Background
Born at his parents" plantation in Gallant Green, Charles County, Maryland, Mudd was the son of Sydney Emanuel Mudd, who became a United States Congressman, and his wife.
United States representative politician
Born at his parents" plantation in Gallant Green, Charles County, Maryland, Mudd was the son of Sydney Emanuel Mudd, who became a United States Congressman, and his wife.
He graduated from Georgetown University in 1906 with a Bachelor of Arts, and from its law school in 1909 with a law degree.
He was raised Catholic, attending the public schools of Charles County and the District of Columbia. Mudd was admitted to the bar in 1910, and served as professor of criminal law at Georgetown University Law School 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.
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 United States Congressman from Maryland"s 5th congressional district.
He was reappointed assistant district attorney in July 1912. In March 1914, Mudd resigned to become a candidate for Congress.
He was elected in 1914 from the fifth district of Maryland as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1915 until his death in Baltimore, Maryland from illness in 1924.