NEWT GINGRICH 1943 SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE GINGRICH NEWT 1943 U.S GOV'T LEGISLATIVE POLITICAL PARTIES ELECTIONS AND POLITICS NEWTON GINGRICH WAS BORN IN PENNSYLVANIA HE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN GEORGIA IN 1961 AND THEN ATTENDED EMORY UNIVERSITY IN ATLANTA HE RECEIVED A PH.D FROM TULANE UNIVERSITY IN 1971 GINGRICH TAUGHT FOR A WHILE BUT SOON TURNED TO POLITICS HE RAN FOR ELECTION TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HE LOST IN 1974 AND 1976 BUT WON IN 1978 IN 1989 GINGRICH WAS ELECTED MINORITY WHIP OR ASSISTANT IN THE HOUSE GINGRICH WAS DETERMINED TO INCREASE REPUBLICAN POLITICAL POWER ALONG WITH OTHER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMEMBERS HE PRESENTED THE CONTRACT WITH AMERICA A SET OF CAMPAIGN PLEDGES THAT HELPED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY GAIN A MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE IN 1995 GINGRICH WAS ELECTED SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE HE HELD THAT POST UNTIL 1998 WHEN HE RESIGNED AFTER THE REPUBLICANS POOR RESULTS IN THE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS
