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Montgomery Blair (* 10. Mai 1813 im Franklin County, Kentucky; † 27. Juli 1883 in Silver Spring, Maryland) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker aus dem US-Bundesstaat Maryland. Er war Mitglied des Kabinetts von Abraham Lincoln während des Bürgerkrieges .
Montgomery Blair (May 10, 1813 – July 27, 1883) was an American politician and lawyer from Maryland. He served in the Lincoln administration cabinet as Postmaster-General from 1861 to 1864, during the Civil War. He was the son of Francis Preston Blair, elder brother of Francis Preston Blair Jr. and cousin of B. Gratz Brown .
Montgomery Blair was a lawyer, politician, and abolitionist who served as Abraham Lincoln's postmaster general from 1861 to 1864. He argued for Dred Scott's freedom, defended John Brown, and tried to keep Maryland in the Union during the Civil War.
President Lincoln confided to visitors on December 9, 1863. 1 A month earlier on November 2, Mr. Lincoln had written Montgomery Blair that he wanted “what I believe will be best for the country and best for him….” 2 But what the Blairs thought best often differed from what others thought best – particularly when the Blairs were ...
Contents. Montgomery Blair. United States government official. Learn about this topic in these articles: association with Lincoln. In Abraham Lincoln: Wartime politics of Abraham Lincoln. …of his conservative postmaster general, Montgomery Blair. Eventually Frémont withdrew and Blair resigned.
Montgomery Blair was a loyal and controversial ally of Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. He resigned twice from the Cabinet, supported emancipation and Frémont, and clashed with Radical Republicans and Seward.
Early Years. Montgomery Blair was the oldest son of Francis Preston Blair, a Jacksonian Democrat who was best known as editor of the Globe, a newspaper founded at the request of President Andrew Jackson to allow the public insight into the work of his administration.
