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

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

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 ...

Rep. Sylvester Turner has died, according to a statement from the City of Houston Wednesday. He was a former Houston mayor ...

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

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

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.

Democratic U.S. Representative Sylvester Turner, a former mayor of Houston, who was sworn into office in November, died on ...

Houston's former mayor, Congressman Sylvester Turner, passed away at 70 years old, Mayor Whitmire announced during a council ...

In a 2019 interview with the Houston Chronicle, former U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner talked about the hurdles he had to overcome ...

Former mayor 'left it all on the field,' says City Councilmember Martha Castex-Tatum. 'He didn't look for followers. He ...