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Francis Preston Blair Sr. (April 12, 1791 – October 18, 1876) was an American journalist, newspaper editor, and influential figure in national politics advising several U.S. presidents across party lines. Blair was an early member of the Democratic Party, and a strong supporter of President Andrew Jackson, having helped him win Kentucky in ...
Francis Preston Blair Jr. (February 19, 1821 – July 8, 1875) was a United States Senator, a United States Congressman and a Union Major General during the Civil War. He represented Missouri in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and was active in preventing the State of Missouri from being absorbed into the Confederacy at the beginning of the Civil War.
Jul 5, 2024 · Francis Preston Blair, Jr. (born Feb. 19, 1821, Lexington, Ky., U.S.—died July 9, 1875, St. Louis, Mo.) was a Missouri politician of the antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction eras who opposed slavery and secession but later came out against Radical Reconstruction and black suffrage. The son of the political journalist of the same name ...
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Mar 16, 2024 · Blair’s father, Francis Preston Blair, Sr., was a public official in Kentucky, who later was a close confidant and a strong supporter of President Andrew Jackson. When the family moved to Washington, D.C., in 1830, during Jackson’s first term, the senior Blair was the editor of the Washington Globe, an influential pro-Jacksonian newspaper.
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Jul 20, 1998 · Francis P. Blair (born April 12, 1791, Abingdon, Va., U.S.—died Oct. 18, 1876, Silver Spring, Md.) was a journalist and longtime Democratic politician who helped form the Republican Party in the 1850s in an effort to stem the expansion of slavery. A loyal supporter of the Democratic leader Andrew Jackson, Blair established in 1830 the ...
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Mar 16, 2024 · Francis Preston Blair, Jr. is more commonly known as Frank Blair. Frank Blair was the youngest child of Francis Preston and Eliza Gist Blair. Frank Blair’s older brother, Montgomery Blair, served as Postmaster General of the United States during the American Civil War. Frank Blair’s mother, Elizabeth “Eliza” Violet (Gist) Blair, was the ...
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May 11, 2018 · The American journalist and politician Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876) was a close adviser of President Andrew Jackson. Blair joined the antislavery movement and was active in the newly created Republican party throughout the Civil War. Francis P. Blair was born on April 12, 1791, in Abingdon, Va., but he grew up and was educated in Kentucky.
