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About Francis Preston Blair Jr.
Francis Preston Blair Jr. was a United States senator, a United States representative, and a Union Army major general during the American Civil War. He represented Missouri in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and was active in preventing the state of Missouri from being absorbed into the Confederacy at the beginning of the war.
Everything about Francis Preston Blair Jr. →- Occupation
- politician, military officer, lawyer, major general
- Position held
- member of the Missouri House of Representatives, United States senator, United States senator, United States representative
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- February 19, 1821
- Died
- July 8, 1875