Tommy Irvin

Tommy Irvin
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 (1929-07-14)July 14, 1929 Lula, Georgia, U.S.
Died	September 14, 2017(2017-09-14) (aged 88) Mount Airy, Georgia, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Bernice Frady
Children	5

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.