Leslie D. Campbell Jr.

Les Campbell
Member of the Virginia Senate
In office
January 8, 1964 – January 14, 1976
Preceded byThomas H. Blanton
Succeeded byElmo Cross
Constituency
Commonwealth's Attorney of Hanover County
In office
January 1, 1956 – April 15, 1963
Preceded byRobert R. Gwathmey III
Succeeded byJack Ellis
Personal details
BornLeslie Dunlop Campbell Jr.
(1925-01-26)January 26, 1925
DiedDecember 26, 2020(2020-12-26) (aged 95)
Hanover, Virginia, U.S.
PartyDemocratic
Spouse
Eleanor Dickson
(m. 1959)
EducationUniversity of Richmond (LLB)
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • farmer
  • politician
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Navy
Battles/warsWorld War II

Leslie Dunlop Campbell Jr. (January 26, 1925 – December 26, 2020) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Virginia state senate. The former commonwealth's attorney of Hanover County, he won the nomination for Senate in 1963 against former delegate Edmund T. DeJarnette. He was defeated in a 1975 Democratic primary challenge by Elmo Cross.