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==Background==
==Background==
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>
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>
==Career==
==Career==
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 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.