Tim Bishop

Tim Bishop
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 1st district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2003
Preceded by	Felix Grucci
Personal details
Born	June 1, 1950 (1950-06-01) Southampton, New York
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Kathy Bishop
Children	Molly Bishop Meghan Bishop
Residence	Southampton, New York
Alma mater	College of the Holy Cross, Long Island University
Occupation	College Administrator, Politician
Religion	Roman Catholic
Website	U.S. Congressman Tim Bishop

Timothy H. "Tim" Bishop (born June 1, 1950) is the U.S. Representative for New York's 1st congressional district, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

The district 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 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.

Early life, education and career

Bishop was born on June 1, 1950 in Southampton, New York and graduated with a bachelor's degree from The College of the Holy Cross and a master's degree from Long Island University. Bishop is an initiate of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. 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.

Political career

Rep. Tim Bishop (at podium)

Committee assignments

• Committee on Education and the Workforce
  • Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
  • Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training
• Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  • Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
  • Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
  • Subcommittee on Water Resources and the Environment (Ranking Member)

Bishop received an "A" on the Drum Major Institute's 2008 Congressional Scorecard on Middle Class Values on middle-class issues.

Bishop gave leadership to the bipartisan coalition of elected officials and community advocates that saved the 106th Air Rescue Wing located at Gabreski Airport from being shut down by the Pentagon’s base closure commission. He also successfully led the opposition to a plan that would have dumped more than twenty million cubic yards of contaminated dredge waste in the Long Island Sound. He has pushed forward the Democratic Party's efforts to increase college affordability.

Caucus Memberships

• Congressional Arts Caucus

Political campaigns

2002

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2002

In his first political race, 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 less than 3,000 votes. Bishop's victory was one of only two that year which had a non-incumbent Democrat beating an incumbent Republican.

2004

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2004

Incumbent Tim Bishop beat Republican candidate Bill Manger 56.2%-43.8%

2006

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2006

Incumbent Tim Bishop beat Republican candidate Italo Zanzi 62.2%-37.8%

2008

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2008

Bishop was challenged by the officially-endorsed Republican candidate Lee Zeldin, but was re-elected. He endorsed Senator Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party nomination for President.

2010

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2010#District 1*

Bishop was challenged by Republican Randy Altschuler, a local businessman. Bishop was initially declared the winner, but after a recheck of the votes, Atschuler appeared to be ahead. After the absentee votes were counted (24 November) Bishop led by 235 votes. Altschuler conceded the election on December 8, 2010 with Bishop leading by 263 votes out of 194,000 cast. It was the country's last undecided Congressional race in the 2010 election.

Personal life

Bishop is married to Kathryn, founder and director of The Children's School Early Childhood program at Southampton College, and has two daughters, Molly and Meghan.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• U.S. Congressman Tim Bishop official U.S. House site
• Bishop for Congress official campaign site
• Biography at WhoRunsGov.com at The Washington Post
• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
• Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
• Congressional profile at GovTrack
• Congressional profile at OpenCongress
• Issue positions and quotes at On The Issues
• Financial information at OpenSecrets.org
• Staff salaries, trips and personal finance at LegiStorm.com
• Campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission
• Appearances on C-SPAN programs
• Collected news and commentary at The New York Times
• Profile at SourceWatch

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Felix Grucci	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 1st congressional district 2003–present	Incumbent
United States order of precedence
Preceded by Rob Bishop R-Utah	United States Representatives by seniority 197th	Succeeded by Marsha Blackburn R-Tennessee