Senate Committees:

64th General Assembly – Insurance (chairman); Ways and Means; Municipal Corporations; Fees, Salaries, and Local Government; Private Corporations, Railroads, and Industrial Resources and Developments; Governmental Reorganization and Related Matters; Elections, Redistricting, Military and Naval Affairs, and Public Buildings; and Bills Perfected and Ordered Printed.

65th General Assembly – Ways and Means; Municipal Corporations; Insurance; State Departments, Boards, Commissions and Agencies, and Public Buildings; and Elections, Redistricting, Military, and Naval Affairs. 

66th General Assembly – Ways and Means; Municipal Corporations; Insurance; Fees, Salaries, and Local Government; Elections, Military, and Naval Affairs; Bills Agreed to and Finally Passed; and Legislative Research.

67th General Assembly – Ways and Means; Municipal Corporations; Insurance; and Railroads and Private Corporations.

Charles L. Madison served the people of the 10th District (part of Jackson County). Born in Independence, he received his education from Kansas City public schools; Missouri Military Academy; Westminster College; Colorado University; and the University of Kansas City Law School where he received his Bachelor of Laws degree. Senator Madison was admitted to the bar in 1942 and began practicing law in Kansas City. He served in the U.S. Marines from 1943-1946. Senator Madison was a member of the House of Representatives from 1941-1942. He was elected to the Senate in 1946, and re-elected in 1950 and 1954. Senator Madison resigned in 1955 to take a post with the U.S. Department of Interior in Alaska. (Republican)

Official Manual of the State of Missouri: 1953-1954