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  | term_start=January 11, 1955

  | term_start=January 11, 1955

  | term_end=January 10, 1967

  | term_end=January 10, 1967

  | lieutenant=Nathan Green Gordon

  | lieutenant governor=Nathan Green Gordon

  | predecessor=Francis Cherry

  | predecessor=Francis Cherry

  | successor = [[Winthrop Rockefeller]]

  | successor = [[Winthrop Rockefeller]]

  | resting_place= Combs Cemetery in Combs, Arkansas

  | resting_place= Combs Cemetery in Combs, Arkansas

  | party= [[Democratic Party|Democratic]]

  | party= [[Democratic Party|Democratic]]

  | spouse= {{Plainlist|

  | spouse=(1) Alta Haskins Faubus (married 1931-1969, divorced)<br>

* {{marriage|Alta Haskins<br />|21 November 1931|23 January 1969|reason=divorced}}

(2) Elizabeth Westnoreland Faubus (married 1969-1983, her murder)<br>

* {{marriage|Elizabeth Westmoreland<br />|21 March 1969|1983|reason=died}}

* {{marriage|Jan Wittenburg<br />|1986}}

|children=Farrell Faubus (son from first marriage)

| occupation=[[Politician]], [[newspaper]] editor<br>

}}

}}

 

'''Orval Eugene Faubus''' (January 7, 1910 &ndash; 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 &ndash; 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.  

In 1981-1982, Faubus served as the state's veterans affairs director under Republican Governor [[Frank D. White]], who served between the first two terms of Bill Clinton. Democrats and some [[liberal]] Republicans strongly criticized White for naming Faubus to the position.

In 1981-1982, Faubus served as the state's veterans affairs director under Republican Governor [[Frank D. White]], who served between the first two terms of Bill Clinton. Democrats and some [[liberal]] Republicans strongly criticized White for naming Faubus to the position.

Faubus and his first wife, the former Alta Haskins, from whom he was divorced after leaving the governorship, had one son, Farrell Faubus (1939-1976), who died in Seattle, [[Washington]] of a drug overdose.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/15/obituaries/orval-faubus-segregation-s-champion-dies-at-84.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm Orval Faubus, Segregation's Champion, Dies at 84] Peter Applebome, December 15, 1994, ''New York Times'', retrieved September 26, 2012</ref> His second wife, the former Elizabeth Westmoreland, was murdered in 1983 in [[Houston]], [[Texas]]. His third wife, the former Jan Wittenburg, survived him.

Faubus and his first wife, the former Alta Haskins, from whom he was divorced after leaving the governorship, had one son, Farrell Faubus (1939-1976), who died in [[Seattle]], [[Washington]] of a drug overdose.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/15/obituaries/orval-faubus-segregation-s-champion-dies-at-84.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm Orval Faubus, Segregation's Champion, Dies at 84] Peter Applebome, December 15, 1994, '[['New York Times]]'', retrieved September 26, 2012</ref> His second wife, the former Elizabeth Westmoreland, was murdered in 1983 in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]]. His third wife, the former Jan Wittenburg, survived him.

In the late 1970s, Faubus penned his "scrapbook" memoirs under the title ''Down from the Hills'', a reference to the highland area of northwestern Arkansas where he was born and reared. Faubus is interred at the Combs Cemetery.

In the late 1970s, Faubus penned his "scrapbook" memoirs under the title ''Down from the Hills'', a reference to the highland area of northwestern Arkansas where he was born and reared. Faubus is interred at the Combs Cemetery.

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