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Ed Madigan
24thUnited States Secretary of Agriculture
In office March 8, 1991 – January 20, 1993
President	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Clayton Yeutter
Succeeded by	Mike Espy
House Republican Chief Deputy Whip
In office January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989
Leader	Bob Michel
Preceded by	Tom Loeffler
Succeeded by	Steve Gunderson Robert Smith Walker
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromIllinois
In office January 3, 1973 – March 8, 1991
Preceded by	William L. Springer (Redistricting)
Succeeded by	Thomas W. Ewing
Constituency	21st District (1973-1983) 15th District (1983-1991)
Member of theIllinois House of Representatives
In office 1967-1973
Personal details
Born	(1936-01-13)January 13, 1936 Lincoln, Illinois, U.S.
Died	December 7, 1994(1994-12-07) (aged 58) Springfield, Illinois, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Evelyn George ​ (m. 1955)​
Children	3
Education	Lincoln College, Illinois

Edward Rell Madigan (January 13, 1936 – December 7, 1994) was a businessman and aRepublican Party politician fromLincoln, Illinois. He served almost 20 years in theUnited States House of Representatives and wasU.S. Secretary of Agriculture under PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush.

Madigan was born inLincoln, Illinois, on January 13, 1936. He attendedLincoln Junior College before starting his own taxicab 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 theIllinois House of Representatives where he served from 1967 to 1973.^[1]

In November, 1972, he was elected as a Republican to the U.S. House of Representatives, and was subsequently elected to nine more terms. Madigan narrowly lost the race forminority whip in 1989 to futureSpeaker of the HouseNewt Gingrich ofGeorgia. Madigan served in Congress from 1973 to 1991, whenClayton Yeutter resigned, and Madigan was appointedsecretary of agriculture. Serving from 1991 to 1993, Madigan was the first Roman Catholic to serve as secretary of agriculture.^[2]

He died of complications fromlung cancer on December 7, 1994, at St. John's Hospital inSpringfield, Illinois, at the age of 58. He and his wife, Evelyn, had three daughters.

In 1995,Edward R. Madigan State Fish and Wildlife Area, a state park near Lincoln, was renamed in Madigan's honor. Edward Madigan came from a politically active family. His younger brotherRobert Madigan served as theCity Clerk for Lincoln, Illinois for several terms, then sat in theIllinois State Senate for 14 years and finally concluded his public service with a brief term on theIllinois Commerce Commission.

In 1984, Illinois native, and future congressman from NebraskaDon Bacon interned in Madigan'sWashington, D.C., office.^[3]

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