| Charles Waddell | |
| State Senate1: | Virginia |
| District1: | 33rd |
| Term Start1: | January 12, 1972 |
| Term End1: | January 16, 1998 |
| Preceded1: | Leroy Bendheim |
| Succeeded1: | Bill Mims |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Birth Name: | Charles Lindbergh Waddell |
| Birth Date: | 13 May 1932 |
| Birth Place: | Braselton, Georgia, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Leesburg, Virginia, U.S. |
| Spouse: | |
| Residence: | Sterling, Virginia Leesburg, Virginia |
| Office2: | Member of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors from the Broad Run District |
| Termend2: | December 31, 1971 |
| Termstart2: | January 1, 1968 |
| Successor2: | John Costello |
| Predecessor2: | Emory Kirkpatrick |
| Relations: | Mark Herring (step-son) |
Charles Lindy Waddell (May 13, 1932 – July 19, 2022) was an American politician who served for 26 years as a member of the Virginia Senate. He left the Senate to serve as deputy transportation secretary to Governor Jim Gilmore.[1] At his retirement, he was chairman of the Senate transportation committee.[2] Before serving as senator, Waddell served one term on the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, representing the Broad Run District from 1968 to 1971.[3] [4]
In 1998 he married Jane Rankin Herring, the mother of future 33rd District Senator and Virginia Attorney General, Mark Herring.[5] After Jane's death in 2017, he resided in Leesburg, Virginia.[6] Waddell died on July 19, 2022, at the age of 90.[7] [8]