SAMUEL C. (BUDDY) LINTON
Democrat, District 28, Charles County
Member of House of Delegates, 1958-66, 1983-90, and January 11, 1995 to January 8, 2003. Member, Joint Legislative Committee on the MED-EVAC Program, 1986-90; Joint Audit Committee (formerly Budget and Audit Committee), 1987-90, 1995-2003; Joint Committee on State Economic Development Initiatives, 1995-96; Ways and Means Committee, 1995-99 (tax & revenue subcommittee, 1995; education subcommittee, 1996; transportation subcommittee, 1997-98; finance resources subcommittee, 1999); Appropriations Committee, 1999-2003 (public safety & administration subcommittee, 1999-2003; oversight committee on pensions, 1999-2003; oversight committee on program open space & agricultural land preservation, 1999-2003); Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation, 2000-03. Chair, Charles County Delegation, 1995-2003.
Member, Economic Development Commission, Charles County, three years; Sanitary Commission, Charles County, one year. Member, Maryland Constitutional Convention, 1967-68; Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, 1968-80. First chair, Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation, 1977-82. Member, Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland, 1995-2003; Board of Review, Department of Transportation, 2003-.
Born in Riverside, Maryland, August 21, 1923. Attended Nanjemoy High School; Charles County Community College; Armed Forces Institute, 1944-45. Staff sergeant, U.S. Army Air Force, 1943-46; served in England, Belgium, Iceland, and Germany. Owner and operator of Linton Lumber Company and Holly Springs Farm, Inc. First president, Nanjemoy Volunteer Fire Department. Master of local Grange. Director, Farm Bureau. Director, Southern States Cooperative. Member, American Legion, Hughesville; Waldorf Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW); Charles County Historical Society. Past president, Society for the Restoration of Port Tobacco. Member, Vestry, Old Durham Episcopal Church, Nanjemoy, Maryland. Widower; five children; four grandchildren.