"Serving Missouri has been my life's work. I have walked the land, fished its rivers and been humbled by the honesty and hard work of our people. The highest honor is to receive and safeguard the public trust" - Kit Bond.
Christopher S. "Kit" Bond is a sixth generation Missourian, born in St. Louis in 1939. He grew up in Mexico, MO, where he still resides and tends to several groves of trees he planted by hand.
Bond graduated from Princeton University in 1960 and received his law degree from the University of Virginia, having graduated first in his class.
After serving as a clerk to the Chief Judge of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, Bond practiced law in Washington, D.C. before returning home to Mexico, MO.
In 1969, Bond became an Assistant Attorney General under former Senator John Danforth. Before being elected State Auditor in 1970, Bond was chief counsel of Missouri's Consumer Protection Division.
At 33 years old, Kit Bond became the 47th Governor of the State of Missouri on January 8, 1973 - the youngest Governor the state has ever had. Bond was re-elected to a second term as Governor in 1980. Among his greatest accomplishments as Governor was to take the Parents as Teachers program statewide.
After his second successful term as Governor, Bond continued his service to Missouri from his newly won seat in the United States Senate. In that 1986 election year, Bond was the only Republican to capture a seat previously held by a Democrat.
Based upon his solid ability to protect and advance Missouri's interests in the United States Senate, Bond was returned by Missouri voters to the U.S. Senate in 1992 and again in 1998.
In 1992, he was the only Republican candidate to win statewide in Missouri. And in 1998, Missouri voters re-elected him by an impressive nine-point margin in a year that witnessed the defeat of key incumbent Republican Senators elsewhere in the nation.
Like most Missourians, Bond believes that government and taxes should be no bigger than necessary. While serving in the U.S. Senate, Bond has built a reputation as a strong backer of literacy programs and efforts to make high quality health care more accessible for women and children.
He has done a good job making sure that Missouri receives its fair share of money to improve roads and highways. As the chairman of the subcommittee that rewrites the federal highway bill, Bond will use his clout to continue this battle for Missouri. And Bond has moved swiftly at the federal level to ensure Missouri remains at the front of the biotechnology revolution.
A strong supporter of law enforcement and a strong U.S. military, Bond also serves on the Senate Select Intelligence Committee. And he is the chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the nation's housing and veterans' needs.
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