Newt Gingrich (as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives)

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American politician Speaker of the United States House of Representatives human

Newt Gingrich, as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, was a leading Republican figure of the 1990s who drove the “Contract with America” agenda and helped engineer the GOP’s takeover of Congress in 1994.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Newt Gingrich	14
Newt Gingrich (as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2725217 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Newt Gingrich (as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives)
Context triple: [Dennis Hastert, precededBy, Newt Gingrich (as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives)]

A. John Boehner
John Boehner is an American Republican politician who served as the 53rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
B. Dennis Hastert
Dennis Hastert is an American Republican politician who served as the 51st Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007.
C. Jack Kemp
Jack Kemp was an American politician, former professional football quarterback, and longtime Republican congressman who served as U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and was the Republican vice-presidential nominee in 1996.
D. Christopher Nixon Cox
Christopher Nixon Cox is an American lawyer, political commentator, and grandson of former U.S. President Richard Nixon.
E. Chip Roy
Chip Roy is a conservative Republican politician and attorney serving in the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Newt Gingrich (as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives)
Target entity description: Newt Gingrich, as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, was a leading Republican figure of the 1990s who drove the “Contract with America” agenda and helped engineer the GOP’s takeover of Congress in 1994.

A. John Boehner
John Boehner is an American Republican politician who served as the 53rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
B. Dennis Hastert
Dennis Hastert is an American Republican politician who served as the 51st Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007.
C. Jack Kemp
Jack Kemp was an American politician, former professional football quarterback, and longtime Republican congressman who served as U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and was the Republican vice-presidential nominee in 1996.
D. Christopher Nixon Cox
Christopher Nixon Cox is an American lawyer, political commentator, and grandson of former U.S. President Richard Nixon.
E. Chip Roy
Chip Roy is a conservative Republican politician and attorney serving in the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician ⓘ Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ human ⓘ
advocatedFor	congressional term limits (as part of Contract with America) ⓘ smaller federal government ⓘ tax cuts ⓘ tough-on-crime legislation ⓘ welfare-to-work requirements ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1943-06-17 ⓘ
education	Emory University ⓘ Tulane University ⓘ
electedSpeakerBy	Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
endTime	1999-01-03 ⓘ
endTimeAsSpeaker	1999-01-03 ⓘ
eraOfProminence	1990s American politics ⓘ
helpedEngineer	Republican takeover of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 1994 elections ⓘ
historicalContext	end of continuous Democratic control of the House since 1955 ⓘ
historicalSignificance	first Republican Speaker of the U.S. House in 40 years ⓘ
inOfficeDuring	Bill Clinton presidency ⓘ
involvedIn	1995–1996 U.S. federal government shutdowns ⓘ impeachment proceedings against President Bill Clinton ⓘ
knownFor	confrontational style toward Democratic leadership ⓘ driving the Contract with America legislative agenda ⓘ helping end four decades of Democratic control of the U.S. House ⓘ
ledPoliticalProgram	Contract with America ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States House of Representatives ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Republican Party (United States)
occupation	author ⓘ historian ⓘ
oversaw	Republican majority in the U.S. House beginning in 1995 ⓘ
partyLeadershipRole	de facto leader of the national Republican Party in the mid-1990s ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ⓘ surface form: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
politicalAlignment	conservative ⓘ
positionHeld	House Minority Whip ⓘ Member of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
precededInOfficeAsSpeaker	Tom Foley ⓘ
pursuedStrategy	nationalizing congressional elections around the Contract with America ⓘ
reasonForResignation	Republican losses in the 1998 midterm elections ⓘ
representedDistrict	Georgia's 6th congressional district ⓘ
resignedAsSpeaker	1998 ⓘ
roleInEvent	key Republican negotiator in 1995–1996 budget standoffs with President Bill Clinton ⓘ
roleInImpeachment	Speaker overseeing House Republicans during Clinton impeachment vote ⓘ
startTime	1979-01-03 ⓘ
startTimeAsSpeaker	1995-01-04 ⓘ
succeededInOfficeAsSpeaker	Dennis Hastert ⓘ
supportedPolicy	balancing the federal budget ⓘ welfare reform in the 1990s ⓘ
wasChiefArchitectOf	Contract with America ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dennis Hastert → precededBy → Newt Gingrich (as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives) ⓘ

documentary film 13th → featuresInterviewWith → Newt Gingrich (as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives) ⓘ

subject surface form: 13th