Lloyd Dogget

The first sitting House Democrat to go public with a call for Joe Biden to step aside as the presumptive party nominee in the aftermath of the June 2024 debate.

A former Texas Supreme Court justice, Lloyd Dogget has represented the Lone Star State in the House since 1995, representing a district that covers much of the state capitol, Austin.

Doggett is 77 years old. Biden is 81.

Countries that are less free tend to have older leaders. In countries that Freedom House classifies as “not free,” the median age of the national leader is 68.

The United States is one of only three countries that are classified as free and have a leader age 80 or older; the other two are Ghana and Namibia. In Ghana, President Nana Akufo-Addo recently turned 80 in office. And in Namibia, 82-year-old Nangolo Mbumba took over as president earlier this year following the previous leader’s death in office at age 82.