Hugh Lennox Bond

Hugh Lennox Bond (December 16, 1828 – October 24, 1893) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Circuit Courts for the Fourth Circuit. Education and career Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Bond graduated from the University of the City of New York (now New York University) in 1848 and read law to enter the bar in 1851. He was in private practice in Baltimore from 1851 to 1860, and was a leader of the local Know-Nothing party in the 1850s. He was a Judge of the Baltimore City Criminal Court from 1860 to 1867, thereafter returning to private practice in Baltimore until 1870. In 1867, Bond lost the Maryland gubernatorial election against Oden Bowie. Letter advocating recruitment of slaves