Lloyd Doggett
American politician & attorney (born 1946) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lloyd Alton Doggett II (born October 6, 1946) is an American attorney 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.
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 State Senate and a justice of the Texas Supreme Court.
Doggett and fellow representative Sheila Jackson Lee became co-deans of the Texas's congressional delegation after Eddie Bernice Johnson retired.