| − | 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> |