Tim Scott

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.

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