Frank Blair Jr.

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Frank Blair Jr. was a prominent 19th-century American politician and Union Army general from Missouri who played a key role in preserving the state for the Union during the Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician
Union Army general
United States Representative
United States Senator
human
allegiance Union
buriedAt Bellefontaine Cemetery
candidateInElection United States presidential election, 1868
causeOfDeath malaria
conflict American Civil War
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1821-02-19
dateOfDeath 1875-07-08
describedBySource Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Official Records of the War of the Rebellion
educatedAt Princeton University
ethnicGroup White American
familyName Blair
father Francis Preston Blair
givenName Francis
honoredIn Blair County, Pennsylvania
surface form: Blair County, Pennsylvania (namesake family)

Blair, Nebraska
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
Liberal Republican Party (United States)
surface form: Liberal Republican Party

Republican Party
militaryBranch Union Army
militaryRank major general
nativeLanguage English
nominatedFor Vice President of the United States
notableFor Commanding Union troops in the Western Theater
Opposition to secession in Missouri
notableWork Leadership in preserving Missouri for the Union during the American Civil War
occupation lawyer
military officer
politician
partOf Blair political family
placeOfBirth Lexington, Kentucky
placeOfDeath Saint Louis City
surface form: St. Louis, Missouri
positionHeld Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri
United States Senator from Missouri
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
representedDistrict Missouri's 1st congressional district
residence Saint Louis City
surface form: St. Louis, Missouri
runningMateOf Horatio Seymour
servedIn Western Theater of the American Civil War
sexOrGender male
sibling Montgomery Blair

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Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, United States notableBurial Frank Blair Jr.
subject surface form: Calvary Cemetery (St. Louis)
Camp Jackson Affair involvedPoliticalFigure Frank Blair Jr.
this entity surface form: Frank Blair