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Elijah Cummings

1951 - 2019

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elijah Cummings is the 18,860th most popular politician (down from 18,744th in 2019), the 16,605th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,212th in 2019) and the 1,349th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Elijah Cummings ranks 18,860 out of 19,576. Before him are Vyacheslav Maltsev, Yuichiro Hata, Nooshi Dadgostar, Erik Solheim, Peter Heine Nielsen, and Salman Khurshid. After him are Heidi Heitkamp, Stephenson King, Mo Mowlam, Davor Ivo Stier, Benjamin Darbelet, and Sean Spicer.

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Among people born in 1951, Elijah Cummings ranks 736. Before him are Richard Lloyd, Steve Riddick, Melissa Manchester, Geoff Ryman, Richard Hunt, and Joe Piscopo. After him are Rehman Malik, Kermit Washington, Mike Leavitt, Paula Vogel, Meena Alexander, and Alexander Downer. Among people deceased in 2019, Elijah Cummings ranks 617. Before him are Stephanie Niznik, Chuy Bravo, Ayanda Denge, Yulia Nachalova, Barbara Perry, and Jimmy Banks. After him are Detsl, Polly Higgins, Jörg Stübner, Josef Šural, Maximilian Reinelt, and Denise Nickerson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elijah Cummings ranks 16,612 out of 20,380. Before him are Joseph Simmons (1964), Alvin Drew (1962), Teyana Taylor (1990), Sian Heder (1977), Quintessa Swindell (1997), and Soleil Moon Frye (1976). After him are Elisa Donovan (1971), Liza Lapira (1981), Mikey Way (1980), Jerry M. Linenger (1955), Michelle Visage (1968), and David Brinkley (1920).

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Among politicians born in United States, Elijah Cummings ranks 1,349. Before him are Darrell Issa (1953), Mark Udall (1950), Matt Gaetz (1982), John Ensign (1958), Katie Hobbs (1969), and Bob Taft (1942). After him are Heidi Heitkamp (1955), Sean Spicer (1971), Alisa Marić (1970), Reince Priebus (1972), John Murtha (1932), and Doug Ducey (1964).

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