Absolom Madden West (c. 1818 – September 30, 1894) was an American planter, Confederate militia general, state politician, railroad president and labor organizer.

[1] Although initially an opponent of secession, when the American Civil War broke out, West became a brigadier general in the Mississippi Militia.

[1] At his direction, the legislature established a commission consisting of one lawyer and two businessmen to examine and audit the books and papers of his several offices.

[5] In the years that followed, West established a branch of the National Labor Union, and served as a Democratic elector for president in the election of 1876.

West purchased Oakleigh, an Antebellum mansion in Holly Springs, Mississippi, from Judge Jeremiah W. Clapp in 1870.