Madigan
Proper noun
Meaning
Madigan (plural Madigans)
A surname from Irish.
Examples
Also announcing she wouldn’t support Madigan was representative-elect Margaret Croke, who became the first incoming lawmaker to publicly turn against the speaker.
Among the law firms hired in those appeals were firms headed by House Speaker Michael Madigan and Chicago Aldermen Ed Burke and Steve Pearlman, who is a close friend of former Chicago Mayor Richard M Daley.
“Given the facts admitted by ComEd for its nine-year-long scheme to bribe Speaker Madigan, the Illinois House of Representatives must do its job and conduct a thorough investigation,” Durkin said in a news release.
Federal investigations are swirling around allies of Madigan, head of the Illinois Democratic Party.
"All roads in this massive and wide ranging scandal lead to Speaker Madigan.
Bailey’s is exceedingly rare: “They’ll never find that one,” Madigan explains.