John F. Mudd (1884-1950)
MSA SC 3520-12747
Biography:
Born John Francis Mudd, December 15, 1884, in Bryantown, Maryland. Son of Francis DeSales and Mary Catherine Lee (Bowling) Mudd. Attended St. John's College, Annapolis (A.B., 1904); University of Maryland Law School (LL.B., 1907). Admitted to Maryland bar, August 13, 1907. Married Amelia Rebecca "Amy" Jameson, April 27, 1908, in Baltimore; seven children: Francis DeSales (b. 1909), John Turner (b. 1912), Dorothy Amelia (b. 1914), Mary Anne (b. 1915), Patrick Conroy (b. 1919), Margaret Louise (b. 1922), and Mary Helen (b. 1928). Died February 16, 1950, in Bryantown, Maryland. Buried at St. Mary's Cemetery, Bryantown, Maryland.
Lawyer, legislator, and newspaper editor. A third generation legislator from Charles County, John F. Mudd served in the Maryland House of Delegates during the1912 regular session and in the State Senate during the 1914 and 1916 regular sessions, as well as the 1917 Special Session. He was the great-grandson of Theodore Mudd and grandson of Dr. George D. Mudd. In 1916, Governor Emerson C. Harrington appointed Mudd to the the State Roads Commission. A Republican, in 1923, Mudd was a candidate for Judge of the Circuit Court of Charles County, losing to Democrats William Meveral Loker and Joseph C. Mattingly. During Governor Albert C. Ritchie's administration, Mudd served on the Maryland Racing Commission. Governor Harry W. Nice later appointed him as the People's Counsel for the Public Service Commission. Mudd's other pursuits included newspaper publishing in LaPlata, Maryland.
According to the COURT OF APPEALS (Bar Applications)
1904-1910, Report of State Board of Law Examiners with List of Applicants
for Admission to the Bar [MdHR 8090-13, MSA S112-4] , John Francis Mudd
was listed as qualified and recommended to the Court for admission to the
Bar.The report is dated June 17, 1907, and covers
the bar examinations held June 3 and 4, 1907. John Francis Mudd signed
the COURT
OF APPEALS (Test Book) RWG 1 [MdHR11,548, MSA S431-1, p. 255] on August
13, 1907. After admission to the bar, Mudd practiced
law in LaPlata with a firm headed by Walter J. Mitchell, who went on to
serve on the bench of the Maryland Court of Appeals. Before
his death, Mudd practiced law with his son, F. DeSales Mudd, and established
the firm of Mudd & Mudd, which is still in existence today.
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