Christopher Samuel Bond (born March 6, 1939) is an American attorney, politician and former United States Senator from Missouri and a member of the Republican Party.
First elected to the U.S.
Senate in 1986, he defeated Democrat Harriett Woods by a margin of 53%–47%.
He was re-elected in 1992, 1998, and 2004.
On January 8, 2009, he announced that he would not seek re-election to a fifth term in 2010, and was succeeded by fellow Republican Roy Blunt on January 3, 2011.
Following his retirement from the Senate, Bond became a partner at Thompson Coburn.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.