Newt Gingrich was a first-term congressman when the Carter Administration broke up the old Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) into the Departmen

Newt Gingrich was a first-term congressman when the Carter Administration broke up the old Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) into the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services. HEW itself dated from the Eisenhower Administration, but there was an existing Office of Education.