Tommy Irvin
Tommy Irvin | |
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Official portrait, circa 1970s | |
| Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture | |
| In office 1969–2011 | |
| Governor | Lester Maddox Jimmy Carter George Busbee Joe Frank Harris Zell Miller Roy Barnes Sonny Perdue |
| Preceded by | Phil Campbell |
| Succeeded by | Gary 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 July 14, 1929 Lula, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | September 14, 2017 (aged 88) Mount Airy, Georgia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Bernice Frady |
| Children | 5 |
Thomas Telford Irvin (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. He was also one of the last Democrats to win statewide in Georgia until 2020, when Joe Biden won the presidential election.