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Tim Bishop
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| Tim Bishop | |
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| Assumed office January 3, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Felix Grucci |
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| Born | June 01, 1950 Southampton, New York |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Kathryn Bishop |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Timothy H. "Tim" Bishop (born June 1, 1950) is a politician from New York and the current Congressman for New York's 1st congressional district, which includes most of Central and Eastern Suffolk County, including most of Smithtown, as well as the entirety of the towns of Brookhaven, Riverhead, Southold, Southampton, East Hampton, and Shelter Island. The district of encompasses wealthy enclaves such as the Hamptons, middle class suburban towns such as Selden, Centereach and Lake Grove, working class neighborhoods such as Mastic and Riverhead and rural farming communities such as Mattituck and Jamesport on the North Fork
Bishop was born on June 1, 1950 in Southampton, New York and graduated from The College of the Holy Cross. Bishop is among the 12th generation of Bishops to live in Southampton. He served as the long-time Provost of Southampton College. Bishop began working at Southampton College in 1973 as an admissions counselor and rose rapidly through the ranks. During his 29 years at the College, he served in administrative positions touching almost every aspect of college life, from institutional research and planning, to financial aid and enrollment services, student activities, personnel, community relations and fundraising.
In his first political race in 2002, Bishop ran as a Democrat against Republican Congressman Felix J. Grucci, Jr.. During the campaign, Grucci ran radio ads accusing Bishop of falsifying rape statistics at the college, but his claims were based on articles from a college newspaper that contained numerous inaccuracies. Grucci refused to repudiate the ads, and Bishop won the election by under 3,000 votes.[1]
Bishop's victory was one of only two in 2002 that had a non-incumbent Democrat beating an incumbent Republican.
Now in his third term in Congress, Bishop serves on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. He strongly pushed the Democratic Party's plan to reduce student loan interest rates.[2][3]
Congressman Bishop is married to his wife, Kathryn, founder and director of The Children's School Early Childhood program at Southampton College, and has two daughters, Molly and Meghan.
Bishop received an "A" on the liberal Drum Major Institute's 2005 Congressional Scorecard[4] on middle-class issues.
- U.S. Congressman Tim Bishop, official House site
- Tim Bishop's biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Tim Bishop's voting record maintained by The Washington Post
- Tim Bishop's campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission
- Tim Bishop's campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org
- Tim Bishop's biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
- Tim Bishop's issue positions and quotes at On The Issues
- SourceWatch Congresspedia — Tim Bishop profile
| Preceded by Felix Grucci |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 1st congressional district 2003 – present |
Incumbent |