Sylvester Turner, a former mayor of Houston who was sworn in as a U.S. representative 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.

His press secretary, Gregory Carter, said Mr. Turner had been taken to a hospital after the speech and then returned home, where he died. He said a cause had not been determined.

Mr. Turner, a Democrat, was a veteran of Texas politics. He served in the State Legislature from 1989 to 2016, when he became mayor of Houston. He served two terms before leaving office in January 2024.

ImageMr. Turner spoke to a voter in Houston during his campaign for the House last year. Credit...Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle, via Associated Press

A few months later, he entered a special election to fill the congressional seat left empty by the death of Representative Sheila Jackson Lee in July; he then withdrew from the primary in favor of Ms. Lee’s daughter, Erica Lee Carter. Ms. Carter won that race and endorsed Mr. Turner in the November regular election.

He was sworn into office on Jan. 3.

Mr. Turner was born on Sept. 27, 1954,66jogo casino in Houston. His father was a painter, and his mother was a housekeeper at a hotel.

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