Lowell Weicker
Lowell Weicker | |
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| 85th Governor of Connecticut | |
| In office January 9, 1991 – January 4, 1995 | |
| Lieutenant | Eunice Groark |
| Preceded by | William O'Neill |
| Succeeded by | John Rowland |
| United States Senator from Connecticut | |
| In office January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas J. Dodd |
| Succeeded by | Joe Lieberman |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 4th district | |
| In office January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 | |
| Preceded by | Donald J. Irwin |
| Succeeded by | Stewart McKinney |
| Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 154th district | |
| In office 1967–1969 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Robert D. Rogers |
| Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Greenwich | |
| In office 1963–1967 | |
| Preceded by | Nelson I. Beers |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| First Selectman of Greenwich | |
| In office 1964–1968 | |
| Preceded by | Griffith Harris |
| Succeeded by | John Taintor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. May 16, 1931 |
| Died | June 28, 2023 (aged 92) Middletown, Connecticut, U.S. |
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| Children | 5 |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch/service | United States Army |
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| Rank | First lieutenant |
| Battles/wars | Korean War |
Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. (/waɪkər/; May 16, 1931 – June 28, 2023) was an American politician who served as a U.S. representative, U.S. senator, and the 85th governor of Connecticut.
Weicker unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for president in 1980. One of the first Republican members of Congress to express concerns about President Richard Nixon's role in the Watergate scandal, Weicker developed a reputation as a "Rockefeller Republican", eventually leading conservative activists to endorse his opponent Joe Lieberman, a New Democrat, in the 1988 Senate election which he subsequently lost. Weicker later left the Republican Party, and became one of the few third-party candidates to be elected to a state governorship in the United States at the time, doing so on the ticket of A Connecticut Party.