- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Newt Gingrich
- Date of Original:
- 1978
- Subject:
- Legislators--United States
Politicians--United States
Men--Georgia
United States. Congress--Leadership
United States. Congress. House--Speakers
Flags--United States
Press conferences--Georgia
Women--Georgia
Girls--Georgia
Gingrich, Newt
Gingrich, Jackie Battley
Gingrich, Jacqueline
Gingrich, Kathy - Location:
- United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- In 1978 Republican Newt Gingrich won his first term to the U.S. House of Representatives. He went on to represent the Sixth District of Georgia until 1999.
Photograph of former Congressman Newt Gingrich at a press conference after winning his first term to the U.S. House of Representatives. He stands at a podium upon which several microphones are mounted. He smiles and waves at the audience, and his family stands next to him. An American flag hangs behind the stage.
Gingrich 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. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/newt-gingrich-b-1943/m-5812/
- Rights Holder:
- Reprinted with permission from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/newt-gingrich-b-1943
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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