predecessor successor death_place birth_place party office birth_date term_start appointer article_title term_end name alma_mater
seat established seat established charles simonton seat abolished baltimore , maryland , u.s. baltimore , maryland , u.s. republican judge the fourth circuit judge of the united states circuit court of for the fourth circuit the united states court of appeals for 16 december 1828 june 16 , 1891 july 13 , 1870 ulysses grant hugh lennox bond
 october 24 , 1893 june 16 , 1891 hugh bond new york university
hugh lennox bond

hugh lennox bond -lrb- december 16 , 1828 -- october 24 , 1893 -rrb- was a united states federal judge .
born in baltimore , maryland , bond graduated from the university of the city of new york in 1848 and read law to enter the bar in 1851 .
he was in private practice in baltimore , maryland from 1851 to 1860 .
he was a judge on the criminal court of maryland , annapolis , maryland from 1860 to 1867 , thereafter returning to private practice in baltimore until 1870 .
during the civil war , bond 's letter of august 15 , 1863 , to secretary of war edwin m. stanton was published in newspapers .
bond had been an abolitionist since before the civil war ; in his letter , he advocated the enlistment of slaves in the state of maryland , even though they were not freed by the emancipation proclamation , which limited freedom to areas of rebellion .
his advocacy soon became a reality .
in 1867 , bond lost the maryland gubernatorial election against oden bowie .
on april 6 , 1870 , bond was nominated by president ulysses grant to a new seat on the united states circuit court for the fourth circuit created by 16 stat .
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he was confirmed by the united states senate on july 13 , 1870 , and received his commission the same day .
bond served in that capacity until june 16 , 1891 , when he was reassigned by operation of law to the newly constituted united states court of appeals for the fourth circuit .
bond served in that capacity until his death , in 1893 , in baltimore .
bond and george s. bryan presided over the trial of ku klux klan members in columbia , south carolina during december 1871 .
the defendants were sentenced to five to three months incarceration with fines .
in 1876 , bond decided the south carolina presidential electoral case .
