Biography:

Timothy Bishop is the 12th generation of his family to live in Southampton, N.Y. He graduated from Southampton High School in 1968. He began working as an admissions counselor at Southampton College in 1973 and rose through the ranks, becoming provost in 1986. He is the chief operating officer of the college, which is part of Long Island University.

He is chairman of the scholarship committee for the Southampton Rotary Club, chairman of the Southampton Town Board of Ethics and a board member of the Eastern Long Island Coastal Conservation Alliance.

He was elected to the U.S. House in 2002.

He and his wife Kathy have two daughters, Molly and Meghan.

Past Campaigns:

Timothy Bishop took a leave of absence from his post at Southampton College in March 2002 to run for Congress.

He was elected to his first term in the U.S. House in 2002 in a tight battle with incumbent Felix Grucci. Grucci eventually conceded the race in which he garnered 49 percent of the vote to Bishop's 50 percent.

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