Last Updated: 17 Jun, 2023 | Views: 440
Age: 81
Profession: Politician
Other Profession(s): Author
Famous For: Major Leader In The Republican Victory In The 1994 Congressional Election
Higher Education: Tulane University (MA, PhD)
Net Worth: $7 Million Approx.
About (Profile/Biography):
Newton Leroy Gingrich was born on June 17, 1943. He was served as the 50th Speaker of the House of Representatives of the USA from 1995 to 1999. Newton Leroy McPherson Gingrich was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on June 17, 1943. The couple married in September 1942 when Kathleen "Kit" Daugherty was 16 years old, and Newton Searles McPherson was 19. His ancestry is English, German, Scottish, and Scotch-Irish.
Newt Gingrich Career:
1996: A welfare reform bill that Clinton vetoed was passed by Gingrich in 1996 after he constructed two welfare reform measures.
1974: The 6th congressional district of north-central Georgia was represented by Gingrich as a Republican candidate in 1974. His margin of defeat was 2,770 votes compared to 20-year incumbent Democrat Jack Flynt.
1981: Newt Gingrich co-founded the Military Reform Caucus (MRC) and the Congressional Aviation and Space Caucus in 1981. Gingrich suggested the International Monetary Fund ban loans to Communist nations. It was also Gingrich who proposed making Martin Luther King Jr. Day a national holiday.
1998: Gingrich's private polls 1998 suggested that pushing the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal would hurt Clinton's popularity and result in Republicans winning six to thirty seats in the House. A 23-year-old woman was also having an affair with Gingrich.
1999: His last assignment was as the U.S. representative for Georgia's 6th congressional district, which served north Atlanta and surrounding areas from 1979 until he resigned in 1999.
Newt Gingrich Unknown Facts:
Newt Gingrich is renowned for utilizing technology in political campaigns in novel ways. For example, social media and online platforms were used by his campaign in 2012 to build support among Republican voters.
Newt Gingrich has advocated establishing a permanent lunar colony as part of his deep interest in space exploration. He proposes establishing a lunar base as a prelude to Mars missions in the future.
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