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Lester Legrand Bond
Acting Mayor of Chicago, 1873
Party
- Republican
Elected
- By the City Council August 18, 1873 to serve while Mayor Joseph Medill traveled to Europe for health reasons. Acting Mayor Bond filled out the rest of Mayor Medill’s term, serving until December 1, 1873.
Inauguration
- August 22, 1873
Term of Office
- 1873
Birth
- October 27, 1829
- Ravenna, Ohio
Personal
- 1854: Started practicing law in Chicago
- 1856: Married Amie Scott Aspinwall; together they had one daughter
- Served as alderman of the 11th Ward
- 1867: Began serving four years in Illinois Legislature
- Attained rank of 32nd degree Mason
Death
- April 15, 1903
- Chicago
Gravesite
- Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago
Sources
- Andreas, A.T. History of Chicago: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. A.T. Andreas, 1884–86.
- Chicago Daily Tribune, April 16, 1903, p. 7.
- Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating and Janice L. Reiff, editors. Encyclopedia of Chicago. University of Chicago Press, 2004.
- Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago.