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IN LOVING MEMORY
Elijah Eugene Cummings
1951 – 2019
A son of Baltimore. A son of sharecroppers who became a voice for millions.
Annapolis to the Capitol. Decades in the people's service. Maryland's own.
A man of deep faith. Of New Psalmist. Of Baltimore.
Our children are the living messages we send to a future we will never see.
words he carried, and lived by
The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings
The Honorable Elijah Eugene Cummings
1951 – 2019
United States Representative, Maryland's 7th District (1996 to 2019); Champion of the People
A Life in Light
Chapter ONE
Roots
Born in Baltimore to sharecropper parents who came north for a better life; raised in South Baltimore.
Chapter TWO
The Mind
Howard University, Phi Beta Kappa, 1973; University of Maryland School of Law, 1976.
Chapter THREE
The Work
Maryland House of Delegates 1983 to 1996; elected to the U.S. House for Maryland's 7th in 1996; Chairman of Oversight and Reform in 2019; a relentless advocate for Baltimore and for justice.
Chapter FOUR
Faith & Community
A devoted member of New Psalmist Baptist Church; a preacher's cadence in a statesman's voice; he never left the Baltimore neighborhoods he served.
Chapter FIVE
Legacy
On October 24, 2019 he lay in state at the U.S. Capitol, the first African American lawmaker so honored, and was laid to rest the next day at New Psalmist.
Life in Pictures
The Journey
1951
Born in Baltimore
1973
Howard University (Phi Beta Kappa)
1976
University of Maryland School of Law, J.D.
1983
Maryland House of Delegates
1996
U.S. Congress, MD-7
2019
Chair, House Oversight
Oct 17 2019
Passed (68)
Oct 24 2019
Lay in state, U.S. Capitol
Oct 25 2019
Home-going, New Psalmist Baptist Church
Service and Celebration
Lying in State at the U.S. Capitol
October 24, 2019
On October 24, 2019, he lay in state in Statuary Hall at the United States Capitol, the first African American lawmaker so honored. A city and a nation paused to bear witness to a life of service.
Home-Going at New Psalmist Baptist Church
October 25, 2019
The next day, October 25, 2019, his home-going service was held at New Psalmist Baptist Church in Baltimore, the church home he never left, among the people he served all his life.
Tribute Wall
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- A grateful Baltimoreansample tribute
Thank you for a lifetime of service to our city. Your voice still carries.
- A neighbor from the 7thsample tribute
You never forgot where you came from. We will carry the work forward.
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