Ray Madden

★ U.S. Representative

Born: February 25, 1892
Died: September 28, 1987
Age at death: 95
Home state: Indiana
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1944–1974

Career timeline

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16-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Madden1.4M

Opponents941,215

Elections run

Between 1944 and 1974, Ray Madden ran in 16 U.S. House elections, winning all 16. Madden's biggest single-election total was 136,443 votes, in the 1960 U.S. House election in Indiana's District 1. Madden's closest win came in the 1946 U.S. House election in Indiana's District 1, decided by 5,132 votes.

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How many votes has Ray Madden received?

Ray Madden has received 1,408,487 popular votes across 16 U.S. elections, with a career record of 16–0.

Election history

Ray Madden’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1974	U.S. HouseIndiana	Won	71,75968.63%	Joseph Douglas Harkin
1972	U.S. HouseIndiana	Won	95,87356.89%	Bruce R Haller
1970	U.S. HouseIndiana	Won	73,14565.64%	Eugene M Kirtland
1968	U.S. HouseIndiana	Won	90,05556.74%	Taylor (head-to-head) Miller (head-to-head)
1966	U.S. HouseIndiana	Won	71,04058.3%	Albert F Harrigan
1964	U.S. HouseIndiana	Won	133,08963.66%	Arthur F Endres Raymond E Brechner
1962	U.S. HouseIndiana	Won	104,21260.5%	Harold Moody George N Beamer (head-to-head)
1960	U.S. HouseIndiana	Won	136,44364.71%	Philip P Parker Vernon N Sherer
1958	U.S. HouseIndiana	Won	95,80166.43%	Edward P Keck George N Beamer (head-to-head)
1956	U.S. HouseIndiana	Won	93,65852.56%	Donald K Stimson George N Beamer (head-to-head)
1954	U.S. HouseIndiana	Won	81,21761.42%	Moore Sheridan Vale
1952	U.S. HouseIndiana	Won	93,18756.36%	M Elliott Belshaw George S Jones
1950	U.S. HouseIndiana	Won	62,66652.56%	Paul Cyr George N Beamer (head-to-head)
1948	U.S. HouseIndiana	Won	78,89860.65%	Theodore L Sendak Miller (head-to-head) Taylor (head-to-head)
1946	U.S. HouseIndiana	Won	51,80951.92%	Charles W Gannon Henry C Jackson Taylor (head-to-head)
1944	U.S. HouseIndiana	Won	75,63561.3%	Otto G Fifield Miller (head-to-head) Frame

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (M000039) and Wikidata (Q524959). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

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Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.