ETI Salutes Congressman Elijah Cummings’ with his life in photos

In order to be a legend you have to learn from and study the legends.

A legend today is known for their noted celebrity and larger-than-life accomplishments, whose fame is well-known.

US Rep. Elijah Cummings, a longtime Maryland Democrat and a key figure leading investigations into President Donald Trump, has died at the age of 68, on October 17, 2019

He died of “complications concerning longstanding health challenges,” his office said in a statement.

Cummings was born in 1951 and raised in Baltimore — the city that is home to his district. The son of former sharecroppers, Cummings graduated from Baltimore City College High School in 1969.

He practiced law and served for 14 years in the Maryland House of Delegates, where, according to his congressional website, he became the first African-American in Maryland history to be named speaker pro tem.

He was first elected to the US Congress in 1996. Cummings was re-elected last year in the 7th Congressional District with 76% of the vote.

Cummings is seen in a yearbook photo from his senior year of high school. He graduated in 1969.

Cummings is photographed in 1985

Cummings at his campaign headquarters in 1988

Cummings listens to testimony during a committee hearing in October 1996

US Sen. John Kerry chats with Cummings during a ceremony in Topeka, Kansas, commemorating the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education.

Viola Pearson, the widow of Levi Pearson, talks with Cummings after a ceremony honoring her husband with the Congressional Gold Medal in September 2004. Levi Pearson was among four people honored for their involvement in Briggs v. Elliott, a court case that challenged segregation in South Carolina schools.

Retired North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Henry Frye swears in Cummings, US Rep. Melvin Watt and US Rep. Corrine Brown as members of the Congressional Black Caucus in January 2005. Watt was replacing Cummings as chairman.

Cummings attends the Democratic National Convention in August 2008

Cummings rearranges flowers on the stairs of the house where his nephew, Christopher Cummings, was killed in a June 2011 shooting in Norfolk, Virginia.

President Barack Obama shakes hands with Cummings after signing HR 4348, the Surface Transportation Bill, during a ceremony at the White House in July 2012

Cummings and his wife, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, arrive at a state dinner hosted by Obama at the White House in February 2014.

Cummings takes part in a walk-out outside the House of Representatives in December 2014. People gathered to protest the Eric Garner and Michael Brown grand jury decisions, which did not bring charges against the police officers involved in their deaths.

US Rep. Trey Gowdy confers with Cummings in January 2015, at the start of a public hearing to investigate the 2012 attacks on the US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

Cummings addresses mourners at a funeral for Freddie Gray in April 2015. Gray died after sustaining a neck injury while in police custody.

Cummings marches with protesters in Baltimore after authorities released a report on the death of Freddie Gray.

Cummings stands with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton after endorsing her at an event in Baltimore in April 2016.

Cummings speaks to reporters during a Democratic Caucus meeting in November 2018.

During a committee meeting in June 2018, Cummings asks Republican colleagues to intervene in the separation of immigrant families at the border.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi congratulates Cummings in January 2019 during a ceremonial swearing-in.

Cummings heads to a classified briefing regarding Russian sanctions in January 2019.

Cummings speaks with US Rep. Mark Meadows in June 2019, just after a panel voted to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt for failing to turn over subpoenaed documents related to the Trump administration’s decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.