What is Lowell Weicker?
[[File:Lweicker.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Weicker in 1984]] '''Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr.''' (May 16, 1931 &ndash; June 28, 2023) was an [[Americans|American]] politician and lawyer. He was the [[Governor of Connecticut]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/27/nyregion/weicker-honeymoon-over-as-governor-s-race-heats-up.html|work=The New York Times|title=Weicker Honeymoon Over as Governor's Race Heats Up|first=Nick|last=Ravo|date=August 27, 1990|accessdate=May 11, 2010}}</ref> He served as governor from 1991 to 1995. Weicker was a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]. He ran for [[President of the United States]] in [[1980 United States presidential election|1980]], but lost the primary to [[Ronald Reagan]]. From 1971 to 1989, Weicker was the [[United States Senator]] from [[Connecticut]]. From 1969 to 1971, Weicker represented the state's [[Connecticut's 4th congressional district|4th congressional district]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]]. Weicker, Jr. was born in [[Paris]], [[France]] to American parents. He died on June 28, 2023 at a hospital in [[Middletown, Connecticut]] at the age of 92.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://ctmirror.org/2023/06/28/lowell-weicker-dies-ct-governor-us-senator/|title = Lowell Weicker, Connecticut governor and U.S. senator, dies at 92|last = Pazniokas|first = Mark|date = June 28, 2023|accessdate = June 28, 2023|newspaper = [[The Connecticut Mirror]]}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Weicker, Lowell P., Jr.}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2023 deaths]] [[Category:United States senators from Connecticut]] [[Category:United States representatives from Connecticut]] [[Category:Governors of Connecticut]] [[Category:1980 United States presidential candidates]] [[Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:Lawyers from Connecticut]] [[Category:People from Greenwich, Connecticut]] {{US-bio-stub}}