- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Bo Callaway
- Creator:
- George Augusta
- Date of Original:
- 1927/2014
- Subject:
- Legislators--Georgia
Politicians--Georgia--Pine Mountain
Cabinet officers--United States
Executives--Georgia--Pine Mountain
Businessmen--Georgia--Pine Mountain
Businesspeople--Georgia--Pine Mountain
Callaway, Howard H. (Howard Hollis), 1927- - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Harris County, Pine Mountain, 32.86485, -84.8541
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Bo Callaway was elected in 1964 as the first Republican congressman from Georgia since 1875. He ran for governor in the 1966 general election, but the presence of a write-in candidate prevented him from receiving the constitutionally required majority, costing him the election.
Portrait of businessman and politician Howard "Bo" Callaway. Callaway has the distinction of being the first Republican congressman from Georgia since 1875. Callaway ran for governor in the 1966 general election, but the presence of a write-in candidate prevented him from receiving the constitutionally required majority, costing him the election. He was secretary of the army in the Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford administrations and headed President Ford's 1976 campaign committee. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/gubernatorial-election-of-1966/m-957/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Callaway Gardens
Image from George Augusta - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/howard-hollis-bo-callaway-b-1927
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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