Madison Miner Walden

Madison Miner Walden

Madison Miner Walden (born October 6, 1836 in Brush Creek , Scioto County , Ohio , † July 24, 1891 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1871 and 1873 he represented the state of Iowa in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Madison Walden attended Denmark Academy and Wesleyan College in Iowa. He then studied until 1859 at the Wesleyan University branch in Delaware (Ohio). Between 1861 and 1865 he took part in the civil war as captain of the Union Army . After the war he worked as a teacher. From 1865 to 1874 he published the newspaper "Centerville Citizen".

Walden was a member of the Republican Party . He was a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 1866 and 1867, and served on the State Senate from 1868 to 1869 . In 1870 he became lieutenant governor of Iowa. In the congressional election of the same year, Walden was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the fourth constituency of Iowa, where he succeeded William Loughridge on March 4, 1871 . Since he was no longer nominated by his party in 1872, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1873 .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Madison Walden worked in agriculture and coal mining in Centerville, Iowa. In 1889 he was employed by the Treasury Department in Washington. He remained there until his death on July 24, 1891. He was buried in Centerville.

Web links

• Madison Miner Walden in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Madison Miner Walden in the database of Find a Grave (English)