Albert Webb Bishop

Albert Webb Bishop (January 8, 1832 – November 29, 1901) was a lawyer who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War, worked as a public official, and was a college president.

He was born in Alden, New York to Calvin and Emily Bishop. He then served as the university's second president from 1873 until 1875. The university went on to become the University of Arkansas.

In August 1872, during what became known as the Pope County Militia War Governor O. A. Hadley sent General Bishop to Pope County "as a commissioner of peace and to discover the actual state of feeling." Bishop, in a report to Hadley, said that there was "insufficient" cause for a declaration of martial law and that the people generally believed that peace should be maintained.

He ran for governor of Arkansas as a Republican in 1875. With the resurgence of Democratic Party control and redeemers, he saw a decline in his income and station. He and his wife divorced. He gave a speech about loyalists in northwestern Arkansas that was published.

He wrote a request for supplies to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.

Baseball Bishop was a member of the 1859 Niagaras of Buffalo baseball team.