Madden was the representative for Indiana’s 1st congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1943 to 1976.
![Photo of Rep. Ray Madden [D-IN1, 1943-1976]](/static/legislator-photos/407067-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Madden is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1976 positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Madden sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 1973 to Oct 1, 1976. See full analysis methodology.
Bills Sponsored
Some of Madden’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.Res. 1570 (94th): A resolution providing for the consideration of H.R. 9067. A bill to ...
- H.Res. 1534 (94th): A resolution providing for the consideration of H.R. 15069.
- H.Res. 1463 (94th): Resolution providing for the consideration of H.R. 13372.
- H.Res. 1277 (94th): Resolution providing for the consideration of H.R. 9291. A bill to amend ...
- H.Res. 1155 (94th): A resolution providing for the consideration of H.R. 365. A bill to ...
- H.Res. 1141 (94th): A resolution providing for the consideration of the conference report on H.R. ...
- H.Res. 1108 (94th): A resolution providing for the consideration of H.R. 12262. A bill to ...
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1943 to Oct 1976, Madden missed 559 of 6,461 roll call votes, which is 8.7%. This is on par with the median of 8.7% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1976. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
- Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills