Edmond Haggard Madison (December 18, 1865 – September 18, 1911) was a

U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...

from

Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to th ...

. Born in

Plymouth, Illinois Plymouth is a village in Hancock and McDonough counties, Illinois, United States. The population was 505 at the 2010 census, down from 562 at the 2000 census. Geography Plymouth is located in southeastern Hancock County at . A small portion of th ...

, Madison attended the common schools. He taught school. He moved to

Wichita, Kansas Wichita ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 397,532. The Wichita metro area had a population of 647,610 in 2020. It is located in ...

, in 1885. He studied law. He was

admitted to the bar An admission to practice law is acquired when a lawyer receives a license to practice law. In jurisdictions with two types of lawyer, as with barristers and solicitors, barristers must gain admission to the bar whereas for solicitors there are dist ...

in 1888 and commenced the practice of his profession in

Dodge City, Kansas Dodge City is the county seat of Ford County, Kansas, United States, named after nearby Fort Dodge. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 27,788. The city is famous in American culture for its history as a wild frontier town ...

. He served as prosecuting attorney of

Ford County, Kansas Ford County (county code FO) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 34,287. Its county seat and most populous city is Dodge City. The county is named in honor of Colonel James Hobart Ford. G ...

from 1889 to 1893. He was appointed judge of the thirty-first judicial district of Kansas on January 1, 1900, and served until September 17, 1906, when he resigned to become a candidate for Congress. Madison was elected as a

Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

to the Sixtieth, Sixty-first, and Sixty-second Congresses and served from March 4, 1907, until his death in

on September 18, 1911. He was interred in Maple Grove Cemetery.

References

*
Edmond H. Madison, late a representative from Kansas, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1913
{{DEFAULTSORT:Madison, Edmond Haggard 1865 births 1911 deaths Kansas state court judges Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American judges

See also

References