Rob Bishop

Rob Bishop
Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee
In office
January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021
Preceded byRaúl Grijalva
Succeeded byBruce Westerman
Chair of the House Natural Resources Committee
In office
January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2019
Preceded byDoc Hastings
Succeeded byRaúl Grijalva
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Utah's 1st district
In office
January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2021
Preceded byJim Hansen
Succeeded byBlake Moore
Chair of the Utah Republican Party
In office
May 10, 1997 – August 25, 2001
Preceded byFrank Suitter[1]
Succeeded byJoseph A. Cannon[2]
Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives
In office
1992–1994
Preceded byCraig Moody[3]
Succeeded byMelvin R. Brown[4]
Member of the
Utah House of Representatives
In office
1978–1994
Preceded byWillis Hansen (61st)
Stephen Holbrook (2nd)
Succeeded byRichard Ellertson (61st)
Peter C. Knudson (2nd)
Constituency61st district (1978–1982)
2nd district (1982–1994)
Personal details
Born
Robert William Bishop

(1951-07-13) July 13, 1951 (age 73)
Kaysville, Utah, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseJeralynn Hansen
Children5
EducationUniversity of Utah (BA)

Robert William Bishop (born July 13, 1951) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Utah's 1st congressional district from 2003 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he became the dean of Utah's congressional delegation after the retirement of Orrin Hatch from the U.S. Senate in 2019.

Prior to his congressional tenure, Bishop was a Utah State Representative (1978–1994), including two final years as Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives, as well as Chair of the Utah Republican Party (1997–2001). He was a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Utah as Thomas Wright's running mate in the 2020 election.

  1. ^ "11 May 1997, 5 - The Daily Spectrum at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  2. ^ "26 Aug 2001, 2 - The Daily Herald at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  3. ^ Brown, Adam R. (August 2018). Utah Politics and Government: American Democracy Among a Unique Electorate. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9781496207838.
  4. ^ "The Daily Spectrum from Saint George, Utah on November 13, 1994 · 1". 13 November 1994. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2019.