Tommy Irvin
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Tommy Irvin is the longest-serving Commissioner of Agriculture in the United States and the longest-serving statewide official in Georgia.[1] He has served as Georgia’s Commissioner of Agriculture since 1969 and was elected to his 10th four-year term in November 2006.[1]
A Hall County, Georgia native, Irvin was elected to his first public office as a member of the Habersham County Board of Education in 1956.[1] He later served as school board chairman and president of the Georgia School Boards Association.[1]
A Democrat, Irvin was elected to four terms in the Georgia General Assembly as a Representative from Habersham County, where he served on the House Agriculture, Education, and Appropriations Committees and chaired the House Industrial Relations Committee and the Governor's Conference on Education.[1] He was the Governor’s Floor Leader and later served as Executive Secretary to the Governor.[1]
In 1998, a portion of Georgia Highway 365 was named Tommy Irvin Parkway in his honor.[2]
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