page_title: Elijah Cummings
section_title: U.S. House of Representatives
hierarchical_section_title: Elijah Cummings / U.S. House of Representatives
caption_attribution_description: English: Representatives Xavier Becerra (speaking at podium), Robert Matsui (right) and Elijah Cummings at a press conference on civil rights
context_page_description: Elijah Eugene Cummings 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. A member of the Democratic Party, Cummings previously served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1983 to 1996.
  Cummings served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1983 to 1996. In 1996, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. The district he represented includes just over half of the city of Baltimore, including most of the majority-black precincts of Baltimore County, as well as most of Howard County.
  Cummings served as the chair of the Committee on Oversight and Reform from January 2019 until his death in October of the same year.
caption: Elijah Cummings, Xavier Becerra, and Robert Matsui at a press conference on civil rights in 1997
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