Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 7th district
In office April 16, 1996 – October 17, 2019
Preceded by
Kweisi Mfume
Succeeded by
Kweisi Mfume
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the 39th district
In office January 12, 1983 – January 10, 1996
Preceded by
Lena King Lee
Succeeded by
Sterling Page
Personal details
Born
Elijah Eugene Cummings
(1951-01-18)January 18, 1951 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Died
October 17, 2019(2019-10-17) (aged 68) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouses
Joyce Matthews
(div. 1982)
Maya Rockeymoore
(m. 2008)
Children
3
Education
Howard University (BA) University of Maryland, Baltimore (JD)
Signature
Elijah Cummings's voice
Elijah Cummings speaks in support of the For the People Act of 2019 Recorded March 6, 2019
Elijah Eugene Cummings (January 18, 1951 – October 17, 2019) was an American politician and civil rights advocate who served in the United States House of Representatives for Maryland's 7th congressional district from 1996 until his death in 2019, when he was succeeded by his predecessor Kweisi Mfume.[1] The district he represented included over half of the city of Baltimore, including most of the majority-black precincts of Baltimore County, and most of Howard County, Maryland. A member of the Democratic Party, Cummings previously served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1983 to 1996.
Cummings served as the chair of the Committee on Oversight and Reform from January 2019 until his death in October of the same year.
^Gibbs Smith. Maryland Government. Suzanne Chapelle. p. 65.
Elijah Eugene Cummings (January 18, 1951 – October 17, 2019) was an American politician and civil rights advocate who served in the United States House...
April 2020 special election, held following the death of incumbent ElijahCummings, and the subsequent November 2020 election. In both elections, she...
former House seat in 2020 after it was left vacant by the death of ElijahCummings. Mfume was born as Frizzell Gerard Tate in Baltimore, Maryland, on...
Twitter to criticize Representative ElijahCummings, the Maryland district he represented, and the city of Baltimore. Cummings, since deceased, was Chairman...
York) served as acting chair of the committee following the death of ElijahCummings (D-Maryland) on October 17, 2019; she was elected chair a month later...
The ElijahCummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3) is proposed legislation in the 117th United States Congress. The bill is designed to lower prescription...
Following a request by Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative ElijahCummings for details of Turing Pharmaceuticals' finances and price-setting practices...
was naming five members of her caucus to serve on the panel, with ElijahCummings of Maryland the ranking member. Gowdy was a member of the Oversight...
October 2012, Rep. ElijahCummings, a Maryland Democrat, initiated an investigation into alleged voter suppression by True the Vote. Cummings wrote a letter...
congressional district represented by Democratic Party congressman ElijahCummings as a "rodent infested mess". The event was attended by more than 100...
22. The Republican-led committee's top Democratic representative, ElijahCummings of Maryland, questioned the panel's decision to hear testimony from...
were married on November 24, 2018, in Washington, D.C., with Rep. ElijahCummings serving as the officiant. Brzezinski was selected for the inaugural...
13, 2017 – January 3, 2019 Preceded by Jason Chaffetz Succeeded by ElijahCummings Chair of the House Benghazi Committee In office May 8, 2014 – July...
Goucher College. She is a former board member for the late Congressman ElijahCummings' Youth to Israel Program, Children's Scholarship Fund Baltimore, and...
intense national attention." On December 4, 2018, U.S. Representative ElijahCummings, the incoming chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government...
Kweisi Mfume defeated Republican Kimberly Klacik to replace Democrat ElijahCummings, who died in office on October 17, 2019. The district has a partisan...
R. 1: For the People Act of 2019 H.R. 2 Moving Forward Act H.R. 3: ElijahCummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019 H.R. 4: John Lewis Voting Rights Act...
was ElijahCummings. He had represented the district since 1996. Cummings was re-elected with 76.4% of the vote in 2018. Anthony Carter Sr. Elijah Cummings...
and Reform following the death of ElijahCummings. On November 20, 2019, Maloney was formally chosen to succeed Cummings. Carolyn Jane Bosher was born in...
Retrieved December 6, 2017. "Letter to OGE from Jason Chaffetz and ElijahCummings," Archived February 9, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, oversight.house...
front-runner in the Democratic primary until early 2016, when Congressman ElijahCummings endorsed her leading opponent, Catherine Pugh in April 2016. Pugh won...
Center. Three people have lain in state in the National Statuary Hall: ElijahCummings (October 24, 2019) Ruth Bader Ginsburg (September 25, 2020) Don Young...
tax returns. Trump later sued the chairman of the committee, Rep. ElijahCummings, seeking to quash the subpoena. In April 2019, Trump (along with his...
friendships with Ted Kennedy, Bernie Sanders, Aretha Franklin, Bobby Bland, ElijahCummings, John Lewis, Maxine Waters, and Michael Jackson. In 2001, it was revealed...
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