Candidate, United States President, 2012

Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1979-1999

Speaker, United States House of Representatives, 1995-1998

Chair, Republican National Convention, 1996

Republican Whip, United States House of Representatives, 1989-1994

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 6, 1974, 1976

Southeast Coordinator, Nelson Rockerfeller's Presidential Campaign, 1968

Congressional Campaign Manager, 1964

Member, Defense Policy Board, present

Co-Chair, National Commission for Quality Long-term Care

Member, United States Commission on National Security/21st Century, 1999

Honorary Chair, NanoBusiness Alliance, 2000-present

Founder, Gingrich Group, 1999-present

Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, 1999-present

Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, present

Distinguished Visiting Scholar/Professor, National Defense University

Host, "A City Upon a Hill", 2011

Host, "Ronald Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny", 2011

Founder, Center for Health Transformation, 2003-2011

News and Political Analyst, Fox News Channel, 1999-2011

Author, Multiple Works, 1982-2011

Host, "Nine Days that Changed the World", 2010

Host, "Rediscovering God in America", 2007

Guest Professor, Kennesaw State College, September 1993

Professor, History and Environmental Studies, West Georgia College, 1970-1978

Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Chair, American Solutions Political Action Committee, present

Member, Committee on the Present Danger

Advisory Board Member, Common Good

Co-Founder, Conservative Opportunity Society

Honorary Member, East Cobb Rotary

Advisory Board Member, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies

Former Chairman, GOPAC

Editorial Board Member, Johns Hopkins University Journal, Biosecurity and Bioterrorism

Board Member, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

Member, Kiwanis

Founding Member, Project Vote Smart

Member, Terrorism Task Force, Council on Foreign Relations

Member, World Futurist Society

Founder, Young Republicans Club, Emory University

Present General Chair, American Solutions for Winning the Future, 2007-2011

Awards:

Science Coalition's first Science Pioneer award, 2001,
Time Magazine's Man of the Year, 1995,
Legislative Conservationist of the Year, Georgia Wildlife Federation, 1998

Georgia Citizen of the Year, March of Dimes, 1995

Date of Wedding Anniversary:

2000

Father's Name:

Newton C. McPherson Jr.-biological father

Robert Gingrich-stepfather

Father's Occupation:

Mechanic

Stepfather's Occupation-Career soldier

Favorite Book:

Lincoln at Cooper Union by Harold Holzer, The Eloquent President by Ronald C. White Jr., Paul Revere's Ride by David Hackett Fisher, The Effective Executive by Peter Druker, Moneyball by Michael Lewis, New Rules for the New Economy by Kevin Kelly, The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara, Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren, Lincoln by Gore Vidal, Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Shogun by James Clavell, Radicalism of the American Revolution by Gordon S. Wood, The Godfather by Mario Puzo, The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, Advise and Consent by Allen Drury, Caesar at the Rubicon by Theodore H. White

Favorite Quote:

"The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country." - Lincoln's Second Annual Message to Congress, December 1, 1862

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free." - Ronald Reagan

"If you're afraid of the future, then get out of the way, stand aside. The people of this country are ready to move again." - Ronald Reagan

"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result." - Albert Einstein

"Real change requires REAL change."

Favorite Sport:

Football

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Reading, writing, visiting zoos in different cities, going for walks, paleontology, science, politics, football, history, management theory

Mother's Name:

Kathleen "Kit" Daugherty

Number of Grandchildren:

2

Publications:

Winning the Future: A 21st Century Contract with America, To Renew America, Lessons Learned the Hard Way, Saving Lives and Saving Money, Window of Opportunity, The Art of Transformation, and his latest, Rediscovering God in America. Gettysburg, Grant Comes East, Never Call Retreat: Lee and Grant the Final Fictory, 1945, Pearl Harbor, A Novel of December the 8