Martin Sheehan

{{Short description|American politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Martin Sheehan

| image =

| office = Judge of the 16th Kentucky Circuit Court

| term_start = November 2007

| term_end = January 5, 2015

| office1 = Judge of the 16th Kentucky District Court

| term_start1 = January 3, 1994

| term_end1 = November 2007

| state_house2 = Kentucky

| district2 = 65th

| term_start2 = January 1, 1989

| term_end2 = January 3, 1994

| predecessor2 = Joseph U. Meyer

| successor2 = Arnold Simpson

| birth_name =

| birth_date =

| birth_place =

| father = Gus Sheehan

| party = Democratic

}}

Martin J. Sheehan (born 1957) is an American politician and jurist from Kentucky who was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1989 to 1994, a judge of the 16th Kentucky District Court from 1994 to 2007, and a judge of the 16th Kentucky Circuit Court from 2007 to 2015. Sheehan was first elected to the house in 1988 after incumbent representative Joseph U. Meyer ran successfully for the Kentucky Senate.{{cite news |date=May 21, 1988 |title=Three political veterans competing in senate race in Kenton, Pendleton |work=The Lexington Herald-Leader |page=B1}} In 1993 Sheehan was elected to the 16th district court.{{cite news |date=January 12, 1994 |title=Majority white district elects black legislator |work=The Lexington Herald-Leader |page=B2}} He was elected to the 16th circuit court in 2007 to fill an unexpired term and did not seek reelection in 2014.{{cite news |date=May 19, 2014 |title=In a Letter, Kentucky Prosecutor Asked Former Grand Jurors to Support a Judicial Candidate |url=https://www.lpm.org/news/2014-05-19/in-a-letter-kentucky-prosecutor-asked-former-grand-jurors-to-support-a-judicial-candidate |work=Louisville Public Media |access-date=February 12, 2024 |quote=... the Circuit Court vacancy left by the retiring Martin Sheehan ...}}