Sylvester Turner, a Texas Democrat who was just sworn into the House in January after previously serving as mayor of Houston, died on Tuesday night.Turner posted on social media ahead of President Trump’s address to the nation and sat in the chamber for the speech.

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

Former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, 70, passed away early Wednesday morning in Washington, D.C., following “enduring health complications.”