Lowell Weicker

Lowell Weicker
Weicker in 1969
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 January 1963 – January 1969
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Robert D. Rogers
First Selectman of Greenwich
In office 1964–1968
Preceded by	Griffith Harris
Succeeded by	John Taintor
Personal details
Born	Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. (1931-05-16)May 16, 1931 Paris, France
Died	June 28, 2023(2023-06-28) (aged 92) Middletown, Connecticut, U.S.
Nationality	American
Political party	Republican (before 1990) A Connecticut Party (1990–1995) Independent (from 1995)
Spouses	Marie-Louise Godfrey ​ ​ (m. 1953; div. 1977)​ Camille DiLorenzo Butler ​ ​ (m. 1977; div. 1984)​ Claudia Testa Ingram ​ ​ (m. 1984)​
Children	5
Education	Yale University (BA) University of Virginia (JD)
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Military service
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1953–1955 (active) 1959–1964 (reserve)
Rank	First lieutenant

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.