonson@aol.com wjhonson@aol.com], Professional Genealogist, All Rights Reserved
 
Copyright 2006, Will Johnson, [mailto:wjhonson@aol.com wjhonson@aol.com], Professional Genealogist, All Rights Reserved
  
Orval was born in 7 Jan 1910 in Madison County, Arkansas, the eldest surviving child of John Samuel "Sam" Faubus and his wife Ada "Addie" Joslin.
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Orval was born in 7 Jan 1910 in "the community of Greasy Creek" (as one source states) or alternatively in Combs, [[Madison County, Arkansas]], the eldest surviving child of John Samuel "Sam" Faubus and his wife Ada "Addie" Joslin.
  
 
About 1931, he married his first wife Alta.
 
About 1931, he married his first wife Alta.
  
He enlisted during WWII in 1942 while living in Madison County, Arkansas.
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He was a schoolteacher when he enlisted during WWII in 1942 while living in Madison County, Arkansas.  After the war he became Arkansas State Highway Commissioner.
  
 
He was made famous for his 1957 stand against the integration of Little Rock schools in defiance of Supreme Court rulings.
 
He was made famous for his 1957 stand against the integration of Little Rock schools in defiance of Supreme Court rulings.
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About 1969, he divorced his first wife Alta, to whom he had been married for 38 years.
 
About 1969, he divorced his first wife Alta, to whom he had been married for 38 years.
  
He died 14 Dec 1994 while a resident of Conway, Faulkner County, Arkansas.
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He sought re-election in 1970, 1974 and 1986 but was unsuccessful in each attempt, the last time losing to [[William Jefferson Blythe|Bill Clinton]].
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Orval died 14 Dec 1994 while a resident of Conway, [[Faulkner County, Arkansas]].
  
 
==Sources ==
 
==Sources ==

Revision as of 12:34, 13 July 2007

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