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{{Infobox officeholder
|name= Ragan Dupree Madden
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for Lincoln Parish (later District 12)
|term_start=1940
|term_end=1949
|preceded=T. Ashley Wright
|succeeded=Carroll G. Jones (interim)<br>
[[L.D. "Buddy" Napper]] (full term)
|office2=District Attorney of 3rd Judicial District (Lincoln and Union parishes)
|term_start2=1949
|term_end2=January 1979
|preceded2=
|succeeded2=Tommy Jess Adkins
|birth_date= 1910
|birth_place=Simsboro, Lincoln Parish, [[Louisiana]], USA
|residence=[[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], Lincoln Parish
|death_date=1990 (aged c. 80)
|death_place=Ruston, Louisiana
|resting_place=Simsboro Cemetery
|spouse=Margaret Elizabeth Burt Madden (married 1936-1990, his death)
|children=Dr. Ragan Burt Madden<br>
Betty Madden Harrison<br>
Marilyn Madden Hill<br>
Three grandchildren<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Thomas Wade and Virgie Braswell Madden
|party= [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|occupation=[[Attorney]]
|religion=[[United Methodist]]
|alma_mater=Simsboro High School>
[[Louisiana State University]]<br>
LSU Law Center
|branch=[[United States Army]]
|battles=[[World War II]]
}}
'''Ragan Dupree Madden''' (1910 – 1990)<ref name=findagrave/><ref>Madden's gravestone does not list the months and days of his birth and death; only the years.</ref> was a long-serving public official from Lincoln Parish in north [[Louisiana]]. From 1940 to 1949, he was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024: Lincoln Parish|publisher=lLouisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=June 24, 2020}}</ref> From 1949 to 1979, he was the five-term district attorney for Lincoln and Union parishes.
==Legal and political career==
Madden was born to Thomas Wade Madden (1874-1938) and the former Virgie Braswell (1883-1964)<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=66355322|title=Ragan Dupree Madden|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=February 25, 2015}}</ref> in Simsboro in western Lincoln Parish but spent his working life in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], the parish seat of government. He graduated from[Simsboro High School, [[Louisiana State University]], and in 1933 the LSU Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]]. He graduated a year before another aspiring Louisiana politician, [[Mayor]] [[Chep Morrison]] of [[New Orleans]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oTxrbmJTNAUC&pg=PA111&lpg=PA111&dq=Ragan+Madden&source=bl&ots=0GHhKkIRXN&sig=pjvQCwExtjyWukv9zujiLaA6nik&hl=en&sa=X&ei=rKnuVOTJOLSHsQSuzYLwCg&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAzgU#v=onepage&q=Ragan%20Madden&f=false|title=LSU Law: The Louisiana State University Law School from 1906 to 1977|date=2004|author=W. Lee Hargrave|page=111|publisher=[[Louisiana State University]] Press|location=[[Baton Rouge]]|isbn=0-8071-2914-3|accessdate=June 24, 2020}}</ref> Admitted to the practice of law in 1934, he was active in the bar association at all levels and was a partner with state Representative [[L.D. "Buddy" Napper]].<ref name=maddentorun/> Early in his career, Madden was allied with the [[Huey Long|Long]] faction of Louisiana politics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=death+of+a+salesman&p=3&item=T88:0096|title=Huey Long (TV)|publisher=William S. Paley Center|accessdate=February 25, 2015}}</ref>
In January 1944, as a state legislator, Madden enlisted in the [[United States Army]] for [[World War II]] service.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wwii-army.mooseroots.com/d/d/Ragan-Madden|title=Ragan Madden World War II Records|publisher=army.mooseroots.com|accessdate=February 25, 2015}}</ref> In 1956, DA Madden in his second term announced his candidacy in the [[primary]] election for Louisiana's 5th congressional district seat held by his fellow Democrat Otto Ernest Passman (1900-1988) of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]].<ref name=maddentorun>{{cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/2367392/|title=Madden to run for Congress|publisher=''The Ruston Daily Leader''|date=May 17, 1956|page=9|accessdate=June 24, 2020}}</ref> Passman, however, held the seat from 1947 to 1977, when he was defeated in a primary by Thomas Jerald "Jerry" Huckaby, who then beat back the strong challenge waged by [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Frank Spooner]] of Monroe.
In 1968, Madden handled the negligent homicide case against former [[Major League Baseball]] player Pinky Higgins, who played for three teams and was the manager of the [[Boston Red Sox]] from 1955 to 1965. Higgins pleaded guilty to causing an accident in Simsboro, Louisiana, while he was intoxicated. George W. Killen (1903-1968),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Killen&GSfn=George+&GSmn=W&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=66895859&df=all&|title=George W. Killen|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=June 24, 2020}}</ref> a part of a Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development road crew, was killed as a result, and several other men were injured. Higgins was sentenced to four of the maximum five years in the sentencing guidelines. He was sent to the Louisiana State Penitentiary in West Feliciana Parish in early January 1969 to begin his sentence. "I know that he has a very enviable record. It's just one of those tragic cases," Madden said.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19690116&id=_INPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TAUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7375,2387191|title=Former Sox Manager to Start Prison Term|publisher=''Ocala Star-Banner''|location=Ocala, [[Florida]]|date=January 16, 1969|page=1|accessdate=June 24, 2020}}</ref> Higgins was [[parole]]d after serving only two months of the sentence and died of a heart attack the following day in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], at the age of fifty-nine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pinky Higgins Dies, All-Time Baseball Star|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0CZIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nAANAAAAIBAJ&pg=3132,2846859|accessdate=June 24, 2020|publisher=''The Morning Record''|date=March 22, 1969}}</ref>
After he had left the DA's office, Madden opened his personal lands, mainly in Lincoln Parish, to hunters and sportsmen in all seasons so long as they complied with legal regulations. After the harvest of timber, Madden, a conservationist, said that he would make certain that food-producing hardwood trees remain for the use of birds and other wildlife.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mocavo.com/Louisiana-Conservationist-Volume-36-2/624190/15|title=Throughout Louisiana, "No Hunting" and "No Trespassing" signs have signaled deteriorating hunter-landowner relations ...|date=1984|publisher=''Louisiana Conservationist''|accessdate=February 25, 2015}}</ref>
==Personal life==
In 1936, Madden married the former Margaret Elizabeth Burt (1914-2010), also a native of Simsboro. She was the daughter of Robert Emmett Burt and the former Marie Strain. She graduated from Simsboro High School, attended [[Monroe Dodd|Dodd College]] in [[Shreveport]], and the obtained her degree from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in Ruston, where she was a member of Kappa Delta [[sorority]]. While Mrs. Madden was [[Southern Baptist]],<ref name=mrsmadden>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=48623542|title=Margaret Elizabeth Burt Madden|publisher=findagrave.com|date=February 23, 2010|publisher=February 25, 2015}}</ref> Madden was a member of the [[United Methodist]] Church.<ref name=maddentorun/>
The Maddens had three surviving children, Dr. Ragan Burt Madden (born c. 1938) of [[Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]], Betty Madden Harrison and husband, John; and Marilyn Madden Hill (born c. 1946), both of Shreveport. The Maddens are interred at Simsboro Cemetery.<ref name=mrsmadden/> A Madden granddaughter, Margaret Elizabeth Harrison (1966-2008), was a graduate of and a teacher at Captain Shreve High School in Shreveport who died of [[cancer]] three days before her 42nd birthday.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=margaret-elizabeth-harrison&pid=111561624|title=Margaret Elizabeth Harrison|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=June 15, 2008|accessdate=February 25, 2015}}</ref>
The firm Napper, Madden (Raymond Madden, a cousin of Ragan Madden), and Rogers continues to operate in Ruston. The third partner, Republican Thomas Wynn "Tommy" Rogers (born November 1952), was elected on December 6, 2014 to a seat on the 3rd Judicial District Court. He defeated Democrat Lewis Jones, 9,702 votes (52 percent) to 8,971 (48 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (Lincoln and Union parishes), December 6, 2014.</ref>
Ragan Madden Park in Simsboro is named in his honor.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Madden, Ragan}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:World War II]]
[[Category:United States Army
[[Category:United Methodists]]
|name= Ragan Dupree Madden
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for Lincoln Parish (later District 12)
|term_start=1940
|term_end=1949
|preceded=T. Ashley Wright
|succeeded=Carroll G. Jones (interim)<br>
[[L.D. "Buddy" Napper]] (full term)
|office2=District Attorney of 3rd Judicial District (Lincoln and Union parishes)
|term_start2=1949
|term_end2=January 1979
|preceded2=
|succeeded2=Tommy Jess Adkins
|birth_date= 1910
|birth_place=Simsboro, Lincoln Parish, [[Louisiana]], USA
|residence=[[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], Lincoln Parish
|death_date=1990 (aged c. 80)
|death_place=Ruston, Louisiana
|resting_place=Simsboro Cemetery
|spouse=Margaret Elizabeth Burt Madden (married 1936-1990, his death)
|children=Dr. Ragan Burt Madden<br>
Betty Madden Harrison<br>
Marilyn Madden Hill<br>
Three grandchildren<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Thomas Wade and Virgie Braswell Madden
|party= [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|occupation=[[Attorney]]
|religion=[[United Methodist]]
|alma_mater=Simsboro High School>
[[Louisiana State University]]<br>
LSU Law Center
|branch=[[United States Army]]
|battles=[[World War II]]
}}
'''Ragan Dupree Madden''' (1910 – 1990)<ref name=findagrave/><ref>Madden's gravestone does not list the months and days of his birth and death; only the years.</ref> was a long-serving public official from Lincoln Parish in north [[Louisiana]]. From 1940 to 1949, he was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024: Lincoln Parish|publisher=lLouisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=June 24, 2020}}</ref> From 1949 to 1979, he was the five-term district attorney for Lincoln and Union parishes.
==Legal and political career==
Madden was born to Thomas Wade Madden (1874-1938) and the former Virgie Braswell (1883-1964)<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=66355322|title=Ragan Dupree Madden|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=February 25, 2015}}</ref> in Simsboro in western Lincoln Parish but spent his working life in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], the parish seat of government. He graduated from[Simsboro High School, [[Louisiana State University]], and in 1933 the LSU Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]]. He graduated a year before another aspiring Louisiana politician, [[Mayor]] [[Chep Morrison]] of [[New Orleans]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oTxrbmJTNAUC&pg=PA111&lpg=PA111&dq=Ragan+Madden&source=bl&ots=0GHhKkIRXN&sig=pjvQCwExtjyWukv9zujiLaA6nik&hl=en&sa=X&ei=rKnuVOTJOLSHsQSuzYLwCg&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAzgU#v=onepage&q=Ragan%20Madden&f=false|title=LSU Law: The Louisiana State University Law School from 1906 to 1977|date=2004|author=W. Lee Hargrave|page=111|publisher=[[Louisiana State University]] Press|location=[[Baton Rouge]]|isbn=0-8071-2914-3|accessdate=June 24, 2020}}</ref> Admitted to the practice of law in 1934, he was active in the bar association at all levels and was a partner with state Representative [[L.D. "Buddy" Napper]].<ref name=maddentorun/> Early in his career, Madden was allied with the [[Huey Long|Long]] faction of Louisiana politics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=death+of+a+salesman&p=3&item=T88:0096|title=Huey Long (TV)|publisher=William S. Paley Center|accessdate=February 25, 2015}}</ref>
In January 1944, as a state legislator, Madden enlisted in the [[United States Army]] for [[World War II]] service.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wwii-army.mooseroots.com/d/d/Ragan-Madden|title=Ragan Madden World War II Records|publisher=army.mooseroots.com|accessdate=February 25, 2015}}</ref> In 1956, DA Madden in his second term announced his candidacy in the [[primary]] election for Louisiana's 5th congressional district seat held by his fellow Democrat Otto Ernest Passman (1900-1988) of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]].<ref name=maddentorun>{{cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/2367392/|title=Madden to run for Congress|publisher=''The Ruston Daily Leader''|date=May 17, 1956|page=9|accessdate=June 24, 2020}}</ref> Passman, however, held the seat from 1947 to 1977, when he was defeated in a primary by Thomas Jerald "Jerry" Huckaby, who then beat back the strong challenge waged by [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Frank Spooner]] of Monroe.
In 1968, Madden handled the negligent homicide case against former [[Major League Baseball]] player Pinky Higgins, who played for three teams and was the manager of the [[Boston Red Sox]] from 1955 to 1965. Higgins pleaded guilty to causing an accident in Simsboro, Louisiana, while he was intoxicated. George W. Killen (1903-1968),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Killen&GSfn=George+&GSmn=W&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=66895859&df=all&|title=George W. Killen|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=June 24, 2020}}</ref> a part of a Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development road crew, was killed as a result, and several other men were injured. Higgins was sentenced to four of the maximum five years in the sentencing guidelines. He was sent to the Louisiana State Penitentiary in West Feliciana Parish in early January 1969 to begin his sentence. "I know that he has a very enviable record. It's just one of those tragic cases," Madden said.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19690116&id=_INPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TAUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7375,2387191|title=Former Sox Manager to Start Prison Term|publisher=''Ocala Star-Banner''|location=Ocala, [[Florida]]|date=January 16, 1969|page=1|accessdate=June 24, 2020}}</ref> Higgins was [[parole]]d after serving only two months of the sentence and died of a heart attack the following day in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], at the age of fifty-nine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pinky Higgins Dies, All-Time Baseball Star|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0CZIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nAANAAAAIBAJ&pg=3132,2846859|accessdate=June 24, 2020|publisher=''The Morning Record''|date=March 22, 1969}}</ref>
After he had left the DA's office, Madden opened his personal lands, mainly in Lincoln Parish, to hunters and sportsmen in all seasons so long as they complied with legal regulations. After the harvest of timber, Madden, a conservationist, said that he would make certain that food-producing hardwood trees remain for the use of birds and other wildlife.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mocavo.com/Louisiana-Conservationist-Volume-36-2/624190/15|title=Throughout Louisiana, "No Hunting" and "No Trespassing" signs have signaled deteriorating hunter-landowner relations ...|date=1984|publisher=''Louisiana Conservationist''|accessdate=February 25, 2015}}</ref>
==Personal life==
In 1936, Madden married the former Margaret Elizabeth Burt (1914-2010), also a native of Simsboro. She was the daughter of Robert Emmett Burt and the former Marie Strain. She graduated from Simsboro High School, attended [[Monroe Dodd|Dodd College]] in [[Shreveport]], and the obtained her degree from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in Ruston, where she was a member of Kappa Delta [[sorority]]. While Mrs. Madden was [[Southern Baptist]],<ref name=mrsmadden>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=48623542|title=Margaret Elizabeth Burt Madden|publisher=findagrave.com|date=February 23, 2010|publisher=February 25, 2015}}</ref> Madden was a member of the [[United Methodist]] Church.<ref name=maddentorun/>
The Maddens had three surviving children, Dr. Ragan Burt Madden (born c. 1938) of [[Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]], Betty Madden Harrison and husband, John; and Marilyn Madden Hill (born c. 1946), both of Shreveport. The Maddens are interred at Simsboro Cemetery.<ref name=mrsmadden/> A Madden granddaughter, Margaret Elizabeth Harrison (1966-2008), was a graduate of and a teacher at Captain Shreve High School in Shreveport who died of [[cancer]] three days before her 42nd birthday.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=margaret-elizabeth-harrison&pid=111561624|title=Margaret Elizabeth Harrison|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=June 15, 2008|accessdate=February 25, 2015}}</ref>
The firm Napper, Madden (Raymond Madden, a cousin of Ragan Madden), and Rogers continues to operate in Ruston. The third partner, Republican Thomas Wynn "Tommy" Rogers (born November 1952), was elected on December 6, 2014 to a seat on the 3rd Judicial District Court. He defeated Democrat Lewis Jones, 9,702 votes (52 percent) to 8,971 (48 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (Lincoln and Union parishes), December 6, 2014.</ref>
Ragan Madden Park in Simsboro is named in his honor.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Madden, Ragan}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:World War II]]
[[Category:United States Army
[[Category:United Methodists]]