Well there are plenty of American politicians from the start of our country that came from Pennsylvania. Some of them came from areas that are now near some luxurious hotels around Harrisburg and there record lives on in many museums. How about someone who has been influential in the past few decades of our government. Newt Gingrich was born Newton Leroy McPherson in June of 1943. He was raised along with his sisters by single mother until Robert Gingrich came into their lives and adopted Newt. He became a child of a military man and was moved many times in his life to live and be schooled on may military installations.

He kept the tradition of change going in his college life. He gained his B.A and M.A. from Emory University, and his PH.D. in modern European History from Tulane University in New Orleans. He became interested in the effect of religion and political theory and found himself attending a Baptist Church. He was baptized at the St.Charles Avenue Baptist Church while he was doing his personal study there. He went on to teach history at the University of West Georgia in the seventies and a class on renewing American Civilization at Kennesaw State University in 1993.

Gingrich became a successful Congressman for the state of Alabama from 1974 to 78. He then came back and became speaker of the house and gave some strong contrast to then President Bill Clinton with the Contract with America. He has played an intricate part in the Republican interests of the American government for many years. In January 1997, the House of Representatives decided to come after Gingrich for ethics violations that they feel he committed in 1994 and he was ordered to pay 300,000 dollar penalty. This became the first time in 208 years of history that a speaker was heavily disciplined for ethical wrongdoing. Newt Gingrich was apart of trying to remove President Clinton from his oval office as the public didn’t like it. His place in government was tarnished for his party and so he resigned. He still remains active in politics today.