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Newt Gingrich
| June 17, 1943 |
Politician Newt Gingrich born, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Newt Gingrich
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| May 30, 1989 |
Speaker of the House Jim Wright, who suffered ethical problems thanks to unusual royalties from the sale of a book, becomes the first Speaker to resign. Pushing the investigation into Wright's ethics problems: Georgian Newt Gingrich
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Newt Gingrich
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| January 4, 1995 |
Newt Gingrich becomes the first Republican Speaker of the House in 40 years, and the first Georgian to hold the position in 102 years (Charles Crisp)
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Newt Gingrich
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| January 7, 1997 |
Newt Gingrich is elected Speaker of the House for a second time
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Newt Gingrich
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