[[File:Bill-clinton-orval-faubus-1991.jpg|left|300px|thumb|[[Bill Clinton]] with [[Orval Faubus]], 1991.]]
While Arkansas was originally a slave state, they did not secede from the Union until May 6, 1861 after [[Abraham Lincoln]] called on troops to respond to the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter.
While Arkansas was originally a slave state, they did not secede from the Union until May 6, 1861 after [[Abraham Lincoln]] called on troops to respond to the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter.