Ray Madden
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Ray Madden | |
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Chair of the House Rules Committee | |
In office January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1977 | |
Speaker | Carl Albert |
Preceded by | William M. Colmer |
Succeeded by | James J. Delaney |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 1st district | |
In office January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1977 | |
Preceded by | William T. Schulte |
Succeeded by | Adam Benjamin Jr. |
Personal details | |
Born | Ray John Madden February 25, 1892 Washington, D. C., U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Military service | |
Branch/service | United States Navy |
Years of service | 1917–1918 |
Ray John Madden (February 25, 1892 – September 28, 1987) was an American lawyer and
Early life and education
He was born in Waseca, Minnesota. He attended the public schools and Sacred Heart Academy in his native city. He graduated from the law department of Creighton University with an LL.B. in 1913 and was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Omaha, Nebraska.
Political career
Madden was elected as a municipal judge in Omaha in 1916. He resigned during the
Congress
He was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth and to the sixteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1977). While in Congress, he served as a co-chairman of the Joint Committee on Organization of Congress (Eighty-ninth and Ninetieth Congresses), and chairman of the Committee on Rules (Ninety-third and Ninety-fourth Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress.
Madden Committee
On September 18, 1951, the
The committee ruled unanimously that the
Retirement and death
After leaving Congress, he was a resident of Washington, D.C., until his death there. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Electoral history
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic
|
Ray J. Madden
|
44,334 | 53.6 | |
Republican
|
Samuel W. Cullison | 38,450 | 48.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic
|
Ray J. Madden
|
75,635 | 61.3 | |
Republican
|
Otto G. Fifield | 46,969 | 38.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic
|
Ray J. Madden
|
51,809 | 51.9 | |
Republican
|
Charles W. Gannon | 46,677 | 48.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic
|
Ray J. Madden
|
78,898 | 60.7 | |
Republican
|
Theodore L. Sendak | 50,194 | 38.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic
|
Ray J. Madden
|
62,666 | 52.6 | |
Republican
|
Paul Cyr | 56,063 | 47.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic
|
Ray J. Madden
|
93,187 | 56.4 | |
Republican
|
Elliot Belshaw | 71,617 | 43.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic
|
Ray J. Madden
|
81,217 | 61.4 | |
Republican
|
Robert H. More | 50,439 | 38.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic
|
Ray J. Madden
|
93,658 | 52.6 | |
Republican
|
Donald K. Stimson Jr. | 84,125 | 47.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic
|
Ray J. Madden
|
95,801 | 66.4 | |
Republican
|
Edward P. Keck | 47,588 | 33.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic
|
Ray J. Madden
|
136,443 | 64.7 | |
Republican
|
Phillip P. Parker | 73,984 | 35.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic
|
Ray J. Madden
|
104,212 | 60.5 | |
Republican
|
Harold Moody | 67,230 | 39.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic
|
Ray J. Madden
|
133,089 | 63.7 | |
Republican
|
Arthur Endres | 75,226 | 36.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic
|
Ray J. Madden
|
71,040 | 58.3 | |
Republican
|
Albert F. Harrigan | 50,804 | 41.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic
|
Ray J. Madden
|
90,055 | 56.7 | |
Republican
|
Donalrd E. Taylor | 68,318 | 43.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic
|
Ray J. Madden
|
73,145 | 65.6 | |
Republican
|
Eugene M. Kirtland | 38,294 | 34.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic
|
Ray J. Madden
|
95,873 | 56.9 | |
Republican
|
Bruce R. Haller | 72,662 | 43.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic
|
Ray J. Madden
|
71,759 | 68.6 | |
Republican
|
Joseph D. Harkin | 32,793 | 31.4 |
References
- ^ a b c "Records Relating to the Katyn Forest Massacre at the National Archives". National Archives. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2023. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ National Archives and Records Administration, documents related to Committee to Investigate and Study the Facts, Evidence, and Circumstances of the Katyn Forest Massacre (1951–52) online Archived 11 April 2020 at the Wayback Machine, last accessed on 14 April 2010. Also, Select Committee of the US Congress final report: "The Katyn Forest Massacre", House Report No. 2505, 82nd Congress, 2nd Session (22 December 1952) online pdf Archived 9 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine, unofficial reproduction of the relevant parts .
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- United States Congress. "Ray Madden (id: M000039)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-01-15