governor predecessor successor religion birth_place party profession office birth_date order term_start article_title term_end name alma_mater
phil bredesen john w. rose bruce hurley julius thomas johnson mike harrison southern baptist rogersville , tennessee , usa democratic party farmer , real estate commissioner ninth state house district of agriculture of tennessee tennessee representative for the 01 october 1947 34th january 18 , 2003 january 1989 ken givens
 january 15 , 2011 may 2002 ken givens east tennessee state university
ken givens

ken givens -lrb- born october 10 , 1947 -rrb- is a tennessee politician from rogersville , tennessee .
from 1988-2002 , givens was a member of the tennessee house of representatives representing the ninth state house district .
in 2003 , he was appointed by governor phil bredesen to be the 34th commissioner of agriculture of tennessee , a cabinet-level position in the gubernatorial administration responsible for overseeing the tennessee department of agriculture .
