Francis Preston Blair

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American politician human journalist political adviser

Francis Preston Blair was a prominent 19th-century American journalist and political adviser who became an influential figure in national politics as a close ally of President Andrew Jackson and a key leader in the Democratic and later Republican parties.

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Francis P. Blair Jr. 3
Francis Preston Blair canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
political adviser ⓘ
advisorTo Abraham Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ
Andrew Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Martin Van Buren NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Blair House, official guest house of the U.S. President NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Rock Creek Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ
child Elizabeth Blair Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ
Francis Preston Blair Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
Montgomery Blair NERFINISHED ⓘ
closeAllyOf Andrew Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1791-04-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1876-10-18 ⓘ
educatedAt Transylvania University NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Washington Globe NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scots-Irish Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Blair NERFINISHED ⓘ
founded Washington Globe NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName Francis NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor anti-slavery advocacy within major parties ⓘ
influence in national politics during the Jacksonian era ⓘ
mediating between political factions ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)

Free Soil Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
notableRelative Benjamin Gratz Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gideon Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Washington Globe NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
newspaper editor ⓘ
political adviser ⓘ
politician ⓘ
owned Washington Globe NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth Abingdon, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Silver Spring, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
playedRoleIn formation of the Republican Party ⓘ
opposition to the expansion of slavery ⓘ
politicalAlignment Jacksonian Democrat NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalMovement Free Soil movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jacksonian democracy NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence Blair House, Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
Silver Spring, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Eliza Violet Gist NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Blair House → namedAfter → Francis Preston Blair ⓘ
Samuel Knox → precededBy → Francis Preston Blair ⓘ
this entity surface form: Francis P. Blair Jr.
Frank Blair Jr. → father → Francis Preston Blair ⓘ
1868 United States presidential election → vicePresidentialRunningMateOfHoratio Seymour → Francis Preston Blair ⓘ
this entity surface form: Francis P. Blair Jr.
Camp Jackson Affair → commander → Francis Preston Blair ⓘ
this entity surface form: Francis P. Blair Jr.
Blair → hasNotableBearer → Francis Preston Blair ⓘ