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Bertie Bowman, Record-Setting Staff Member on Capitol Hill, Dies at 92

He was the longest-serving Black staff member in the history of the U.S. Congress, rising to a senior role with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

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Bertie Bowman, beloved Capitol aide who started with a broom, dies at 92

Bertie Bowman, beloved Capitol aide who started with a broom, dies at 92
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Bertie Bowman, revered aide who got start sweeping Capitol steps, dies at 92

Bertie Bowman, the son of South Carolina sharecroppers who arrived at the U.S. Capitol in 1944 as a 13-year-old runaway, got a $2-a-week job sweeping the building’s steps, and then became the longest-serving African American congressional aide in history, died Oct. 25. He was 92.

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Bertie Bowman, revered aide who got start sweeping Capitol steps, dies at 92

The 13-year-old runaway would eventually become the longest-serving African American congressional aide in history.

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Bertie Bowman, revered aide who got start sweeping Capitol steps, dies at 92

Bertie Bowman, the son of South Carolina sharecroppers who arrived at the U.S. Capitol in 1944 as a 13-year-old runaway, got a $2-a-week job sweeping the building s steps, and then

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