Lawmakers gather at the Capitol to honor Democratic Congressman and civil-rights champion Elijah Cummings, who died last week after longstanding health problems
WASHINGTON - Mourners lined up early on Thursday to pay their respects to the late Representative Elijah Cummings, a powerful legislator and civil rights activist who became the first African-American to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol - a high honor usually bestowed upon presidents and military leaders.
The son of sharecroppers, Cummings died on Oct. 17 at the age of 68 after longstanding health problems. As chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, he was one of a handful of Democrats leading the impeachment inquiry on President Donald Trump’s dealings in Ukraine.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi noted that Cummings was lying in repose atop the same wooden framework that supported Abraham Lincoln’s coffin following his assassination at the end of the U.S. Civil War.
“Perhaps this place in this country would be better served with a few more unexpected friendships,” Meadows said.Cooper Brockington of Reston, Virginia, arrived at 8:45 a.m. to be the first person in line to view the casket. Jawauna Greene, a former Cummings staffer, took the train from New York on Wednesday night to pay her respects.She said she first met Cummings 24 years ago when he was working in a small law firm. She was pregnant, her Marine Corps husband was deployed and she needed to supplement the family’s income.
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