Sylvester Turner, Congressman and Former Houston Mayor, Dies at 70

Sylvester Turner, a former mayor of Houston who was sworn in as a U.S. consultant in January, died on Wednesday in Washington. He was 70 and had been in attendance at President Trump’s speech on Capitol Hill on Tuesday night time.

His press secretary, Gregory Carter, stated Mr. Turner had been taken to a hospital after the speech after which returned house, the place he died. He stated a trigger had not been decided.

Mr. Turner, a Democrat, was a veteran of Texas politics. He served within the State Legislature from 1989 to 2016, when he grew to become mayor of Houston. He served two phrases earlier than leaving workplace in January 2024.

Just a few months later, he entered a particular election to fill the congressional seat left empty by the dying of Consultant Sheila Jackson Lee in July; he then withdrew from the first in favor of Ms. Lee’s daughter, Erica Lee Carter. Ms. Carter gained that race and endorsed Mr. Turner within the November common election.

He was sworn into workplace on Jan. 3.

Mr. Turner was born on Sept. 27, 1954, in Houston. His father was a painter, and his mom was a housekeeper at a resort.