Lester L. Bond

{{short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Lester Bond

|image = Lester Legrand Bond.jpg

|birth_date = October 27, 1829

|birth_place = Ravenna, Ohio, U.S.

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1903|4|15|1829|10|27}}

|death_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

|resting_place = Rosehill Cemetery

|residence = Chicago, Illinois

|office = Acting Mayor of Chicago

|term_start = August 22, 1873

|term_end = December 1, 1873

|predecessor = Joseph Medill

|successor = Harvey Doolittle Colvin

|office2 = Chicago Alderman{{Cite web |url=http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/LIB/AldermansList.htm |title=Centennial List of Mayors, City Clerks, City Attorneys, City Treasurers, and Aldermen, elected by the people of the city of Chicago, from the incorporation of the city on March 4, 1837 to March 4, 1937, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the years during which each official held office. |access-date=December 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904052355/http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/LIB/AldermansList.htm |archive-date=September 4, 2018 |url-status=dead }}{{cite book |last1=Council |first1=Chicago (Ill ) City |title=Journal of the Proceedings of the City Council |date=1892 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TWw0AQAAMAAJ |access-date=27 December 2020 |language=en}}

|term_start2 = 1871

|term_end2 = 1873

|alongside2 = Charles C. P. Holden (1871–1872)
David W. Clark Jr. (1872–1873)

|predecessor2 = Thomas Wilco

|successor2 = Charles L. Woodman

|constituency2 = 10th ward

|term_start3 = 1863

|term_end3 = 1866

|alongside3 = George Von Hollen (1863–1865)
S.I. Russell (1865–1866)

|predecessor3 = constituency established

|successor3 = Henry Ackoff

|constituency3 = 11th Ward

|office4 = Member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 59th district

|term_start4 = 1867

|term_end4 = 1871

|predecessor4 = Ansell B. Cook, Nathan W. Huntley, and William Jackson

|alongside4= Joseph S. Reynolds (1867–71), Horace M. Singer (1867–68), and Henry B. Miller (1869–71)

|successor4 = legislature reapportioned after enactment of 1870 state constitution{{cite web |title=Cook Bench and Bar_02.pdf |url=https://www.illinoiscourthistory.org/Resources/5ca323b8-2028-4c00-9172-7ba2260db511/Cook%20Bench%20and%20Bar_02.pdf |website=Illinois Court History |access-date=12 November 2024 |page=1}}

|party = Republican

|spouse = Mary Aspenwall

|children = Laura Bond Jackson

|signature = Signature of Lester Legrant Bond (1829–1903).png

}}

Lester Legrant Bond (October 27, 1829 – April 15, 1903) was a member of the Illinois state House of Representatives from 1866 to 1870 and served as acting Mayor of Chicago, appointed by Joseph Medill in 1873 when Medill left for Europe.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90301341/death-comes-to-l-l-bond-long-a/ |title=Death Comes to L.L. Bond |work=Chicago Tribune |page=7 |date=1903-04-16 |access-date=2021-12-09 |via=Newspapers.com}}