52nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
In office January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023
Preceded by
Paul Ryan
Succeeded by
Kevin McCarthy
In office January 4, 2007 – January 3, 2011
Preceded by
Dennis Hastert
Succeeded by
John Boehner
House Minority Leader
In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2019
Whip
Steny Hoyer
Preceded by
John Boehner
Succeeded by
Kevin McCarthy
In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007
Whip
Steny Hoyer
Preceded by
Dick Gephardt
Succeeded by
John Boehner
Leader of the House Democratic Caucus
In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2023
Deputy
Steny Hoyer
Preceded by
Dick Gephardt
Succeeded by
Hakeem Jeffries
House Minority Whip
In office January 15, 2002 – January 3, 2003
Leader
Dick Gephardt
Preceded by
David Bonior
Succeeded by
Steny Hoyer
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California
Incumbent
Assumed office June 2, 1987
Preceded by
Sala Burton
Constituency
5th district (1987–1993)
8th district (1993–2013)
12th district (2013–2023)
11th district (2023–present)
Chair of the California Democratic Party
In office February 27, 1981 – April 3, 1983
Preceded by
Richard J. O'Neill
Succeeded by
Peter Kelly
Personal details
Born
Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro
(1940-03-26) March 26, 1940 (age 84) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Paul Pelosi
(m. 1963)
Children
5, including Christine and Alexandra
Parent
Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. (father)
Relatives
Thomas D'Alesandro III (brother)
Residence(s)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Education
Trinity College, Washington (BA)
Signature
Website
House website
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Pelosi speaks on the death of former ambassador Richard Holbrooke. Recorded December 18, 2010
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Nancy Patricia Pelosi (/pəˈloʊsi/pə-LOH-see; née D'Alesandro; born March 26, 1940) is an American politician who served as the 52nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2019 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the first woman elected as U.S. House Speaker and the first woman to lead a major political party in either chamber of Congress, leading the House Democrats from 2003 to 2023. A member of the House since 1987, Pelosi currently represents California's 11th congressional district, which includes most of San Francisco. She is the dean of California's congressional delegation.
Pelosi was born and raised in Baltimore, and is the daughter of mayor and congressman Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. She graduated from Trinity College, Washington in 1962 and married businessman Paul Pelosi the next year; the two had met while both were students. They moved to New York City before settling down in San Francisco with their children. Focused on raising her family, Pelosi stepped into politics as a volunteer for the Democratic Party in the 1960s. After years of party work, she was first elected to Congress in a 1987 special election and is now in her 19th term; she is the dean of California's congressional delegation. Pelosi steadily rose through the ranks of the House Democratic Caucus to be elected House minority whip in 2001[1] and elevated to House minority leader a year later,[2] becoming the first woman to hold each of those positions in either chamber of Congress.
In the 2006 midterm elections, Pelosi led the Democrats to a majority in the House for the first time in 12 years and was subsequently elected Speaker, becoming the first woman to hold the office.[3] Until Kamala Harris became vice president in 2021, Pelosi was the highest-ranking woman in the presidential line of succession in U.S. history, as the speaker of the House is second in the line of succession. During her first speakership, Pelosi was a major opponent of the Iraq War as well as the Bush administration's attempts to partially privatize Social Security. She participated in the passage of the Obama administration's landmark bills, including the Affordable Care Act, the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and the 2010 Tax Relief Act. Pelosi lost the speakership after the Republican Party retook the majority in the 2010 midterm elections, but she retained her role as leader of the House Democrats and became House minority leader for a second time.
In the 2018 midterm elections, Democrats regained majority control of the House, and Pelosi was again elected Speaker, becoming the first former speaker to reclaim the gavel since Sam Rayburn in 1955. During her second speakership, the House twice impeached President Donald Trump, first in December 2019 and again in January 2021; the Senate acquitted Trump both times. She participated in the passage of the Biden administration's landmark bills, including the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the CHIPS and Science Act, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, and the Respect for Marriage Act. In the 2022 midterm elections, Republicans narrowly regained control of the House for the new Congress, ending her tenure as speaker. She subsequently retired as House Democratic leader. On November 29, 2022, the Steering and Policy Committee of the House Democratic Caucus named Pelosi "Speaker Emerita". Expert assessments of Pelosi's two tenures as speaker have generally considered her to have had a very strong grasp on power in the Democratic majorities and to have been highly effective at the job.
^Eilperin, Juliet (October 11, 2001). "Democrats Pick Pelosi as House Whip". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
^"CNN.com - Democrats pick Pelosi as House leader - Nov. 15, 2002". edition.cnn.com. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
^Branigin, William (January 4, 2007). "Pelosi Sworn in as First Woman Speaker of the House". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
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