Member of Congress · 119th Congress
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
Sanford Bishop is a Democratic U.S. representative from Georgia, in Congress since 1993, who voted with most Democrats on 95% of the 119th Congress’s yes/no votes and has had 3 bills become law since 2013.
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
5 most recent votes
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Retire through Ownership ActSep 16, 2026 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended — Water Resources Development Act of 2026Sep 16, 2026 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended — Ratepayer Protection ActSep 16, 2026 · Passed
- NayOn Passage — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection…Sep 16, 2026 · Passed
- NayOn Passage — PROOF ActSep 16, 2026 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.Res. 1546 Expressing support for the recognition of Nigerian Heritage Month and celebrating the heritage, culture, and contributions of Nigerians and Nigerian Americans…Sep 16, 2026 · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- H.Res. 1206 Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable David Scott.Apr 22, 2026 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.Res. 1157 Commending the American Chemical Society on the occasion of its 150th anniversary and recognizing its many years of service to the United States.Apr 9, 2026 · Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
- H.R. 7762 Protecting Our Produce ActApr 3, 2026 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
- H.R. 7761 Heirs Education and Investment to Resolve Succession of Property ActApr 3, 2026 · Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 9600 (118th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 119 Main Street in Plains, Georgia, as the "Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Post Office".Became law
- H.R. 5472 (116th) Jimmy Carter National Historical Park Redesignation ActBecame law
- H.R. 4692 (107th) To amend the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Establishment of the Andersonville National Historic Site in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes"…Became law
- H.J.Res. 70 (110th) Congratulating the Army Reserve on its centennial, which will be formally celebrated on April 23, 2008, and commemorating the historic contributions of its…Became law
- H.R. 3475 (117th) To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Columbus, Georgia, as the "Robert S. Poydasheff VA Clinic".Became law
- H.R. 6859 (110th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1501 South Slappey Boulevard in Albany, Georgia, as the "Dr. Walter Carl Gordon, Jr.…Became law
- H.R. 1432 (107th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3698 Inner Perimeter Road in Valdosta, Georgia, as the "Major Lyn McIntosh Post…Became law
- H.Res. 1026 (110th) Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Congressional Club.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Committees
- House Committee on AppropriationsAgriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, Financial Services and General Government, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
Elections Rep. Bishop, has won
Rep. Bishop, has won 17 U.S. House elections (1992–2024). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.9 to 37.9 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
How has Georgia’s 2nd district done while Rep. Bishop served?
2012 to 2021 in GA-2: typical household income was up 13% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 5.8 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 6.9 points.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Georgia’s 2nd district during Bishop’s time representing it (1993 to now). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Only one set of district lines is shown. GA-2 was redrawn in 2007, 2012 and again in 2022, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2012 to 2021 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 1993 to now.
Local offices
Offices in the district or state, as listed in a public-domain community file. The Washington office is in the Contact section above.
- Albany office323 Pine Ave, 400, Albany, GA 31701-2596
Hours: M-F 9-5:30pm
Phone 229-439-8067 · Fax 229-436-2099 · Map ↗ (OpenStreetMap) - Columbus office18 Ninth St., Suite 201, Columbus, GA 31901
Hours: Mon-Fri 9-5:30pm
Phone 706-320-9477 · Fax 706-320-9479 · Map ↗ (OpenStreetMap) - Macon office300 Mulberry Street, Suite 502, Macon, GA 31201
Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-5:30pm
Phone 478-803-2631 · Fax 478-803-2637 · Map ↗ (OpenStreetMap)
Evidence
- File
- legislators-district-offices-2026-09-24-8d698e92.json, entries B000490-albany, B000490-columbus, B000490-macon (3 offices)
- Published at
- https://unitedstates.github.io/congress-legislators/legislators-district-offices.json
- File date
- September 24, 2026 (server “last modified”)
- Retrieved by PORKER
- October 16, 2026
- File SHA-256
8d698e92f8ebae3bdd387bfef239584164160e59d444ba1cbff46f32aa450f59- Licence
- CC0 1.0 (public domain)
Read this first. This list is kept up by volunteers and may be out of date. Confirm hours and addresses on the member’s official site, bishop.house.gov.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
119th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 8 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 8 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 25, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 5 | See the 5 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 119th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 25, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 (member stats) · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.