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{{Officeholder
|name=Newt Gingrich
|image=NewtGingrich.jpg
|party=[[Republican]]
|spouse=Jackie Battley (1962-1981)<br/>Marianne Ginther (1981-2000)<br/>Callista Gingrich
|religion=Roman Catholic
|offices=
{{Officeholder/representative
|state=Georgia
|district=6th
|terms=January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1999
|preceded=Jack Flynt
|former=n
|succeeded=Johnny Isakson
}}
}}
'''Newt Gingrich''' (born June 17, 1943) is a [[conservative]] politician. Representing [[Georgia]], Gingrich served as [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives| Speaker]] of the House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999, preceding [[J. Dennis Hastert]] and succeeding [[Thomas Foley]]. Widely considered a mastermind of the Republican revolution that swept [[Congress]] in the 1994 elections, the well-known architect of the “[[Contract with America]]” <ref>[http://www.newt.org/backpage.asp?art=59]</ref> that led the [[Republican Party]] to victory in 1994 by capturing the majority in the U.S. House for the first time in forty years.
'''Newt Gingrich''' (born June 17, 1943) is a [[conservative]] politician. Representing [[Georgia]], Gingrich served as [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives| Speaker]] of the House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999, preceding [[J. Dennis Hastert]] and succeeding [[Thomas Foley]]. Widely considered a mastermind of the Republican revolution that swept [[Congress]] in the 1994 elections, the well-known architect of the “[[Contract with America]]” <ref>[http://www.newt.org/backpage.asp?art=59]</ref> that led the [[Republican Party]] to victory in 1994 by capturing the majority in the U.S. House for the first time in forty years.