WASHINGTON — Dr. Samuel Mudd, the Charles County doctor convicted in 1865 of conspiring to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln, was convicted unconstitutionally by a military tribunal even ...

Dr. Samuel A. Mudd was arrested in 1865 and pardoned in 1869. Alex Kasprak Published April 14, 2024. Image courtesy of Getty Images / Library of Congress.

"Dr. Samuel Mudd was pardoned by Andrew Johnson in 1869, but my father always believed according to the law, his conviction still stands," said Tom Mudd, a Saginaw historian and great-grandson of ...

In my last post I shared my recent visit to the Surratt House Museum. in Clinton, Maryland. Less than half an hour away is the Dr. Samuel Mudd House Museum. After picking up arms and ammunition at ...

Mudd is the great-grandchild of Dr. Samuel Mudd, one of eight people convicted in 1865 of conspiring to assassinate Lincoln. Four conspirators were hanged, including Mary Surratt, ...

While the term "Your name is mud" may be commonly used today with Dr. Samuel Mudd in mind, it does not trace its origin to Dr. Mudd and his guilty association with President Lincoln's assassination.

Mary Mudd McHale said Saturday her family would explore other options after a federal appeals court dismissed their case, which sought to clear the name of her great-grandfather, Dr. Samuel Mudd.

A federal appeals court Friday effectively ended the decades-long campaign of the descendants of Dr. Samuel Mudd to clear his name. He was convicted of conspiracy in the assassination of President … ...

When Dr. Samuel Mudd set the broken leg of John Wilkes Booth on April 15, 1865, was he in on the conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln, or just a country doc treating a mysterious ...

At the Dr. Mudd House Museum, guided tours are available of the house and the surrounding property. 3725 Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Rd., Waldorf, Md. 301-274-9358. $7, $2 ages 6-16.