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  Callaway, Howard "Bo"
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AffiliationRepublican  
<-  1997-01-01  
 
NameHoward "Bo" Callaway
Address
Columbus, Georgia , United States
EmailNone
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Born April 02, 1927
DiedMarch 15, 2014 (86 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
Last ModifedRob Ritchie
Dec 26, 2017 08:28pm
Tags Army -
InfoFirst Georgia Republican since Reconstruction to win election to the U.S. House of Representatives (1964). First Georgia Republican since Reconstruction to win the popular vote in a gubernatorial election (1966). Secretary of the Army for Nixon, then Ford, as well as campaign manager for Ford (1976).

April 2, 1927 Born, LaGrange, GA

1944-45 Student, Georgia Institute of Technology

1945-49 B.S., United States Military Academy

1949-52 1st Lieutenant, United States Army

1953-64 Member, Board of Regents, University System of Georgia

1953-70 President, Callaway Gardens

1956-70 President, Ida Cason Callaway Foundation

1958-64 Director, Trust Company of Georgia

1960-64 Director, Georgia Power Company

1965-66 U.S. Representative from Georgia

1966 Republican candidate for Governor of Georgia

1966-73 Chairman, Freedom's Foundation at Valley Forge, PA

1968-73 Republican National Committeeman from Georgia; Vice Chairman, Republican National Committee

1970-73 President, Interfinancial, Inc.; civilian aide to Secretary of the Army

1975-76 Chairman, President Ford Committee

1976-Present Chairman of the Board, Crested Butte Mountain Resort, Crested Butte, CO

1980 Candidate for the Republican nomination to the U.S. Senate from Colorado

1981-87 Chairman, Colorado Republican Party

1987-Present Chairman, GOPAC (a Republican political action committee)



JOB APPROVAL POLLS

BOOKS
Title Purchase Contributor

EVENTS
Start Date End Date Type Title Contributor

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
 00, 1998 12:00am Interview Interview Howard Callaway  Not Available None Entered 

DISCUSSION
Importance? 7.00000 Average

FAMILY
Daughter Betsy Considine 0000-

INFORMATION LINKS
New Georgia Encyclopedia  Discuss
RACES
  01/29/1993 RNC Chair Lost 10.73% (-33.17%)
  09/09/1980 CO US Senate - R Primary Lost 30.12% (-0.73%)
  05/15/1973 Secretary of the Army Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/08/1966 GA Governor Lost 46.55% (+0.31%)
  11/03/1964 GA District 3 Won 57.22% (+14.47%)
ENDORSEMENTS
GA Attorney General - Nov 02, 2010 D Ken Hodges
GA Insurance Commissioner - R Primary - Jul 20, 2010 R Seth Harp
GA Lt. Governor - R Primary - Jul 18, 2006 R Ralph Reed
GA US Senate - R Primary - Jul 20, 2004 R Michael A. "Mac" Collins
US President - R Primaries - Jul 01, 1976 R Gerald R. Ford