Former Houston Mayor and U.S. Congressman Sylvester Turner has died, according to U.S. representatives and a Houston council ...

Texas congressman Sylvester Turner died Wednesday, months after filling the U.S. House seat of the late Sheila Jackson Lee.

Turner was seen in the Capitol hallways on the day he died and had posted on social media ahead of President Trump’s address ...

U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner, who rose from a kid in Acres Homes to serve as Houston’s mayor for eight years and was elected to ...

Just weeks after Rep. Sylvester Turner assumed office, his tragic passing means that the 18th Congressional District seat is ...

Sylvester Turner graduated from the University of Houston in 1977. He received the President's Medallion from Renu Khator.

A spokesperson for Rep. Sylvester Turner (D-Texas) said he died just two months after taking office and hours after attending ...

Rep. Sylvester Turner was elected in November, filling the seat that had been held by longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.

U.S. Representative and former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner died Wednesday, aged 70. Turner was one of Houston’s most ...

The cause of death is unclear. Turner took office weeks ago, filling the seat left vacant by the death of Rep. Sheila Jackson ...

A former mayor of Houston, he was in attendance at the president’s speech on Tuesday night and was later taken to a hospital.