Timothy H. Bishop

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.

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.

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.