🇺🇸Senate›South Carolina·Since 2011

Tim Scott

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Timothy Eugene Scott is an American businessman and politician serving as the senior United States senator from South Carolina, a seat he has held since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, he is the first African-American senator in the Southern United States to be directly elected, the longest-serving African-American senator in U.S. history, the first African-American to serve in both the House and Senate, and the first African-American senator to chair a full committee.

100 votes

50 Yes

49 No

1 absent

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Background

Born

1965-09-19, Charleston

Religion

Evangelicalism

Education

Presbyterian College, Charleston Southern University, R.B. Stall High School

Prior Occupations

politician, businessperson, entrepreneur

Positions Held

United States representative, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, council member, United States senator, senator

Details

Country

United States

Chamber

Senate

Party

Republican

State

South Carolina

Status

Current member

Elected

2011

Competency Scorecard

What this person's job actually involves

Committees

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Chairman)Committee on FinanceCommittee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsCommittee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Attendance (of votes on file)

99% (99 of 100 recorded votes)

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