Rep. David Scott

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Biographical

Full Name: David Albert Scott
Gender: Male
Pronunciation: DAY-vid skaht
Date of Birth: June 27, 1945 (age: 78)
Place of Birth: Aynor, S.C.
Religion: Baptist
Hometown: Scarsdale, N.Y.
Place of Residence: Atlanta, Ga.
Previous Occupation: Advertising executive

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Family:

Married: Alfredia Aaron Scott, 1969

2 children: Dayna , Marcye

Relations with people in our database:

Father of Marcye Scott

Biography:

Rep. David Scott was first elected to Congress in 2002.

In Congress, David Scott is a strong voice for jobs, health care, education, our veterans, our children and transportation. He has authored several laws including student loan repayment assistance for law students who become public prosecutors and defenders so that top attorneys will be attracted to public service. He also recognized the importance of Fathers by adding Father’s Day to the U.S. Flag Code as a day of special significance. He bridged political gridlock to achieve National Heritage Area designation for the Arabia Mountain in metro Atlanta. In 2014, he successfully led a coalition to end the nomination of Michael Boggs to lifetime appointment as a federal judge.

Res pect for veterans is important to Rep. Scott. After scandals were revealed at the Atlanta VA, Rep. Scott worked in a bipartisan effort to pass major reforms of the VA and he was the first Democrat to call for the resignation of the VA Secretary. He authored bills that later became law to allow veterans and their children to receive in-state tuition. He also co-authored a law to help increase the number of mental health professionals at the VA by paying for their student loans.

Rep. David Scott spearheads a wide range of local initiatives that benefit his constituents. He sponsors annual jobs fairs that have secured over 7,000 jobs for his constituents. Rep. Scott also hosts an annual health fair, bringing free health care exams to help reduce breast cancer, prostate cancer, diabetes, AIDS and other health-care issues. He has hosted major home foreclosure prevention and mortgage assistance events, helping over 4,000 constituents find help keeping their homes. Congressman Scott has secured over $367 million in federal funds for transportation projects in his district.

He began his public service by being elected to the Georgia General Assembly in 1974.

Rep. David Scott has chaired the Georgia State Society and the Georgia 2013 Inaugural Ball. He sits on the board of the Dean Rusk Center for International Law and Policy at UGA. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha (Beta Nu), a Mason and a Member of the 100 Black Men of Atlanta, Inc. He received a “Trumpet Award” in 2008, the Urban League’s “Congressional Leadership Award” in 2010, has been recognized by Georgia Trend Magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential Georgians” and named on James Magazine's list of “Most Influential” Georgians.

David Scott was born on June 27, 1945 on a farm in Aynor, S.C. to Mamie Polite Scott and Albert James Scott. Soon after he was born, David’s mother and father moved up north to take work as live-in domestics (maid/cook and chauffeur/butler) for wealthy families, leaving David in the care of his maternal grandparents, Helen and James Burroughs, on the farm.

At age 5, David Scott was relocated to Scranton, Pa., where he lived with his paternal grandparents, Minnie and Charles Scott. He attended Washington Street Elementary School in Scranton. At age 10, his paternal grandmother died and David was moved back to the care of his maternal grandmother on the farm in South Carolina for one year.

Then at age 11, David Scott was relocated to Scarsdale, N.Y. where his parents found another job as live-in domestics for a wealthy family. However, this family allowed David to live with his parents in Scarsdale, marking the first period in his life that he actually lived day-to-day with his parents. David attended Fox Meadow School and Scarsdale Junior High School.

At age 13, David moved with his parents to Daytona Beach, Fla. where they bought a home and his father started a garbage collection business. David worked with his father on the garbage truck; and worked his way through school as a busser, server and dishwasher at hotels and restaurants along Daytona’s famous beach. David Scott graduated with honors from Campbell High School in Daytona Beach, Fla. in 1963.

David Scott received several academic scholarships and attended Florida A&M University where he earned his BA degree and graduated with honors in 1967. During the summers of his junior and senior years at FAMU, David was selected to serve as a management intern in the office of the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Management Relations in Washington, D.C. Upon graduation, he was awarded scholarships to the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania and he earned his MBA degree with honors in 1969.

Upon earning his MBA from Wharton, David Scott moved to Atlanta, Georgia and started his own advertising business, Dayn-Mark Advertising. He represented several major corporations as clients. He created and performed in the Georgia PBS Emmy-award winning television production “Langston!” about the poetry and life of the great African American poet and playwright Langston Hughes. He also created and was the voice for the award-winning national radio program “Inside Black America,” which was heard on radio stations across the United States.

David Scott began his political career in 1972 by working on Andrew Young’s successful congressional campaign. In 1974, he was elected as a Georgia state representative, where he served from 1975 to 1982. As state representative, he authored laws to provide for gun safety, including creating background checks for gun purchases. He also made it a felony to knowingly sell or provide a firearm to a child or minor and held parents and guardians responsible for keeping their firearms away from children. Rep. Scott also helped to create Peachcare, the health insurance program for children.

In 1982, David Scott was elected as a Georgia state senator, where he served from 1983 to 2002. In the Senate, he successfully passed several major laws including a moment of silence for reflection or prayer in Georgia’s public schools. He wrote the Georgia law that gives women with breast cancer surgery the right to determine their length of stay in the hospital and level of medical care in consultation with their physician, rather than having insurance companies make such critical health decisions. He authored the law to limit and restrict landfills in residential neighborhoods, cleaning rivers and streams and protecting underground water aquifers. He also passed the state law to provide sex education and AIDS prevention instruction in Georgia public schools.

David Scott is married to Alfredia Aaron Scott. David Scott is the son of a minister and a man of strong faith who loves the Lord. He has regularly given guest sermons in area churches. See more >>

Miscellaneous Links:

Ballotpedia

C-SPAN

GovTrack

Project VoteSmart

Campaign Links:

Website, campaign

X (Twitter), campaign

Instagram, campaign

Facebook, campaign

Open Secrets political finance profile

YouTube, campaign

Social Networking:

LinkedIn

Facebook, official

X (Twitter), official

YouTube, official

Instagram, official

Flickr, official

Linktree

Official Links:

Website, official

Press Releases

Official press releases »

Education

Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania - MBA, with honors (1967-1969)
Florida A&M University - BA, finance, with honors (1964-1967)
Campbell High School (Daytona Beach, Fla.) - Diploma (1963)

Greek Organizations:

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity

Office History

Congressional Offices:

U.S. House of Representatives (Jan. 3, 2003-) In Office

Member, 13th Congressional District of Georgia

Election Results

2021 (Nov. 3, 2020 election)

13th Congressional District of Georgia

David Albert Scott, 77.39%
Democrat

Becky E. Hites, 22.60%
Republican
2019 (Nov. 6, 2018 election)

13th Congressional District of Georgia

David Albert Scott, 76.18%
Democrat

David Alan Callahan, 23.82%
Republican
2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

13th Congressional District of Georgia

David Albert Scott, 100.00%
Democrat
2015 (Nov. 4, 2014 election)

13th Congressional District of Georgia

David Albert Scott, 100.00%
Democrat
2013 (Nov. 6, 2012 election)

13th Congressional District of Georgia

David Albert Scott, 71.74%
Democrat

S Malik, 28.26%
Republican
2011 (Nov. 2, 2010 election)

13th Congressional District of Georgia

David Albert Scott, 69.43%
Democrat

Mike Crane, 30.57%
Republican
2009 (Nov. 4, 2008 election)

13th Congressional District of Georgia

David Albert Scott, 69.04%
Democrat

Deborah Honeycutt, 30.96%
Republican
2007 (Nov. 7, 2006 election)

13th Congressional District of Georgia

David Albert Scott, 69.24%
Democrat

Deborah Travis Honeycutt, 30.76%
Republican
2005 (Nov. 2, 2004 election)

13th Congressional District of Georgia

David Albert Scott, 100.00%
Democrat
2003 (Nov. 5, 2002 election)

13th Congressional District of Georgia

David Albert Scott, 59.63%
Democrat

Clay Cox, 40.37%
Republican

Associated Organizations

Board membership:

University of Georgia School of Law
Member of Board of Advisers, Dean Rusk Center

Election campaign:

David Scott for Congress (Georgia)

Founder:

Dayn-Mark Advertising
Co-Founder

Own leadership PAC:

Brave PAC

Awards

Federal Leadership Award (Jumpstart Coalition) (April 2023)
Leadership Award (International Dairy Foods Association) (Dec. 2021)
Fueling Growth Award (Growth Energy Inc.) (2021)
Friend of Farm Bureau Award (Georgia Farm Bureau Federation) (Nov. 2020)
Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (March 2017)

Official Signature

Contact Information

Email, member official contact form
Email, press:
davidscott.press@mail.house.gov

Office Addresses:

Main Office:

Address:	468 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515-1013
Phone:	202-225-2939
Fax:	202-225-4628

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Privately Financed Travel

9 trips taken between 2003 - 2006 costing $36,196

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Trip Destinations:

Trip Sponsors:

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Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Annual: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2019 (Amendment), 2018, 2018 (Amendment), 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2014 (Amendment), 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2008 (Amendment), 2007, 2006, 2005, 2005 (Amendment), 2004, 2004 (Amendment), 2003
Extension Letter: 2021, 2020
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Congressional Staff

Staff Turnover:

Turnover Index: 0.1
(House Average: 0.25)
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Staff Salary Rate:

Office Median Annual Salary: $76,372.84
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Staff Salaries Paid:

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Committees

House Agriculture Committee, Ranking Member

House Agriculture Committee Commodity Markets, Digital Assets and Rural Development Subcommittee, Ex Officio

House Agriculture Committee Conservation, Research and Biotechnology Subcommittee, Ex Officio

House Agriculture Committee Forestry Subcommittee, Ex Officio

House Agriculture Committee General Farm Commodities, Risk Management and Credit Subcommittee, Ex Officio

House Agriculture Committee Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Subcommittee, Ex Officio

House Agriculture Committee Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture and Horticulture Subcommittee, Ex Officio

House Financial Services Committee

House Financial Services Committee Capital Markets Subcommittee

House Financial Services Committee Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy Subcommittee

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Former aide back on the Hill, this time as chief of staff

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Following a two-year stint at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Gary Woodward is back in Rep. David Scott's (D-Ga.) office — this time as chief of staff. read more
Longtime staffer now swims in Aflac's pond

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 27, 2016
If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be lobbying for Aflac. So too is Rep. David Scott's (D-Ga.) long-time right-hand man, Michael Andel. read more
Posted by Steve Olson on April 25, 2013
After devoting eight years to three different congressmen, a former Democratic aide has joined a national law firm as its public affairs coordinator. read more

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Rep. David Scott

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Office History

Election Results

2021 (Nov. 3, 2020 election)

2019 (Nov. 6, 2018 election)

2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

2015 (Nov. 4, 2014 election)

2013 (Nov. 6, 2012 election)

2011 (Nov. 2, 2010 election)

2009 (Nov. 4, 2008 election)

2007 (Nov. 7, 2006 election)

2005 (Nov. 2, 2004 election)

2003 (Nov. 5, 2002 election)

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