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Newt Gingrich through the years A look at the former House speaker now seeking the GOP presidential nomination.
Nov. 8, 2011
Former house speaker Newt Gingrich, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, stands for a portrait at The Washington Post.
Melina Mara
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The Washington Post
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Dec. 1, 1943
Gingrich at age 5 months.
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Gingrich at age 10.
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March 1, 1979
Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), then in his first term in Congress, meets with reporters in Washington. He lost his first two bids for a House seat, in 1974 and 1976.
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March 5, 1984
Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) addresses a rally on the U.S. Capitol steps in Washington supporting a constitutional amendment that would permit voluntary prayer in public schools.
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Associated Press
June 23, 1983
Reps. William Young (R-Fla.), left, Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and Tom Coleman (D-Tex.) talk to reporters outside the White House after they met with President Ronald Reagan on Central America.
Ira Schwarz
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Associated Press
May 4, 1989
Newt Gingrich and then-President George H.W. Bush during a White House meeting of Republican leaders. A year later, Bush and Gingrich would have a painful clash over a tax and budget deal that Gingrich refused to accept; when the two posed for a photo together in 1990, Bush told Gingrich, "You're killing us."
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Agence France-Presse
Nov. 8, 1990
Newt Gingrich, center, at dinner in Atlanta after his 1990 reelection victory. At left is his then-wife, Marianne, and at right is his mother, Kathleen Gingrich. In the 1990 negotiations on a budget and tax compromise, Gingrich sought the opinions of his daughter and Marianne Gingrich's mother on the deal. "Both my daughter and mother-in-law thought it was nuts,” Gingrich said.
Charles Kelly
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AP
Oct. 16, 1990
Newt Gingrich, then House minority whip, talks to reporters at the Cannon House Office Building. Gingrich staged a revolt against a budget and tax compromise agreed to by President George H.W. Bush and other congressional leaders that year, and Bush later blamed the revolt, more than the tax increases he agreed to, for his reelection defeat in 1992.
Ray Lustig
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The Washington Post
July 19, 1990
Then-Sen. Wyche Fowler Jr. (D-Ga.), left, with House Minority Whip Newt Gingrich and Richard G. Darman, then director of the Office of Management and Budget, during the 1990 budget negotiations. Darman, who had been close to Gingrich, described his revolt against the budget deal as a "stab in the back."
James M. Thresher
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The Washington Post
Jan. 4, 1995
House Speaker Newt Gingrich addresses the 104th Congress Celebration gala at a downtown hotel in the District to end his first day as speaker.
Mark Wilson
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AP
Sept. 27, 1994
Gingrich, House minority whip, addresses Republican congressional candidates on Capitol Hill during a rally at which they offered the "Contract With America" that helped Republicans gain control of the House in 1994.
John Duricka
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AP
Dec. 30, 1995
President Bill Clinton listens as House Speaker Gingrich gives his thoughts on budget talks in Washington.
Keith Jenkins
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The Washington Post
Jan. 6, 1996
House Speaker Gingrich acknowledges reporters as he arrives at the Capitol, the day a compromise on spending ended a shutdown of the federal government.
Ray Lustig
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The Washington Post
Jan. 7, 1997
Gingrich takes the oath of office after his reelection as speaker of the House for the 105th Congress in Washington. Gingrich was elected amid controversy surrounding an inquiry by the House ethics committee.
Dayna Smith
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The Washington Post
Aug. 5, 1997
President Bill Clinton shakes hands with House Speaker Gingrich during a ceremony for the signing of the budget on the South Lawn of the White House.
Richard A. Lipski
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The Washington Post
Sept. 6, 2011
Gingrich speaks during a town hall meeting before a GOP debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif.
Mark Wilson
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Getty Images
Sept. 24, 2011
Gingrich speaks to delegates before a straw poll during the Republican Party's Florida Presidency 5 Convention in Orlando.
Mark Wilson
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AP
Oct. 11, 2011
Gingrich looks toward his wife, Callista, during a break in a Republican presidential debate at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. At right is former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum.
Jim Cole
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AP
Nov. 17, 2011
Gingrich greets supporters during a rally at the Jacksonville Landing in Jacksonville, Fla.
Stephen Morton
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AP
Nov. 25, 2011
Gingrich and his wife, Callista, greet supporters at the Naples Hilton in Naples, Fla. Gingrich was in the area to speak at a town hall meeting.
Erik Kellar
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AP
Dec. 7, 2011
Gingrich speaks during the Republican Jewish Coalition 2012 Presidential Candidates Forum at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Center in Washington.
Alex Wong
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