Lowell Weicker

Lowell Weicker
Weicker in 1969
85th Governor of Connecticut
In office
January 9, 1991 – January 4, 1995
LieutenantEunice Groark
Preceded byWilliam O'Neill
Succeeded byJohn Rowland
United States Senator
from Connecticut
In office
January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1989
Preceded byThomas J. Dodd
Succeeded byJoe Lieberman
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Connecticut's 4th district
In office
January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971
Preceded byDonald J. Irwin
Succeeded byStewart McKinney
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
from the 154th district
In office
January 1963 – January 1969
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byRobert D. Rogers
First Selectman of Greenwich
In office
1964–1968
Preceded byGriffith Harris
Succeeded byJohn Taintor
Personal details
Born
Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr.

(1931-05-16)May 16, 1931
Paris, France
DiedJune 28, 2023(2023-06-28) (aged 92)
Middletown, Connecticut, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Political party
Spouses
  • Marie-Louise Godfrey
    (m. 1953; div. 1977)
  • Camille DiLorenzo Butler
    (m. 1977; div. 1984)
  • Claudia Testa Ingram
    (m. 1984)
Children5
Education
Signature
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
Years of service
  • 1953–1955 (active)
  • 1959–1964 (reserve)
RankFirst lieutenant

Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. (/wkər/; 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.