15 Facts About Romano Mazzoli

Romano Louis "Ron" Mazzoli was an American politician and lawyer from Kentucky.

Romano Mazzoli represented Louisville, Kentucky, and its suburbs in the United States House of Representatives from 1971 through 1995 as a Democrat.

Romano Mazzoli was the primary architect, with Senator Alan Simpson, of major immigration reform legislation.

Romano Mazzoli won the 1950 Kentucky boys high school doubles tennis championship with fellow St Xavier 1951 alumni George D Koper.

Romano Mazzoli served in the Kentucky Senate from 1968 through 1970.

Romano Mazzoli was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1970, defeating Republican incumbent William Cowger by 211 votes, the closest House election of that year.

Romano Mazzoli served on the Small Business, Intelligence and District of Columbia Committees.

In 1981, Romano Mazzoli, an anti-abortion Democrat, introduced, along with Republican Henry Hyde, the Human Life Amendment, a proposed constitutional amendment which would ban all abortions by granting legal protection to all unborn children in the United States.

Also in 1986, Mazzoli was one of the House impeachment managers who prosecuted the case in the impeachment trial of Judge Harry E Claiborne.

Romano Mazzoli did not run for reelection in 1994, leaving office in January 1995.

In 2002, Mazzoli was a Fellow at the Institute of Politics at Harvard University's John F Kennedy School of Government.

Romano Mazzoli graduated with a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government in June 2004.

In 2012, Romano Mazzoli officiated Buttigieg's inauguration as mayor of South Bend, Indiana.

In September 2006, Simpson and Romano Mazzoli co-authored an article that appeared in The Washington Post revisiting their 1986 immigration legislation.

Romano Mazzoli died at his home in Louisville on November 1,2022, one day before his 90th birthday.