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Sanford Bishop
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| Sanford Bishop | |
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| Assumed office January 5, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Hatcher |
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| Succeeded by | Incumbent |
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| Born | February 04, 1947 Mobile, Alabama |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Vivian Creighton |
| Religion | Baptist |
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. (born February 4, 1947) has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing the 2nd District of Georgia (map).
Bishop was born in Mobile, Alabama to Minnie B. Slade and Sanford Dixon Bishop,[1] who was the first president of Bishop State Community College. He was educated at Morehouse College and Emory University Law School, and served in the United States Army,[2] entering the Reserve Officer Training Corps. While at Morehouse, he was a classmate of Herman Cain. After receiving his honorable discharge, Bishop operated a law firm in Columbus, Georgia, and was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1977, where he remained until being elected to the Georgia Senate in 1990. After serving a two-year term, he won election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1992.
Bishop's district was one of two new majority African-American congressional districts that had been created after congressional apportionment following the 1990 Census. In 1995, a 5-4 majority of the Supreme Court ruled that this redistricting violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. However, in 1998, Bishop was able to win reelection in the newly redrawn district, which was now 60 percent white. In 2000, he was reelected to a fifth term, narrowly defeating a high-profile challenge from young African-American Republican Dylan Glenn, who received strong backing from many national Republican leaders.
He is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus. Arguably the most conservative African-American Democrat in Congress, Bishop is a member of the Blue Dog Democrats, a group of moderate to conservative Democrats in Congress. Serving a primarily agricultural district, Bishop has fought to preserve the federal price supports for peanuts, southwest Georgia's most important crop. In 2005, he caused considerable controversy within his own party by cosponsoring a bill by U.S. Representative Ernest Istook (R-Oklahoma) to introduce a constitutional amendment to protect religious expression on public property.
He has received the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), given to Eagle Scouts for distinguished career achievement.[3][4] He is a member of BSA's Order of the Arrow (OA) and as a youth was on the OA ceremonies team.[3] He is a resident of Albany, Georgia, where he is a member of the Mount Zion Baptist Church.
On June 14, 2002, Sanford Bishop was detained and questioned by police after urinating in a cup on an airline flight from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Hartsfield Airport.[5]
On October 10, 2002, Sanford Bishop was among the 81 House Democrats who voted in favor of authorizing the invasion of Iraq as a last resort.
- ^ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~battle/reps/bishopsd.htm
- ^ a b Townley, Alvin [2006-12-26]. Legacy of Honor: The Values and Influence of America's Eagle Scouts. New York: St. Martin's Press, pp. 165–72. ISBN 0-312-36653-1. Retrieved on 2006-12-29.
- ^ Distinguished Eagle Scouts. Troop & Pack 179. Retrieved on 2006-03-02.
- ^ Congressional Leak (2002).
- U.S. Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. official House site
- Sanford Bishop at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Federal Election Commission — Sanford D Bishop Jr. campaign finance reports and data
- On the Issues — Sanford Bishop issue positions and quotes
- OpenSecrets.org — Sanford D. Bishop Jr. campaign contributions
- Project Vote Smart — Representative Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (GA) profile
- SourceWatch Congresspedia — Sanford Bishop profile
- Washington Post — Congress Votes Database: Sanford Bishop voting record
- Sanford Bishop for Congress official campaign site
| Preceded by Charles Hatcher |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 2nd congressional district January 3, 1993 – present |
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| NAME | Bishop, Sanford |
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| DATE OF BIRTH | 1947-02-04 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mobile, Alabama |
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Categories: Members of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia | Georgia (U.S. state) State Senators | Members of the Georgia House of Representatives | United States Army officers | Georgia (U.S. state) lawyers | African American politicians | Baptists from the United States | People from Mobile, Alabama | People from Columbus, Georgia | 1947 births | Living people | Morehouse College alumni | Emory University alumni | African Americans in the United States Congress | Distinguished Eagle Scouts