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(1821–75). Missouri politician Francis Preston Blair, Jr., was active before and during the American Civil War and in the following Reconstruction period. He opposed slavery and secession but later came out against Radical Reconstruction and black suffrage. Blair was born on February 19, 1821, in Lexington, Kentucky.
Dec 28, 2023 · Francis Preston Blair Jr. on Wikipedia Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Timothy B. Smith, Early Struggles for Vicksburg: The Mississippi Central Campaign and Chickasaw Bayou October 25-December 31, 1862, (Lawrence Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 2022), 560.
Francis Preston Blair, Jr. (February 19, 1821 – July 9, 1875) was an American politician and Union Army general during the American Civil War. He represented Missouri in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and he was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President in 1868.
Francis Preston Blair, Jr. (Feb. 19, 1821-July 9, 1875) Married Agatha Apolline “Apo” Alexander (Sept. 14, 1828-Sept. 8, 1908) on Sept. 8, 1847. She was the daughter of Andrew Johnson Alexander (1796-1833) and Mira Lewis Madison Alexander (1803-1886) of Kentucky.
Frank Preston Blair, Jr. was born in Kentucky in 1821 with politics in his blood. His father was brought to Washington in 1830 by Andrew Jackson to edit the Washington Globe, and young Frank absorbed the ideals of the Jacksonian White House. In 1843, after graduating from law school, Blair moved to St. Louis to go into practice with his brother ...
Feb 27, 2020 · The party's candidate for vice president, Francis Preston Blair Jr., made the attack explicit in his acceptance letter, which was read at that year's convention. Blair condemned Republican leaders for substituting "as electors in place of men of our race. . .a host of ignorant negroes who are supported in idleness with the public money."
Francis Preston Blair, Jr. served as a general with Union Army as General William Sherman marched his men through the South. Special Orders No. 63 came as Blair and his men settled just outside the city of Fayetteville, on March 10, 1865.
