Tommy Irvin

Tommy Irvin
Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture
In office
1969–2011
GovernorLester Maddox
Jimmy Carter
George Busbee
Joe Frank Harris
Zell Miller
Roy Barnes
Sonny Perdue
Preceded byPhil Campbell
Succeeded byGary Black
Member of the Habersham County Board of Education
In office
1956–1958
Member of the Georgia General Assembly
In office
1958–1966
Executive Secretary to the Governor of Georgia
In office
1967–1969
Personal details
Born
Thomas Telford Irvin

(1929-07-14)July 14, 1929
Lula, Georgia, U.S.
DiedSeptember 14, 2017(2017-09-14) (aged 88)
Mount Airy, Georgia, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseBernice Frady
Children5

Thomas Telford Irvin[1] (July 14, 1929 – September 14, 2017) was an American politician who served as Georgia's Commissioner of Agriculture from 1969 until January 2011. Irvin holds a record as the longest-serving Commissioner of Agriculture in the United States, and the longest-serving statewide official in Georgia.[2] He was also one of the last Democrats to win statewide in Georgia until 2020, when Joe Biden won the presidential election.

  1. ^ "Obituary | Thomas "Tommy" Irvin of Mount Airy, Georgia | Whitfield Funeral Homes & Crematory, Inc". www.whitfieldfuneralhomes.com. Archived from the original on 2019-12-15.
  2. ^ "Official biography". Retrieved 15 September 2017.