Bobby Scott (politician)

Bobby Scott
Ranking Member of the House Education Committee
Assumed office
January 3, 2023
Preceded byVirginia Foxx
In office
January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2019
Preceded byGeorge Miller
Succeeded byVirginia Foxx
Chair of the House Education Committee
In office
January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023
Preceded byVirginia Foxx
Succeeded byVirginia Foxx
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 3rd district
Assumed office
January 3, 1993
Preceded byThomas Bliley
Member of the Virginia Senate
from the 2nd district
In office
January 12, 1983 – January 3, 1993
Preceded byHerbert Bateman
Succeeded byHenry Maxwell
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
In office
January 11, 1978 – January 12, 1983
Serving with Ted Morrison, Alan Diamonstein
Preceded byLewis McMurran
Succeeded byMary A. R. Marshall
Constituency49th district (1978–1982)
48th district (1982–1983)
Personal details
Born
Robert Cortez Scott

(1947-04-30) April 30, 1947 (age 77)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Boston College (JD)
WebsiteHouse website
Military service
Branch/service
Years of service
  • 1970–1973 (guard)
  • 1973–1976 (reserve)

Robert Cortez Scott (born April 30, 1947) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 3rd congressional district since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the dean of Virginia's congressional delegation and the first Filipino American voting member of Congress. The district serves most of the majority-black precincts of Hampton Roads, including all of the independent cities of Norfolk, Newport News (where he resides), Hampton and Portsmouth, and parts of the independent city of Chesapeake.[1] From 2019 to 2023, Scott was chair of the House Education and Labor Committee. He has been ranking member on that committee since 2023.

  1. ^ "3rd District of Virginia". Congressman Bobby Scott. July 1, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2018.

Bobby Scott (politician)

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