Manual of the New Jersey Legislature, p. 266. Accessed January 14, 2022. "After his election, Mr. Bishop resigned as mayor of Rockaway Township, ending six years of service in the municipal governing body. He was a councilman from 1976 to 1979, and became mayor in January, 1980."
"William E. Bishop Jr., 70, former state assemblyman", Daily Record, January 18, 2003. Accessed January 14, 2022. "William E. Bishop Jr. died suddenly Wednesday morning, Jan. 15, 2003, in Morristown Memorial Hospital. He was 70. Born Sept. 26, 1932, in Greenville, Tenn., he was formerly of Knoxville, Tenn., and was a resident of Rockaway Township since 1965, moving there from West New York. He was the son of the late Rev. William E. Bishop Sr. and the late Mary (Campbell) Bishop. He graduated from Chattanooga High School in 1950, and attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and City College of New York. He served his country in the Navy during the Korean War from 1951-1955."
"Consumer chiefs successor elected", Central New Jersey Home News, April 21, 1982. Accessed January 14, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Mayor William Bishop of Rockaway Township, in a campaign that attracted few voters to the polls, has been elected to an Assembly seat from Morris County. The Republican edged Democrat Robert Johnson, mayor of nearby Rockaway Borough, and easily defeated Rosemarie Totaro of Denville, a former Democratic assemblywoman running as an independent. Bishop received 7,132 votes to 6,330 votes for Johnson and 3,160 for Totaro, according to County Clerk Larry Mills. There are about 90.000 registered voters in the 17 Morris County communities in the 25th District."
"Assembly seats filled", Herald News, May 4, 1982. Accessed January 14, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Two special-election winners took their seats as members of New Jerseys 200th Legislature at the General Assembly session on Monday. Nicholas R. Felice and William E. Bishop were sworn by state Supreme Court Justice Stewart G. Pollock.... Bishop replaces Consumer Affairs Commissioner James J. Barry, who had been elected to a fourth term in November but was subsequently chosen by Kean for the consumer affairs directorship. The 49-year-old Bishop, who lives in Rockaway Township, told a reporter he thought the first business of the current legislative session is to help Kean 'turn around the horrendous fiscal picture he inherited.'"
"Frelinghuysen Upsets Bishop In 25th District", Bernardsville News, June 9, 1983. Accessed January 14, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "With overwhelming support from his home territory, Republican Rodney P. Frelinghuysen of Harding Township won an easy victory over his opponents in a three-way battle for two N.J. Assembly seats up for election in the 25th Legislative District. Frelinghuysen garnered 8,800 votes in Morris County's 341 districts, while Republican incumbents Arthur Albohn took 6,428 and William E. Bishop received 5,538 votes."
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"'Freeze' Vote Being Seen As Indicator", The New York Times, October 17, 1982. Accessed January 14, 2022. "Last May, the Assembly approved the measure, 72 to 2. The two nay votes were cast by Arthur R. Albohn, Republican of Morristown, and William E. Bishop, Republican of Rockaway Township.... Mr. Bishop called the referendum a 'cop out' because, he said, anything other than an immediate multilateral reduction would diffuse efforts to achieve a decrease in armament."
