Bertie Bowman ran away from home at 13 to sweep the steps of Capitol Hill. He died at 92 as the the longest-serving African-American Congressional staffer.

• Herbert "Bertie" Bowman was the longest-serving African-American staffer on Capitol Hill in US history.
• He died on October 25 after a nearly 60-year career in the Senate.
• Bowman first arrived in Washington, DC, in 1944 as a runaway and worked as a sweeper on the Capitol's steps.

Bertie Bowman, the longest-serving African-American staffer on Capitol Hill in history, died at 92 years old on Wednesday morning.

Andrew Desiderio, a reporter for Punchbowl News, first reported that Bowman's death was announced by Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting on Wednesday. A spokesperson for the committee confirmed the news.