Rob Bishop

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Rob Bishop

United States Representative from Utah's 1st district
In office 2003 - present
Preceded by	James V. Hansen
Succeeded by	Incumbent

Born	July 13, 1951 Kaysville, Utah
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Jeralynn Hanson Bishop
Religion	Mormon

Robert William "Rob" Bishop (born July 13, 1951) is a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives. He is the representative for the First District of Utah (map). He currently serves on the Rules Committee.

Bishop was born in Kaysville, Utah, and received a B.A. from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City in 1974. He was a teacher and a legislative lobbyist, and was a member of the Utah state assembly from 1979 until 1995. He was speaker of the assembly from 1992 until 1994. In 1997 he was elected Chairman of the Utah Republican Party, and served for two terms. Bishop was first elected to Congress in 2002 and reelected in 2004 and 2006.

Bishop is married to Jeralynn Hansen, a former Miss Brigham City. They have five children. Shule (26) and Jarom (25) attend Utah State University, where they play varsity baseball. Zenock (23) studies at Utah Valley State College. Jashon (17) and their one daughter, Maren (19), are students within the Box Elder School District.

He is a cosponsor of legislation that would provide the District of Columbia voting representation (HR 2043).

According to Congress.org's power rankings, he is the lowest ranked Republican member of the House [1]

[edit] Teaching career

He started teaching at Box Elder High School (BEHS) in Brigham City in 1974. From 1980 through 1985 he taught German and coached debate at Ben Lomond High School in Ogden, Utah, before returning to BEHS. Before retiring in December of 2002, he taught advanced placement courses in government and U.S. History, while serving as the Chair of the History Department at BEHS.