Lowell Weicker, Connecticut governor and U.S. senator, dies at 92
Among the last of New England’s moderate Republican senators, he was elected governor as an independent.
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Among the last of New England’s moderate Republican senators, he was elected governor as an independent.
Lowell Weicker, a dominant figure in Connecticut politics from the 1960s through the 1990s, passed away today at the age of 91.
At six foot, six inches, Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. was a tall man, and he often was moving against the crowd.
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