Lowell P. Weicker Jr.

A Representative and a Senator from Connecticut. Born in Paris, France, to American parents, on May 16, 1931. Graduated, Lawrenceville Academy 1949. Graduated, Yale University 1953. Graduated, University of Virginia Law School 1958. Served in the United States Army 1953-1955. United States Army Reserve 1959-1964. Elected State representative in Connecticut general assembly 1962, 1964, and 1966. Elected first selectman, town of Greenwich 1963 and 1965. Attorney. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-first Congress (January 3, 1969-January 3, 1971). Was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives in 1970, but was elected to the United States Senate. Reelected in 1976, and again in 1982 and served from January 3, 1971, to January 3, 1989. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1988. Chairman, Committee on Small Business (Ninety-seventh through Ninety-ninth Congresses). Professor, George Washington University School of Law 1988-1990. President and chief executive officer of Research! America 1988-1990. Elected governor of Connecticut as an Independent in 1990. Was not a candidate for reelection as Governor in 1994. Was a resident of Greenwich, Conn. , until his death on June 28, 2023. Interment in Putnam Cemetery, Greenwich, Conn.