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Christopher Bond Senior Senator from Missouri Incumbent Assumed office January 6, 1987 Serving with Claire McCaskill Preceded by Thomas Eagleton 49th Governor of Missouri In office January 12, 1981 – January 14, 1985 Lieutenant Kenneth Rothman Preceded by Joseph Patrick Teasdale Succeeded by John Ashcroft 47th January 8, 1973 – January 10, 1977 Lieutenant William C. Phelps Preceded by Warren Eastman Hearnes Succeeded by Joseph Patrick Teasdale 28th Missouri State Auditor In office 1971 – 1973 Governor Warren E. Hearnes Preceded by Haskell Holman Succeeded by John Ashcroft Chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship In office January 4, 1995 – January 3, 2001 Preceded by Dale Bumpers Succeeded by John Kerry In office January 20 – June 6, 2001 Preceded by John Kerry Succeeded by John Kerry Born March 6, 1939 (1939-03-06) (age 69) St. Louis, Missouri Nationality American Political party Republican Spouse Linda Bond Residence Mexico, Missouri Alma mater Princeton University University of Virginia School of Law Occupation attorney Religion Presbyterian Signature Christopher Samuel "Kit" Bond (born March 6, 1939) is a former governor and current senior United States Senator from Missouri. He has been in the Senate since 1987 and is a member of the Republican Party. He announced on January 8, 2009 that he did not plan to seek re-election in 2010.[1] Should Bond retire in January 2011, he will have served four full terms in the U.S. Senate. Contents [hide] 1 Early life and career 2 Initial public Early life and career A sixth-generation Missourian, Bond was born in St. Louis, Missouri to Elizabeth Green and Arthur D. Bond.[2] His father was captain of the 1924 Missouri Tigers football team and a Rhodes Scholar. His maternal 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. Kit Bond graduated from Deerfield Academy in 1956, Princeton University in 1960, and the University of Virginia School of Law in 1963. 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 in Washington, D.C. 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 incumbent, | ||||
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