Tim Bishop

Timothy Howard Bishop, born on 1 June 1950 in Southampton, New York, is an American politician and a member of the Democratic Party who served as a United States representative for New York's 1st congressional district from 2003 to 2015. He first won the seat in the 2002 election by defeating the incumbent Felix Grucci, and he was reelected in 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2012. His twelve years in the House of Representatives ended in 2014, when he lost his bid for another term to Lee Zeldin, the challenger he had previously defeated in 2008. His education includes a bachelor's degree from the College of the Holy Cross and a master's degree in public administration from Long Island University.