What is Emanuel Cleaver?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Emanuel Cleaver |image = Emanuel Cleaver official photo.jpg |state = [[Missouri]] |district = {{ushr|MO|5|5th}} |term_start = January 3, 2005 |term_end = |predecessor = [[Karen McCarthy]] |successor = |office1 = 51st [[List of mayors of Kansas City, Missouri|Mayor of Kansas City]] |term_start1 = 1991 |term_end1 = 1999 |predecessor1 = [[Richard L. Berkley|Richard Berkley]] |successor1 = [[Kay Barnes]] |birth_name = Emanuel Cleaver II |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|10|26}} |birth_place = [[Waxahachie, Texas|Waxahachie]], [[Texas]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = Dianne Cleaver |education = [[Prairie View A&M University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[Saint Paul School of Theology]] ([[Master of Divinity|MDiv]]) }} '''Emanuel Cleaver II''' (born October 26, 1944) is an American politician. He is a member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]]. Cleaver currently represents {{ushr|MO|5}}, where he has served since 2005. The district is mostly part of [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]]. Cleaver is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], and in January 2010, he became chair of the [[Congressional Black Caucus]], a position he held until 2019. Cleaver was on the Kansas City Council from 1979 to 1991, until he was elected [[List of mayors of Kansas City, Missouri|Mayor]], from 1991 to 1999. In 2004, Cleaver was elected to represent [[Missouri's 5th congressional district]] in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]]. Cleaver was the pastor at the St. James United Methodist Church in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] from March 1972 until June 28, 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stjamesumc.com/our-story/history/|title=History » St. James UMC|website=www.stjamesumc.com|access-date=August 23, 2018|archive-date=March 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307092142/http://stjamesumc.com/our-stor