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Leroy S. Bendheim (February 12, 1906 – June 18, 1987) was a two-term mayor of Alexandria, Virginia, and three-term Virginia state senator.


Family and early life

Bendheim was born in Alexandria, the son of
Charles Bendheim Charles Bendheim (May 15, 1866 – April 30, 1934) was an American politician and lawyer from Virginia. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1891 to 1894. Early life Charles Bendheim was born to Leopold Bendheim. He attended St. J ...
and Elizabeth Schwarz. His father was a member of the Alexandria City Council and a member of the Virginia House of Delegates. German and German-Jewish Immigrants
/ref> He graduated from law school at George Washington University in 1929.


Political career

Bendheim served on the Alexandria School Board from 1934 to 1943, and was chairman for five years. Elected to the City Council as a Democrat, he served from 1948 to 1955; he received the most votes for the at-large council and, thus, was vice mayor from 1952 to 1955. In 1955, he was elected Mayor of Alexandria and served two three-year terms as mayor before his defeat in 1961 by fellow Democrat
Frank E. Mann Frank E. Mann (May 1, 1920 – April 25, 2007) was a politician from the state of Virginia. He served as mayor of Alexandria from 1961 to 1967 as a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat and again from 1976 to 1979 as an independent. He w ...
. In 1963, Bendheim was elected to the Virginia Senate, representing Alexandria and served there 12 years. In 1975, he was defeated in a bid for a fourth term by Republican Wiley F. Mitchell. Bendheim never served in elected office again.


Death

Bendheim died on June 18, 1987, of cancer at Alexandria Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bendheim, Leroy S. 1906 births 1987 deaths Mayors of Alexandria, Virginia Virginia city council members Democratic Party Virginia state senators George Washington University Law School alumni Deaths from cancer in Virginia 20th-century American legislators Lawyers from Alexandria, Virginia 20th-century Virginia politicians