Oh my gosh, Orval Faubus once ran for President
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Orval Faubus, the governor of Arkansas who in 1957 sent in National Guard troops to try to prevent nine black students from attending Little Rock Central High, was actually a candidate for President in 1960, for the States' Rights Party. He received less than 45,000 votes nationwide.
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I had no idea he had run for governor and President at the same time, until I saw his name on the list of 1960 presidential candidates. And I had studied Arkansas history in the early '70s, but our textbook ended with Governor Francis Cherry (1955-57)!. The textbook was already 14 or 15 years out of date before it was retired! And I can't remember any of my teachers mentioning it-- even the American Government and American History teachers.
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