{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Madison Walthall | native_name = <!--The person's name in their own language, if different.--> | native_name_lang = <!--ISO 639-1 code, e.g., "fr" for French. If more than one, use {{lang}} in |native_name= instead.--> | image_upright = | image = <!--If this is specified, "image" should not be.--> | alt = | caption = | order = | office = Member of the California State Legislature | birth_date = October 19, 1792 | death_date = June 15, 1848 | birth_place = Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States | death_place = Stockton, California, United States | spouse = Mary Anne Wilson (m. 1823),<br /> Elizabeth Frances Burfoot (m. 1834),<br /> Sarah Davis | occupation = Politician, civil servant, tax collector, soldier | party = Nonpartisan | term_start = November 13, 1849 | constituency = San Joaquin County }}
'''Madison Walthall''' '''Sr.''' (October 19, 1792 – June 15, 1848)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://records.ancestry.com/Madison_Walthall_records.ashx?pid=30171841|title=Madison Walthall 1884-1886 - Ancestry®}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Walthall |first=Malcom Elmore |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2pZAAAAMAAJ |title=The Walthall Family: A Genealogical History of the Descendants of William Walthall of Virginia |date=1963 |publisher=C. D. Walthall |pages=110 |language=en |via=Google Books}}</ref> was an American politician, civil servant, and soldier. He served in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War, and later held office in the California State Legislature.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Vassar|first1=Alexander C.|title=Legislators of California|date=2011 |url=http://media.onevoter.org/reports/Legislators_of_California.pdf|accessdate=23 November 2016}}</ref>
Madison was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia to parents John Wathall and Catherine Madison.<ref name=":1" /> He had one child with his first wife, Mary Anne Wilson; and two children with his second wife, Elizabeth Frances Burfoot. Walthall had enslaved Edmond Edward Wysinger (c. 1816–1891), and brought him to California.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Sam |date=2022-02-14 |title=Visalia City Council honors important figure in Visalia history |url=https://thesungazette.com/article/city/2022/02/14/visalia-city-council-honors-important-figure-in-visalia-history/ |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=The Sun-Gazette Newspaper |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Smith |first=Stacey L. |date=2011 |title=Remaking Slavery in a Free State: Masters and Slaves in Gold Rush California |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/phr.2011.80.1.28 |journal=Pacific Historical Review |volume=80 |issue=1 |pages=28–63 |doi=10.1525/phr.2011.80.1.28 |issn=0030-8684|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
In the 1850s, he served as the tax collector at the Port of Stockton.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Madison Walthall |url=https://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/10775 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=JoinCalifornia}}</ref> Walthall died in Stockton, California.<ref name=":0" />
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