Background
Hudson, Frederick Mitchell was born on February 2, 1871 in Jefferson County, Arkansas, United States. Son of James Asbury and Mary Rhoda (Warren) Hudson.
Hudson, Frederick Mitchell was born on February 2, 1871 in Jefferson County, Arkansas, United States. Son of James Asbury and Mary Rhoda (Warren) Hudson.
Student Hendrix College, Altus (now at Conway), Arkansas, 1885-1887. Bachelor of Arts, Washington and Lee University, 1890, Bachelor of Laws, 1892.
Admitted to Arkansas bar, 1892. Practiced in Pine Bluff, 1892-1900. Followed horticulture in Florida, in quest of health, 1900-1905.
Practiced law in Miami, Florida, from 1905, specializing in probate practice.
Senior partner Hudson, McNutt, Campbell & Isom. City attorney Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 1895-1898.
State senator, Florida, 1905-1917, president Florida Senate 1909-1911. Special counsel for Florida Railroad Commission, with litigation in all state and federal courts, 1911-1914.
Honorary member board directors Florida Florida Children’s Home.
Member American, Florida, Dade County (past president) bar associations, American Judicature Society, American Law Institute, Florida Society Sons of the American Revolution, Virginia, Florida, Arkansas, Southern Florida (past president) hist societies, Miami Pioneers, Ancient and Honorary Arty Company of Massachusetts. Clubs: Rotary (past president), Biscayne Bay Yacht.
Married Nora Bell Andrews, October 27, 1896. Children: Martha (Mistress Raleigh West. Van Brunt), James Andrews, Mary Warren (Mistress Lewis Gaston Leary, Junior.