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    American TV journalist Rodger Mudd is a descendant of what famous US historic person?

    Question #77802. Asked by star_gazer. (Mar 25 07 1:45 PM)


    Sofie

    		Roger Mudd (born February 9, 1928 in Washington, D.C.) is an Emmy Award-winning U.S. television journalist and broadcaster, most recently the primary anchor for The History Channel. Previously, Mudd was weekend anchor of CBS Evening News, co-anchor of NBC Nightly News, and hosted NBC's Meet the Press.

    Mudd is an indirect, distant relative of Dr. Samuel Mudd, the doctor who was implicated with inadvertently aiding John Wilkes Booth shortly after he assassinated U.S. president Lincoln. Many accounts have muddled the facts, assuming incorrectly that he is a direct descendant.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_mudd

    Mar 25 07, 2:30 PM
    star_gazer

    		Correct, in June of 1865 Dr. Samuel Mudd was found guilty of conspiracy to kill President Lincoln, however in 1869 he was pardoned by President Andrew Johnson.

    While most historians believe that Dr. Mudd was innocent he had infact met with Booth twice before the assissination of Lincoln.

    Mar 25 07, 3:07 PM
    CarolinaKid

    		This is also where the the saying "your name is Mudd" came from.

    Mar 25 07, 4:00 PM
    star_gazer

    		Not true:

    Samuel Mudd is sometimes mistakenly given as the origin of the phrase "your name is mud", however this phrase has its earliest known recorded instance in 1823, 10 years before his birth and is in fact based an obsolete sense of the word 'mud' meaning 'a stupid twaddling fellow'.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Mudd

    Mar 25 07, 4:08 PM

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