[3] After the end of Reconstruction, Madison was elected to the position of the Justice of the Peace of his district.
[1][2][4] At the start of that term in January 1890, Madison was chosen by acclamation to be the Speaker of the House.
[1][2] Madison was, also by acclamation, recommended to be a delegate to Mississippi's Constitutional Convention of 1890, but circumstances prevented him from attending.
[1] In 1888, Madison authored a bill that granted relief to certain Confederate Civil War veterans living in Mississippi.
[2] In addition, Madison authored a bill that required chancery clerks to keep ledger accounts against each officer in the state.