American politician (1792?1864)
This article is about a U.S. Representative from Ohio. For the American astronomer, see
William Cranch Bond
.
William Key Bond
(October 2, 1792 ? February 17, 1864) was a three-term
U.S. Representative
from
Ohio
from 1835 to 1841.
Early life and career
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Born in
St. Mary's County, Maryland
, Bond attended schools at
Litchfield, Connecticut
including
Litchfield Law School
where he studied law.
He moved to
Chillicothe, Ohio
in 1812. There, he joined a company of the Ohio Militia during the
War of 1812
.
In July 1813, he was part of the Expedition of
Governor Meigs
for the relief of
Fort Meigs
, which had been
besieged for a second time
by
General Henry Procter
and
Shawnee
chief
Tecumseh
. On the evening of the second day's march, his regimental commander Colonel Ferguson convened a court martial for a member of the regiment, and appointed Bond as Judge Advocate, in his first appearance as a lawyer.
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He returned to Chillicothe and was
admitted to the bar
.
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Congress
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Between March 4, 1835, and March 3, 1841, Bond served in the
United States House of Representatives
? as an
Anti-Jacksonian
to the
Twenty-fourth
Congress, and as a
Whig
to the
Twenty-fifth
and
Twenty-sixth
Congresses. During his final term, he served as chairman of the Committee on Public Expenditures. He declined to be a candidate for renomination to the Twenty-seventh Congress, instead moving to Cincinnati and continuing the practice of his profession.
Later career and death
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He was appointed surveyor of the port of Cincinnati by
President Fillmore
, serving in that role between May 2, 1849, and September 28, 1853.
Between 1859 and 1862 he was President of the Cincinnati and Zanesville Railroad.
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He died in
Cincinnati, Ohio
on February 17, 1864, and was interred in
Spring Grove Cemetery
.
References
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This article incorporates
public domain material
from the
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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