Orval Faubus

Orval Faubus
Official portrait, 1959
36th Governor of Arkansas
In office January 11, 1955 – January 10, 1967
Lieutenant	Nathan Green Gordon
Preceded by	Francis Cherry
Succeeded by	Winthrop Rockefeller
Personal details
Born	Orval Eugene Faubus (1910-01-07)January 7, 1910 Madison County, Arkansas, U.S.
Died	December 14, 1994(1994-12-14) (aged 84) Conway, Arkansas, U.S.
Resting place	Combs, Arkansas, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Other political affiliations	National States' Rights Party
Spouses	Alta Haskins ​ ​ (m. 1931; div. 1969)​ Elizabeth Westmoreland ​ ​ (m. 1969; died 1983)​ Jan Wittenburg ​ (m. 1986)​
Military service
Branch	United States Army
Years of service	1942–1946
Rank	Major
Unit	320th Infantry Regiment
Campaigns	World War II Normandy Northern France Rhineland Ardennes-Alsace Central Europe

Orval Eugene Faubus (/ˈfɔːbəs/ FAW-bəs; January 7, 1910 – December 14, 1994) was an American politician who served as the 36th Governor of Arkansas from 1955 to 1967, as a member of the Democratic Party. In 1957, he refused to comply with a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1954 case Brown v. Board of Education, and ordered the Arkansas National Guard to prevent black students from attending Little Rock Central High School. This event became known as the Little Rock Crisis. He was elected to six two-year terms as governor.