Emanuel Cleaver

EMANUEL CLEAVER, Democrat, of Kansas City, MO; born in Waxahachie, TX, October 26, 1944; education: B.S., sociology, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX, 1972; M.Div., Saint Paul School of Theology, Kansas City, MO, 1974; professional history: senior pastor, St. James United Methodist Church, 1973-2009; councilman, Kansas City, 5th District, 1979-91; founder, Harmony in a World of Difference, 1991; founder, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Kansas City Chapter; mayor, City of Kansas, 1991-99; member, President-elect Bill Clinton's transitional team, 1992; host, Under the Clock, KCUR Radio, 1999-2004; chairman, Congressional Black Caucus, 2010-12; national co-chair, President Barack Obama Campaign Committee, 2012; election history: elected to the 109th Congress on November 2, 2004; reelected to each succeeding Congress.