Francis Preston Blair Sr.

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Politician
gptkbp:advocatesFor Abolitionism
Civil Rights
gptkbp:affiliatedWith Free Soil Party
Know Nothing Party
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Transylvania_University
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:born April 12, 1791
gptkbp:children gptkb:Emma_Blair
gptkb:Montgomery_Blair
gptkb:Francis_Preston_Blair_Jr.
gptkbp:contributedTo Civil War politics
Political journalism in the 19th century
Abolitionist_movement
Democratic_Party_history
Unionist_efforts_during_the_Civil_War
gptkbp:died February 27, 1876
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Francis Preston Blair Sr.
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Montgomery_Blair
gptkb:Francis_Preston_Blair_Jr.
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:Andrew_Jackson
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:American_Civil_War
Political journalism
gptkbp:knownFor Journalism
Political activism
Advocacy for the Union
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Blair_Park,_Maryland
gptkb:Blair_House
gptkb:Blair_County,_Pennsylvania
gptkb:Blairsville,_Pennsylvania
Blair High School
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Washington_Globe
gptkbp:occupation politician
journalist
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Lexington,_Kentucky
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Silver_Spring,_Maryland
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:politicalPosition gptkb:Delegate_to_the_Democratic_National_Convention
Postmaster General
Member_of_the_U.S._House_of_Representatives
gptkbp:role Unionist
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:U.S._Army
gptkb:U.S._House_of_Representatives
gptkbp:serviceYears 1812-1815
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Eliza_G._Blair