Ray Madden

Ray John Madden (February 25, 1892 – September 28, 1987) was an American lawyer and World War I veteran who served 17 terms as a United States representative from Indiana from 1943 to 1977.

Ray Madden
Chair of the House Rules Committee
In office
January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1977
SpeakerCarl Albert
Preceded byWilliam M. Colmer
Succeeded byJames J. Delaney
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Indiana's 1st district
In office
January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1977
Preceded byWilliam T. Schulte
Succeeded byAdam Benjamin Jr.
Personal details
Born
Ray John Madden

February 25, 1892
Waseca, Minnesota, U.S.
DiedSeptember 28, 1987(1987-09-28) (aged 95)
Washington, D. C., U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Navy
Years of service1917–1918

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 First World War to serve in the United States Navy. After the war, he was engaged in the practice of law in Gary, Indiana. He was the city comptroller of Gary from 1935-1938 and the treasurer of Lake County, Indiana from 1938-1942. He was a delegate to every Democratic National Convention from 1940 through 1968.

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 United States House of Representatives established the Select Committee to Conduct an Investigation and Study of the Facts, Evidence, and Circumstances of the Katyn Forest Massacre, known as the Madden Committee after its chairman.[1] The purpose was to determine which nation was responsible for the atrocities and whether any American officials had engaged in covering up the massacre.[1]

The committee ruled unanimously that the Soviet Union was responsible for the executions, recommending a trial before the International World Court of Justice. The question of an American cover-up was more complicated. On this issue, the committee concluded that American officials failed to properly evaluate and act upon Russian behavior evident as early as 1942. The committee also determined that American policy toward the Soviet Union might have been different if information had not been deliberately withheld from the public.[1][2]

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
General election 1942[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ray J. Madden 44,334 53.6
Republican Samuel W. Cullison 38,450 48.5
General election 1944[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ray J. Madden 75,635 61.3
Republican Otto G. Fifield 46,969 38.1
General election 1946[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ray J. Madden 51,809 51.9
Republican Charles W. Gannon 46,677 48.8
General election 1948[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ray J. Madden 78,898 60.7
Republican Theodore L. Sendak 50,194 38.6
General election 1950[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ray J. Madden 62,666 52.6
Republican Paul Cyr 56,063 47.0
General election 1952[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ray J. Madden 93,187 56.4
Republican Elliot Belshaw 71,617 43.3
General election 1954[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ray J. Madden 81,217 61.4
Republican Robert H. More 50,439 38.2
General election 1956[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ray J. Madden 93,658 52.6
Republican Donald K. Stimson Jr. 84,125 47.2
General election 1958[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ray J. Madden 95,801 66.4
Republican Edward P. Keck 47,588 33.0
General election 1960[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ray J. Madden 136,443 64.7
Republican Phillip P. Parker 73,984 35.1
General election 1962[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ray J. Madden 104,212 60.5
Republican Harold Moody 67,230 39.0
General election 1964[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ray J. Madden 133,089 63.7
Republican Arthur Endres 75,226 36.0
General election 1966[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ray J. Madden 71,040 58.3
Republican Albert F. Harrigan 50,804 41.7
General election 1968[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ray J. Madden 90,055 56.7
Republican Donalrd E. Taylor 68,318 43.0
General election 1970[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ray J. Madden 73,145 65.6
Republican Eugene M. Kirtland 38,294 34.4
General election 1972[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ray J. Madden 95,873 56.9
Republican Bruce R. Haller 72,662 43.1
General election 1974[19]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ray J. Madden 71,759 68.6
Republican Joseph D. Harkin 32,793 31.4

References
  1. "Records Relating to the Katyn Forest Massacre at the National Archives". National Archives. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2023.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. 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 .
  3. Congressional Quarterly, p. 687
  4. Congressional Quarterly, p. 801
  5. Congressional Quarterly, p. 806
  6. Congressional Quarterly, p. 811
  7. Congressional Quarterly, p. 816
  8. Congressional Quarterly, p. 821
  9. Congressional Quarterly, p. 826
  10. Congressional Quarterly, p. 831
  11. Congressional Quarterly, p. 836
  12. Congressional Quarterly, p. 842
  13. Congressional Quarterly, p. 847
  14. Congressional Quarterly, p. 852
  15. Congressional Quarterly, p. 857
  16. Congressional Quarterly, p. 862
  17. Congressional Quarterly, p. 867
  18. Congressional Quarterly, p. 872
  19. Congressional Quarterly, p. 877
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