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Sydney Emanuel Mudd II (June 20, 1885 – October 11, 1924) was an American attorney and politician from
Maryland's 5th congressional district Maryland's 5th congressional district comprises all of Charles, St. Mary's, and Calvert counties (a region known as Southern Maryland), as well as portions of Prince George's and Anne Arundel counties. The district is currently represented ...
, elected to several terms as a U.S. Representative in Congress, dying in office. He was a Republican.


Early life and education

Sydney Emanuel Mudd, Jr. was born on June 20, 1885, at his parents' plantation in Gallant Green,
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, Mudd was the son of Ida (née Griffin) and Sydney Emanuel Mudd, who became a U.S. Congressman. He was raised Catholic, attending the public schools of Charles County and the
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. He moved with his parents to
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, in 1896. He graduated from
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in 1906 with a
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, and from its law school in 1909 with a
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degree.


Law career

Mudd was admitted to the bar in 1910 in Maryland and Washington, D.C. He served as professor of criminal law at
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in 1910. Like his father, Mudd joined the Republican Party. He was appointed assistant district attorney of the District of Columbia, a federal position, in February 1911.


Political career

Mudd's father had told him he would not be seeking re-election, and his last term as Congressman ended in March 1911. Mudd II resigned as assistant district attorney in March 1911 to campaign for the seat as U.S. Congressman from
Maryland's 5th congressional district Maryland's 5th congressional district comprises all of Charles, St. Mary's, and Calvert counties (a region known as Southern Maryland), as well as portions of Prince George's and Anne Arundel counties. The district is currently represented ...
. Mudd did not win the Republican nomination in 1912 to run for election to the Sixty-third Congress. He was reappointed assistant district attorney in July 1912. In March 1914, Mudd resigned again to become a candidate for Congress. He was elected in 1914 from the fifth district of Maryland as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1915, until his death.


Death

He died at
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in
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from illness on October 11, 1924. He is interred in St. Ignatius’ Catholic Church Cemetery at Chapel Point near La Plata, where his father was also buried.


See also

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References


"Mudd, Sydney Emanuel II"
''Maryland Biographical Dictionary'', pp. 388–390 1885 births 1924 deaths Georgetown University alumni Georgetown University Law Center alumni Georgetown University Law Center faculty Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland People from Charles County, Maryland People from La Plata, Maryland 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{Maryland-politician-stub