REP. BOBBY SCOTT (D-VA)
Robert Cortez Scott (born April 30, 1947) is an American 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. The district serves most of the majority-black precincts of Hampton Roads, including all of the independent cities of Franklin, Newport News (where he resides) and Portsmouth, parts of the independent cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Norfolk and Suffolk and all of Isle of Wight County.
Scott was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Newport News, Virginia. He is of African American and Filipino (maternal grandfather) descent.[2] His father Dr. Charles Waldo Scott (1916–93) was a pioneering African American surgeon[3] and in 1952 became the first African American appointed to the Newport News school board in the 20th century.[4] Scott’s mother Mae Hamlin-Scott (1918-2010), a graduate in chemistry from the University of Michigan, was an educator who taught science in the Newport News public schools.[5]
Scott graduated from Groton School in 1965. He went on to receive his A.B. in government from Harvard College in (1969) and his Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School in 1973. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
Scott is a former member of the Massachusetts Army National Guard (1970-1973) and Army Reserve (1974-1976).[6] He was a lawyer in private practice from 1973 to 1991.
