What is Elijah Cummings?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Elijah Cummings |image = Elijah E. Cummings official photo.jpg |office = Chair of the [[United States House Committee on Oversight and Reform|House Oversight Committee]] |term_start = January 3, 2019 |term_end = October 17, 2019 |predecessor = [[Trey Gowdy]] |successor = [[Carolyn Maloney]]<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-whistleblower-cummings-repl/maloney-to-be-acting-house-oversight-chair-after-cummings-death-aide-idUSKBN1WW1YG|title = Maloney to be acting House oversight chair after Cummings death|work = [[Reuters]]|date = October 17, 2019|access-date = October 17, 2019|last1 = Chiacu|first1 = Doina|last2 = Heavey|first2 = Susan|editor-last = Lambert|editor-first = Lisa}}</ref> |state1 = [[Maryland]] |district1 = {{ushr|MD|7|7th}} |term_start1 = April 16, 1996 |term_end1 = October 17, 2019 |predecessor1 = [[Kweisi Mfume]] |successor1 = Kweisi Mfume |state_delegate2 = Maryland |district2 = 39th |term_start2 = January 12, 1983 |term_end2 = January 10, 1996 |predecessor2 = [[Lena King Lee]] |successor2 = Sterling Page |birth_name = Elijah Eugene Cummings |birth_date = {{birth date|1951|1|18}} |birth_place = [[Baltimore, Maryland]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2019|10|17|1951|1|18}} |death_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = {{marriage|[[Maya Rockeymoore Cummings|Maya Rockeymoore]]|2008}} |children = 3 |education = [[Baltimore City College]]<br>[[Howard University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[University of Maryland, Baltimore]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) |signature = Elijah Eugene Cummings signature.svg |website = {{url|cummings.house.gov|House website}} }} '''Elijah Eugene Cummings''' (January 18, 1951 – October 17, 2019) was an American politician and civil rights activist. He was a member of the