Rep. David Scott (D-Ga.) has died at the age of 80, according to Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.).
Foxx announced his death in the House chamber on April 22.
The cause of death is not publicly known.
Scott served in elected office for 50 years, and spent more than two decades in Congress.
First elected to Congress in 2003 after serving in both chambers of the Georgia state legislature for almost 28 years, he was the first black person to serve as chairman of the House Agriculture Committee.
Scott’s death brings the current number of House members to 430.
The vacancy gives House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and the Republican Party a slightly wider majority in the lower congressional chamber….
US Congressman From Georgia, David Scott, Dies at Age 80
