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Jun 28, 2023 · His son Davidson, known as Sonny, has Down’s syndrome and has competed in the Special Olympics, founded by the sister of a close Senate colleague, Edward M. Kennedy. Weicker was a booster of...
Jul 10, 2023 · Tre and Sonny Weicker, sons from his second marriage, stood together while Tre read from the Book of Isaiah. Sonny, who has Down Syndrome, was one of their father’s inspirations for sponsoring...
- Mark Pazniokas
Jun 28, 2023 · Former Connecticut governor, U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator Lowell Palmer Weicker has died, according to a statement from his family. He was 92 years old.
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Jun 28, 2023 · Lowell P. Weicker Jr., whose opposition in the U.S. Senate to President Nixon led to the historic 1974 resignation from the White House, has died.
- Government And Politics Reporter
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 later...
Jul 10, 2023 · Attorney David Shaw says former Connecticut governor U.S. Senator Lowell Weicker had courage in his fight to pass the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Jun 28, 2023 · Lowell P. Weicker Jr., who swaggered through three terms as Connecticut’s last Republican senator, challenging Richard Nixon over Watergate and the GOP’s rightward shift under Ronald Reagan, then willed the state’s income tax into existence in a second act as a third-party governor, died Wednesday. He was 92. His death at Middlesex ...
