Frederick Mitchell Hudson

Frederick M. Hudson, President of the Florida Senate, (circa 1909)

Frederick Mitchell Hudson (February 2, 1871 – August 5, 1974) was a lawyer and politician in Florida.[1] He served as president of the Florida Senate for two terms in 1905 and 1911.[1]

He was born February 2, 1871, in Jefferson County, Arkansas.[1] His father was a farmer in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, who served in the Arkansas State Legislature.[2] He married Nora Andrews from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, in October 1896.[3]

Hudson studied at Hendrix College and received a law degree from Washington and Lee University and obtained his law degree in 1892.[1] He moved to Miami in 1905 where he worked as a lawyer, founding his of law firm Hudson and Boggs.[1] He served in the state legislature for 14 years including as senate president.[1] He was closely involved in child labor laws and introducing the first juvenile court bill.[2][1] He introduced bills to create St. Lucie County in 1905, Palm Beach County in 1909 and Broward County in 1915.[2][1]

He died at age 103 on August 5, 1974, survived by a son and two daughters.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "7 Aug 1974, 37 - The Miami Herald at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Frederick Mitchell Hudson Obituary". The Miami News. August 7, 1974. p. 15 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Pettigrew, Marion Dewoody (1939). Marks-Barnett Families and Their Kin:... J.W. Burke Company. p. 335. Retrieved 18 August 2020.