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About Dr. Samuel Mudd Day

United States
EVENT NAME:
Mudd, Dr. Samuel, Day (1833)
EVENT CATEGORIES:
Anniversaries , Politics
Legal , United States
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Begins: Dec 20, 2025
Ends: Dec 20, 2025
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"That's it, young lady," My mother would often say, "Your name is mud!"

Okay, so I wasn't always an angelic child, but I always wondered what mud had to do with misbehaving.

In Old English, mud meant "a stupid twaddling fellow." Well, I have indeed resembled that comment in my life, except for the fellow part.

Mudd Day, marked on December 20 each year, has nothing to do with being called mud and everything about legal issues and trying to clear your name.

Dr. Samuel Mudd was born on December 20, 1833. In adulthood, he advocated for slavery and supported the Confederacy during the Civil War. He often expressed his dislike and hatred for then-President Lincoln and his policies.

John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Lincoln on April 14, 1865, but in the course, broke his leg. Escaping the authorities searching for him, he ended up at Dr. Mudd's home, where the doctor treated his leg and let him go. It is believed Dr. Mudd did not know about the assassination then. However, after learning he helped the president's assassin, he waited 24 hours before reporting to the police.

Mudd was convicted of aiding and conspiring with several others in the murder of President Lincoln. In 1869 President Andrew Johnson pardoned and released Mudd and two others from jail.

Eventually, the doctor was able to get his family on even footing and re-establish his practice. He became active in politics and supported several initiatives in his hometown. He died of pneumonia in 1875 at the age of 49.

After a century of lobbying by the family, Mudd's conviction was cleared on July 27, 1979.

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