- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Tom Murphy
- Date of Original:
- 1924/2007
- Subject:
- Legislators--Georgia
Politicians--Georgia
Men--Georgia
Chairs--Georgia
Cigars--Georgia--Atlanta
Georgia. General Assembly
Murphy, Thomas Bailey, 1924-2007 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- During Tom Murphy's forty-two-year career as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, he was known as a man with a quick wit and a sharp tongue. He conducted his politics in a style familiar to the rural South.
Photograph of Georgia Representative Tom Murphy. He is sitting in a chair and smoking a cigar.
During Murphy's forty-two-year career as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, he was known as a man with a quick wit and a sharp tongue. Murphy, a Georgia Democrat, held the Speakership of the House of Representatives of the Georgia General Assembly for twenty-eight years, the longest tenure for a Speaker in any state legislature. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/tom-murphy-1924-2007/m-2452/
- Rights Holder:
- Reprinted with permission from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/tom-murphy-1924-2007
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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