| John Dennis | |
| Office: | Mayor of West Lafayette, Indiana |
| Successor: | Erin Easter |
| Term Start: | 2008 |
| Term End: | 2023 |
| Party: | Republican |
| Alma Mater: | Indiana State University |
John Dennis is an American politician and former police officer who served as the mayor of West Lafayette, Indiana from 2008 to 2023.[1] [2] He is known for annexing Purdue University into the city limits of West Lafayette and for improving relations between the town and university.[3] Before entering politics, he had served in the Lafayette Police Department for 23 years, attaining the rank of deputy chief. Even though he is a Republican and had been praised by conservative Mitch Daniels, he crossed party lines in being one of 12 Indiana mayors to oppose a ban of same-sex marriage in 2014, and in signing the Mayors' Climate Agreement to design infrastructure to mitigate climate change.