Nancy Pelosi: House speaker through the years (50 images)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced that she will not seek a leadership position for House Democrats when they lose power on January 3. Pelosi, who will keep her House seat representing San Francisco, has served in the House since 1987 and made history as the first female speaker in 2007. Here is a look back at her time as House sspeaker.

Pelosi and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff hold a press briefing on the impeachment proceedings into President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington on October 2, 2019. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI

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Pelosi wields the gavel as she presides over the House of Representatives approving two counts of impeachment against Trump in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on December 18, 2019. Pool photo by Jonathan Ernst/UPI

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Pelosi speaks on House legislation not taken up by the Senate, including the U.S.-Mexica-Canada trade agreement, on Capitol Hill in Washington on December 19, 2019. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI

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Pelosi signs two articles of the impeachment of Trump during the Engrossment ceremony in the Rayburn Room of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on January 15, 2020. Photo by Sarah Silbiger/UPI

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