Samuel Mudd

Medical doctor implicated in the Lincoln assassination (1833-1883)

Person human Q1484356

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Facts

27 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[18]
Date of birth: December 20, 1833
Date of death: January 9, 1883, January 10, 1883^[8]
Place of birth: Charles County
Place of death: Waldorf
Country of citizenship: United States^[14]
Occupation: physician, farmer, politician
Field of work: agriculture^[15]
Educated at: University of Maryland, Baltimore, Saint John's Catholic Prep^[16]^[17]
Member of political party: Democratic Party^[19]
Father: Henry Lowe Mudd^[10]
Mother: Sarah Anne Reeves^[11]
Spouse: Sarah Frances Mudd^[12]
Child: Samuel Alexander Mudd, II^[13]
Cause of death: pneumonia^[20]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[26]
Birth name: Samuel Alexander Mudd^[27]
Convicted of: Conspiracy to assassinate Willliam III^[25]
Family name: Mudd^[21]
Given name: Samuel^[22]
Manner of death: natural causes^[24]
Number of children: +9^[28]
Place of burial: Saint Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery^[9]

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Significant event: assassination of Abraham Lincoln^[23]
Social classification: slave owner^[29]
Writing language: English^[30]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 26

ISNI: 0000000055386378
VIAF cluster ID: 47568267
Library of Congress authority ID: n88164229
GND ID: 11929687X
American National Biography ID: 2001833
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE): MuddSamuelAlexander1833-1883
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Samuel-A-Mudd
FAST ID: 256950
FamilySearch person ID: LWM4-MLJ
Find a Grave memorial ID: 3690
Freebase ID: /m/07490
Genealogics.org person ID: I00498343

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Geni.com profile ID: 6000000011972771281
IdRef ID: 147031044
Medvik ID: nlk20000091204
NL CR AUT ID: nlk20000091204
National Library of Israel ID (old): 000494441
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007276552505171
Notable Names Database ID: 778/000205163
Obálky knih ID: nlk20000091204
Open Library ID: OL1820292A
SNAC ARK ID: w6fj2j33
U.S. National Archives Identifier: 10570712
WikiTree person ID: Mudd-128
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJkXrXJ9q67tjHpQwJd84q
Yale LUX ID: person/0a001bb3-d9fe-4aa5-b307-9e82c35eab8e

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Occupation 3

physician, politician, farmer

Cause of death 1

pneumonia

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Educated at 1

University of Maryland, Baltimore

Field of work 1

agriculture

Given name 1

Samuel

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Member of political party 1

Democratic Party

Place of birth 1

Charles County

Place of death 1

Waldorf

Sex or gender 1

male

Significant event 1

assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Writing language 1

English

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Summary

Samuel Mudd was born on December 20, 1833^[1], in Charles County^[2]. He died on January 9, 1883^[3], in Waldorf^[4]. He worked as a physician^[5], farmer^[6], and politician^[7].

FAQs

Where was Samuel Mudd born?

Samuel Mudd's place of birth was Charles County^[2].

Where did Samuel Mudd die?

Samuel Mudd died in Waldorf^[4].

Who were Samuel Mudd's parents?

Samuel Mudd's father was Henry Lowe Mudd^[10]. Samuel Mudd's mother was Sarah Anne Reeves^[11].

Who was Samuel Mudd married to?

Samuel Mudd's spouses include Sarah Frances Mudd^[12].

What did Samuel Mudd do for work?

Samuel Mudd worked as a physician^[5], farmer^[6], and politician^[7].

Where did Samuel Mudd go to school?

Samuel Mudd was educated at University of Maryland, Baltimore^[16] and Saint John's Catholic Prep^[17].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Samuel Mudd — place of birth (P19): Charles County. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Samuel Mudd — place of death (P20): Waldorf. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Samuel Mudd — sex or gender (P21): male. Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2018-11-04. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Samuel Mudd — father (P22): Henry Lowe Mudd. Genealogics. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Samuel Mudd — mother (P25): Sarah Anne Reeves. Genealogics. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Samuel Mudd — spouse (P26): Sarah Frances Mudd. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Samuel Mudd — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Samuel Mudd — child (P40): Samuel Alexander Mudd, II. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Samuel Mudd — educated at (P69): University of Maryland, Baltimore. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Samuel Mudd — educated at (P69): Saint John's Catholic Prep. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Samuel Mudd — field of work (P101): agriculture. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Samuel Mudd — member of political party (P102): Democratic Party. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Samuel Mudd — occupation (P106): physician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Samuel Mudd — occupation (P106): farmer. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Samuel Mudd — occupation (P106): politician. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Samuel Mudd — place of burial (P119): Saint Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery. Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Samuel Mudd — cause of death (P509): pneumonia. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Samuel Mudd — date of birth (P569): December 20, 1833. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Samuel Mudd — date of death (P570): January 9, 1883. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Samuel Mudd — date of death (P570): January 10, 1883. Find a Grave. Retrieved 2019-08-29. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Samuel Mudd — family name (P734): Mudd. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Samuel Mudd — given name (P735): Samuel. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Samuel Mudd — significant event (P793): assassination of Abraham Lincoln. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Samuel Mudd — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Samuel Mudd — convicted of (P1399): Conspiracy to assassinate Willliam III. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Samuel Mudd — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Samuel Mudd — birth name (P1477): Samuel Alexander Mudd. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Samuel Mudd — number of children (P1971): 9. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Samuel Mudd — social classification (P3716): slave owner. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Samuel Mudd — writing language (P6886): English. wikidata.org.

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