NANCY PELOSI
Name: Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi
Born: 26 March 1940 Baltimore, Maryland
Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi (born March 26, 1940) is currently the Speaker
of the United States House of Representatives. Before becoming Speaker in the
110th Congress, she was the House Minority Leader from 2002 to 2007, holding the
post during the 107th, 108th, and 109th Congresses.
Since 1987, she has represented the 8th Congressional District of California,
which consists of four-fifths of the City and County of San Francisco. The
district was numbered as the 5th during Pelosi's first three terms in the House.
With her election as Speaker, she is the first woman, the first Californian, and
the first Italian-American to hold the Speakership. She is the second Speaker
from a state west of the Rocky Mountains, with the first being Washington's Tom
Foley, who was the last Democrat to hold the post before Pelosi. As Speaker of
the House, Pelosi ranks second in the line of presidential succession, following
Vice President Dick Cheney. She is therefore the highest-ranking woman in the
history of the U.S. Government.
Name: Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi
Born: 26 March 1940 Baltimore, Maryland
Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi (born March 26, 1940) is currently the Speaker
of the United States House of Representatives. Before becoming Speaker in the
110th Congress, she was the House Minority Leader from 2002 to 2007, holding the
post during the 107th, 108th, and 109th Congresses.
Since 1987, she has represented the 8th Congressional District of California,
which consists of four-fifths of the City and County of San Francisco. The
district was numbered as the 5th during Pelosi's first three terms in the House.
With her election as Speaker, she is the first woman, the first Californian, and
the first Italian-American to hold the Speakership. She is the second Speaker
from a state west of the Rocky Mountains, with the first being Washington's Tom
Foley, who was the last Democrat to hold the post before Pelosi. As Speaker of
the House, Pelosi ranks second in the line of presidential succession, following
Vice President Dick Cheney. She is therefore the highest-ranking woman in the
history of the U.S. Government.