Madison Elwell Hollister (February 13, 1808 – December 15, 1896) was an American jurist in Illinois and the Idaho Territory.

He was an early settler of Ottawa, Illinois, where he would practice law for many years.

[4] On March 16, 1871, President Ulysses S. Grant nominated Hollister as Associate Justice of the Idaho Territorial Supreme Court, and he was confirmed by the senate four days later.

[5] In 1874, Chief Justice David Noggle resigned, and on December 22, Grant nominated Hollister to succeed him.

[2] In 2014, a collection of Hollister's documents was auctioned including diaries from his times as U.S. Consul at Buenos Aires in the Argentine Republic and his travels on the Paraná River and Paraguay River.