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Martin B. Madden
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 by	Martin Emerich
Succeeded by	Oscar S. De Priest
Chicago Alderman from the 4th ward
	In office; 1889–1897 Serving with John W. Hepburn (1889–1896); William S. Jackson (1896–1897)
Preceded by	Harry D. Hammer
Succeeded by	Abraham A. Ballenberg
Personal details
Born	March 21, 1855; Wolviston, County Durham, England
Died	April 27, 1928 (aged 73); Washington, D.C.
Political party	Republican
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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

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.

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

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

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

References

United States Congress. "Martin B. Madden (id: M000038)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

^ "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.
^ "Chagres River". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
^ ^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.
^ "Illinois blue book, 1905–1906". Illinois Digital Archives. Illinois Secretary of State's Office. 1905–1906. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
^ "Illinois blue book, 1909–1910". Illinois Digital Archives. Illinois Secretary of State's Office. 1909–1910. p. 397. Retrieved October 12, 2022.

External links

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Martin Emerich	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 1st congressional district 1905–1928	Succeeded by Oscar S. De Priest