Michael Madigan

Michael Joseph Madigan, better known as Michael Madigan, is an American politician and a leading lawyer from Chicago, Illinois. He holds the record as the longest-serving member of ‘Illinois House of Representatives’ and also the nation’s longest-serving speaker of a state. He became a delegate of the ‘Illinois Constitutional Convention’ in 1970. Again, in the same year, he represented the 22nd District in ‘Illinois House of Representatives and ever since he has remained invincible. There was no looking back after this. In 1983, he was chosen as the speaker of ‘Illinois House,’ a position he has held to date, with an exception in the year between 1995 and 1997. Although he kept winning the people’s mandate without fail, his tenure is marred with controversies such as mismanagement of funds, use of political clout, conflict of interest, and lobbying for his personal and political gains.