Representative Bobby Scott

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Representative_Bobby_Scott
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Boston_College_Law_School
gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:birthDate 1947-04-30
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:boardMemberOf gptkb:House_Committee_on_Education_and_the_Workforce
gptkbp:chairman gptkb:House_Committee_on_Education_and_the_Workforce
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:African-American
Filipino-American
gptkbp:formerPosition gptkb:Virginia_House_of_Delegates
gptkb:Virginia_State_Senate
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Robert_Cortez_Scott
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Representative Bobby Scott
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableFor first American with Filipino ancestry to serve as a voting member of Congress
first African-American elected to Congress from Virginia since Reconstruction
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:lawyer
politician
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:United_States_Senator
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Thomas_J._Bliley_Jr.
gptkbp:religion Episcopalian
gptkbp:represents gptkb:Virginia's_3rd_congressional_district
gptkbp:signature Bobby Scott signature.svg
gptkbp:termStart 1993
gptkbp:website https://bobbyscott.house.gov/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Guaranteeing_Unions_Access_to_Workers_Act
gptkb:The_Uplift_Our_Workers_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7