Robert C. "Bobby" Scott

Biography

SCOTT, Robert C., a Representative from Virginia; born in Washington, D.C., April 30, 1947; graduated from Groton School, Groton, Mass., 1965; A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1969; J.D., Boston College School of Law, Boston, Mass., 1973; lawyer, private practice; United States Army Reserve, 1970-1974; Massachusetts Army National Guard, 1974-1976; member of the Virginia state house of delegates, 1978-1983; member of the Virginia state senate, 1983-1993; unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundredth Congress in 1986; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the sixteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-present); chair, Committee on Education and Labor (One Hundred Sixteenth and One Hundred Seventeenth Congresses).