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CUMMINGS, Elijah Eugene, a Representative from Maryland; born in Baltimore, Md., January 18,
1951; graduated from Baltimore City College High School, Baltimore, Md., 1969;
B.S., Howard University, Washington, D.C., 1973; J.D., University of Maryland
School of Law, Baltimore, Md., 1976; lawyer, private practice; chief judge,
Maryland Moot Court Board; member of the Maryland state house of delegates,
1983-1996, and speaker pro tempore, 1995-1996; elected as a Democrat to the One
Hundred Fourth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of United States Representative Kweisi Mfume, and reelected to the
eleven succeeding Congresses (April 16, 1996-present).
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