| Christopher
Bond |
|
Senior Senator
from Missouri
|
| Incumbent |
Assumed office
January 6, 1987
Serving with Claire McCaskill |
| Preceded by |
Thomas Eagleton |
| Succeeded by |
Incumbent (2011) |
49th Governor of Missouri
|
In office
January 12, 1981 – January 14, 1985 |
| Lieutenant(s) |
Kenneth Rothman |
| Preceded by |
Joseph Patrick Teasdale |
| Succeeded by |
John Ashcroft |
47th Governor of Missouri
|
In office
January 8, 1973 – January
10, 1977 |
| Lieutenant(s) |
William C. Phelps |
| Preceded by |
Warren Eastman Hearnes |
| Succeeded by |
Joseph Patrick Teasdale |
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| Born |
March 06 1939 (1939--) (age 68)
St. Louis, Missouri |
| Nationality |
American |
| Political party |
Republican |
| Spouse |
Linda Bond |
| Alma mater |
Princeton University |
| Religion |
Presbyterian |
Christopher Samuel "Kit" Bond (born March 6, 1939) is
the former governor and current senior United States Senator of Missouri. He has been in the Senate since 1987 and is a member of the
Republican Party.
Early life and career
Bond was born in St. Louis, Missouri to Elizabeth Green and Arthur D.
Bond.[1] Bond graduated from Deerfield Academy in 1956, Princeton University in 1960, and the University of Virginia School of Law in 1963 (where he was first in his class).
From 1963 to 1964, Bond served as a law clerk to the Honorable Elbert Tuttle, then Chief Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in
Atlanta, Georgia. From 1964 to 1967, Bond practiced law at Covington & Burling LLP
in Washington, D.C. A sixth-generation Missourian, Bond is the son of Art Bond, captain
of the 1924 University of Missouri football team. His grandfather, A.P. Green, founded A.P. Green Industries, a fireclay
manufacturer and a major employer for many years in Bond's native Mexico, Missouri.
Initial public service
Bond's rise in Missouri politics was meteoric: four years after returning to his home state, he was elected governor. Bond
moved back to his hometown of Mexico, Missouri in the fall of 1967, and ran for Congress in 1968. He won the Republican primary in August, and
nearly defeated the incumbent, Democratic Congressman Bill Hungate, in November.
Then-Attorney General John
Danforth hired Bond as an Assistant Attorney General in 1969, where Bond led the office's Consumer Protection Division. At
the age of 31, Bond was elected Missouri State Auditor in 1970; two years later, Bond captured the governor's mansion, making
him, at 33 years of age, the youngest governor in the history of Missouri.
In many ways Bond governed as a moderate during his first term as governor: for example, he drew criticism from conservatives
for his support of the Equal Rights Amendment. While governor, on
June 25, 1976 he signed an executive order rescinding the Extermination
Order against "Mormons" issued by governor Lilburn
Boggs on October 27, 1838. In 1976, in a surprising upset, Bond was defeated for re-election by Democrat Joseph P. Teasdale, then Jackson County Prosecutor.
Teasdale's tenure was rocky, and in 1980 Bond made a successful comeback, defeating fellow
Republican and incumbent Lieutenant Governor Bill Phelps in the primary, and Teasdale in
November. Among his most noted accomplishments was taking the Parents As Teachers program statewide.
Bond was succeeded as governor in 1985 by John Ashcroft, also a Republican.
U.S. Senate
Elections
After Sen. Thomas Eagleton decided not to run for re-election, Bond was elected Senator
in 1986, defeating Lieutenant Governor Harriett Woods. Bond
was narrowly re-elected in 1992 over St. Louis County Councilwoman Geri Rothman-Serot. In 1998
Bond decisively defeated Attorney General Jay Nixon and Libertarian Tamara Millay after a hard-fought
campaign, and in 2004 he handily won re-election over Democratic
challenger State Treasurer Nancy Farmer
with 56 percent of the vote.
Environmental record
The conservative environmental watchdog group Republicans for
Environmental Protection (REP) has given Bond an exceptionally low rating of –2 for the 109th United States Congress, citing anti-environment votes on seven out of seven issues
deemed critical by the organization. According to the 2006 REP scorecard, Bond supported oil
drilling both offshore and in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, while opposing “efficiency and renewable-resource
programs to improve energy security, lower costs, and reduce energy-related environmental impacts."[2]
Approval ratings
| Source |
Date |
Approve |
Disapprove |
Undecided |
| Survey USA |
Aug. 21, 2007 |
54% |
38% |
8% |
Personal life
Bond's son Sam, who completed a tour of duty in Iraq in March 2006 and is currently serving a second tour of duty, is a member
of the United States Marine Corps, making Bond one of only a few federal
elected officials with a child serving in uniform.
In 1994, his wife, Carolyn, filed for a divorce, which was finalized the following year. Bond married Linda Pell, now Linda
Bond, in 2002. She grew up in the Kansas City, Missouri, suburb of Gladstone and works as a consultant to the National Republican Senatorial Committee. She and Bond had dated for about a
year before they were engaged on May 17, 2001, and had also dated in 1996 and 1997. It is her second marriage as well.
After winning his second term as Governor, Bond sued his investment manager and Paine
Webber, alleging his $1.3 million trust fund had been drained. He was one of several clients who sued, and he settled in
1996 for $900,000.
Bond has permanent vision loss in one eye, which he claims is the result of undiagnosed
amblyopia during childhood.[1][2]
Footnotes
External links
| Political offices |
Preceded by
Haskell Holman |
Missouri State
Auditor
1971 – 1973 |
Succeeded by
John Ashcroft |
Preceded by
Warren E. Hearnes |
Governor of
Missouri
1973 – 1977 |
Succeeded by
Joseph P. Teasdale |
Preceded by
Joseph P. Teasdale |
Governor of
Missouri
1981 – 1985 |
Succeeded by
John Ashcroft |
Preceded by
Dale Bumpers |
Chairman of the Senate Small Business Committee
1995 – 2001 |
Succeeded by
John Kerry |
| United States Senate |
Preceded by
Thomas Eagleton |
Senator
from Missouri (Class 3)
1987 – present
Served alongside: John Danforth, John
Ashcroft, Jean Carnahan,
Jim Talent, Claire McCaskill |
Incumbent |
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Missouri's current
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| Senators |
Kit Bond (R),
Claire McCaskill (D) |
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