Newt Gingrich

AKA Newton Leroy McPherson

Born: 17-Jun-1943

Birthplace: Harrisburg, PA



Gender: Male

Religion: Roman Catholic

Race or Ethnicity: White

Sexual orientation: Straight

Occupation: Politician

Party Affiliation: Republican

Nationality: United States

Executive summary: Speaker of the House, 1995-99

Authored The Drug Importer Death Penalty Act of 1996, legislation that, if passed, would have imposed capital punishment for possession of two or more ounces of marijuana.

Father: Newton McPherson

Mother: Kathleen Daughterty

Father: Robert Gingrich (adoptive stepfather)

Wife: Jackie Battley (high school teacher, div. 1981, two daughters)

Wife: Marianne Ginther (m. 1981, div. 2000)

Wife: Callista Bisek (staffmember of his, m. 2000 after a long-term extramarital affair)

Mistress: Anne Manning



High School: Baker High School, Columbus, GA (1961)

University: BA, Emory University (1965)

University: MA Modern European History, Tulane University (1968)

University: PhD Modern European History, Tulane University (1971)

Teacher: West Georgia College, Carrollton, GA (1970-78)



Speaker of the US House (1995-99)

US Congressman, Georgia 6th (1979-99)

Defense Policy Board

Human Events Contributor

Alfalfa Club 1994

American Cancer Society

American Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow

American Foreign Policy Council Board of Advisors

Bohemian Grove

Close Up Foundation Board of Advisors

Committee for the Liberation of Iraq

Committee on the Present Danger

Common Good Advisory Board

Council on Foreign Relations Terrorism Task Force

Friends of Newt Gingrich Candidate

George W. Bush for President

Habitat for Humanity

Hoover Institution Distinguished Visiting Fellow

Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Distinguished Advisor

John McCain 2008

National Space Society Board of Governors

Newt 2012

Republicans Abroad Advisory Committee

Renewing American Leadership Honorary Chairman

Science Debate 2008

Sierra Club (1984-90)

Trump Transition Team Vice Chair

Winning Our Future Beneficiary

Young Americans for Freedom National Advisory Board

Young Republicans

Kentucky Colonel 1996

Time Person of the Year 1995

Adopted

Draft Deferment: Vietnam

Funeral: Richard Nixon (1994)

Animal Bite baby cougar, Washington, DC (1-Nov-1995)

Converted to Catholicism (Mar-2009)

Funeral: Tim Russert (2008)

House Banking Scandal 22 overdrawn checks, totaling $26,890 (including a $9,463 check to the Internal Revenue Service)

Evolution Skeptics

Risk Factors: Obesity, Marijuana



FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR

13th (30-Sep-2016) · Himself

I Want Your Money (28-Jul-2010) · Himself

Last Party 2000 (2-Nov-2001) · Himself



Official Website:

http://www.newt.org/

Author of books:

Lessons Learned the Hard Way: A Personal Report ( 1998 )







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