Francis Preston Blair

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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 Preston Blair canonical 5
Francis Preston Blair Jr. 4
Francis P. Blair Jr. 3

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

Free Soil Party ⓘ
Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
notableRelative Benjamin Gratz Brown ⓘ
Gideon Lee ⓘ
notableWork Washington Globe ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
newspaper editor ⓘ
political adviser ⓘ
politician ⓘ
owned Washington Globe ⓘ
placeOfBirth Abingdon, Virginia ⓘ
placeOfDeath Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ
playedRoleIn formation of the Republican Party ⓘ
opposition to the expansion of slavery ⓘ
politicalAlignment Jacksonian Democrat ⓘ
linked to: Jacksonian Party
politicalMovement Free Soil movement ⓘ
linked to: Free Soil Party

Jacksonian democracy ⓘ
linked to: Jacksonian era
residence Blair House, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
linked to: Blair House

Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Eliza Violet Gist ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Blair House → namedAfter → Francis Preston Blair ⓘ
Samuel Knox → precededBy → Francis P. Blair Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Francis Preston Blair
Frank Blair Jr. → father → Francis Preston Blair ⓘ
1868 United States presidential election → vicePresidentialRunningMateOfHoratio Seymour → Francis P. Blair Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Francis Preston Blair
Camp Jackson Affair → commander → Francis P. Blair Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Francis Preston Blair
Blair → hasNotableBearer → Francis Preston Blair ⓘ
Francis Preston Blair → child → Francis Preston Blair Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Francis Preston Blair
Montgomery Blair → father → Francis Preston Blair ⓘ
Montgomery Blair → sibling → Francis Preston Blair Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Francis Preston Blair
Andrew Jackson's Kitchen Cabinet → hasPart → Francis Preston Blair ⓘ
United States presidential election, 1868 → runningMateOfLoser → Francis Preston Blair Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Francis Preston Blair
Horatio Seymour → runningMate → Francis Preston Blair Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Francis Preston Blair
Blair political family → hasNotableMember → Francis Preston Blair Sr. ⓘ
linked to: Francis Preston Blair