Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
Democrat · GA-2 · U.S. House
Bio
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Georgia's 2nd congressional district since 1993. He became the dean of Georgia's congressional delegation after the death of John Lewis. A member of the Blue Dog Coalition, he belongs to the moderate faction of the Democratic Party. His district is in southwestern Georgia and includes Albany, Thomasville, and most of Columbus and Macon.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 33.6 years
- First took office
- 1993 (17 terms)
- Seniority
- 12 of 437 by time served
- Age
- 79
- Albany, GA · 229-439-8067
- Columbus, GA · 706-320-9477
- Macon, GA · 478-803-2631
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Reported net worth
- Assets
- $117k – $280k
- Liabilities
- $180k – $400k
- Net worth
- −$283k – $100k
- Since 2019
- −$18k
Largest holdings in the 2025 filing · 5 assets reported
Largest first, capped at 40 line items. Each is the asset's reported value bracket, not the income it produced.
From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
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How they score against the parties
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.'s voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
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Caucuses & committees
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Caucuses
- Blue Dog Coalitionleft · 10 members
- Congressional Black Caucusstrongly left · 63 members
Most and least aligned members
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