A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to memorialize and honor former
State Representative and Morgan County Circuit Court judge, John
Sedwick, Jr.
2000, read first time and referred to Committee on
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to memorialize and honor
former State Representative and Morgan County Circuit Court judge,
John Sedwick, Jr.
Whereas, John E. Sedwick, Jr. received his law degree
from the Indiana University School of Law and began his
legal career practicing family law and serving his community
as the Morgan County attorney from 1939 through 1940;
Whereas, John E. Sedwick, Jr. was elected prosecuting
attorney of Morgan County;
Whereas, Mr. Sedwick was a veteran of World War II
serving his country as a Seaman First Class in the United
States Coast Guard from 1942 through 1945. He then served
in the Veteran's Service Office after the war; and
Whereas, upon completion of his duty with the United
States Coast Guard, Mr. Sedwick then served two terms in
the Indiana House of Representatives before his election as
Morgan County Circuit Court judge in 1952. Mr. Sedwick
continued to serve in the judiciary until his retirement in
1982, longer than any judge in the history of the county:
Therefore,
SECTION 1. That the lifetime of service of former judge John E.
Sedwick, Jr. is inspiring to us all and we salute his life.
SECTION 2. That the Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed to
transmit a copy of this resolution to his wife, Edna Steinmetz Sedwick,
and to his sons, John E. Sedwick III and Edwin Sedwick.