Ray J. Madden

A Representative from Indiana. Born in Waseca, Waseca County, Minn. , February 25, 1892. Attended the public schools and Sacred Heart Academy in his native city. The law department of Creighton University, Omaha, Nebr. , LL. B. , 1913. Was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Omaha, Nebr. Elected municipal judge of Omaha, Nebr. , in 1916, resigning during the First World War to serve in the United States Navy. Engaged in the practice of law in Gary, Ind. City comptroller of Gary 1935-1938. Treasurer of Lake County, Ind. , 1938-1942. Delegate to every State convention since 1936. Delegate to every Democratic National Convention from 1940 through 1968. Elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth and to the sixteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1977). Co-chairman, Joint Committee on Organization of Congress (Eighty-ninth and Ninetieth Congresses), chairman, Committee on Rules (Ninety-third and Ninety-fourth Congresses). Unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress. Was a resident of Washington, D. C. , until his death there on September 28, 1987. Interment in Arlington National Cemetery.