Madison Miner Walden
| Madison Miner Walden | |
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| 8th Lieutenant Governor of Iowa | |
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In office 1870–1871 |
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| Preceded by | John Scott |
| Succeeded by | Henry C. Bulis |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 4th district |
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In office 1871–1873 |
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| Preceded by | William Loughridge |
| Succeeded by | Henry O. Pratt |
| Personal details | |
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October 6, 1836 Brush Creek Township, Scioto County, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | July 24, 1891 (aged 54) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Oakland Cemetery, Centerville, Ohio, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Ohio Wesleyan College |
Madison Miner Walden (October 6, 1836 – July 24, 1891) was a Civil War officer, teacher, publisher, farmer, the eighth Lieutenant Governor of Iowa, and a one-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 4th congressional district, then located in southeastern Iowa.
Born near Brush Creek Township, Scioto County, Ohio, Walden moved to Iowa in 1852. He attended Denmark Academy in Lee County, Iowa, and Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, and graduated from Ohio Wesleyan College in Delaware, Ohio, in 1859. He settled in Centerville, Iowa (in Appanoose County).
After the outbreak of the Civil War, he served in the Union Army, as captain in the 6th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment and the 8th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, from May 1861 to May 1865. He was taken prisoner in an engagement at Newnan, Georgia, in July 1864, known as the Battle of Brown's Mill during "McCook's Raid." He later escaped from a prison camp at Charleston, South Carolina, and returned to his company. By the end of the War he had been promoted to the rank of major.
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