Tommy Irvin (born July 14, 1929) served as Georgia’s Commissioner of Agriculture from 1969 until January 2011. He was elected to his 10th and final four-year term in November 2006. Irvin did not seek re-election in 2010. Gary Black (R) succeeded Irvin as Commissioner of Agriculture after winning the 2010 election. Irvin holds a record as the longest-serving Commissioner of Agriculture in the United States, and the longest-serving statewide official in Georgia.
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