Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Thursday that she will retire from Congress at the end of this term.
Thursday’s announcement puts a cap on the California Democrat’s decadeslong career in the House, which began in 1987 after a special election.
Here is a sampling from the Roll Call photo archive of the many images of Pelosi’s time in Washington throughout the years.
Pelosi is pictured on Feb. 19, 1992. (CQ Roll Call)Pelosi walks with U2 frontman Bono on Capitol Hill in September 2000 after a news conference on international debt relief. (Bill Clark/Roll Call)Pelosi speaks at a news conference on Sept. 12, 2001, following the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. Also appearing are, from left, then-Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., Florida Republican Porter J. Goss and Rep. Richard A. Gephardt, D-Mo. (Scott J. Ferrell/CQ Roll Call)Pelosi collects her winnings from a bet with Gephardt in October 2002 after the San Francisco Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Championship Series. (Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call)Pelosi appears at an election night party on Nov. 7, 2006, after Democrats won control of the House. (Scott J. Ferrell/CQ Roll Call)Pelosi speaks with President George W. Bush as he concludes his State of the Union address on Jan. 23, 2007. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Bush and Pelosi appear with Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony honoring him on Oct. 17, 2007. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Pelosi attends the lighting ceremony for the Capitol Christmas Tree on Dec. 5, 2007. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)From left, Martin Luther King III, Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Rep. John Lewis join hands in Statuary Hall on April 3, 2008, to sing “We Shall Overcome” during a ceremony to observe the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Pelosi and Vice President Joe Biden applaud President Barack Obama in the House chamber on Feb. 24, 2009, during Obama’s first address to a joint session of Congress. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP pool photo)Pelosi takes questions from children of staff and journalists during her weekly news conference on April 23, 2009, “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.” (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Pelosi comforts former first lady Nancy Reagan during a statue unveiling ceremony honoring President Ronald Reagan in Statuary Hall on June 3, 2009. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Newly elected Speaker John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, wipes tears before accepting the gavel from Pelosi in the House chamber on Jan. 4, 2011. (Scott J. Ferrell/CQ Roll Call)Pelosi conducts a news conference in the Capitol on March 1, 2013. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Pelosi, center, talks with members in the House chamber on Jan. 27, 2014, before Obama’s State of the Union address. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Pelosi and former Michigan Democratic Rep. John Dingell participate in an event on July 29, 2015, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Photojournalists take photos of Pelosi and Reid in the Ohio Clock Corridor of the Capitol on June 25, 2015. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Pelosi hoists the trophy after the Congress team won the annual Congressional women’s softball game in Washington on June 24, 2015. (Al Drago/CQ Roll Call)Pelosi addresses gun violence protesters on the East Front of the Capitol on June 23, 2016, during Democrats’ sit-in on the House floor. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Pelosi speaks with reporters as she leaves the House chamber on Feb. 7, 2018, after setting the record for the longest-continuous House floor speech. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Architect of the Capitol employee Gary Bullis hangs the new sign at the entrance to the speaker’s office suite after Pelosi was elected speaker again on Jan. 3, 2019. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Pelosi rips up a copy of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Feb. 4, 2020. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)From left, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer kneel in Emancipation Hall on June 8, 2020, with other members of Congress as they take moment of silence to honor George Floyd and victims of racial injustice.The event took place during the coronavirus pandemic. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)Pelosi attends a memorial service on the National Mall on Sept. 22, 2020, to honor the 200,000 people who died due to coronavirus. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Pelosi greets President Joe Biden in the Rotunda on March 29, 2022, before paying respects to the late Alaska Republican Rep. Don Young, whose remains were lying in state in Statuary Hall. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Pelosi and her husband, Paul attend her portrait unveiling in Statuary Hall on Dec. 14, 2022. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Pelosi arrives in the Capitol on Nov. 17, 2022, before later stepping down as the Democratic leader in the House. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
