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Revision as of 00:38, 10 October 2004 by Everyking (talk | contribs) (two categories)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Lowell Palmer Weicker, Jr. (born May 16, 1931), an Independent U.S. politician from Connecticut.
A 1953 graduate of Yale University, Weicker began his political career after attending the University of Virginia Law School and serving in the U.S. Army (1953-1955) during the Korean War.
Weicker served in the Connecticut State House from 1963 to 1969 and as first selectman of Greenwich, CT before winning election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1968 as a Republican. Weicker only served one term in the House before being elected to the U.S. Senate in 1970; he served in the U.S. Senate from 1971 to 1989.
Weicker was then a professor at the George Washington University School of Law before returning to Connecticut to run for Governor in 1990, this time as an independent. He gained national attention with his upset victory in November, but didn't run for reelection in 1994.
In 2000 Weicker was encouraged to seek the Reform Party presidential nomination by some party activitists opposed to the candidacy of conservative commentator Pat Buchanan, but declined. In 2004 Weicker was a supporter of former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean's presidential bid.
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