Lloyd Doggett

Lloyd Alton Doggett II was born in Austin, Texas, on October 6, 1946. He graduated from Austin High School in 1964, earned a B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1967 and a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law in 1970.

Doggett was a member of the Texas state senate from 1973 to 1985 and was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1984. He was a justice of the Texas state supreme court from 1989 to 1994, and an adjunct professor at the University of Texas School of Law during the same years. He was elected as a Democrat to the 104th Congress and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses, serving since January 3, 1995. He serves on the Committee on the Budget, the Committee on Ways and Means and the Joint Committee on Taxation.