Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina will soon become the longest-serving African American in the history of the U.S. Senate, marking a significant milestone in American politics.
Scott is set to chair the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee.In this Nov. 13, 2024, Senator Tim Scott , a Republican from South Carolina, center, arrives for the Senate Republican leadership vote at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C.United States through the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Senator Tim Scott has made history, becoming the longest-serving African American in the 235-year history of the United States Senate.
This historic moment will be shared alongside four other African-American senators, making this the largest group of Black senators to ever serve concurrently in the U.S. Capitol, a building that was constructed with the labor of enslaved Black people. On Friday, Scott will achieve this milestone, making him the longest-serving senator, replacing the record previously held by the late Republican Senator Edward Brooke of Massachusetts, who served from 1967 until 1979. Scott, the first elected Black senator from the South, is the first to serve in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. In his first speech as a freshman senator, Scott said, 'I believe in the greatness of America because I have experienced the goodness of our people in America. An ordinary guy like me can be blessed with an extraordinary opportunity like this.' In this Feb. 25, 2020, file photo, Sen. Cory Booker and Sen. Tim Scott walk to a briefing from administration officials on the coronavirus, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.Born and raised in North Charleston, South Carolina, Scott was raised in a single-parent household after the divorce of his parents. He was a troubled teenager who failed English, Spanish, geography, and civics in his freshman year in High School. He often recalls his close relationship with his grandfather, who was forced to drop out of school in the third grade, picked cotton to survive, and was not allowed to vote for more than half of his life
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