Edmond H. Madison

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Edmond H. Madison

Edmond Haggard Madison (born December 18, 1865 in Plymouth , Hancock County , Illinois , † September 18, 1911 in Dodge City , Kansas ) was an American politician . Between 1907 and 1911 he represented the seventh constituency of the state of Kansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Edmond Madison attended the public schools in his home country and then taught himself as a teacher. In 1885 he moved to Wichita , Kansas. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1888, he began working in his new profession in Dodge City. Between 1889 and 1893 he was a district attorney in Ford County . Since January 1, 1900, he was a judge in the 31st Judicial District of Kansas. He held this office until September 17, 1906, when he resigned because of his candidacy for Congress .

In the 1906 congressional elections, Madison was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC as a Republican Party candidate in the seventh district of Kansas . There he took over from Victor Murdock on March 4, 1907 . After two re-elections in 1908 and 1910, he could remain in Congress until his death in September 1911.

Web links

  • Edmond H. Madison in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)