Sylvester Turner

American attorney, politician (1954–2025)

Person human Q16751186

Facts

25 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[20]
Date of birth: September 27, 1954
Date of death: March 5, 2025
Place of birth: Houston
Place of death: Washington, D.C.
Country of citizenship: United States^[8]
Occupation: politician, lawyer
Employer: Fulbright & Jaworski, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, South Texas College of Law, University of Houston Law Center^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]
Position held: member of the Texas House of Representatives, Mayor of Houston, United States representative^[9]^[10]^[11]
Educated at: Klein High School, University of Houston, Harvard Law School^[16]^[17]^[18]
Member of political party: Democratic Party^[21]
Official website: www.sylvesterturner.com^[24]
Work location: Austin, Houston, Washington, D.C.^[25]^[26]^[27]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[30]
Family name: Turner^[22]
Given name: Sylvester^[23]
Manner of death: natural causes^[29]
Medical condition: bone cancer^[28]
Member of: Alpha Phi Alpha^[19]
Name in native language: Sylvester Turner^[31]
Number of children: +1^[32]
P14846: 247^[36]
Place of burial: Houston^[7]

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Social media followers: 174k (141k–174k, n=3)^[33]^[34]^[35]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 25

ISNI: 0000000042368357
VIAF cluster ID: 78408736
Library of Congress authority ID: no99013313
Ballotpedia ID: Sylvester_Turner
BlackPast.org ID: african-american-history/turner-sylvester-1954
C-SPAN person numeric ID: 111951
FAST ID: 429884
Facebook username: houstonmayor
Freebase ID: /m/01029kf9
IMDb ID: nm7374716
Instagram username: sylvesterturner
OpenSanctions ID: Sylvester Turner

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Our Campaigns candidate ID: 5894
PolitiFact people and groups ID: sylvester-turner
Political Graveyard politician ID: turner8.html#724.52.87
Prabook ID: 1279244
Threads username: sylvesterturner
Trading Card Database name ID: 113289
US Congress Bio ID: T000489
Vote Smart candidate ID: 8018
WikiTree person ID: Turner-55171
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJqQxwcHPhW76qbpTkvT73
X (Twitter) username: SylvesterTurner
Yale LUX ID: person/f115e08e-3a4d-4219-945b-fda4813034bb
YouTube channel ID: UCtRVBuP835dHlrROf4rSyfg

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🔗 Connections

Work location 3

Washington, D.C., Houston, Austin

Educated at 2

Harvard Law School, University of Houston

Occupation 2

lawyer, politician

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Family name 1

Turner

Heads of government of 1

Houston

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Member of 1

Alpha Phi Alpha

Member of political party 1

Democratic Party

OpenSanctions ID 1

Sylvester Turner

Place of birth 1

Houston

Place of burial 1

Houston

Place of death 1

Washington, D.C.

Position held 1

United States representative

Sex or gender 1

male

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Sylvester Turner

← Represented by 1

Texas's 18th congressional district

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Summary

Sylvester Turner was born on September 27, 1954^[1], in Houston^[2]. He died on March 5, 2025^[3], in Washington, D.C.^[4]. He worked as a politician^[5] and lawyer^[6].

FAQs

Where was Sylvester Turner born?

Sylvester Turner's place of birth was Houston^[2].

Where did Sylvester Turner die?

Sylvester Turner died in Washington, D.C.^[4].

What did Sylvester Turner do for work?

Sylvester Turner worked as a politician^[5] and lawyer^[6].

Where did Sylvester Turner go to school?

Sylvester Turner was educated at Klein High School^[16], University of Houston^[17], and Harvard Law School^[18].

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[2] ↑ Sylvester Turner — place of birth (P19): Houston. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Sylvester Turner — place of death (P20): Washington, D.C.. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Sylvester Turner — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Sylvester Turner — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Sylvester Turner — position held (P39): member of the Texas House of Representatives. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Sylvester Turner — position held (P39): Mayor of Houston. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Sylvester Turner — position held (P39): member of the United States House of Representatives. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2025-01-08. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Sylvester Turner — educated at (P69): Klein High School. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Sylvester Turner — educated at (P69): University of Houston. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Sylvester Turner — educated at (P69): Harvard Law School. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Sylvester Turner — member of political party (P102): Democratic Party. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Sylvester Turner — occupation (P106): politician. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Sylvester Turner — occupation (P106): lawyer. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Sylvester Turner — employer (P108): Fulbright & Jaworski. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Sylvester Turner — employer (P108): Thurgood Marshall School of Law. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Sylvester Turner — employer (P108): South Texas College of Law. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Sylvester Turner — employer (P108): University of Houston Law Center. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Sylvester Turner — place of burial (P119): Houston. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Sylvester Turner — member of (P463): Alpha Phi Alpha. chron.com. chron.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Sylvester Turner — date of birth (P569): September 27, 1954. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Sylvester Turner — date of death (P570): March 5, 2025. mysanantonio.com. Retrieved 2025-03-05. mysanantonio.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Sylvester Turner — family name (P734): Turner. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Sylvester Turner — given name (P735): Sylvester. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Sylvester Turner — official website (P856): http://www.sylvesterturner.com/. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Sylvester Turner — work location (P937): Austin. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Sylvester Turner — work location (P937): Houston. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Sylvester Turner — work location (P937): Washington, D.C.. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Sylvester Turner — medical condition (P1050): bone cancer. chron.com. chron.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Sylvester Turner — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Sylvester Turner — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Sylvester Turner — name in native language (P1559): Sylvester Turner. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Sylvester Turner — number of children (P1971): 1. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Sylvester Turner — social media followers (P8687): 141,462. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Sylvester Turner — social media followers (P8687): 165,565. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Sylvester Turner — social media followers (P8687): 174,203. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Sylvester Turner — P14846 (P14846): 247. wikidata.org.

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Sylvester Turner

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