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Lowell Weicker

Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. (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.


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Born:
May 16, 1931 In Paris, France
Movie/TV Credits:
4
First Appeared:
In the series The Dick Cavett Show 1968-06-06
Latest Project:
Movie Our Nixon 2013-01-23
Known For
Poster of Our Nixon
Poster of The American President
Poster of The Dick Cavett Show
Filmography
Movie Our Nixon Self (archive footage) 2013-01-23
Series The American President Grover Cleveland 2000-04-09
Series Tanner '88 Self (uncredited) 1988-02-15
Series The Dick Cavett Show Self - Guest 1968-06-06