Career
He was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate. Madsen was also a candidate for the United States House of Representatives twice. He was born in Durham, Connecticut.
Madsen received his bachelor"s degree from Harvard University, went to University of Chicago, and received his law degree from University of Wisconsin Law School.
He lived in Luck, Wisconsin and served as municipal judge, justice of the peace, district attorney of Polk County, Wisconsin, and on the Luck Village Board. Madsen was a Progressive.