Jimmy W. Benefield | |
Birth Date: | 1 August 1941 |
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)[1] is an American politician. He served as a Democratic member of the Georgia House of Representatives.
Benefield was born in Fulton County, Georgia. He attended LaGrange College and Atlanta Law School.[2]
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.[3] 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.[4]