Kit Bond
Kit Bond, American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of Missouri (born 1939)
1st anniversary in 2026
In context
- When
- Tuesday, May 13 20251 years ago
- Category
- DeathA notable person who died on this day.
- Era
- 21st century · 2020s
- Anniversary
- 1st in 2026
- Recorded from
- Wikipedia “On this day” feed
- Person
- Kit Bond
At a glance
Born 1939-03-06; died 2025-05-13.
Known as: politician and lawyer. Citizenship: United States.
Listed as: human.
Who they were
Christopher Samuel "Kit" Bond was an American attorney and politician from Missouri. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. senator from 1987 to 2011, following two non-consecutive terms as the governor of Missouri from 1973 to 1977 and 1981 to 1985, and two years as State Auditor of Missouri from 1971 to 1973. His first election as governor ended a 28-year Democratic streak in that office.
Early life
Educated at: Princeton University, Deerfield Academy, and University of Virginia School of Law.
Early life, education, and law career Bond in the Princeton University yearbook, 1960 A sixth-generation Missourian, Bond was born in St. Louis on March 6, 1939, the son of Elizabeth (née Green) and Arthur D. Bond . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] His father was captain of the 1924 Missouri Tigers football team and a Rhodes Scholar . [ 3 ] His maternal grandfather, A.P. Green, founded A.P. Green Industries, a fireclay manufacturer and a major employer for many years in Bond's hometown Mexico, Missouri . [
Path and career
Worked with / for: Covington & Burling and Thompson Coburn.
Why this date
Kit Bond appears on our May 13 calendar for 2025 as a death entry.
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