What is Kit Bond?
{{Infobox Senator | name = Kit Bond | image = Kit Bond official portrait.jpg | jr/sr = United States Senator | state = [[Missouri]] | term_start = January 3, 1987 | term_end = January 3, 2011 | preceded = [[Thomas Eagleton]] | succeeded = [[Roy Blunt]] | order2 = 47th and 49th [[Governor of Missouri]] | term_start2 = January 12, 1981 | term_end2 = January 14, 1985 | lieutenant2 = [[Kenneth Rothman]] | predecessor2 = [[Joseph P. Teasdale]] | successor2 = [[John Ashcroft]] | term_start3 = January 8, 1973 | term_end3 = January 10, 1977 | lieutenant3 = [[William C. Phelps]] | predecessor3 = [[Warren E. Hearnes]] | successor3 = Joseph P. Teasdale | order4 = 28th [[State Auditor of Missouri|Missouri State Auditor]] | term_start4 = 1971 | term_end4 = 1973 | governor4 = Warren E. Hearnes | predecessor4 = [[Haskell Holman]] | successor4 = John Ashcroft | order5 = Chairman of the [[United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship|Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship]] | term_start5 = January 4, 1995 | term_end5 = January 3, 2001 | predecessor5 = [[Dale Bumpers]] | successor5 = [[John Kerry]] | term_start6 = January 20, 2001 | term_end6 = June 6, 2001 | predecessor6 = John Kerry | successor6 = John Kerry | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1939|3|6}} | birth_place = [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]] | residence = [[Mexico, Missouri]] | occupation = Attorney | alma_mater = [[Princeton University]]<br />[[University of Virginia]] School of Law | spouse = Carolyn Reid Bond (?–1995;divorce)<br>Linda Bond (2002–present) | religion = }} '''Kit Bond''' (born March 6, 1939) is a former [[United States Senator]] from [[Missouri]] and a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. Before his 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.<ref name=BG>{{cite web|title=B