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Elijah Cummings

Judge · Politician

Elijah Cummings is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Elijah Cummings · Elijah E. Cummings · אלייז'ה קמינגס · إليجاه كامينغز · الایجا کومینگ · 3 more...				[sources]
Other name	Cummings, Elijah · Elijah Cummings · Elijah Eugene Cummings · Mr Cummings · الایجا کومینگ · 1 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	エリヤ・カミングス · 伊利亚·卡明斯 · 伊利亚·坎宁 · 伊利亞·卡明斯 · 伊莱贾·卡明斯				[sources]
Birth date	1951-01-18				[sources]
Place of birth	Baltimore				[sources]
Death date	2019-10-17				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Elijah · Eugene				[sources]
Last name	Cummings				[sources]
Phone	+12022254741				[sources]
Website	cummings.house.gov · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q934898				[sources]
Position	Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (2003-2005) · House of Representatives (member, 2005-2007) · House of Representatives (member, 2007-2009) · House of Representatives (member, 2009-2011) · House of Representatives (member, 2011-2013) · 18 more...				[sources]
Education	Baltimore City College (-1969) · Howard University (-1973) · University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law (-1976) · University of Maryland, Baltimore				[sources]
Religion	Baptists				[sources]
Ethnicity	African Americans				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician (1951-2019)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Maya Rockeymoore Politician	spouse	-	2019

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2011-01-06	2013-01-03
United States representative	2017-01-03

Data sources

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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Wikidata334,059

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,659

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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