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    Francis Preston Blair Sr. (April 12, 1791 – October 18, 1876) was an American journalist, newspaper editor, and influential figure in national politics...
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    Francis Preston Blair Jr. (February 19, 1821 – July 8, 1875) was a United States Senator, a United States Congressman and a Union Major General during...
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    War. He was the son of Francis Preston Blair, elder brother of Francis Preston Blair Jr. and cousin of B. Gratz Brown. Blair was born in Franklin County...
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  • Francis or Frank Blair may refer to: Francis Preston Blair Jr. (1821–1875), American politician and Union Army general Francis Preston Blair (1791–1876)...
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    Francis Preston Blair Lee (August 9, 1857 – December 25, 1944) was a Democratic member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland...
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  • Preston Blair may refer to: Francis Preston Blair, American politician Francis Preston Blair, Jr., American general Preston Blair, American animator This...
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    and son's careers. Blair and her husband Francis Preston Blair managed the Washington Globe. She was the mother of Montgomery Blair, Postmaster General...
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    Kentucky, to Francis Preston Blair and Eliza Violet Gist Blair. She was the sister of Montgomery Blair, James L. Blair, and Francis Preston Blair Jr. The family...
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    mortally wounded by him. In 1859, Francis Preston Blair built a house next to Blair House for his daughter Elizabeth Blair Lee and son-in-law Samuel Phillips...
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    Francis Preston Blair Jr. is a marble sculpture depicting the American jurist, politician, and soldier of the same name by Alexander Doyle, installed...
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  • Euan Blair (born 1984), British businessman and son of Tony Blair Everard Blair (1866–1939), English soldier and cricketer Francis Preston Blair (1791–1876)...
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    Meecham in the independent film That Evening Sun. He also portrayed Francis Preston Blair in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln (2012). In 2003, Holbrook was honored...
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    unanimously. Exhausted, the delegates unanimously nominated General Francis Preston Blair, Jr., for vice president on the first ballot after John A. McClernand...
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  • 21°48′S 153°42′E / 21.8°S 153.7°E / -21.8; 153.7 SS Francis Preston Blair was an American Liberty ship, 7,196 tons stranded on Saumarez Reef in the...
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    its name from a mica-flecked spring discovered there in 1840 by Francis Preston Blair, who subsequently bought much of the area's surrounding land. Acorn...
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    Best Supporting Actor. In his later career, Holbrook appeared as Francis Preston Blair in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln (2012), provided his voice as Mayday...
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    Francis Preston Blair Jr. Appoline Agatha Alexander was born to Andrew Alexander of Woodford County, Kentucky. She married Francis Preston Blair Jr. (1821–1875)...
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  • the southern states are re-admitted. Lincoln's hopes rely upon Francis Preston Blair, a founder of the Republican Party whose influence could win over...
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  • Attorney General Blair may refer to: Charles A. Blair (1854–1912), Attorney General of Michigan Francis Preston Blair Jr. (1821–1875), Attorney General...
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    Henry Harrison Beadle, South Dakota Thomas Hart Benton, Missouri Francis Preston Blair, Jr., Missouri William Borah, Idaho Norman Borlaug, Iowa William...
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    Francis Preston Blair Lee III (May 19, 1916 – October 25, 1985) was an American Democratic politician. He served as the secretary of State of Maryland...
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  • general in Lincoln's cabinet; other prominent Unionists included Francis Preston Blair Jr., John J. Crittenden, Henry Winter Davis, and Andrew Johnson...
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    of Representatives. He became an ally of Thomas Hart Benton and Francis Preston Blair Jr. in the struggle for control of the state Democratic Party against...
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    York, Horatio Seymour (D–New York), running with former Senator Francis Preston Blair Jr., with 48.75% of the vote. Grant was the first Republican presidential...
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    S. Capitol". Nebraska Examiner. Retrieved September 30, 2022. "Francis Preston Blair". Architect of the Capitol. Archived from the original on March...
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    York, Horatio Seymour (D–New York), running with former Senator Francis Preston Blair, Jr., with 31.57% of the vote. With 68.43% of the popular vote,...
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    York, Horatio Seymour (D–New York), running with former Senator Francis Preston Blair Jr., with 43.04% of the vote. Grant's victory in Missouri made him...
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    Schuyler Colfax 3,013,650 52.7% 214 / 294 Democratic Horatio Seymour Francis Preston Blair Jr. 2,708,744 47.3% 80 / 294 1872 Republican Ulysses S. Grant Henry...
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    Sakura Maru 11 Jul: Sakura 14 Jul: Hakuhō Maru, Tachibana 15 Jul: Francis Preston Blair, I-351, HMS Ludlow, HMS Maori, Walter L M Russ 16 Jul: USS Gamble...
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    sympathizers in what became the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. Francis Preston Blair Lee (1857–1944) was a Democratic member of the United States Senate...
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