Easton Press leather edition of Newt Gingrich's "To Renew America," a COLLECTOR'S edition, a SIGNED FIRST EDITION, numbered 1818 out of 3,000, published in 1995.  Bound in hunter green leather, the book has camel tan moire silk end leaves, satin book marker, hubbed spine, acid-free paper, gold gilt on three edges---in near FINE condition. Newton Leroy Gingrich, who was born in 1943, is an American politician and author who served as the 50th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party, he from 1979 until his resignation in 1999. In 2012, Gingrich unsuccessfully ran for the President of the U.S. A professor of history and geography at the University of West Georgia in the 1970s, Gingrich won election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1978, the first Republican in the history of Georgia's 6th congressional district to do so. He served as House Minority Whip from 1989 to 1995. A co-author and architect of the "Contract with America," Gingrich was a major leader in the Republican victory in the 1994 congressional election. In 1995, TIME magazine named him "Man of the Year" for "his role in ending the four-decades-long Democratic majority in the House." As House Speaker, Gingrich oversaw passage by the House of welfare reform and a capital gains tax cut in 1997. Gingrich played a key role in several government shutdowns, and impeached President BILL CLINTON on a party-line vote in the House. The poor showing by Republicans in the 1998 congressional elections, a reprimand from the House for Gingrich's ethics violation, his admission to a sexual affair, and pressure from Republican colleagues resulted in Gingrich's resignation from the speakership on November 6, 1998. He resigned altogether from the House on January 3, 1999. Political scientists have credited Gingrich with playing a key role in undermining democratic norms in the U.S. and lastening political polarization and partisanship. Since leaving the House, Gingrich has remained active in public policy debates and worked as a political consultant. He founded and chaired several policy thin tanks. Gingrich ran for the Republican nomination for president in the 2012 presidential election, and was considered a potential frontrunner at several points in the race. Despite an impressive late victory in the South Carolina primary, Gingrich was ultimately unable to win enough primaries to sustain a viable candidacy, he withdrew from the race in May 2012 and endorsed eventual nominee MITT ROMNEY. Gingrich later emerged as a key ally of DONALD TRUMP and was reportedly among the finalists on Trump's short list for running mate in the 2016 election. In 2020, Gingrich supported Trump's false claims of voter fraud.  Chapters include: "The Six Challenges Facing America," "Beginnings," "Reasserting and Renewing American Civilization," "America and the Third Wave Information Age," "Creating American Jobs in the World Market," "Replacing the Welfare State with an Opportunity Society," and "Balancing the Budget and Saving Social Security and Medicare," "Learning Versus Education," "Term Limits and Defeat of the Democratic Leadership in the House," "Why Rush Limbaugh and His Friends Matter," "Violent Crime, Freedom from Fear, and the Right to Bear Arms," "Illegal Immigration in a Nation of Legal Immigrants," "Ending the Drug Trade and Saving the Children," "The Contract with American and the Campaign on 1994," "Defense for the Twenty-first Century: Reflections of a Cheap Hawk," and "A New Beginning: The American We Will Create." 260 pages, including an Index. I offer combined shipping.