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Newt Gingrich
American politician and author (born 1943)
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Official portrait, c. 1995-1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office January 4, 1995 – January 3, 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Tom Foley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Dennis Hastert | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Robert H. Michel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Dennis Hastert | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office March 20, 1989 – January 3, 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leader | Robert H. Michel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Dick Cheney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | David Bonior | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | John Flynt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Johnny Isakson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Newton Leroy McPherson (1943-06-17) June 17, 1943 (age 81) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Republican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouses | Jackie Battley (m. 1962; div. 1981)Marianne Ginther (m. 1981; div. 2000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Candace Gingrich (maternal half-sibling) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Emory University (BA) Tulane University (MA,
Newt Gingrich
Newton Leroy "Newt" Gingrich (born June 17, 1943 as Newton Leroy McPherson) is an Americanpolitician from Georgia. He is credited with bringing about the Republican Revolution in the 1994 United States House of Representatives elections, which gave the Republican Party control of the United States House of Representatives for the first time since the 1952 United States House of Representatives elections.[1] Early life[change | cha
Newt GingrichAs a Republican U.S. congressman from Georgia’s Sixth District from 1979 to 1999, Newt Gingrich emerged as one of the nation’s most powerful and polarizing political leaders in the 1990s. He served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999, a position he achieved largely through his “Contract with America,” a ten-point program of conservative reform that, along with frustration over U.S. president Bill Clinton’s administration, led to a historic shift in congressional power, with Republicans winning a majority of both houses for the first time in forty years. Early LifeNewton Leroy Gingrich was born on June 17, 1943, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to Kathleen and Newton McPherson. Shortly after Gingrich’s birth, his parents, who were teenagers, divorced, and his mother soon married Robert Gingrich, who adopted Newt and gave him his surname. Because Robert Gingrich served in the military, the family moved frequently through different assignments in the United States and Europe. As a boy, Gingrich walked throug Copyright ©aimbomb.pages.dev 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||