Kit Bond

Kit Bond
United States Senator from Missouri
In office January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2011
Preceded by	Thomas Eagleton
Succeeded by	Roy Blunt
Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee
In office January 4, 1995 – June 6, 2001
Preceded by	Dale Bumpers
Succeeded by	John Kerry
47th and 49th Governor of Missouri
In office January 12, 1981 – January 14, 1985
Lieutenant	Ken Rothman
Preceded by	Joseph P. Teasdale
Succeeded by	John Ashcroft
In office January 8, 1973 – January 10, 1977
Lieutenant	Bill Phelps
Preceded by	Warren E. Hearnes
Succeeded by	Joseph Teasdale
28th Auditor of Missouri
In office January 11, 1971 – January 8, 1973
Governor	Warren Hearnes
Preceded by	Haskell Holman
Succeeded by	John Ashcroft
Personal details
Born	Christopher Samuel Bond (1939-03-06) March 6, 1939 (age 85) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouses	Carolyn Reid ​ ​ (m. 1967; div. 1994)​ Linda Pell ​ (m. 2002)​
Children	1
Education	Princeton University (BA) University of Virginia (JD)
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Kit Bond's voice Kit Bond speaks in opposition to amendments regulating nuclear medicine Recorded June 23, 2005

Christopher Samuel Bond (born March 6, 1939) is an American attorney, politician and former United States Senator from Missouri and a member of the Republican Party. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986, he defeated Democrat Harriett Woods by a margin of 53–47%. He was re-elected in 1992, 1998, and 2004. On January 8, 2009, he announced that he would not seek re-election to a fifth term in 2010, and was succeeded by fellow Republican Roy Blunt on January 3, 2011.^[1] Following his retirement from the Senate, Bond became a partner at Thompson Coburn.^[2]

Before beginning his 24-year long career in the U.S. Senate, Bond served two non-consecutive terms as Governor of Missouri, from 1973 to 1977 and from 1981 to 1985. He was previously State Auditor of Missouri from 1971 to 1973.