Emanuel Cleaver
Democrat Representative of Missouri's 5th district
Representative
Missouri, district 5
January 4, 2005 - January 3, 2007
Representative
Missouri, district 5
January 4, 2007 - January 3, 2009
Representative
Missouri, district 5
January 6, 2009 - January 3, 2011
Representative
Missouri, district 5
January 5, 2011 - January 3, 2013
Representative
Missouri, district 5
January 3, 2013 - January 3, 2015
Representative
Missouri, district 5
January 6, 2015 - January 3, 2017
Representative
Missouri, district 5
January 3, 2017 - January 3, 2019
Representative
Missouri, district 5
January 3, 2019 - January 3, 2021
Representative
Missouri, district 5
January 3, 2021 - January 3, 2023
Representative
Missouri, district 5
January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2025
10
Congresses Served
10
House Terms
January 1, 1944 (81 years old)
Birthday
- Has been a United Methodist pastor
- Served as a U.S. Representative since 2005
- Chaired the Congressional Black Caucus from 2011 to 2013
- Served on the Kansas City Council from 1979 to 1991
- Was the mayor of Kansas City for two terms from 1991 to 1999, and was the city’s first African American mayor
- Graduated from Prairie View A&M University and received a Master of Divinity from St. Paul School of Theology
- Founded a branch of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Kansas City, Missouri
- Described the 2011 Budget Control Act deal as a “sugar-coated Satan sandwich”
- Has been recognized for bringing federal tax dollars back to Kansas City
- Voted for both articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump in 2019
- His office was attacked with what appeared to be a Molotov cocktail in 2014
- Endorsed Hillary Clinton in the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries
- Voted to provide Israel with support following a 2023 Hamas attack
- Has a history of electoral success in both city and congressional elections
- Married with four children and resides in Kansas City
- A road in Kansas City was renamed Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard in 2000
- Was involved in a legal issue with Bank of America over a defaulted loan for a car wash, which was settled in 2013
- Officiated the wedding of fellow Democratic Congressman Steny Hoyer in June 2023