{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Phanuel Bishop | image = | office1 = Member of the<br>[[U.S. House of Representatives]]<br> from [[Massachusetts]] | term_start1 = March 4, 1799 | term_end1 = March 3, 1807 | predecessor1 = [[Stephen Bullock]] | successor1 = [[Josiah Dean]] | constituency1 = [[Massachusetts's 7th congressional district|7th district]] (1799–1803)<br>[[Massachusetts's 9th congressional district|9th district]] (1803–07) | order2 = Member of the<br>Massachusetts Senate | term_start2 = 1788 | term_end2 = 1790 | preceded2 = Eph. Starkweather | succeeded2 = David Perry | office3 = Member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] | term3 = 1792<br>1793<br>1797<br>1798 | birth_date = {{birth date|1739|9|3}} | birth_place = [[Rehoboth, Massachusetts|Rehoboth]], [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], [[British America]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1812|1|6|1739|9|3}} | death_place = [[Rehoboth, Massachusetts|Rehoboth]], [[Massachusetts]], U.S. | party = [[Democratic-Republican]] | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Phanuel Bishop''' (September 3, 1739 – January 6, 1812) was a [[United States representative]] from [[Massachusetts]]. Born in [[Rehoboth, Massachusetts|Rehoboth]] in the [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], he attended the common schools, was an [[innkeeper]], and served in the [[Massachusetts State Senate]] from 1787 to 1791. He was a candidate for Congress in 1788<ref>{{Cite web |title=A New Nation Votes |url=https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/x633f2096 |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=elections.lib.tufts.edu}}</ref> and 1790.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A New Nation Votes |url=https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/v692t745d |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=elections.lib.tufts.edu}}</ref> He was a member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] in 1792, 1793, 1797, and 1798, and was elected as a [[Democratic-Republican]] to the Sixth through Ninth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1799 to March 3, 1807. He was one of six Democratic-Republican representatives to vote against the [[Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=TO CONCUR IN THE SENATE RESOLUTION TO SUBMIT FOR APPROVAL … -- House Vote #24 -- Dec 8, 1803 |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/8-1/h24 |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=GovTrack.us |language=en}}</ref> He died in Rehoboth, Mass; interment was in Old Cemetery, [[Rumford, Rhode Island]].

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