Edward R. Madigan

A Representative from Illinois. Born in Lincoln, Logan County, Ill. , January 13, 1936. A. A. , Lincoln Junior College, Lincoln, Ill. , 1955. Business owner. Lincoln, Ill. , board of zoning appeals, 1965-1969. Member of the Illinois state house of representatives, 1967-1972. Delegate to the Republican National Convention, 1980. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-third and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1973-March 8, 1991). Resigned March 8, 1991. Secretary of Agriculture, 1991-1992. Died on December 7, 1994, in Springfield, Ill. Interment in Holy Cross Cemetery, Lincoln, Ill.