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| office=[[Governor]] of [Arkansas]]
| office=[[Governor]] of [[Arkansas]]
| term_start=January 11, 1955
| term_start=January 11, 1955
| term_end=January 10, 1967
| term_end=January 10, 1967
* {{marriage|Jan Wittenburg<br />|1986}}
* {{marriage|Jan Wittenburg<br />|1986}}
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| profession=[[Politician]], [[newspaper]] editor
|children=Farrell Faubus (son from first marriage)
| profession=[[Politician]], [[newspaper]] editor<br>
[[United States Army]] major in [[World War II]]
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'''Orval Eugene Faubus''' (January 7, 1910 – December 14, 1994) was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] who served as the [[governor]] of his native U.S. state of [[Arkansas]] from 1955 to 1967. He is 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 thrust himself into direct conflict with [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. President]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], who federalized the [[National Guard]] to counter local resistance to the admission of nine [[African-American]] children into the school.
'''Orval Eugene Faubus''' (January 7, 1910 – December 14, 1994) was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] who served as the [[governor]] of his native U.S. state of [[Arkansas]] from 1955 to 1967. He is 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 thrust himself into direct conflict with [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. President]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], who federalized the [[National Guard]] to counter local resistance to the admission of nine [[African-American]] children into the school.