282 MARYLAND MANUAL.

tor Perkins received his early education in the public schools
and Washington College, in his native town. He came to
Baltimore in 1891, and entered the law office of Messrs. Hink-
ley & Morris as a student, and finished his legal education at
the Maryland University, graduating in 1894,

Mr. Perkins was Secretary to the Ways and Means Com-
mittee of the General Assembly of 1900, which is the only office
of political character he has ever occupied. Prior to his elec-
tion to the State Senate he was for five years referee in bank-
ruptcy of the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland. He is married, and resides on the Reisterstown
road.

Baltimore City (Third District)—J. CHARLES LINTHICUM,

Democrat—314 St. Paul Street.

Mr. Linthicum was born at Linthicum, Anne Arundel
County, November 26, 1867, and received his early education
in the public schools of that county and of Baltimore City,
later entering the State 'Normal School from which he gradu-
ated in 1886, when he became principal of Braddock School,
Frederick County, and later taught school in his native county

of Anne Arundel. Returning to Baltimore he took a special
course in the Historical and Political Department of the Johns
Hopkins University, after which he entered the University of
Maryland, School of Law, from which he obtained his degree

of L.L.B. in 1890. He has since practiced law in the City of
Baltimore—some years ago having associated with himself his
brother, Seth Hance Linthicum, under the firm name of J.
Chas. Linthicum >& Bro. He is also a professor of Medical
Jurisprudence of the Maryland Medical College of Baltimore,

which conferred upon him the honorary degree of M.D.

In 1903 he was elected to the House of Delegates from the
Third Legislative District of Baltimore City. During the ses-
sion of 1904 he was. chairman of the City Delegation, chairman
of the Elections Committee, a member of the Judiciary Com-
mittee and of the Printing Committee and performed valuable
service for the State and city during that session of the Legis-
lature...

In 1905 Mr. Linthicum was nominated to the State Senate
from his district after one of the most spirited Primary Elec-
tions ever held in the City of Baltimore, and was duly elected
to the State Senate in the Election of November of that year.

Mr. Linthicum has always been a democrat and taken great
interest in party affairs and especially in the welfare and pros-
perity of his city. He is married, his wife being formerly Mrs.

Gabriel D. Clark, nee Perry, a daughter of the late Dr. John
L. Perry of Saratoga Springs, New York.