|
|
Oil on canvas, Thomas C. Corner, 1932, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives |
LINTHICUM, John Charles, a Representative from Maryland; born near Baltimore, in the locality
now known as Linthicum Heights, Anne Arundel County, Md., November 26, 1867;
attended the public schools of that county and Baltimore; was graduated from
the State normal school in Baltimore in 1886; principal of Braddock School,
Frederick County, in 1887, and taught in the schools of Anne Arundel County;
studied history and political science at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore;
was graduated from the law department of the University of Maryland at
Baltimore in 1890; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Baltimore
in 1890; member of the State house of delegates in 1904 and 1905; served in the
State senate 1906-1909; unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Baltimore in 1907;
judge advocate general on the staff of Gov. Austin L. Crothers 1908-1912;
elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and to the ten succeeding Congresses
and served from March 4, 1911, until his death; chairman, Committee on Foreign
Affairs (Seventy-second Congress); had been renominated to the Seventy-third
Congress at the time of his death; delegate to the Democratic National
Convention in 1924; died in Baltimore, Md., October 5, 1932; interment in Druid
Ridge Cemetery.
|