[1] He graduated from Albany Business College and entered politics as a Republican.
[5][6] In November 1959, Hudson was elected to the New York State Assembly to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas H. Brown.
He was re-elected twice and remained in the Assembly until 1964, sitting in the 172nd, 173rd and 174th New York State Legislatures.
[9] In November 1965, he was elected again to the Assembly, and sat in the 176th New York State Legislature.
[13] Hudson died on May 2, 1983, in Memorial Hospital in Albany, New York; and was buried at the Horizon View Cemetery in Brookview.