Former Republican Senator Lowell P. Weicker passed away at the age of 92 on Wednesday.
Weicker, who also served as Governor of Connecticut from 1991 to 1995, passed away at a hospital in Middletown after a short illness, according to a family statement.
The Republican was first elected to Connecticut's General Assembly in 1962. He was later elected to the U.S. Senate, serving from 1971 to 1989.
Weicker served on the Senate’s special committee on Watergate in 1973.
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Connecticut Senator Lowell Weicker shown during a session of the Senate Watergate Commission while examining a witness in 1973. (UPI Color/Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
"It is with great sadness that we learn the news of the passing of former Governor Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.," Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont tweeted on Wednesday. "I am directing U.S. and state flags lowered in his honor effective immediately."
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.