United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387981924/2007During 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.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/tom-murphy-1924-2007Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/tom-murphy-1924-2007Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaLegislators--GeorgiaPoliticians--GeorgiaMen--GeorgiaChairs--GeorgiaCigars--Georgia--AtlantaGeorgia. General AssemblyMurphy, Thomas Bailey, 1924-2007Tom MurphyStillImage