The former American Samoa delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives, Eni H. Faleomavaega, died on Wednesday at the age of 73, according to multiple reports.

Faleomavaega was American Samoa’s longest serving nonvoting delegate with 13 consecutive terms under his belt before he lost an election in 2014. The Democratic politician represented a U.S. territory that is located approximately 2,300 miles south of Hawaii.