John Charles Linthicum
| John Charles Linthicum | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 4th district | |
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In office March 4, 1911 – October 5, 1932 |
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| Preceded by | John Gill, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Ambrose J. Kennedy |
| Member of the Maryland House of Delegates | |
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In office 1906-1909 |
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| Member of the Maryland Senate | |
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In office 1904-1905 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 November 1867 |
| Died | 5 October 1932 (aged 64) Linthicum, Maryland |
| Resting place | Druid Ridge Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
John Charles Linthicum (November 26, 1867–October 5, 1932) was a U.S. Congressman from the 4th Congressional district of Maryland, serving from 1911 to 1932.
Linthicum was born near Baltimore, Maryland, in the locality now known as Linthicum, Maryland, and attended the public schools of Anne Arundel County and Baltimore. He graduated from the Maryland State Normal School in Baltimore in 1886, and became principal of the Braddock School in Frederick County, Maryland, in 1887. He also taught in the schools of Anne Arundel County, and studied history and political science at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He graduated from the law school at the University of Maryland School of Law in Baltimore in 1890, and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Baltimore in 1890.
Linthicum served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1904 and 1905, and in the Maryland State Senate from 1906 to 1909. He was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Baltimore in 1907, and was a judge advocate general on the staff of Maryland Governor Austin Lane Crothers from 1908 to 1912. He was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and to the ten succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1911, until his death. Linthicum's most important role in Congress was that of the leader of the Wets (those who advocated the repeal of prohibition) succeeding John Philip Hill in 1927 Working with Representative James M. Beck, (R.) of Pennsylvania, Linthicum co-wrote and introduced the Beck-Linthicum amendment which was designed to repeal prohibition in 1932. Although the bill failed, it is highly significant in that it forced the wet and dry members to go on record as such. This resulted in the drys being voted out office and the eventual repeal of prohibition.
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