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Source: Vol. II  pg.141-142  The Lewis Publishing Co. 1923
Author: History of Florida, Past and Present  

        FREDERICK M. HUDSON.  A permanent resident of Florida since 1900,
FREDERICK M. HUDSON, of Miami, has long been regarded as one of the ablest 
lawyers in the state bar. His leadership in public affairs has been a many
sided one, and he is especially well remembered for his long membership and
presidency of the State Senate. He is now president of the Dade County Bar
Association.
	Mr. Hudson represents an old Southern family, and his ancestry runs
back through several lines to early Colonial history. He was born in Jefferson
County, Arkansas, February 2, 1871, son of JAMES A. and MARY R. (WARREN)
HUDSON. He is a direct descendent of JOHN HUDSON of English parentage, who
lived in Hanover County, Virginia, and of DAVID HUDSON, who was a soldier in
the American Revolution. His grandfather was CHARLES HUDSON of Elbert County,
Georgia. JAMES A. HUDSON was born in Elbert County, Georgia, and in 1844, with
his family, removed to Arkansas and was a pioneer of that state.
	Mr. Hudson is of Revolutionary descent through his mother as well as
his father. She was born in Jefferson County, New York, daughter of JAMES and
MARY (BRITTON) WARREN, the latter a daughter of CALVIN and MARY (COLE) BRITTON.
Her ancestors represented in the Colonial and Revolutionary times were WILLIAM
BRITTON, JAMES LEONARD and BRIAN PENDLETON, whose people came from England to
Massachusetts between 1630 and 1640. Among these families were a number of
characters of distinction in American history.
	FREDERICK M. HUDSON spent his boyhood on his father’s farm in Arkansas. 
He had a public school education, and later went East to Washington and Lee 
University at Lexington, Virginia, where he pursued both the literary and law 
courses. He was admitted to the bar at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, in 1892, and for 
eight years was one of that city’s prospering young lawyers, and served as city
attorney. While he was still in college, in 1890, he made his first visit to
Florida, where his parents had established a winter home on Indian River. He
was always interested in the state, and in 1900 he came to Florida to reside
permanently. For five years his home was on Indian River in St. Lucie County,
but since 1905 he has lived in Miami. As a lawyer he conducts a general civil
practice, and has represented some of the largest and most important interests
in Miami and South Florida. Some years ago he was persuaded by the Florida
Railroad Commissioners to become their special counsel. He accepted this public
duty at no small sacrifice and at a time when the legal work of the railroad
commission was very exacting. He devoted practically all of four years to his
work as legal advisor to the railroad commission. He tried in the State and
Federal Courts and brought to a conclusion cases of great importance,
particularly those involving the principles of public regulation of railroads.
In such cases he met and proved the equal of some of the highest class legal
talent which the railroad company secured. Perhaps next to his long term in the
State Senate his work as Counsel for the railroad commission ranks as his best
public service.
	Mr. Hudson entered the State Senate in 1904, and was continuously a
member until 1916. In 1909 he was elected president of the Senate. He was
president of the Senate at a period of great importance in the political
history of the state, during which many contests presented a succession of
trying situations to the presiding officer. His colleagues and men in touch
with the political situation declared that Senator Hudson never failed in a
single duty, and was so fair, impartial and correct in his rulings that he was
unanimously voted one of the best presiding officers the Senate had ever had.
He was a leader throughout his Senatorial career, stood for the highest ideals
in legislative and public affairs, and had that unusual quality of
statesmanship which estimates public matters from the moral as well is the
merely practical standpoint of judgment. He was a skilled debater, but always
presented his side of a case with due consideration for his opponents. Senator
Hudson supported all measures for the advancement of the educational interests
of the state, particularly agricultural education.
	Besides the honor he enjoys as president of the Dade County Bar 
Association, he is a member of the Florida State and American Bar associations, 
he belongs to the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, Knights of Pythias and the
Trinity Methodist Church. Is a member of the Bibliophile Society, and is one of
the Florida vice presidents of the Sons of the American Revolution.
	Probably the best loved woman in Miami is Mrs. Hudson, who has
delighted thousands with her musical talent and in innumerable ways has proved a
a rare social charm, a constant source of kindliness to all with whom she comes 
in contact. Her maiden name was NORA B. ANDREWS, and she and Mr. Hudson were
married in 1896. Mrs. Hudson is also of Revolutionary ancestry, a member of the
Daughters of the American Revolution. Her Revolutionary ancestor was SYLVESTER
ADAMS of Virginia. Her maternal grandfather was Governor SAMUEL ADAMS of
Arkansas. She is also vice president for Florida of the Daughters of the
Confederacy.
	Mrs. Hudson was born at Washington, Arkansas, graduated A. B. from the
Female College at Millersburg, Kentucky, and completed her musical education in
the New England Conservatory of Music at Boston. Her voice is a rich contralto,
and both as a soloist and choir singer she has expressed her talent in a way to
make the great art of music a source of pleasure and comfort. Her church
singing is in the Trinity Methodist Church at Miami. She has been one of the
most prominent leaders in musical circles in the city.
	Mr. and Mrs. Hudson have three children: MARTHA, who graduated from the
Leon High School at Tallahassee, attended the Florida State College for Woman,
and is now the wife of RALEIGH W. VAN BRUNT. Mr. and Mrs. Van Brunt have two
children: MARTHA and ROBERTA. The two other children of Mr. and Mrs. Hudson are
JAMES A. and MARY WARREN HUDSON.


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