In that role, he fought to prevent the restoration of the local wolf population by the federal government.
[2] Under the name "T. R. Mader", he self-published a book on HIV/AIDS, titled The Death Sentence of AIDS, in 1987 in which he suggested the "quarantine" of infected people who continue to have sex.
[3] Receiving criticism of standing by the book, Mader stated in 2014 "I believe tolerance is characteristic of a person who hasn’t any virtue left.
[2] Following the January 2014 death of Sue Wallis, who served the northern half of Campbell County in the Wyoming House of Representatives, Mader put his name forward as a potential replacement.
[1] His brother, Kelly Mader, was a former member of both chambers of the Wyoming Legislature who preceded him in death on June 24, 2016, due to a heart attack.