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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.
Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. (París, Isla de Francia; 16 de mayo de 1931-Middletown, Connecticut; 28 de junio de 2023), [1] [2] fue un político estadounidense representante de los Estados Unidos, senador de los Estados Unidos y el 85.º gobernador de Connecticut.
28 de jun. de 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...
28 de jun. de 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.
28 de jun. de 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...
28 de jun. de 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.
10 de jul. de 2023 · Lowell P. Weicker Jr. is being remembered as a towering figure in Connecticut politics. Weicker, who died June 28, rose to national prominence for taking on his party during the Watergate hearings as a junior Republican senator.
