John B. Madigan

John Bernard Madigan (January 4, 1863 – January 19, 1918), of Houlton, Maine, was a Maine attorney, politician, and judge who served as a justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from March 1, 1916 to January 19, 1918.

Early life, education, and career Born in Houlton, Maine, to James C. and Mary Anna (Whittier) Madigan, he attended the village schools and prepared for college at the Ricker Classical Institute. Madigan received an A.B. from Georgetown University in 1883 and was admitted to the Bar of Aroostook county in 1885, thereafter entering the practice of law. He received an LL.B. from the Boston University School of Law in 1886. He received an A.M. from Georgetown in 1889. He continued to engage in the practice of law until his appointment to the state supreme court in 1916. serving thereafter until his death,

Personal life and death He married Lucia Rose, with whom he had a son, James, and a daughter, Alice.

Madigan was largely instrumental in the equipping of the Madigan Memorial Hospital, a gift from his late brother to the Catholic diocese of Maine, and contributed liberally to its support.

He was taken violently ill after returning home from term of court in Somerset county in his usual good health. The attack appeared to be acute indigestion but further diagnosis and consultation determined it was a more serious condition, for which operations performed Thursday and again Friday failed to relieve.

Madigan died in the Madigan Memorial Hospital, and funeral services were designated be held in St. Mary's church in Houlton.