meaning "a stupid twaddling fellow." Footnotes See also List of people pardoned or granted clemency by the president of the United States References External links Dr. Samuel A. Mudd House and Museum Dr. Mudd Research Site Dr. Mudd and the Lincoln Conspiracy Dr. Mudd's attempted escape from Fort Jefferson The Prisoner of Shark Island - Lux Radio Theater, May 2, 1938 1833 births 1883 deaths People associated with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln Physicians from Maryland Recipients of American presidential pardons University of Maryland, Baltimore alumni People of Maryland in the American Civil War American slave owners Farmers from Maryland American prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by the United States military Deaths from pneumonia in Maryland American planters People from Charles County, Maryland Maryland Democrats Lincoln assassination conspirators 19th-century American physicians 19th-century American politicians Catholics from Maryland Saint John's Catholic Prep (Maryland) alumni Burials in Maryland Georgetown College (Georgetown University) alumni