{{Short description|American politician (1892–1987)}} {{more citations needed|date=October 2007}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ray Madden | image = Ray Madden (92nd Congress).jpg | office = Chair of the [[United States House Committee on Rules|House Rules Committee]] | term_start = January 3, 1973 | term_end = January 3, 1977 | predecessor = [[William M. Colmer]] | successor = [[James J. Delaney]] | state1 = [[Indiana]] | district1 = {{ushr|IN|1|1st}} | term_start1 = January 3, 1943 | term_end1 = January 3, 1977 | predecessor1 = [[William T. Schulte]] | successor1 = [[Adam Benjamin Jr.]] | birth_name = Ray John Madden | birth_date = {{birth date|1892|2|25}} | birth_place = [[Waseca, Minnesota|Waseca]], [[Minnesota]], U.S. | death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|1987|9|28|1892|2|25}}}} | death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | education = [[Creighton University]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]]) | branch = [[United States Navy]] | service_years = 1917–1918 }} '''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.
==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 to 1938 and the treasurer of [[Lake County, Indiana]] from 1938 to 1942. He was a delegate to every [[Democratic National Convention]] from 1940 through 1968.
=== Congress === He was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|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 [[United States House Select Committee to Conduct an Investigation of the Facts, Evidence, and Circumstances of the Katyn Forest Massacre|Madden Committee]] after its chairman.<ref name="NARA">{{cite web |title=Records Relating to the Katyn Forest Massacre at the National Archives |url=https://www.archives.gov/research/foreign-policy/katyn-massacre |website=National Archives |access-date=9 September 2023 |language=en |date=15 August 2016}}{{PD-notice}}</ref> The purpose was to determine which nation was responsible for the atrocities and whether any American officials had engaged in covering up the massacre.<ref name="NARA"/>
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.<ref name="NARA"/><ref name="archives.gov">[[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) [https://www.archives.gov/legislative/guide/house/chapter-22-select-katyn-forest-massacre.html online] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411142436/https://www.archives.gov/legislative/guide/house/chapter-22-select-katyn-forest-massacre.html |date=11 April 2020 }}, 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) [http://www.conservativeclassics.com/books/Katynbk/BK07.PDF online pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060209194847/http://www.conservativeclassics.com/books/Katynbk/BK07.PDF |date=9 February 2006 }}, [http://katyn.ru/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=106 unofficial reproduction of the relevant parts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327023535/http://www.conservativeclassics.com/books/Katynbk/BK07.PDF |date=2009-03-27 }} .</ref>
== 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 == {{Election box begin no change | title= General election 1942<ref name="Congressional Quarterly, p. 687">Congressional Quarterly, p. 687</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (US) | candidate = [[Ray J. Madden]] | votes = 44,334 | percentage = 53.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (US) | candidate = Samuel W. Cullison | votes = 38,450 | percentage = 48.5 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title= General election 1944<ref>Congressional Quarterly, p. 801</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (US) | candidate = [[Ray J. Madden]] | votes = 75,635 | percentage = 61.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (US) | candidate = Otto G. Fifield | votes = 46,969 | percentage = 38.1 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title= General election 1946<ref>Congressional Quarterly, p. 806</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (US) | candidate = [[Ray J. Madden]] | votes = 51,809 | percentage = 51.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (US) | candidate = Charles W. Gannon | votes = 46,677 | percentage = 48.8 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title= General election 1948<ref>Congressional Quarterly, p. 811</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (US) | candidate = [[Ray J. Madden]] | votes = 78,898 | percentage = 60.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (US) | candidate = Theodore L. Sendak | votes = 50,194 | percentage = 38.6 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title= General election 1950<ref>Congressional Quarterly, p. 816</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (US) | candidate = [[Ray J. Madden]] | votes = 62,666 | percentage = 52.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (US) | candidate = Paul Cyr | votes = 56,063 | percentage = 47.0 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title= General election 1952<ref>Congressional Quarterly, p. 821</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (US) | candidate = [[Ray J. Madden]] | votes = 93,187 | percentage = 56.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (US) | candidate = Elliot Belshaw | votes = 71,617 | percentage = 43.3 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title= General election 1954<ref>Congressional Quarterly, p. 826</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (US) | candidate = [[Ray J. Madden]] | votes = 81,217 | percentage = 61.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (US) | candidate = Robert H. More | votes = 50,439 | percentage = 38.2 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title= General election 1956<ref>Congressional Quarterly, p. 831</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (US) | candidate = [[Ray J. Madden]] | votes = 93,658 | percentage = 52.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (US) | candidate = Donald K. Stimson Jr. | votes = 84,125 | percentage = 47.2 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title= General election 1958<ref>Congressional Quarterly, p. 836</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (US) | candidate = [[Ray J. Madden]] | votes = 95,801 | percentage = 66.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (US) | candidate = Edward P. Keck | votes = 47,588 | percentage = 33.0 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title= General election 1960<ref>Congressional Quarterly, p. 842</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (US) | candidate = [[Ray J. Madden]] | votes = 136,443 | percentage = 64.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (US) | candidate = Phillip P. Parker | votes = 73,984 | percentage = 35.1 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title= General election 1962<ref>Congressional Quarterly, p. 847</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (US) | candidate = [[Ray J. Madden]] | votes = 104,212 | percentage = 60.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (US) | candidate = Harold Moody | votes = 67,230 | percentage = 39.0 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title= General election 1964<ref>Congressional Quarterly, p. 852</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (US) | candidate = [[Ray J. Madden]] | votes = 133,089 | percentage = 63.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (US) | candidate = Arthur Endres | votes = 75,226 | percentage = 36.0 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title= General election 1966<ref>Congressional Quarterly, p. 857</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (US) | candidate = [[Ray J. Madden]] | votes = 71,040 | percentage = 58.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (US) | candidate = Albert F. Harrigan | votes = 50,804 | percentage = 41.7 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title= General election 1968<ref>Congressional Quarterly, p. 862</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (US) | candidate = [[Ray J. Madden]] | votes = 90,055 | percentage = 56.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (US) | candidate = Donalrd E. Taylor | votes = 68,318 | percentage = 43.0 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title= General election 1970<ref>Congressional Quarterly, p. 867</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (US) | candidate = [[Ray J. Madden]] | votes = 73,145 | percentage = 65.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (US) | candidate = Eugene M. Kirtland | votes = 38,294 | percentage = 34.4 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title= General election 1972<ref>Congressional Quarterly, p. 872</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (US) | candidate = [[Ray J. Madden]] | votes = 95,873 | percentage = 56.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (US) | candidate = Bruce R. Haller | votes = 72,662 | percentage = 43.1 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title= General election 1974<ref>Congressional Quarterly, p. 877</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (US) | candidate = [[Ray J. Madden]] | votes = 71,759 | percentage = 68.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (US) | candidate = Joseph D. Harkin | votes = 32,793 | percentage = 31.4 }} {{Election box end}}
== References == {{reflist}} {{CongBio|M000039}} Retrieved on 2008-01-15
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