Sanford Dixon Bishop, Jr.

Congressman Sanford Bishop has represented Georgia’s 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1993 (103rd Congress-Present). Before his tenure in Congress, Bishop was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives and the Georgia Senate. He serves on the House Committee on Agriculture and the House Committee on Appropriations where he is the ranking member and past chair of the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies as well as a member of the Subcommittee on Financial Services and the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies. Serving a primarily agricultural district, Bishop has fought to protect federal farm programs and preserve the federal price supports for peanuts, southwest Georgia’s most important crop. A U.S. Army veteran, Bishop has introduced vital pieces of legislation to protect veterans, including the Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act. In the 112th Congress, he was the lead House sponsor of the Hiring Heroes Act, which improves programs helping individuals transition from service members to civilian employees. Bishop earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Morehouse College and a Juris Doctor degree from Emory University School of Law.