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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaRay John MADDEN
(1892-1987)
MADDEN, Ray John, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Waseca, Waseca County, Minn.,
February 25, 1892; attended the public schools and Sacred Heart
Academy in his native city; the law department of Creighton
University, Omaha, Nebr., LL.B., 1913; was admitted to the bar the
same year and commenced practice in Omaha, Nebr.; elected municipal
judge of Omaha, Nebr., in 1916, resigning during the First World
War to serve in the United States Navy; engaged in the practice of
law in Gary, Ind.; city comptroller of Gary 1935-1938; treasurer of
Lake County, Ind., 1938-1942; delegate to every State convention
since 1936; delegate to every Democratic National Convention from
1940 through 1968; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth and
to the sixteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943-January 3,
1977); co-chairman, Joint Committee on Organization of Congress
(Eighty-ninth and Ninetieth Congresses), chairman, Committee on
Rules (Ninety-third and Ninety-fourth Congresses); unsuccessful
candidate for renomination in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress;
was a resident of Washington, D.C., until his death there on
September 28, 1987; interment in Arlington National Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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