Jimmy W. Benefield
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Jimmy W. Benefield
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|08|01}}
|birth_place = Fulton County, Georgia, U.S.
|office = Member of the Georgia House of Representatives
|term_start = 1977
|term_end = 2000
|party = Democratic
|alma_mater = LaGrange College
Atlanta Law School
}}
Jimmy W. Benefield (born August 1, 1941){{Cite web|url=http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/statreg-images/pdfs/1981.pdf|title=Georgia Official and Statistical Register: 1981-1982|work=Georgia General Assembly|access-date=November 29, 2023}} is an American politician. He served as a Democratic member of the Georgia House of Representatives.
Life and career
Benefield was born in Fulton County, Georgia. He attended LaGrange College and Atlanta Law School.{{Cite web|url=https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/statreg-images/pdfs/1985.pdf|title=Georgia Official and Statistical Register: 1985-1988|work=Georgia General Assembly|access-date=November 29, 2023}}
Benefield served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1977 to 2000. In the 1993 legislative session, a teen boy working as an honorary page reported that a lawmaker showed him a cloth penis attached to an apron.{{Cite news |date=1993-11-04 |title=Panel seeks apology in sex toy case |pages=73 |work=The Atlanta Constitution |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-panel-seeks-apo/136013765/ |access-date=2023-11-30}} Benefield admitted to wearing the apron but denied showing the fake penis to anyone but adults. He later apologized for bringing a sex toy into the chamber.{{Cite news |date=1994-11-09 |title=District 96 keeping Benefield in office |pages=34 |work=The Atlanta Constitution |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-district-96-kee/136013624/ |access-date=2023-11-30}}
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Category:People from Fulton County, Georgia
Category:Democratic Party members of the Georgia House of Representatives
Category:LaGrange College alumni
Category:Atlanta Law School alumni
Category:20th-century members of the Georgia General Assembly
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