U.S. Representative Elijah E. Cummings became an honorary member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc in 2015.

Cummings was an influential Democratic leader during his 12 terms in Congress, becoming a passionate advocate for some of the Democratic Party's most pressing and significant civil rights issues. Cummings joined the Phi Beta Kappa at Howard University and earned a bachelor's degree in political science in 1973.

He graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1976 and passed the Maryland bar the following year. A lawyer for 19 years, Cummings was elected to the United States House of Representatives for Maryland's 7th congressional district in 1996 until he died in 2019.

Cummings served as Chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland as the first African American in the state's history to be named Speaker Pro Tempore, the second-highest position in the Maryland House of Delegates.

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Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. stands in support of Bro. Congressman Elijah Cummings.#PBS1914
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