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See also:BLAIR, See also:FRANCIS See also:PRESTON (1791–1876) , See also:American journalist and politician, was See also:born at See also:Abingdon, See also:Virginia, on the 12th of See also:April 1791. He removed to See also:Kentucky, graduated at Transylvania University in 1811, took to journalism, and was a contributor to See also:Amos See also:Kendall's See also:paper, the See also:Argus, at See also:Frank-fort. In 1830, having become an ardent follower of See also:Andrew See also:Jackson, he was made editor of the See also:Washington Globe, the recognized See also:organ of the Jackson party. In this capacity, and as a member of Jackson's " See also:Kitchen See also:Cabinet," he See also:long exerted a powerful See also:influence; the Globe was the See also:administration organ until 1841, and the See also:chief Democratic organ until 1845; Blair ceased to be its editor in 1849. In 1848 he actively supported See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin See also:Van Buren, the See also:Free See also:Soil See also:candidate, for the See also:presidency, and in 1852 he supported See also:Franklin See also:Pierce, but soon afterwards helped to organize the new Republican party, and presided at its preliminary See also:convention at See also:Pittsburg, See also:Pennsylvania, in See also:February 1856. He was influential in securing the nomination of See also:John C. See also:Fremont at the See also:June convention (1856), and of See also:Abraham See also:Lincoln in 186o. After Lincoln's re-See also:election in 1864 Blair thought that his former See also:close See also:personal relations with the Confederate leaders might aid in bringing about a cessation of hostilities, and with Lincoln's consent went unofficially to See also:Richmond and induced See also:President See also:Jefferson See also:Davis to appoint commissioners to confer with representatives of the See also:United States. This resulted in the futile " See also:Hampton Roads See also:Conference " of the 3rd of February 1865 (see LINCOLN, ABRAHAM). After the See also:Civil See also:War Blair became a supporter of President See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson's reconstruction policy, and eventually rejoined the Democratic party. He died at See also:Silver See also:Spring, See also:Maryland, on the 18th of See also:October 1876.
His son, See also:MONTGOMERY BLAIR (1813-1883), politician and lawyer, was born in Franklin See also:county, Kentucky, on the loth of May 1813. He graduated at See also:West Point in 1835, but, after a See also:year's service in the See also:Seminole War, See also:left the See also:army, studied See also:law, and began practice at St See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis, See also:Missouri. After serving as United States See also:district See also:attorney (1839–1843), as See also:mayor of St Louis (1842–1843), and as See also:judge of the See also:court of See also:common pleas (1843–1849), he removed to Maryland (1852), and devoted himself to law practice principally in the Federal supreme See also:cowl t. He was United States See also:solicitor in the court of claims from 1855 until 1858, and was associated with See also:George T. See also:Curtis as counsel for the See also:plaintiff in the Dred See also:Scott See also:case in 1857. In 186o he took an active See also:part in the presidential See also:campaign in behalf of Lincoln, in whose cabinet he was postmaster-See also:general from 1861 until See also:September 1864, when he resigned as a result of the hostility of the See also:Radical Republican See also:faction, who stipulated that Blair's retirement should follow the withdrawal of Fremont's name as a candidate for the presidential nomination in that year. Under his administration such reforms and improvements as the See also:establishment of free See also:city delivery, the See also:adoption of a See also:money See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order See also:system, and the use of railway See also:mail cars were instituted —the last having been suggested by George B. See also:Armstrong (d. 1871), of See also:Chicago, who from 1869 until his See also:death was general See also:superintendent of the United States railway mail service. Differing from the Republican party on the reconstruction policy, Blair gave his adherence to the Democratic party after the Civil
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War. He died at Silver Spring, Maryland, on the 27th of See also:July 1883.
Another son, FRANCIS PRESTON BLAIR, jun. (1821-1875), soldier and See also:political See also:leader, was born at See also:Lexington, Kentucky, on the 19th of February 1821. After graduating at See also:Princeton in 1841 he practised law in St Louis, and later served in the Mexican War. He was ardently opposed to the See also:extension of See also:slavery and supported Martin Van Buren, the Free Soil candidate for the presidency in 1848. He served from 1852 to 1856 in the Missouri legislature as a Free Soil Democrat, in 1856 joined the Republican party, and in 1857-1860 and 1861—1862 was a member of See also:Congress, where he proved an able debater. Immediately after See also:South Carolina's See also:secession, Blair, believing that the See also:southern leaders were planning to carry Missouri into the See also:movement, began active efforts to prevent it and personally organized and equipped a See also:secret See also:body of 1000 men to be ready for the emergency. When hostilities became inevitable, acting in See also:conjunction with See also:Captain (later General) Nathaniel See also:Lyon, he suddenly transferred the arms in the Federal See also:arsenal at St Louis to See also:Alton, See also:Illinois, and a few days later (May to, 1861) surrounded and captured a force of See also:state See also:guards which had been stationed at See also:Camp Jackson in the suburbs of St Louis with the intention of seizing the arsenal. This See also:action gave the Federal cause a decisive initial See also:advantage in Missouri. Blair was promoted brigadier-general of See also:volunteers in See also:August 1862 and a See also:major-general in See also:November 1862. In Congress as chairman of the important military affairs See also:committee his services were of the greatest value. He commanded a See also:division in the See also:Vicksburg campaign and in the fighting about See also:Chattanooga, and was one of See also:Sherman's See also:corps commanders in the final See also:campaigns in See also:Georgia and the Carolinas. In 1866 like his See also:father arid See also:brother he opposed the Congressional reconstruction policy, and on that issue left the Republican party. In 1868 he was the Democratic candidate for See also:vice-president on the See also:ticket with Horatio See also:Seymour. In 1871—r873 he was a United States senator from Missouri. He died in St Louis, on the 8th of July i875.
End of Article: BLAIR, FRANCIS PRESTON (1791–1876)
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