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Maryland School of Law, from which he obtained his degree
of LL.B. in 1890. He has since practiced law in the City of
Baltimore, and in 1897 he associated with himself his brother,
Seth Hance Linthicum, under the firm name of J. Chas. Linthi-
cum & 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, and was chairman
of the City Delegation, chairman of the Elections Committee, a
member of the Judiciary Committee and of the Printing Com-
mittee and performed valuable service for the State and city
during that session of the Legislature. In 1905 Mr. Linthicum
was nominated and elected to the State Senate from his district
and served during the session of 1906 upon various important
committees. He has been re-elected to succeed himself for the
full term of four years. He is married, his wife being formerly
Mrs. Gabriel D. dark, nee Perry, a daughter of the late Dr.
John L. and Harriet Perry, of Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
Baltimore City (Fourth District)—CHARLES W. JONES,
Republican—Baltimore.
Mr. Jones was born in Dorchester county, Md., in 1843.
At an early age his parents moved to Baltimore, where his
education was completed in the public schools. At the age
of 18 years Mr. Jones enlisted as a sailor in the United
States Navy, and during the Civil War received a commission
as an ensign and pilot. Since the close of the war he has been
engaged in the produce and commission business in Baltimore.
Baltimore County—JOHN S. BIDDISON, Democrat—Gardenville.
Mr. Biddison is an attorney-at-law residing at Gardenville,
Baltimore county, where he was born February 18, 1873.
After attending the public schools he took a course at Sadler's
Business College, in Baltimore, and later entered the Law De-
partment of the University of Maryland. He was admitted to
the Bar in February, 1894. Senator Biddison was elected in
1903 for a term of four years.
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