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JOHN J. BISHOP, JR.
Republican, Districts 10 and 13.
Born in Baltimore, December 6, 1927. Attended Baltimore parochial schools; Loyola College; Towson State College; University of Baltimore; University of Baltimore Law School, J.D., 1951. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1954.
General Assembly:
Member of Senate, 1967-81. Minority whip. Member, Judicial
Proceedings Committee; Executive Nominations Committee. Chair, Special
Committee to Study the Mental Health Laws.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Served in the U.S. Coast Guard. Delegate, Eagleton Institute
of Politics, Rutgers University, 1968. Instructor, Political Science,
University of Baltimore, 1980. Judge, Court of Special Appeals, At
Large, 1981-1996. Instructor, State & Local Government, University
of Maryland School of Law, 1982-87. Executive Committee, Maryland
Judicial Conference, 1985-88; Chair, 1987-88. Member, Maryland State
Bar Association (past member, Board of Governors); Baltimore County Bar
Association. Past member, Trial Courts Judicial Nominating Committee,
3rd Judicial Circuit.
Compiled March 16, 2000 from the biographical files of the Maryland Manual, ©Maryland State Archives.
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