''For John Waterman of Rhode Island see
John R. Waterman House''
John M. Waterman (born May 13, 1952) is an American politician and law enforcement officer who served as a member of the
Indiana Senate
The Indiana State Senate is the upper house of the Indiana General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Indiana. The Senate is composed of 50 members representing an equal number of constituent districts. Senators serve four-year ...
from 1994 to 2014. Elected to represent the 39th district in 1995, Waterman served in the chamber until being defeated for the Republican nomination for the 39th senate district by
Eric Bassler in 2014.
Waterman previously served as
Sheriff
A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England where the office originated. There is an analogous, although independently developed, office in Iceland, the , which is common ...
of
Sullivan County, Indiana
Sullivan County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana, and determined by the US Census Bureau to include the mean center of U.S. population in 1940. As of 2023, the population was estimated at 20,757. The county seat (and the county's only ...
from 1986 to 1994. He replaced Byron Thrasher who was appointed in October 1986. He ran for
Sullivan County commissioner in 2016.
In October 2023 Waterman filed paperwork to become a candidate for the caucus to replace Senator Jon Ford in Indiana's 38th Senate district.
References
External links
State Senator John Waterman''official Indiana State Legislature site''
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1952 births
Indiana sheriffs
Republican Party Indiana state senators
Living people
20th-century Indiana politicians
21st-century members of the Indiana General Assembly
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