Leavenworth's First Black Mayor Benjamin Day

Benjamin Day, lifelong educator, was elected to serve the City of Leavenworth as a commissioner in 1971. He was selected as the town's first African American Mayor one year later in 1972.

Mr. Benjamin Day served 31 years in the Leavenworth school system as teacher and principal. The Ben Day Elementary School and the Ben Day Women's Center at Saint John Hospital are named in his honor. Mr. Day served on the City Council and was elected in 1972 to be the first black mayor of Leavenworth, serving three consecutive terms.

A school building was named in his honor on Third Avenue. It was turned into loft apartments in 2015.