(born May 16, 1931) is an American politician who served as a U.S.
Representative, U.S.
Senator, and the 85th Governor of Connecticut.
He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for President in 1980.
Though a member of the Republican Party during his time in Congress, he 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 in recent years, doing so on the ticket of A Connecticut Party.
As of 2019, Weicker is the last person to have represented Connecticut in the U.S.