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Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. (/ w aɪ k ər /; 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.
Jun 28, 2023 · Lowell P. Weicker Jr., a liberal Republican who earned a national reputation for pugnacious political independence — first as a young United States senator during the Watergate hearings and...
Jun 28, 2023 · HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Lowell P. Weicker Jr., a Republican U.S. senator who tussled with his own party during the Watergate hearings, championed legislation to protect people with disabilities and later was elected Connecticut governor as an independent, died Wednesday. He was 92.
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Jun 28, 2023 · Lowell P. Weicker Jr., a three-term senator from Connecticut who became one of President Richard M. Nixon’s boldest Republican adversaries during the Watergate affair and who engineered...
Jun 28, 2023 · Weicker was a maverick Republican who challenged Nixon over Watergate, co-authored the Americans with Disabilities Act, and created Connecticut's income tax as an independent. He also faced anti-tax protests, feuded with William F. Buckley, and denounced Donald Trump as a racist.
Jul 10, 2023 · Lowell P. Weicker Jr., a towering figure in Connecticut politics who rose to national prominence for taking on his party during the Watergate hearings as a junior Republican senator, was remembered Monday as a politician from a bygone era, unshackled by partisanship.
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Jun 28, 2023 · NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Former Connecticut Gov. Lowell Weicker died Wednesday at 92-years-old after a short illness. “It is with profound sadness and loss that we announce that husband ...