April 22 (UPI) -- Rep. David Scott, D-Ga., has died at 80, according to Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., who announced the death of the longtime congressman at a committee hearing Wednesday.
Scott was a 12-term lawmaker who was first elected in 2002. He represented Georgia's 13th district, which includes portions of six counties south and east of Atlanta: Clayton, Henry, Rockdale, Newton, Dekalb and Gwinnett.
A cause of death has not been released.
He became the first Black chairman of the Agriculture Committee in 2020.
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