Former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, along with former first lady Michelle Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, will attend Rep. Elijah Cummings’ funeral in Baltimore on Friday as the nation bids farewell to the Maryland Democrat who served on Capitol Hill 23 years. 

Spokeswoman Katie Hill confirmed that Obama would attend in a tweet Wednesday night. She said Cummings’ widow, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, asked Obama to “deliver remarks about the remarkable life and legacy of one of this country’s finest public servants.”

Cummings, 68,  died last week of complications related to longstanding health issues. He had previously been treated for heart and knee issues, according to The Associated Press and had cancer, The Baltimore Sun reported. 

“Michelle and I are heartbroken over the passing of our friend, Elijah Cummings,” Obama said in a statement after the congressman’s death. “As Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, he showed us all not only the importance of checks and balances within our democracy, but also the necessity of good people stewarding it.” 

Cummings was a personal friend of Obama’s and was an early supporter of his 2008 presidential run. 

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The funeral will be held at the New Psalmist Baptist Church, where Cummings worshiped for nearly 40 years. 

In addition to Obama and Hillary Clinton, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and former Rep. Kweisi Mfume will join Rockeymoore Cummings, Cummings’ brother and his daughters as speakers at the funeral, according to Reuters and The Washington Post.

Cummings won Mfume’s House seat in a special election in 1996 after Mfume left Congress to become president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 

Last week, Bill Clinton said Cummings “was a resounding voice of moral courage who fought the good fights for the people of Baltimore.” 

Hillary Clinton said Cummings was “a man of principle who championed truth, justice and kindness. He fiercely loved his country and the people he served.” 

The former House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday. On Wednesday, mourners paid respects to Cummings as his body lay in repose at Morgan State University, a historically black college in Cummings’ district. Cummings served on the school’s Board of Regents for 19 years. 

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Elijah Cummings, a Democratic Maryland congressman, has died at age 68. Cummings had served as a representative of Maryland's 7th congressional district since 1996. See the lawmaker's life and career in pictures.
Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., talks to NAACP President Kweisi Mfume, Rep. Donald Payne, D-N.J., and Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., as they watch a hearing on allegations of CIA involvement in drug trafficking before the Senate Intelligence Committee Nov. 26, 1996, on Capitol Hill.
Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., talks to NAACP President Kweisi Mfume, Rep. Donald Payne, D-N.J., and Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., as they watch a hearing on allegations of CIA involvement in drug trafficking before the Senate Intelligence Committee Nov. 26, 1996, on Capitol Hill. J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press
Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-MD, is flanked by his predecessor Kweisi Mfume, right, and former Maryland Congressman Parren Mitchell on Capitol Hill Thursday April 25, 1996 after officially being sworn in. Cummings replaced Mfume.
Elijah Cummings stands to the right of Rep. Albert Wynn, D-Md., as he addresses a Capitol Hill news conference on discrimination in the federal workforce on July 7, 1997.
Former President Bill Clinton, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. and Former Maryland Gov. Parris Glendening participate in church services at New Psalmist Baptist Church in Baltimore on Nov. 1, 1998.
Elijah Cummings and other congress members surround President Clinton after he signed the Long-term Care Security Act on Sept. 19, 2000, in Washington.
Elijah Cummings visits the Maryland Public Television studio on Oct. 23, 2000, in Owings Mills, Md., prior to a debate against Republican challenger Kenneth Kondner.
Congressman Elijah Cummings, D-Md., speaks to supporters at a victory party on Nov. 7, 2000, in Baltimore. ]
Elijah Cummings speaks with Senator Joseph Biden after a news conference on aid to Africa January 16, 2003 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
Nancy Pelosi, accompanied by Elijah Cummings and other fellow House members, meet reporters on Capitol Hill Feb. 13,2003 to announce that they filed a brief with the Supreme Court in support of the University of Michigan's affirmative action admissions policy.
Elijah Cummings, chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, smiles on , April 17, 2003, in Baltimore after recording the democratic response to President George W. Bush's weekly radio address airing nationally on Saturday.
Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md, left, accepts the Elmer P. Martin Public Service Award from Dr. Joanne M. Martin, co-founder of the Great Blacks and Wax Museum on Nov. 18, 2003, in Washington. Cummings was honored for outstanding contributions to society.
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., stands with U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Maryland, left, and Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Executive Director Wade Henderson, right, at a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, ending racial segregation in schools on May 17, 2004, in Topeka, Kan.
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., stands with U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Maryland, left, and Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Executive Director Wade Henderson, right, at a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, ending racial segregation in schools on May 17, 2004, in Topeka, Kan. Charlie Neibergall, AP
Elijah Cummings and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus of the 109th Congress are sworn in at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. on January 4, 2005.
National Basketball Association Commissioner David Stern speaks with Rep. Elijah Cummings after testifying about steroid use in professional sports before the House Committee on Government Reform on Capitol Hill May 19, 2005 in Washington, DC.
Elijah Cummings questions former New York Yankees baseball pitcher Roger Clemens during the House Oversight and Government Reform committee hearing on drug use in baseball on Feburary 13, 2008 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
Elijah Cummings speaks during the testimony of Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen June 23, 2014 in Washington, DC.
Elijah Cummings and congressional staff members gather at the Capitol to raise awareness of the recent killings of black men by police officers, both of which did not result in grand jury indictments, in Washington on Dec. 11, 2014.
Congressman Elijah Cummings speaks to the media the morning after citywide riots following the funeral of Freddie Gray, on April 28, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, 25, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Houses housing project on Baltimore's west side.
Elijah Cummings delivers remarks to members of the news media after attending a closed meeting of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on October 6, 2015.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton waves after receiving the endorsement of Congressman Elijah Cummings during a grassroots event in Baltimore, Maryland on April 10, 2016.
Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-MD, speaks during the 2016 Democratic National Convention at Wells Fargo Arena on July 25, 2016.
Elijah Cummings speaks to members of the press during a Democratic Caucus meeting to elect new leadership on Capitol Hill on November 28, 2018 in Washington, DC.
Elijah Cummings, Chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, gestures as he delivers a press conference following the former Special Counsel's testimony before the House Select Committee on Intelligence in Washington, DC, on July 24, 2019.
Pallbearers pause before entering the Murphy Fine Arts Center at Morgan State University ahead of a public viewing for U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, Oct. 23, 2019, in Baltimore.
Mourners, including Maya Rockeymoore, right, widow of U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings follow behind pallbearers walking with the congressman's body while arriving at Morgan State University ahead of a public viewing, Oct. 23, 2019, in Baltimore.