Robert H. Michel
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Robert Henry Michel was an American Republican Party politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives for 38 years. He represented central Illinois's 18th congressional distri
Official portrait, 1993
President Ronald Reagan meets with Michel, Bob Dole and Alan Simpson in the cabinet room in 1985
President George H. W. Bush having lunch at the White House with Michel and Bob Dole in 1991
President George W. Bush, former President Jimmy Carter and House Minority Leader Bob Michel hold a press conference addressing election reform principles in the Rose Garden July 31, 2001
Newt Gingrich
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Newton Leroy Gingrich is an American politician who served as the 50th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party, he was the U.S. repres
Robert H. Michel
…the House of Representatives. Well known for his bipartisanship and friendship with prominent Democrats in the House, Michel was eventually eclipsed by Newt Gingrich and other younger Republicans who favored a more confrontational style. Michel did not seek re-election in the 1994 midterm elections, where Gingrich…
Official portrait, c. 1995–1999
Gingrich as a history professor, c. 1970
Gingrich traveling with President Ronald Reagan aboard Air Force One in August 1983
Gingrich meets with President Reagan in the Oval Office in May 1985.