| Matthew Dudgeon | |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| State Assembly: | Wisconsin |
| District: | Dane 1st |
| Term Start: | January 5, 1903 |
| Term End: | January 2, 1905 |
| Predecessor: | E. Ray Stevens |
| Successor: | Ernest Warner |
| Office1: | District Attorney of Dane County, Wisconsin |
| Term Start1: | January 2, 1899 |
| Term End1: | January 5, 1903 |
| Predecessor1: | Andrew W. Anderson |
| Successor1: | Frank L. Gilbert |
| Party: | Republican |
| Birth Date: | 18 June 1871 |
| Birth Place: | Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Restingplace: | Forest Hill Cemetery, |
| Allegiance: | United States |
| Branch: | United States Volunteers |
| Serviceyears: | 1898 |
| Unit: | 1st Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry |
| Battles: | Spanish–American War |
Matthew Simpson Dudgeon (June 18, 1871July 26, 1949) was director of the Milwaukee Public Library from 1920 to 1941.[1] Earlier, he was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Madison in the 1903 session, and served four years as district attorney of Dane County, Wisconsin.
Matthew Dudgeon was born in Madison, Wisconsin.[2] He served as director of the Milwaukee Public Library and president of the Wisconsin Library Association and was inducted into the Wisconsin Library Hall of Fame in 2009. Dudgeon died in Milwaukee in 1949.[1] [3]
Dudgeon was elected to the Assembly in 1902. Previously, he served two terms as district attorney of Dane County, Wisconsin. He was a Republican.