Bishop, Timothy H. (Timothy Howard), 1950-

<p>TIMOTHY H. BISHOP, term as member expires in May of 2025. Mr. Bishop is a Southampton resident and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, serving from 2003-2015 representing New York's 1st congressional district. As a congressman, Mr. Bishop served on the Education and Workforce Committee and Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, supported numerous pieces of landmark legislation and sponsored legislation that blocked a plan to dump twenty million cubic yards of contaminated dredge waste in the Long Island Sound.</p>

<p>Prior to his service in the House, Mr. Bishop served as provost of Southampton College for 16 years. As provost, Mr. Bishop served as chief executive officer in charge of the campus's day-to-day management. During his tenure at the college, Mr. Bishop oversaw the addition of four graduate programs, construction of a new academic center and development of the award-winning Cooperative Education and Freshman Programs. Since leaving the House, Mr. Bishop has served as Director of the Center for Community Solutions and visiting professor at St. Joseph's College.</p>

<p>Mr. Bishop received a bachelor's degree in History from The College of the Holy Cross and a master's degree in Public Administration from Long Island University.</p>

BISHOP, Timothy H., a Representative from New York; born in Southampton, Suffolk County, N.Y., June 1, 1950; graduated from Southampton High School, Southampton, N.Y., 1968; A.B., Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass., 1972; M.A., Long Island University, Long Island, N.Y., 1981; administrator, Southampton College, Southampton, N.Y., 1973-2002; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2003-January 3, 2015); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress in 2014.

<p>Timothy Howard Bishop (born June 1, 1950) is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative for New York's 1st congressional district from 2003 to 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>Bishop is a twelfth-generation resident of Southampton, New York, where he was born on June 1, 1950. He is the son of Catherine (Roesel) and Howard Cortland Bishop. He is the great-grandson of Benjamin H. Bishop, a mayor of Southampton, and has English, Irish, and German ancestry. He received a bachelor's degree in History from The College of the Holy Cross and a master's degree in Public Administration from Long Island University. Bishop served as Provost of Southampton College for 16 years, where he began working in 1973 as an admissions counselor.</p>