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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 ...
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.
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16 de mar. de 2024 · Francis Preston Blair, Jr. February 19, 1821–July 9, 1875 U.S. Senator and Congressman from Missouri, Frank P. Blair was one of President Abraham Lincoln's more successful political generals, rising to command the 15th and 17th Army Corps during most of the major campaigns in the Western Theater of the Civil War.
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16 de mar. de 2024 · Politician. Newspaper publisher. Military officer. Career Summary: New Mexico Territory attorney general. Newspaper owner. U.S. Congressman. U.S. Senator. Major General (USVA) Spouse: Appoline Alexander (1847) Place of Death: St. Louis, Missouri. Date of Death: July 9, 1875. Place of Burial: Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri.
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Jornalista e Político. Francis Preston Blair ( Abingdon, Virginia 12 de abril de 1791 — Silver Spring, Maryland 18 de outubro de 1876) foi um jornalista e político americano, foi também um dos fundadores do Partido Republicano em 1856.
Highlights. As the Civil War began to loom, Frank Blair Jr. became the center of the emerging Republican Party in Missouri. During the election of 1860, he organized the Wide Awakes, a group dedicated to Abraham Lincoln’s campaign.
Summary. Francis Preston Blair, Junior (1821-75) was a member of prominent political family with ties to the border states of Missouri and Maryland but which opposed slavery and stood with Lincoln during the Civil War. After serving two terms in the Missouri Senate, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1856 as a Free Soil ...
