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'''Orval Eugene Faubus''' (1910-1994) was a [[Democrat]] who served as the governor of the U.S. state of [[Arkansas]] from 1955 to 1971, best known for his unsuccessful attempt in 1957 to halt the federally-authorized desegregation of Central High School in the capital city of [[Little Rock]].

'''Orval Eugene Faubus''' (1910-1994) was a [[Democrat]] who served as the governor of the U.S. state of [[Arkansas]] from 1955 to 1971, best known for his unsuccessful attempt in 1957 to halt the federally-authorized desegregation of Central High School in the capital city of [[Little Rock]].

Faubus was born in rural Combs near Huntsville in Madison County in northwestern Arkansas. His father, Sam, an admirer of the [[Socialist Party]] standard bearer [[Eugene Debs]], gave Orval the middle name of "Eugene" from the railroad union president and Socialist presidential candidate Eugene Victor Debs. Faubus served in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War II]] and thereafter was a spokesman for veterans' causes.

Faubus was born in rural Combs near Huntsville in Madison County in northwestern Arkansas. His father, Sam, an admirer of the [[Socialism|Socialist Party]] standard bearer [[Eugene Debs]], gave Orval the middle name of "Eugene" from the railroad union president and Socialist presidential candidate Eugene Victor Debs. Faubus served in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War II]] and thereafter was a spokesman for veterans' causes.

Faubus unseated fellow Democrat Sidney Sanders McMath in the 1954 Democratic gubernatorial primary and then defeated a stronger-than-usual [[Republican]] candidate, Pratt Remmel, the mayor of Little Rock from 1951 to 1955. In 1956, he defeated James Douglas Johnson, a fellow segregationist and later a member of the Arkansas Supreme Court who became known as "Justice Jim." In 1964, Faubus defeated Republican [[Winthrop Rockefeller]], 57-43 percent, but Rockefeller polled a majority of the [[African American]] vote. Faubus stepped down in 1967, having declined to run for a seventh then two-year term. Rockefeller then defeated Democrat Jim Johnson to win the first of his two two-year terms. The office became four years effective with the 1986 election.

Faubus unseated fellow Democrat Sidney Sanders McMath in the 1954 Democratic gubernatorial primary and then defeated a stronger-than-usual [[Republican]] candidate, Pratt Remmel, the mayor of Little Rock from 1951 to 1955. In 1956, he defeated James Douglas Johnson, a fellow segregationist and later a member of the Arkansas Supreme Court who became known as "Justice Jim." In 1964, Faubus defeated Republican [[Winthrop Rockefeller]], 57-43 percent, but Rockefeller polled a majority of the [[African American]] vote. Faubus stepped down in 1967, having declined to run for a seventh then two-year term. Rockefeller then defeated Democrat Jim Johnson to win the first of his two two-year terms. The office became four years effective with the 1986 election.