[1] After graduating from Harvard, Bishop became an associate member of Redmond & Co. of New York, a securities firm, in 1904.
Beginning in 1916, he was a "heavy stockholder and officer" of the Welsbach Street Illuminating Company.
At the time of his death, Bishop served as vice president and treasurer of the firm.
[16][17] On June 1, 1932, Bishop was found dead at the wheel of his car in his garage in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Although the motor was running when he was discovered by a gardener, investigators concluded that the cause of death was heart disease rather than gas fumes.