Kermit Brashear
Kermit Brashear (born 1944) was speaker of the Nebraska Legislature and a lawyer from Omaha, Nebraska in the United States.
| Kermit Brashear | |
|---|---|
| Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature | |
| In office 2005–2006 | |
| Preceded by | Curt Bromm |
| Succeeded by | Mike Flood |
| Member of the Nebraska Legislature from the 4th district | |
| In office 1995–2007 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Horgan |
| Succeeded by | Pete Pirsch |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 16, 1944 Crawford, Nebraska |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
Personal life
Kermit Allen Brashear II was born on March 16, 1944, in Crawford, Nebraska. He graduated from Crawford High School in 1962, University of Nebraska in 1966 and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Law in 1969. He received an honorary doctorate from Concordia University Nebraska (LL.D., h.c.) in 1983. He is admitted to practice law in Nebraska, Colorado, and Texas. He has been active in the Republican party, both at a state and national level. Since 1990, he has been a partner in Brashear LLP, a law firm in Omaha, Nebraska. Two of his sons, Kermit A. Brashear III, known as "Tre," and Kurth A. Brashear, are also members of the firm.
He is formerly a member of the Board of Directors of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. In 2009-10 he attracted attention and controversy for his role in selling KFUO-FM, the LCMS-owned classical music station in St. Louis, Missouri. Brashear was voted off the Board of Directors at the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Convention in St. Louis, Missouri on July 25, 2013.
State Legislature
He was elected in 1994 to represent the 4th Legislative District in the Nebraska Legislature and reelected in 1998 and 2002. He served as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee from 1997 to 2005 and served at various times on the Appropriates, Banking, Commerce & Insurance, and Education Committees, as well as on the Committee on Committees. He was also an ex officio member of the rules committee and a nonvoting member of the Intergovernmental Cooperation committee because of his status as Speaker. Because Nebraska voters passed Initiative Measure 415 in 2001 limiting state senators to two terms after 2001, he was unable run for reelection in 2006. Pete Pirsch replaced him as the 4th District's state senator after the 2006 legislative election.
References
- "Nebraska Unicameral Legislature". Sen. Kermit Brashear. Retrieved March 14, 2006.
- "National Conference of State Legislatures". Term Limits in Nebraska: A Timeline. Archived from the original on November 29, 2005. Retrieved March 20, 2006.
- "Nebraska Secretary of State". Summary Results. Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved November 10, 2006.