Lloyd Doggett
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 35th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | District created |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 25th district |
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In office January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Chris Bell |
| Succeeded by | Roger Williams |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 10th district |
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In office January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2005 |
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| Preceded by | J. J. Pickle |
| Succeeded by | Michael McCaul |
| Texas Supreme Court Justice | |
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In office 1989–1994 |
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| Preceded by | Ted Robertson |
| Succeeded by | Priscilla Owen |
| Member of the Texas Senate from the 14th district |
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In office August 18, 1973 – January 8, 1985 |
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| Preceded by | Charles F. Herring |
| Succeeded by | Gonzalo Barrientos |
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Lloyd Alton Doggett II October 6, 1946 Austin, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Libby Doggett |
| Residence | Austin, Texas |
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University of Texas at Austin University of Texas School of Law |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Religion | Methodism |
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 the state capital and his hometown, Austin, since 1995, currently numbered as Texas's 35th congressional district.
Doggett received both a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Texas School of Law.
Dogget has held office as a legislator in the Texas State Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. He has also held office as a justice on the Texas Supreme Court, before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Born in Austin, Doggett received both a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Texas School of Law, where he served as student body president his senior year. While attending the University of Texas at Austin, he also joined Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity.
His electoral career began in 1973, when he was elected to the Texas State Senate, a position which he filled until 1985. In 1984, he was the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate seat vacated by the perennial Republican, John Tower, but he lost to the Republican candidate, Phil Gramm. Doggett authored the bill creating the Texas Commission on Human Rights, as well as a law outlawing "cop killer" bullets and a "sunset law" requiring periodic review of government agencies. He gained attention in 1979, as a member of the "Killer Bees" — a group of 12 Democratic state senators who opposed a plan to move the state's presidential primary to March 11. The intent was to give former governor John Connally a leg up on the 1980 Republican nomination. The Killer Bees wanted a closed primary. When this proposal was rejected, they walked out of the chamber and left the Senate two members short of a quorum. The bill was withdrawn five days later.
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