Orval Faubus in the Democratic primary. His final political office was back in D.C., this time as a U.S. senator. Pryor served three terms in the Senate, wrapping up his political career in 1996.

In September 1957, Arkansas governor Orval Faubus ordered troops from the state National Guard to surround Central High School in Little Rock to prevent nine African American students from enrolling.

The governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, had promised in the 1957 election to stop desegregation. During the summer of 1957, he called for a delay to desegregation. The first year at Central High ...

S. mail went through. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Sept. 27--Last night Governor Faubus compared the calmness in Little Rock with the quiet in Paris during the occupation, and the stillness of Budapest today.