Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 3rd district
In office January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967
Preceded by
Tic Forrester
Succeeded by
Jack Brinkley
Personal details
Born
Howard Hollis Callaway[1]
(1927-04-02)April 2, 1927 LaGrange, Georgia, U.S.
Died
March 15, 2014(2014-03-15) (aged 86) Columbus, Georgia, U.S.
Political party
Democratic (Before 1964) Republican (1964–2014)
Spouse
Beth Walton
(m. 1949; died 2009)
[1]
Children
5[1]
Relatives
Fuller Earle Callaway (grandfather) Terry Considine (son-in-law)
Education
Georgia Tech United States Military Academy (BS)
Military service
Branch/service
United States Army
Years of service
1949–1952
Rank
Lieutenant
Battles/wars
Korean War
Howard Hollis "Bo" Callaway (April 2, 1927[2] – March 15, 2014) was an American businessman and politician.[3][4] He served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for the 3rd district of Georgia.[2] He also served as the 11th United States Secretary of the Army.[1][5]
^ abcdYardley, William (March 23, 2014). "Howard H. Callaway, Strategist Who Helped G.O.P. Rise in South, Dies at 86". The New York Times. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
^ ab"CALLAWAY, Howard Hollis (Bo)". United States House of Representatives. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
^"Callaway of Georgia: A GOP Governor?". The Amarillo Globe-Times. Amarillo, Texas. September 1, 1966. p. 35. Retrieved October 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Belated Vindication for Bo Callaway". The Macon Telegraph. Macon, Georgia. June 26, 1977. p. 37. Retrieved October 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^Adams, Tony (March 15, 2014). "Carter recalls intense rivalry and eventual friendship with Callaway". Ledger-Enquirer. Archived from the original on March 31, 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2022 – via Wayback Machine.
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was the closest in Georgia gubernatorial history; Republican candidate BoCallaway won a plurality of the popular vote, but lost the contingent election...
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conservative choice, Howard "Bo" Callaway, in the party primary, by fewer than 2,000 primary votes. Fourteen years earlier, Callaway was the Republican gubernatorial...
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the first major decision of his campaign in mid-1975, when he selected BoCallaway to run his campaign. The pardon of Nixon and the disastrous 1974 mid-term...
tank's name had been revealed years before by Army Secretary Howard "Bo" Callaway. The Army Secretary had preempted the Army's unannounced plans to name...
moved to Colorado, where he entered politics through his father-in-law, BoCallaway. In 1986, Considine ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination...
Lester Maddox of Atlanta as governor of Georgia over the Republican BoCallaway. Callaway had led in the 1966 general election by some three thousand votes...
(R-PA) Hamer Budge (R-ID) George H. W. Bush (R-TX) John W. Byrnes (R-WI) BoCallaway (R-GA) John Newbold Camp (R-OK) John Chenoweth (R-CO) Harold Collier...
Republicans" were elected: Glenn Andrews (AL-4) John H. Buchanan Jr. (AL-6) BoCallaway (GA-3) William L. Dickinson (AL-2) Jack Edwards (AL-1) James D. Martin...
(R-PA) Hamer Budge (R-ID) George H. W. Bush (R-TX) John W. Byrnes (R-WI) BoCallaway (R-GA) John Newbold Camp (R-OK) John Chenoweth (R-CO) Harold Collier...
indicated that he would repay Callaway for the earlier support, but he instead held firm for Maddox. "I consider BoCallaway one of my best friends, but...
David Brenner, American comedian, actor, and author (b. 1936) 2014 – BoCallaway, American soldier and politician, United States Secretary of the Army...
general election the Republican nominee, U.S. Representative Howard "Bo" Callaway, then of Pine Mountain. Maddox was ultimately elected by the Georgia...
3rd district In office January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1983 Preceded by BoCallaway Succeeded by Richard Ray Member of the Georgia House of Representatives...
re-election for this seat. Mary Estill Buchanan, Colorado Secretary of State BoCallaway, former Secretary of the Army and former U.S. Representative from Georgia...
Callaway Golf Company, textile manufacturer Fuller Earle Callaway, and former United States Secretary of the Army and Georgia Congressman BoCallaway...
collided with a train in Sarasota, ending his life. He was 30 years old. BoCallaway immediately instituted a slalom trophy in Cash's memory to be awarded...
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