Editing Lowell Weicker (section)

{{Short description|American politician (1931–2023)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name            = Lowell Weicker
|image           = File:Lweicker.jpg
|order           = 85th
|office          = Governor of Connecticut
|lieutenant      = [[Eunice Groark]]
|term_start      = January 9, 1991
|term_end        = January 4, 1995
|predecessor     = [[William O'Neill (Connecticut politician)|William O'Neill]]
|successor       = [[John G. Rowland|John Rowland]]
|jr/sr1          = United States Senator
|state1          = [[Connecticut]]
|term_start1     = January 3, 1971
|term_end1       = January 3, 1989
|predecessor1    = [[Thomas J. Dodd]]
|successor1      = [[Joe Lieberman]]
|state2          = Connecticut
|district2       = {{ushr|CT|4|4th}}
|term_start2     = January 3, 1969
|term_end2       = January 3, 1971
|predecessor2    = [[Donald J. Irwin]]
|successor2      = [[Stewart McKinney (politician)|Stewart McKinney]]
|state_house3    = Connecticut
|district3       = 154th
|term_start3     = January 1963
|term_end3       = January 1969
|predecessor3    = ''Multi-member district''
|successor3      = Robert D. Rogers
|office4         = [[First Selectman]] of [[Greenwich, Connecticut|Greenwich]]
|term_start4     = 1964
|term_end4       = 1968
|predecessor4    = Griffith Harris
|successor4      = John Taintor
|birth_name      = Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr.
|birth_date      = {{birth date|1931|5|16}}
|birth_place     = [[Paris]], [[French Third Republic|France]]
|death_date      = {{death date and age|2023|6|28|1931|5|16}}
|death_place     = [[Middletown, Connecticut]], U.S.
|nationality     = American
|party           = {{ubl|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (before 1990)|[[A Connecticut Party]] (1990–1995)|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]] (from 1995)}}
|otherparty      = 
|spouse          = {{ubl|{{marriage|Marie-Louise Godfrey|June 13, 1953|1977|end=div}}|{{marriage|Camille DiLorenzo Butler|November 5, 1977 |1984|end=div}}|{{marriage|Claudia Testa Ingram|1984}}}}
|education       = {{ubl|[[Yale University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])|[[University of Virginia]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])}}
|children        = 5
|signature       = Lowell P. Weicker signature.png
|allegiance      = <!-- United States -->
|branch          = [[United States Army]]
|serviceyears    = {{ubl|1953–1955 (active)|1959–1964 (reserve)}}
|rank            = [[First lieutenant]]
}}

'''Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr.''' ({{IPAc-en|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 United States presidential election|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 Democrats (United States)|New Democrat]], in the [[1988 United States Senate election in Connecticut|1988 Senate election]] which he subsequently lost. Weicker later left the Republican Party, and became one of the few [[Third party (U.S. politics)|third-party]] candidates to be [[List of third party performances in United States gubernatorial elections|elected]] to a state [[Governor (United States)|governorship]] in the United States at the time, doing so on the ticket of [[A Connecticut Party]].