1. Howard Hollis "Bo" Callaway was an American businessman and politician.
15 Facts About Bo Callaway
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Bo Callaway served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for the 3rd district of Georgia.
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Bo Callaway served as the 11th United States Secretary of the Army.
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Bo Callaway then attended Georgia Tech and the United States Military Academy, where he earned a degree in military engineering in 1949.
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Bo Callaway served in the United States Army during the Korean War.
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Bo Callaway was discharged in 1953 and returned to Georgia to help his parents develop and run Callaway Gardens.
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Bo Callaway was named executive director there on June 10,1953.
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Bo Callaway was the first Republican to represent Georgia in Congress since Reconstruction, riding a Republican wave in the Deep South resulting from the appeal of Barry Goldwater to conservative Southerners.
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Rather than run for re-election, Bo Callaway ran as the Republican candidate in the 1966 Georgia gubernatorial election.
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Ultimately, Bo Callaway won a plurality but not a majority of votes cast, which under Georgia law meant that the election was thrown to the Georgia General Assembly.
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Bo Callaway served under Nixon and Gerald Ford and was succeeded by Norman R Augustine in 1975.
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Bo Callaway served as Ford's campaign manager, but resigned following accusations that he had used undue political influence to ensure the expansion of a ski resort; he was replaced by Rogers Morton.
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Bo Callaway ran for the Republican nomination in the 1980 United States Senate election in Colorado.
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Bo Callaway was supported by Senator William L Armstrong, but ultimately lost the nomination to Mary Estill Buchanan.
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Bo Callaway died on March 15,2014 from complications of intracerebral hemorrhage in Columbus, Georgia, at the age of 86.