An 11-month-old Newton Gingrich stands with support from his mother, Kathleen "Kit" Gingrich.
An eight-year-old Gingrich wears a cowboy outfit and wields a pistol while astride a pony.
Gingrich, center, flanked by half-sisters Susan and Roberta in 1953.
Fourteen-year-old Gingrich, left, with parents Bob and Kathleen "Kit" Gingrich visit the World War I Verdun battlefield, a trip Gingrich later said changed his life.
Gingrich c. 1960 in a high school yearbook photo.
Gingrich appears in 1961 with fellow Baker High School Senior Jodi Nichols in a yearbook photo in honor of being voted "Most Intellectual."
Gingrich sits at a desk at Tulane University in 1969.
Congressional candidate Gingrich, left, waves to an East Point, Georgia, crowd after getting campaign help from Sen. Barry Goldwater, Oct. 9, 1976.
Gingrich, appears in an undated newspaper clipping following an early Georgia political victory in the late 1970s.
Gingrich laughs at a joke told by President Ronald Reagan, Jan. 26, 1984, in Atlanta.
Gingrich appears on the closed circuit television of the House of Representatives in Washington, May 15, 1984.
House Minority Whip Gingrich and 7th District congressional candidate Brenda Fitzgerald throw mock tea crates into the Chattahoochee River on April 15, 1994, as part of a "Taxpayer's Tea party" in Roswell, Georgia.
First Lady Hillary Clinton sits with Gingrich on Feb. 1, 1993 in Washington.
Rep. Gingrich addresses Republican congressional candidates on Capitol Hill on Sept. 27, 1994, at a rally where they unveiled the "Contract with America."
President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore pose with Gingrich--then House speaker in waiting--and incoming Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas, Dec. 2, 1994 in Washington.
Gingrich is surrounded by characters from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers during festivities celebrating the opening of a new Republican-led Congress.
Gingrich appears on the cover of TIME's Person of the Year issue, Dec. 25, 1995.
Gingrich wears K.C., a 50-pound Binturong Bearcat from Southeast Asia, on his head on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 5, 1995.
Outgoing House Speaker Gingrich shares a laugh with Speaker-designate Bob Livingston at a GOPAC Dinner in Washington, Nov. 9, 1998.
Gingrich walks with girlfriend Callista Bisek shortly after filing divorce from his second wife, Marianne, c. 1999. The couple were married a year later.
A portrait of Gingrich as House speaker by Georgia artist Thomas V. Nash is unveiled, Nov. 15, 2000 in Washington.
Gingrich signs autographs after participating in a debate on global climate change on Capitol Hill, April 10, 2007, in Washington.
Clockwise from top left, Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, Michelle Bachmann, and Gingrich appear on a split screen after the Republican Presidential Forum on Fox News, Dec. 3, 2011 in New York.
Gingrich speaks during the Republican Jewish Coalition 2012 Presidential Candidates Forum Dec. 7, 2011 in Washington.
Gingrich and his wife Calista greet supporters after the ABC News GOP Presidential Debate at Drake University, Dec. 10, 2011 in Des Moines, Iowa.
Gingrich steps off his bus, Jan. 19, 2012, in Beaufort, S.C.
Gingrich gets his hair touched up by a stylist for a television interview before a campaign event aboard the USS Yorktown, Jan. 20, 2012, in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
Supporters swarm to shake hands with Gingrich at a campaign rally in Naples, Fla., Jan. 24, 2012. Over 5,000 people assembled in Cambier Park in downtown Naples to hear Gingrich speak ahead of the Florida Republican primary elections.
Gingrich and his wife Callista participate in a campaign rally in Peachtree City, Ga., Feb. 17, 2012.
Gingrich waits to take a photograph with a supporter after speaking at Delmarva Christian High School in Georgetown, Del., April 18, 2012.