John Charles Linthicum

John Charles Linthicum (right) with John Hill (1927)

John Charles Linthicum (born November 26, 1867 in Linthicum Heights , Anne Arundel County , Maryland , †  October 5, 1932 in Baltimore , Maryland) was an American politician . Between 1911 and 1932 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Linthicum attended public schools in his home country and then studied at Maryland State Normal School in Baltimore until 1886 . Afterwards he worked in the school service for a few years. Then he continued his education at Johns Hopkins University , where he studied history and political science. After studying law at the University of Maryland and his admission to the bar in 1890, he began working in this profession in Baltimore. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He served in the Maryland House of Representatives in 1904 and 1905 ; between 1906 and 1909 he was a member of the State Senate . In 1907, Linthicum ran unsuccessfully for the office of mayor of Baltimore. From 1908 to 1912 he was a Judge Advocate General on the staff of Governor Austin Lane Crothers .

In the 1910 congressional election , Linthicum was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Maryland , where he succeeded John Gill on March 4, 1911 . After ten re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on October 5, 1932 . During this time the First World War fell . In addition, the 16th , 17th , 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution were ratified in 1913, 1919 and 1920 . From 1931 to 1933 Linthicum was chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee. In 1924 he took part as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in New York . In Congress he campaigned for the repeal of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution in 1933. It was about the prohibition law . He also introduced the bill that made The Star-Spangled Banner the national anthem. At the time of his death, John Linthicum had already been nominated for re-election.

Web links

• John Charles Linthicum in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John Charles Linthicum in the database of Find a Grave (English)