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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. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 390 Ã— 599 pixelsFull resolutionâ€Ž (1,960 Ã— 3,008 pixels, file size: 899 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... 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Early life, career, and family

Bishop was born on 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 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. Southampton, New York is the name of three entities on Long Island in Suffolk County, New York in the United States. ... Not to be confused with Holy Cross College (Indiana) or other similarly named Holy Cross Colleges. ... Long Island University (LIU) is a private university located on Long Island in the U.S. state of New York. ... Provost is the title of a senior academic administrator at many institutions of higher education in the United States and Canada, the equivalent of Vice-Chancellor at certain UK universites such as UCL, and the head of certain Oxbridge colleges (e. ... The Southampton College of Long Island University is a small liberal arts college located in Southampton, New York, founded in 1963. ...

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.

Political career

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] The Elections for the United States House of Representatives on 5 November 2002 was in the middle of President George W. Bushs first term. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas Politics Portal Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic... GOP redirects here. ... Felix J. Grucci, Jr. ...

Bishop's victory was one of only two in 2002 that had a non-incumbent Democrat beating an incumbent Republican. The Elections for the United States House of Representatives on 5 November 2002 was in the middle of President George W. Bushs first term. ...

As of 2007, Bishop serves on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Committee on Education and Labor and Committee on the Budget. He is Vice Chair of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. Congressman 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. ^[2] 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. ^[3] He has pushed forward the Democratic Party's efforts to increase college affordability.^[4]^[5] The U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives, the lower house of Congress. ...

Bishop received an "A" on the Drum Major Institute's 2008 Congressional Scorecard on Middle Class Values^[6] on middle-class issues. The Drum Major Institute for Public Policy is a non-partisan, non-profit policy institute founded during the civil rights movement. ...

In the 2008 election, Bishop will be challenged by the officially-endorsed Republican candidate Lee Zeldin. He has endorsed Senator Hillary Clinton for President ^[7] Lee Zeldin is a Republican candidate for the 1st Congressional District of New York. ... Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born on October 26, 1947) is the junior United States Senator from New York, and was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential election. ...

Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1729 KB) Representative Tim Bishop at the podium, Rep. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1729 KB) Representative Tim Bishop at the podium, Rep. ...

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