Orval Eugene Faubus
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About 1931, he married his first wife Alta. | About 1931, he married his first wife Alta. | ||
| − | He was a schoolteacher when he enlisted during WWII in 1942 while living in Madison County, Arkansas. | + | He was a schoolteacher from 1928 to 1939, worked as a lumberjack and was Circuit Clerk and Recorder of Madison County, Arkansas, elected in 1939, when he enlisted during WWII in 1942 while living in Madison County, Arkansas. He was a commissioned officer in Europe (1942-46). |
| − | He was made famous for his 1957 stand against the integration of Little Rock schools in defiance of Supreme Court rulings. | + | After the war he became Postmaster of Huntsville, Ark (1946-47, 1953-54), edited and published the weekly ''Madison County Recorder'' (1947-67), was a member of the Arkansas State Highway Commission (1949-51) and Director of Highways (1952-53). |
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| + | He was elected to six consecutive terms as Governor of Arkansas, serving from 1955 through 1967. 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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| + | He published accounts of his military experiences, ''In This Faraway Land'' (Conway, Ark., 1971), and of his ascent to political ''Power, Down From the Hills'' (Little Rock, Ark., 1981). | ||
He and his wife Alta had only one child, named Ferrell, who was later to die in Seattle in 1976 from a drug overdose. | He and his wife Alta had only one child, named Ferrell, who was later to die in Seattle in 1976 from a drug overdose. | ||
