Christopher “Kit” Bond, a former Missouri governor and U.S. Senator, died Tuesday at 86. Bond served two terms as Missouri governor (1973 to 1977 and 1981 to 1985) and served in the U.S. Senate from 1987 to 2011.
While in the U.S. Senate, he worked on issues such as highways and bridges, establishing the Parents as Teachers program nationwide, free trade, offshore drilling, and a ban on gifts from lobbyists to members of Congress. He was also a sponsor of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. Bond supported the Equal Rights Amendment but opposed same-sex marriage.
Governor Mike Kehoe released a statement saying, “Kit Bond was a skilled statesman, public servant, and a man who truly loved Missouri. I am blessed to have known Kit and honored to call him a friend and a mentor.”
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