Elijah E. Cummings
(1951-2019)
MSA SC 3520-12049
Biography:
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, January 18, 1951. Attended public schools; Baltimore City College High School, 1969; Howard University, B.S., 1973; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1976. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1976. Married. Died October 17, 2019.
Federal service:
U.S. House of Representatives, 7th Congressional District (D), April 1996-October 17, 2019. Chair, Oversight and Government Reform Committee (formerly Government Reform Committee), 2019 (member, 1996-2019; ranking minority member, 2011-18; domestic policy subcommittee, 2007-11; federal workforce, post office, & district of columbia subcommittee, 2007-11); Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, 1996-2019 (coast guard & maritime transportation subcommittee, 2007-19, chair, 2007-11; highways, transit, & pipelines subcommittee, 2003-07; highways & transit subcommittee, 2007-08, 2011-19; railroads subcommittee, 2003-07; railroads, pipelines, & hazardous materials subcommittee, 2007-19; aviation subcommittee, 2009-11); House Task Force on Health Care Reform. Member, Chesapeake Bay Watershed Task Force, 2004-19. Member, Joint Economic Committee, 2005-14; Armed Services Committee, 2007-08 (readiness subcommittee, 2007-08); Select Committee on Benghazi, 2014-16. Member, House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee. Member, Congressional Black Caucus, 1996-19 (former secretary; chair-elect, 2002; chair, 2003-04); Congressional Voting Rights Caucus. Co-founder and Chair, Congressional Caucus on Drug Policy, 2007. Member, Congressional Progressive Caucus. Co-Chair, House AIDS Work Group.
General Assembly:
Maryland House of Delegates, District 44 (Baltimore City), January 12, 1983 to April 1996. Speaker Pro Tem, 1995-96. Vice-Chair, Constitutional and Administrative Law Committee, 1987-92. House Chair, Workers' Compensation Benefit and Insurance Oversight Committee, 1989-96. Member, Savings and Loan Oversight Committee, 1986; Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 1991-92. Vice-Chair, Economic Matters Committee, 1993-94 (chair, workers' compensation subcommittee, 1994-96). Member, Legislative Policy Committee, 1995-96; Spending Affordability Committee, 1995-96. Chair Emeritus, Maryland Legislative Black Caucus (chair, committee on economic development).
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Chair, Governor's Commission on Black Males, 1990-96. Member, Maryland Comprehensive Transit Plan Transit Advisory Panel, 1998-99; Juvenile Offender Aftercare Assessment Team, 1999-2000. Board of Regents, Morgan State University, 1999-2019. Board of Visitors, U.S. Naval Academy, 2005-19. Board of Regents, Morgan State University, 2007-19. Board of Advisors, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Attorney. Member, Maryland State Bar Association. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012. Chief Judge, Maryland Moot Court Board; Phi Beta Kappa; Outstanding U.S. Student Government Leader Award, Royal Arts Society of London; Major Achievement Award for Scholastic Accomplishment from Afro-American newspaper. President, Bancroft Literary Society. Board of Trustees, Baltimore City Historical Society, 2002-19; National Aquarium (Baltimore); Baltimore Zoo. Executive Board, Dunbar-Hopkins Health Partnership. Member, Baltimore Area Council, Boy Scouts of America Board of Directors. Friend of the National Parks Award, National Parks Conservation Association, 2005. Annual Achievement Award, Maryland Black Caucus Foundation, 2005. Award, Humane Society of the United States, 2005. Lifetime Achievement Award, National Minority Month Foundation, 2006. Founders' Day Award, Congressional Black Caucus, 2006. Friend of Radio One Award, Radio One, Inc., 2006. Guardian Award, Partnership for Drug-Free America, 2006. Brighter Vision Award, Seniors Coalition and Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Alliance International, 2006. Member of the Year Award, National Narcotic Officers Associations' Coalition, 2007. Distinguished Graduate Award, University of Maryland School of Law, 2008. Lifetime Achievement Award, Friends of National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, 2009. Commodore Ellsworth P. Bertholf Award, U.S. Coast Guard, 2010. Perry A. Lambird Memorial Excellence in Medicine Award, COLA, Inc., 2011. Thomas Kennedy Award, House of Delegates, 2011. Award, Coalition Against Bigger Trucks, 2012. Champion of Health Care Innovation Award, Health Care Leadership Council, 2012. Congressional Justice Award, American Bar Association, 2012. Phoenix Award, Congressional Black Caucus, 2013. Award for service to maritime industry, APL Maritime, 2014. Award, The Lab School of Washington, 2014. William Donald Schaefer Award, Schaefer Center for Public Policy, University of Baltimore, 2015. Champion of Consumer Rights Award, National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, 2015. Howard (Pete) Rawlings Courage in Public Service Award, Greater Baltimore Committee, 2016. President's Award, National Urban League, 2016. Urban Visionary Award, Center for Urban Families, 2016. Pillar Award For Professional Achievement, Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars, 2016. Member, New Psalmist Baptist Church, Baltimore.
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