Dr. Samuel Mudd
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Dr. Samuel Mudd was a Maryland physician historically known for treating John Wilkes Booth’s broken leg after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, leading to his controversial conviction as a co-conspirator.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dr. Samuel Mudd canonical | 4 |
| Samuel A. Mudd | 3 |
| Samuel Mudd | 2 |
| Dr. Samuel Mudd – treated Booth’s broken leg and helped his flight | 1 |
| Samuel Alexander Mudd | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1486909 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Samuel Mudd Context triple: [Michael O'Laughlen, knownAssociate, Dr. Samuel Mudd]
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A.
David Herold
David Herold was an American accomplice of John Wilkes Booth who helped carry out the broader plot surrounding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
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B.
William Jackson
William Jackson was an American soldier and statesman best known for serving as the secretary to the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention.
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C.
Abner Nash
Abner Nash was an American lawyer and politician who served as the second governor of North Carolina during the Revolutionary War era.
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D.
William Terrell
William Terrell was an American politician and public figure from Georgia, honored as the namesake of Terrell County.
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E.
William D. Moseley
William D. Moseley was an American politician who became the first governor of the U.S. state of Florida after it achieved statehood in 1845.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dr. Samuel Mudd Target entity description: Dr. Samuel Mudd was a Maryland physician historically known for treating John Wilkes Booth’s broken leg after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, leading to his controversial conviction as a co-conspirator.
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A.
David Herold
David Herold was an American accomplice of John Wilkes Booth who helped carry out the broader plot surrounding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
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B.
William Jackson
William Jackson was an American soldier and statesman best known for serving as the secretary to the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention.
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C.
Abner Nash
Abner Nash was an American lawyer and politician who served as the second governor of North Carolina during the Revolutionary War era.
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D.
William Terrell
William Terrell was an American politician and public figure from Georgia, honored as the namesake of Terrell County.
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E.
William D. Moseley
William D. Moseley was an American politician who became the first governor of the U.S. state of Florida after it achieved statehood in 1845.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical figure
ⓘ
human ⓘ physician ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Abraham Lincoln assassination
ⓘ
Dry Tortugas National Park ⓘ John Wilkes Booth ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St. Mary’s Catholic Church Cemetery, Bryantown, Maryland ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| convictedOf | conspiracy in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1833-12-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1883-01-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfPardon | 1869-02-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
St. John’s College, Annapolis
ⓘ
surface form:
St. John’s College (Annapolis)
University of Maryland, Baltimore campus ⓘ
surface form:
University of Maryland School of Medicine
|
| endTimeOfImprisonment | 1869 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| event | treated John Wilkes Booth on 1865-04-15 ⓘ |
| familyName | Mudd ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
medicine
ⓘ
plantation agriculture ⓘ |
| fullName |
Dr. Samuel Mudd
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Samuel Alexander Mudd
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Samuel ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Henry Lowe Mudd
ⓘ
Sarah Frances Dyer Mudd ⓘ
surface form:
Sarah Ann Reeves Mudd
|
| imprisonedAt |
Fort Jefferson
ⓘ
surface form:
Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida
|
| knownFor | controversial role in the Lincoln assassination aftermath ⓘ |
| legacy | phrase “your name is mud” often popularly but inaccurately linked to him ⓘ |
| militaryConflictContext | American Civil War ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being convicted as a co-conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
ⓘ
treating John Wilkes Booth’s broken leg after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 9 ⓘ |
| occupation |
farmer
ⓘ
physician ⓘ |
| pardonedBy | Andrew Johnson ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Charles County, Maryland ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Waldorf, Maryland ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Southern sympathizer ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | St. Catharine plantation, Charles County, Maryland ⓘ |
| sentence | life imprisonment ⓘ |
| spouse | Sarah Frances Dyer Mudd ⓘ |
| startTimeOfImprisonment | 1865 ⓘ |
| stateOfBirth | Maryland ⓘ |
| stateOfDeath | Maryland ⓘ |
| subjectOf | historical debate over his level of involvement in the Lincoln assassination plot ⓘ |
| trialBy | United States military commission ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dr. Samuel Mudd Description of subject: Dr. Samuel Mudd was a Maryland physician historically known for treating John Wilkes Booth’s broken leg after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, leading to his controversial conviction as a co-conspirator.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Samuel Mudd
this entity surface form:
Samuel A. Mudd
this entity surface form:
Samuel A. Mudd
this entity surface form:
Samuel A. Mudd
subject surface form:
Samuel Mudd
this entity surface form:
Samuel Alexander Mudd
this entity surface form:
Dr. Samuel Mudd – treated Booth’s broken leg and helped his flight
this entity surface form:
Samuel Mudd