Wesley T. Bishop | |
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Louisiana State Senator for District 4 (Orleans Parish) | |
Assumed office January 11, 2016 |
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Preceded by | Edwin R. Murray |
Louisiana State Representative for District 99 (Orleans Parish) |
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In office 2012 – January 11, 2016 |
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Preceded by | Charmaine Marchand Stiaes |
Succeeded by | Jimmy Harris |
Louisiana State Representative for District 101 (Orleans Parish) |
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In office 2011–2012 |
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Preceded by | Cedric Richmond |
Succeeded by | Edward Clark James |
Personal details | |
Born | October 1967 Place of birth missing |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Family information unavailable |
Residence | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
Alma mater |
(1) Southern University at New Orleans |
Occupation | Criminal justice professor, department chairman, and graduate school dean at Southern University at New Orleans |
(1) Southern University at New Orleans
(2) University of Mississippi
Wesley T. Bishop (born October 1967) is a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 4. He was formerly the state representative for District 99 in Orleans Parish, Louisiana.
Bishop received a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice in 1990 from Southern University at New Orleans. From the University of Mississippi at Oxford, Mississippi, he received in 1991 a Master of Public Administration degree. He obtained his Juris Doctorate in 1995 from Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. In 2009, he was a Harvard University fellow.
He has formerly resided in Baton Rouge and in Ridgeland in Madison County in central Mississippi.