Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), 83, ... Rising through its ranks, she was party chair from 1981 to 1983, four years before she was first elected to Congress. Advertisement ...

Nancy Pelosi's record tenure as the nation's first female House speaker has been lauded on both sides of the aisle ... eventually going on to chair the California Democratic Party from 1981 to 1983.

Nancy Pelosi rose through the ranks of Congress to eventually become the first female House speaker. ... she became a Democratic National Convention committee member. From 1981 to 1983, ...

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said that ... Biden and Pelosi first met in 1983 at a California Democratic Party event honoring her tenure as state party chair. They bonded over their shared ...

When Burton died of heart failure in 1983, his wife, Sala Burton, succeeded him. Four years later, on her own deathbed, ... “I never viewed Nancy Pelosi as ambitious," Lauter said.