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Martin B. Madden

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Martin B. Madden
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 1st district
In office
March 4, 1905 – April 27, 1928
Preceded byMartin Emerich
Succeeded byOscar S. De Priest
Chicago Alderman from the 4th ward[1]
In office
1889–1897
Serving with John W. Hepburn (1889–1896)
William S. Jackson (1896–1897)
Preceded byHarry D. Hammer
Succeeded byAbraham A. Ballenberg
Personal details
Born(1855-03-21)March 21, 1855
Wolviston, County Durham, England
DiedApril 27, 1928(1928-04-27) (aged 73)
Washington, D.C.
Political partyRepublican
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Martin Barnaby Madden (March 21, 1855 – April 27, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. He belonged to the Republican Party. As of 2023, he is the last non-African American to serve as a representative for Illinois's 1st congressional district.

Biography

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Born in 1855 in Wolviston, County Durham, England, Madden immigrated to the United States in 1869 with his parents, who were born in Ireland. They settled near Lemont, Illinois. He attended public school in Chicago and graduated from Bryant and Stratton Business College in 1873. He also graduated from an engineering trade school.

Madden served as president of the Quarry Owners' Association of the United States 1885–1889. He served as vice president and director of the Builders' and Traders' Exchange of Chicago in 1886 and 1887.

Illustration of Madden, circa 1893

A member of the Republican Party, he was elected and served several years as a member of the Chicago City Council 1889–1897. He served as presiding officer of that body 1891–1893 and chairman of the finance committee for seven years. He served as chairman of the Republican Committee of Chicago 1890–1896.

Gaining greater influence, he was chosen as a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1896, 1900, 1912, 1916 and 1924. In 1902 he was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Fifty-eighth Congress.

Madden continued to serve in several leadership positions in business: as president of the Western Stone Co. 1895–1915. He served as a director of the Metropolitan Trust & Savings Bank of Chicago 1895–1910.

Madden was elected in 1904 as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1905, until his death. He served as chairman of the influential Committee on Appropriations (Sixty-eighth through Seventieth Congresses).

After having been nominated for reelection to the Seventy-first Congress, Madden died in 1928 at age 73 in the Committee on Appropriations meeting room of the House of Representatives in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. He was buried at Cass Cemetery, near Hinsdale, Illinois, as was his wife Josephine six years later. Today Cass Cemetery is located in incorporated Darien, Illinois.

Legacy

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In 1935, the Madden Dam on the Chagres River in the Panama Canal water system was named after him, as was the reservoir behind it, Madden Lake. That was renamed by Panama as Lake Alajuela.[2]

Electoral history

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Illinois's 1st congressional district general election, 1902[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Martin Emerich 16,591 51.29
Republican Martin B. Madden 15,339 47.42
Prohibition Howard T. Wilcoxon 415 1.28
Total votes 32,345 100.0
Illinois's 1st congressional district general election, 1904[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Martin B. Madden 24,097 58.00
Democratic John S. Oehman 9,166 22.06
Independent Republican David S. Geer 5,175 12.46
Socialist Edward Loewenthal 2,334 5.62
Prohibition William H. Craig 416 1.00
Populist Charles Roberts 234 0.56
Continental Party J. P. Lynch 127 0.31
Total votes 41,549 100.0
Illinois's 1st congressional district general election, 1906[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Martin B. Madden (incumbent) 17,015 59.32
Democratic Martin Emerich 10,015 34.92
Socialist J. H. Greer 1,402 4.89
Prohibition Amasa Orelup 251 0.88
Total votes 28,683 100.0
Illinois's 1st congressional district general election, 1908[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Martin B. Madden (incumbent) 23,370 60.92
Democratic Matthew L. Mandable 13,692 35.69
Socialist Joseph N. Greer 825 2.15
Independent Henry W. Young 469 1.22
Independent Charles McCormick 7 0.02
Total votes 38,363 100.0
Illinois's 1st congressional district general election, 1910[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Martin B. Madden (incumbent) 14,920 49.99
Democratic Michael E. Maher 13,466 45.12
Socialist Joseph H. Greer 1,165 3.90
Prohibition H. E. Eckles 293 0.98
Total votes 29,844 100.0
Illinois's 1st congressional district general election, 1912[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Martin B. Madden (incumbent) 13,608 52.16
Democratic Andrew Donovan 9,967 38.20
Socialist William F. Barnard 2,217 8.50
Prohibition W. H. Rogers 299 1.15
Total votes 26,091 100.0
Illinois's 1st congressional district general election, 1914[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Martin B. Madden (incumbent) 13,063 53.22
Democratic James M. Quinlan 9,060 36.91
Progressive Henry M. Ashton 1,758 7.16
Socialist Charles Leffler 662 2.70
Total votes 24,543 100.0
Illinois’s 1st congressional district Republican primary, 1916[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Martin B. Madden (incumbent) 8,070 90.67
Republican Andrew B. Hulit 536 6.02
Republican Robert Brand 294 3.30
Total votes 8,900 100.0
Illinois's 1st congressional district general election, 1916[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Martin B. Madden (incumbent) 20,380 59.06
Democratic William J. Hennessey 13,380 38.77
Socialist Robert H. Howe 749 2.17
Total votes 34,509 100.0
Illinois’s 1st congressional district Republican primary, 1918[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Martin B. Madden (incumbent) 7,621 68.44
Republican James A. Scott 3,514 31.56
Total votes 11,135 100.0
Illinois's 1st congressional district general election, 1918[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Martin B. Madden (incumbent) 12,580 55.33
Democratic George Mayer 9,776 43.00
Socialist G. J. Carlisle 381 1.68
Total votes 22,737 100.0
Illinois’s 1st congressional district Republican primary, 1920[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Martin B. Madden (incumbent) 18,138 73.91
Republican W. A. Blackwell 4,204 17.13
Republican Richard E. Parker 2,198 8.96
Total votes 24,540 100.0
Illinois's 1st congressional district general election, 1920[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Martin B. Madden (incumbent) 41,907 75.91
Democratic James A. Gorman 12,398 22.46
Socialist Willis E. Davis 899 1.63
Total votes 55,204 100.0
Illinois’s 1st congressional district Republican primary, 1922[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Martin B. Madden (incumbent) 14,193 83.32
Republican Richard E. Parker 2,842 16.68
Total votes 17,035 100.0
Illinois's 1st congressional district general election, 1922[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Martin B. Madden (incumbent) 23,895 59.09
Democratic George Mayer 15,999 39.56
Socialist Charles Hallbeck 427 1.06
Farmer–Labor John H. Kennedy 120 0.30
Total votes 40,441 100.0
Illinois’s 1st congressional district Republican primary, 1924[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Martin B. Madden (incumbent) 12,796 60.78
Republican Nathan S. Taylor 8,258 39.22
Total votes 21,054 100.0
Illinois's 1st congressional district general election, 1924[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Martin B. Madden (incumbent) 43,661 73.05
Democratic James F. Doyle 13,623 22.79
Independent Samuel A. T. Watkins 2,232 3.73
Socialist Elmer Whitmore 220 0.37
Independent Gordon Owens 32 0.05
Total votes 59,768 100.0
Illinois’s 1st congressional district Republican primary, 1926[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Martin B. Madden (incumbent) 17,698 78.56
Republican P. W. Chavers 4,831 21.44
Total votes 22,529 100.0
Illinois's 1st congressional district general election, 1926[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Martin B. Madden (incumbent) 26,559 68.20
Democratic James F. Doyle 12,283 31.54
Progressive G. Victor Cools 101 0.26
Total votes 38,943 100.0
Illinois's 1st congressional district Republican primary, 1928[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Martin B. Madden (incumbent) 22,427 68.15
Republican William L. Dawson 9,424 28.64
Republican George J. Witt 541 1.64
Republican Chandler Owen 315 0.96
Republican T. W. Shavers 200 0.61
Total votes 32,907 100.0

See also

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References

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  • United States Congress. "Martin B. Madden (id: M000038)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  1. ^ "Centennial List of Mayors, City Clerks, City Attorneys, City Treasurers, and Aldermen, elected by the people of the city of Chicago, from the incorporation of the city on March 4, 1837 to March 4, 1937, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the years during which each official held office". Archived from the original on September 4, 2018. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
  2. ^ "Chagres River". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Downloadable Vote Totals". Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
  4. ^ "Illinois blue book, 1905–1906". Illinois Digital Archives. Illinois Secretary of State's Office. 1905–1906. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  5. ^ "Illinois blue book, 1909–1910". Illinois Digital Archives. Illinois Secretary of State's Office. 1909–1910. p. 397. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 1st congressional district
1905–1928 		Succeeded by

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