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Lloyd Doggett
American politician and attorney (born 1946) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lloyd Alton Doggett II (born October 6, 1946) is an American lawyer and politician who is a U.S. representative from Texas. A member of the Democratic Party, he has represented a district based in Austin since 1995, currently numbered as Texas's 37th congressional district.
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Quick Facts Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas, Preceded by ...
Lloyd Doggett | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas | |
Assumed office January 3, 1995 | |
Preceded by | J. J. Pickle |
Constituency | 10th district (1995–2005) 25th district (2005–2013) 35th district (2013–2023) 37th district (2023–present) |
Justice of the Texas Supreme Court | |
In office January 1, 1989 – December 31, 1994 | |
Preceded by | Ted Robertson |
Succeeded by | Priscilla Owen |
Member of the Texas Senate from the 14th district | |
In office August 18, 1973 – January 8, 1985 | |
Preceded by | Charles Herring |
Succeeded by | Gonzalo Barrientos |
Personal details | |
Born | Lloyd Alton Doggett II (1946-10-06) October 6, 1946 (age 77) Austin, Texas, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse |
Libby Belk (m. 1969) |
Children | 2 |
Education | University of Texas at Austin (BA, JD) |
Website | House website |
Lloyd Doggett on his support for H.R.3205, the Promoting Adoption and Legal Guardianship for Children in Foster Care Act Recorded October 22, 2013 | |
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Doggett was previously a member of the Texas Senate and a justice of the Texas Supreme Court.
Doggett is the dean of Texas's congressional delegation; he previously shared the deanship with Sheila Jackson Lee until her death.
Doggett was the first sitting Democratic congressperson to call on Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential race.[1]