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Pelosi, Nancy Patricia |
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Pelosi, Nancy Patricia (pəlō`sē), 1940–, U.S. congresswoman, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (2007–), b. Baltimore as Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro. The daughter of Thomas J. D'Alesandro, Jr., who served as Baltimore's mayor and a congressman, she moved to California, where she became active in the Democratic party. In 1987 she was was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in a special election. A liberal from San Francisco, she became minority whip in 2001 and, succeeding Dick Gephardt Gephardt, Dick (Richard Andrew Gephardt) (gĕp`härt), 1941–, U.S. congressman (1977–2005), b. St. Louis. ..... Click the link for more information. , minority leader in 2003, becoming the first woman to hold high-ranking leadership positions in the U.S. Congress. Democratic gains in the 2006 congressional elections led to her election as Speaker of the House; she became the first woman to hold the post. |
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