Edward Rell Madigan (January 13, 1936–December 7, 1994) was a businessman and a Republican party politician from Lincoln, Illinois. He served almost twenty years in the United States House of Representatives and was U.S. Secretary of Agriculture for George H. W. Bush. January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... December 7 is the 341st day (342nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... The Republican Party is a one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Democratic Party. ... Lincoln is a town located in Logan County, Illinois. ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. ... The United States Secretary of Agriculture is the head of the United States Department of Agriculture concerned with land and food as well as agriculture and rural development. ... George Herbert Walker Bush GCB (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States of America serving from 1989 to 1993. ...
Madigan was born in Lincoln and attended Lincoln Junior College before starting his own business. He entered public service as a member of the Lincoln Board of Zoning Appeals from 1965 to 1969. During that time, he was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives where he served from 1967 to 1972. That year he was elected as a Republican to the U.S. House, and was subsequently elected to nine more terms. He served in Congress from 1973 to 1991 when he resigned to become Secretary of Agriculture, a position he held from 1991 to 1992. 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... The Illinois House of Representatives convenes at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
He died in Lincoln in 1994, and is interred at the Holy Cross Cemetery there. In 1995, the Edward R. Madigan State Fish and Wildlife Area, a state park near Lincoln, was renamed in Madigan's honor. Edward came from a political active family and his younger brother Robert served in Illinois State Senate for 14 years and after that on the Illinois Commerce Commsion. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... The Edward R. Madigan State Fish and Wildlife Area is a 974-acre (3. ...
EdwardRellMadigan (January 13, 1936–December 7, 1994) was a businessman and a Republican party politician from Lincoln, Illinois.
Madigan was born in Lincoln and attended Lincoln Junior College before starting his own business.
In 1995, the Edward R. Madigan State Fish and Wildlife Area, a state park near Lincoln, was renamed in Madigan's honor.Edward came from a political active family and his younger brother Robert served in Illinois State Senate for 14 years and after that on the Illinois Commerce Commsion.
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