Abstract is: Francis Preston Blair Sr. (April 12, 1791 – October 18, 1876) was an American journalist, newspaper editor, and influential figure in national politics advising several U.S. presidents across party lines. Blair was an early member of the Democratic Party, and a strong supporter of President Andrew Jackson, having helped him win Kentucky in the 1828 presidential election. From 1831 to 1845, Blair worked as Editor-in-Chief of the Washington Globe, which served as the primary propaganda instrument for the Democratic Party, and was largely successful. Blair was an influential advisor to President Jackson, and served prominently in a group of unofficial advisors and assistants known as the "Kitchen Cabinet". Blair, despite being a slaveholder from Kentucky, eventually came to oppose the expansion of slavery into western territories. He supported the Free Soil Party ticket of Martin Van Buren and Charles Francis Adams Sr. in the 1848 presidential election. In 1854, in opposition to the Kansas–Nebraska Act, he left the Democratic Party and helped establish the Republican Party. Blair served as an advisor to President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. In 1861, he was sent by Lincoln to offer command of a large Union army to Colonel Robert E. Lee, who declined, and instead joined the Confederacy. Blair also helped organize the Hampton Roads Conference of 1865, a failed attempt to end the war. After the Union victory, Blair became disillusioned with Radical Reconstruction, a policy promoted by many members of the Republican Party. He eventually left the party and rejoined the Democrats. His son, Francis Preston Blair Jr., was the party's nominee for vice president on a losing ticket in the 1868 election. Blair died in 1876 at age 85. His home, Blair House on Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C. across from the White House, is now used to host visiting heads of state and other guests of the president. It has been called "the world's most exclusive hotel."
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P40 | child | Elizabeth Blair Lee | Q546746 |
Francis Preston Blair Jr. | Q1350196 | ||
Montgomery Blair | Q1665428 | ||
P27 | country of citizenship | United States of America | Q30 |
P1343 | described by source | Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary | Q602358 |
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition | Q867541 | ||
New International Encyclopedia | Q1029706 | ||
Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography | Q12912667 | ||
The New Student's Reference Work | Q16082057 | ||
P69 | educated at | Transylvania University | Q956056 |
P734 | family name | Blair | Q12785963 |
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P735 | given name | Francis | Q1441346 |
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Preston | Q19830571 | ||
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P1412 | languages spoken, written or signed | English | Q1860 |
P102 | member of political party | Republican Party | Q29468 |
P25 | mother | Elizabeth Preston Smith | Q86969598 |
P106 | occupation | politician | Q82955 |
journalist | Q1930187 | ||
editor | Q1607826 | ||
P1038 | relative | Samuel Phillips Lee | Q2218751 |
P21 | sex or gender | male | Q6581097 |
P26 | spouse | Eliza Violet Gist Blair | Q56011063 |
P2031 | work period (start) | 1830-01-01 |
FileName: Francis Preston Blair Sr.jpg
Description: Francis Preston Blair (1791–1876)
Artist: Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
License: Public domain
FileName: Francis Preston Blair signature.png
Description: signature of Francis P. Blair, Sr.
Artist: Francis P. Blair; scanned by Bob Burkhardt
License: Public domain
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Q89923622 | Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Blair, Francis Preston |
Q103846680 | Blair, Francis Preston (12 April 1791–18 October 1876), newspaper editor and presidential adviser |
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Q56011063 | Eliza Violet Gist Blair | spouse | P26 |
Q2218751 | Samuel Phillips Lee | relative | P1038 |
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