[4] Defeated in 1922, Bond resumed the practice of law and made an unsuccessful bid for the borough presidency of Brooklyn in 1926.

Bond served as chairman of the Alcohol Beverage Control Board of New York City from 1934 to 1970 when he retired at 93 years of age.

[1] Bond died in Bound Brook, New Jersey, on January 8, 1974 (age 96 years, 224 days).

[2] He was cremated and his ashes are interred at West Union Street Cemetery, Athens, Ohio.

[5] His granddaughter, Geraldine Bond Laybourne, founded the Oxygen Network after leading Nickelodeon's huge growth in the 1970s and '80s.