Austin Scott
RepublicanU.S. Representative, GA-8| Age | 56 (b. 1969-12-10) |
| Gender | Male |
| In office since | 2011-01-05 (~15 yrs) |
| Race / ethnicity | White |
| Religion | Baptist (member, First Baptist Church of Tifton) |
| Education | Graduated from Tiftarea Academy (Chula, GA) in 1987; earned a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) in Risk Management and Insurance from the University of Georgia in 1993. |
| Prior occupation | Insurance brokerage owner/operator; owned and operated an insurance brokerage firm for nearly twenty years. President of Southern Group, LLC and partner in Lockett Station Group, LLC. |
| Military service | No |
| Birthplace | Augusta, Georgia |
| Marital status | Married — Vivien Scott |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Tifton, Georgia |
Pending research: languages · notable relatives · openly lgbtq.
Career & politics
| First elected | 2010 |
| Previous offices | Georgia House of Representatives (1996-2011) |
| Committees | Committee on Agriculture (Vice Chair); Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit (Chairman) · Committee on Armed Services · Committee on Rules · Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence |
| Caucuses | Republican Study Committee · Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus (former co-chair) · Congressional Western Caucus · U.S. Congressional International Conservation Caucus · Congressional Cement Caucus · Congressional Caucus on Turkey and Turkish Americans |
| Leadership | Vice Chair, House Committee on Agriculture · Chairman, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit · Freshman class president, 112th Congress |
| Ideology | Conservative Republican with a 'maverick streak' per the Atlanta Journal-Constitution; member of the Republican Study Committee. |
| Signature legislation | Veterans Cemetery Benefit Correction Act (Public Law 115-184, 2018) · Modernization of the Pittman-Robertson Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (passed House) · American Tech Workforce Act of 2021 (H.R. 6206) |
Financial
Net worth: disclosed $1,555,044–$3,804,000 (2018) · estimate
| A-C Scott LLLP | business_owned · 2018 |
| JW Scott Family LP | business_owned · 2018 |
| Insurance business interest | business_owned · 2018 |
| Real estate | real_estate · 2018 |
Top industries: Agribusiness / Crop production · Insurance · Defense
Scandals & crimes ledger
No recorded incidents. Under the adjudicated-only methodology, an entry appears only when a court or official body has formally acted and the record is cited.