Montgomery Blair
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Montgomery Blair was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Postmaster General in Abraham Lincoln’s cabinet during the Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Montgomery Blair canonical | 3 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Postmaster General
ⓘ
human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Abraham Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaOfActivity |
American law
ⓘ
American politics ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Rock Creek Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1813-05-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1883-07-27 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Princeton University
ⓘ
Transylvania University NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Military Academy ⓘ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ⓘ |
| employer |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName | Blair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Francis Preston Blair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Montgomery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAncestor | Christopher Gist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Honorable ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Democratic Party
ⓘ
Free Soil Party NERFINISHED ⓘ Republican Party ⓘ |
| mother | Eliza Violet Gist Blair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
reforming the U.S. postal system during the Civil War
ⓘ
role in the Dred Scott case as counsel for Dred Scott ⓘ supporting Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 presidential election ⓘ |
| notableWork | service as U.S. Postmaster General during the American Civil War ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| participantIn |
American Civil War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lincoln administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Frankfort, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Silver Spring, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Unionist ⓘ |
| positionHeld | United States Postmaster General NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
ⓘ
surface form:
Presbyterianism
|
| representedIn | United States Supreme Court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Maryland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Francis Preston Blair Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Caroline Rebecca Buckner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.