Orval Faubus

Orval Eugene Faubus (7 January 1910–14 December 1994) was a six-term Democratic Governor of Arkansas, famous for his 1957 stand against integration of Little Rock, Arkansas schools in defiance of U.S. Supreme Court rulings.

Early life

Orval Faubus was born near Combs in Madison County, Arkansas.

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Combs - Madison County

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Faubus's father, Sam Faubus, provided him with an early political education. During the early part of the century socialist causes were popular in the rural mountains of Arkansas. Sam Faubus was a poor hill farmer who became active locally in socialist causes and publicly advocated for women's suffrage, abolition of the poll tax, formed a Socialist Party of America local amongst his neighbors, and wrote lengthy essays in favor of socialism for the local Madison County newspaper.

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Socialist - Suffrage - Poll tax - Socialist Party of America

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Sam Faubus was considered a leader of the movement in Madison County but the U.S. entry into World War I brought suspicion down on opposition political sentiments. Sam Faubus and a friend were arrested in 1918 for "distributing seditious material" and "uttering numerous disloyal remarks."

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World War I - 1918 - Seditious

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