Newt Gingrich (born June 17, 1943 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) succeeded Tom Foley as the fifty-eighth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving between January 4, 1995 and January 3, 1999, including the whole of 1997.
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Tip O'Neill (born December 9, 1912 in Cambridge, Massachusetts; died January 5, 1994 in Boston, Massachusetts) succeeded Carl Albert as the fifty-fifth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving between January 4, 1977 and January 3, 1987, including the whole of 1984
Newt Gingrich (born June 17, 1943 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) succeeded Tom Foley as the fifty-eighth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving between January 4, 1995 and January 3, 1999.
Following the end of Newt Gingrich's term in office, Dennis Hastert (born January 2, 1942 in Aurora, Illinois) became the fifty-ninth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving between January 6, 1999 and January 3, 2007.
Carl Albert (born May 10, 1908 in McAlester, Oklahoma; died February 4, 2000 in McAlester, Oklahoma) succeeded John W. McCormack as the fifty-fourth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving between January 21, 1971 and January 3, 1977, including the whole of 1974.
The speaker of the US house in 1992 was Tom Foley who was a Democrat from the state of Washington.
Tom Foley was Speaker of the House from 1989-1995. He was succeeded in office by Newt Gingrich.
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assuming BOTH the Pres. and the VP are unable, next in line is the Speaker of the House. It's never happened before but it's come close.
Frederick Muhlenberg became the first Speaker of the US House of Representatives in 1789.
To bring up the topic that they will be discussing in the House of Commons. e.g. a bill, law etc... but they must be totally clean of their party decision. They don't want the speaker to love the Conservatives or Liberals. Only because the speaker will take their side of the discussion, which may lead to other things.
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