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Bertaccini</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blackwood-blaine.html#027.06.17">Robert Blair Blaikie</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blandford-blaz.html#889.47.20">Blair Blanton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boarman-bodziak.html#362.55.48">Blair Bobier</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyles-bradburn.html#705.17.95">Blair N. Boyles</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyles-bradburn.html#403.55.01">Robert F. Brachtenbach</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckley.html#082.95.12">John Terry Buckley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckley.html#579.01.06">Houston Harry Buckley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/camiel-campau.html#427.00.48">D. Blair Camp</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/campbell7.html#367.28.12">Robert Blair Campbell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/catron-cavanagh.html#438.87.56">Harry Monroe Caudill</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark9.html#761.59.00">William Clark</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/colebank-coleman.html#511.62.12">Clarence J. Coleman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cox.html#769.60.61">James Middleton Cox</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis1.html#066.01.52">Blair Davis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/down-downey.html#386.37.27">Huntington Blair Downer Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dudley.html#885.17.64">James G. Dudley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evans4.html#560.75.90">Isaac Blair Evans</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ewing.html#608.29.70">Blair Ewing</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fields.html#780.17.52">Martin Blair Fields</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fort-fossum.html#346.43.04">Chauncey Forward</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gehant-geoghan.html#596.42.53">Blair R. Geho</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gersch-gibbon.html#003.53.35">Gordon Butcher Gibbens</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griffis-grim.html#153.85.96">Blair A. Griffith</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gundry-guthery.html#539.28.68">Blair F. Gunther</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gundry-guthery.html#534.42.80">Amos Gustine</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hogarth-hogenauer.html#621.96.37">John Blair Hoge</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howlett-hubard.html#966.12.23">T. Jefferson Hoxie</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hull.html#198.09.45">Blair Hull</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hunter.html#587.32.94">Jon Blair Hunter</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson-johnston.html#461.95.67">Hugh Blair Johnston</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kelm-kemmer.html#829.74.88">A. Blair Kelsey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lancaster.html#960.10.74">Joseph Bradford Lancaster</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#363.09.77">Francis Preston Blair Lee</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee1.html#982.73.82">Blair Lee III</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leszynski-levi.html#477.37.58">Charles Blair Letton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linn.html#564.89.44">John Blair Linn</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lynch.html#178.68.90">Sara Blair Lynch</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/macdougal-maciora.html#525.14.43">Blair B. MacInnes</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/manners-manning.html#312.83.66">Thomas Courtland Manning</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martina-martinelli.html#462.52.55">Anne Clark Martindell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mathewson-matthaei.html#032.08.79">Blair H. Mathies Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcclelland-mcclory.html#629.60.07">Blair McClenachan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccorquodale-mccuiston.html#893.59.43">Blair J. McCowan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moody.html#175.82.00">Arthur Edson Blair Moody</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moody.html#082.93.52">Blair Moody Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patton.html#409.82.04">Theodore Blair Patton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patty-payn.html#751.87.92">Blair Pawloski</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#897.36.98">Blair Pirson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rainie-ralph.html#946.04.71">Albert McKinley Rains</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reidelbach-reilley.html#714.45.27">John I. Blair Reiley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/renaud-republican.html#641.89.99">Robert Blair Reppard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott8.html#906.86.77">T. Blair Scott</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sheldrick-shenk.html#111.08.68">Turner Blair Shelton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simons.html#185.35.92">Blair E. Simons</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/todd.html#618.03.26">John Blair Smith Todd</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/traxler-treichler.html#926.80.41">Samuel Tredwell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanwagenen-vaudain.html#012.33.77">Blair L. Varnes</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ward3.html#936.65.47">Everett Blair Ward</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams1.html#531.47.68">Blair Williams</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodman.html#890.12.44">Blair G. Woodman</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="622.00.94">Blair, A. S.</a> — of Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Iowa. District judge in Iowa 10th District, 1894-1906. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="918.91.12">Blair, A. W.</a> — of California. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 3rd District, 1861-62. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="568.52.83">Blair, Alexander J.</a> — of Milton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/NR-lived.html">Northumberland County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/PA.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/PA.html">1924</a> (alternate). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="582.79.40">Blair, Alonzo</a> — of Shelbyville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SH-lived.html">Shelby County</a>, Ind. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/IN.html">1916</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="251.14.27">Blair, Andrew M.</a> — of Fond du Lac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/FD-lived.html">Fond du Lac County</a>, Wis. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a>, 1853-54. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6267604653/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/169/26.75.jpg" width=70 height=89 border=0 alt="Austin Blair"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="169.26.75">Blair, Austin</a> (1818-1894) — also known as "The War Governor" — of Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mich. Born in Caroline, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/TO-born.html">Tompkins County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/02-08.html">February 8, 1818</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Jackson County, 1846; instrumental in the 1846 abolition of capital punishment in Michigan, the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">first</a> English-speaking jurisdiction to do so; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-officials.html">Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1853-54, 1885-86; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 12th District, 1855-56; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Michigan</a>, 1861-65; defeated (Liberty), 1872; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/MI.html">1860</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 3rd District, 1867-73; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/uofm.html">University of Michigan board of regents</a>, 1881-89; appointed 1881. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. Died in Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/08-06.html">August 6, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 179 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-buried.html#cms00205">Mt. Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Jackson, Mich.; statue at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-buried.html#cms07589">State Capitol Grounds</a>, Lansing, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Rhoda (Blackman) Mann Blair and George Blair; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/02-18.html">February 18, 1841</a>, to Persis Lyman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/05-25.html">May 25, 1846</a>, to Elizabeth Pratt; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/02-16.html">February 16, 1849</a>, to Sarah Louesa (Horton) Ford; father of <a href="#290.83.17">Charles Austin Blair</a>; third cousin of <a href="#886.03.54">Bernard Blair</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11711.html">Blair family</a> of Jackson, Michigan.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000521">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401497">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/austin-blair/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6248000">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="886.03.54">Blair, Bernard</a> (1801-1880) — of Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, N.Y. Born in Williamstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1801/05-24.html">May 24, 1801</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; delegate to Whig National Convention from New York, 1839; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 12th District, 1841-43. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died in Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/05-07.html">May 7, 1880</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 349 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WA-buried.html#cms00963">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Salem, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Blair and Sally (Train) Blair; married to Charlotte Lansing; third cousin of <a href="#169.26.75">Austin Blair</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="#290.83.17">Charles Austin Blair</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11711.html">Blair family</a> of Jackson, Michigan.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000522">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401498">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="276.99.95">Blair, Bonnie</a> — of Myrtle Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/HO-lived.html">Horry County</a>, S.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/SC.html">2004</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Blair, C. Ledyard See <a href="#472.81.72">Clinton Ledyard Blair</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Blair, C. Stanley See <a href="#300.01.57">Charles Stanley Blair</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="471.11.66">Blair, C. W.</a> — of Leavenworth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/LV-lived.html">Leavenworth County</a>, Kan. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/KS.html">Democratic National Committee from Kansas</a>, 1888. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="290.83.17">Blair, Charles Austin</a> (1854-1912) — also known as Charles A. Blair — of Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mich. Born in Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/04-10.html">April 10, 1854</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-officials.html">Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/MI.html">1896</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 4th Circuit, 1899; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/attygn.html">Michigan state attorney general</a>, 1903-04; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1905-12; died in office 1912; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1909. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/08-30.html">August 30, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 142 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-buried.html#cms00205">Mt. Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Jackson, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#169.26.75">Austin Blair</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/10-08.html">October 8, 1879</a>, to Effie C. North; third cousin once removed of <a href="#886.03.54">Bernard Blair</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11711.html">Blair family</a> of Jackson, Michigan.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/14941760">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href=" http://micourthistory.org/justices/charles-blair">Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="247.83.94">Blair, Charles H.</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 12th District, 1890. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="434.41.71">Blair, Charles L.</a> — of Belton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CS-lived.html">Cass County</a>, Mo. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Cass County, 1928, 1936. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="765.08.75">Blair, Charles R.</a> — of Vienna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WO-lived.html">Wood County</a>, W.Va. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/vienna.html">Mayor of Vienna, W.Va.</a>, 1941-50. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="300.01.57">Blair, Charles Stanley</a> (1927-1980) — also known as C. Stanley Blair — of Whiteford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HA-lived.html">Harford County</a>, Md.; Darlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HA-lived.html">Harford County</a>, Md. Born in Kingsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/BL-born.html">Baltimore County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/12-20.html">December 20, 1927</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1963-67; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/stsen.html">Maryland state senate</a> District 14, 1966; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Maryland</a>, 1967-69; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Maryland</a>, 1970; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Maryland</a>, 1971-80; died in office 1980. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died in Fallston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HA-died.html">Harford County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1980/04-20.html">April 20, 1980</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 122 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HA-buried.html#cms07119">Union Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery</a>, Joppa, Md. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Charles Edward Blair and Beulah (Gibson) Blair; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/06-27.html">June 27, 1964</a>, to Opal Whiteford.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="518.06.27">Blair, Charles W.</a> — of Fort Scott, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/BO-lived.html">Bourbon County</a>, Kan. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/fortscott.html#2">Fort Scott, Kan.</a>, 1866-69; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/KS.html">1876</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/KS.html">1880</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="472.81.72">Blair, Clinton Ledyard</a> — also known as C. Ledyard Blair — of Peapack, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SO-lived.html">Somerset County</a>, N.J. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/NJ.html">1916</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="076.65.94">Blair, Corey</a> — of West Fargo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/CA-lived.html">Cass County</a>, N.Dak. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/ND.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.legis.state.wv.us/images/members/2013/senate/blair_craig.jpg"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/546/72.10.jpg" width=70 height=110 border=0 alt="Craig Blair"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="546.72.10">Blair, Craig Philip</a> (b. 1959) — also known as Craig Blair — of Martinsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BE-lived.html">Berkeley County</a>, W.Va. Born in Martinsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BE-born.html">Berkeley County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/10-17.html">October 17, 1959</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/electrician.html">Electrician</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 2003-10; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/WV.html">2008</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2012/WV.html">2012</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 15th District, 2013-; defeated, 2010. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nra.html">National Rifle Association</a>. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Freddie L. Blair and Jeanette (Porterfield) Blair; married to Andrea Dendy.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: West Virginia Legislature</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="244.53.27">Blair, David</a> — of Max Meadows, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WY-lived.html">Wythe County</a>, Va. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/VA.html">1996</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="567.94.87">Blair, David E.</a> — of Joplin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JS-lived.html">Jasper County</a>, Mo. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/spju.html">Justice of Missouri state supreme court</a>; elected 1920; Judge, Missouri Springfield Court of Appeals; elected 1940. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="396.37.90">Blair, David H.</a> — of Winston-Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/FO-lived.html">Forsyth County</a>, N.C.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/NC.html">1920</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/NC.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/NC.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/NC.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/NC.html">1936</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="865.50.94">Blair, David M.</a> — of High Point, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GU-lived.html">Guilford County</a>, N.C. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/NC.html">1940</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="675.34.56">Blair, Deborah K.</a> — of Brownstown Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/MI.html">2000</a>; member, Platform Committee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/committees.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="999.09.00">Blair, Diane Divers</a> (1938-2000) — also known as Diane Blair — of Fayetteville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Ark. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-born.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/10-25.html">October 25, 1938</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">University professor</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Arkansas. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Died of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/lung-cancer.html">lung cancer</a>, at Fayetteville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/06-26.html">June 26, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 245 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/WA-buried.html#cms05640">Fairview Memorial Gardens</a>, Fayetteville, Ark. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Blair, Doc See <a href="#298.55.32">William D. Blair</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="986.39.52">Blair, Dorie</a> — of Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 93rd District, 1978. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1978. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="551.05.53">Blair, E. C.</a> — of Laramie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, Wyo. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wyoming, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/WY.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/WY.html">1928</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="585.05.97">Blair, E. F.</a> — of Erieville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MA-lived.html">Madison County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/NY.html">1896</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="571.54.43">Blair, E. L. S.</a> — of Conshohocken, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/conshohocken.html#2">Burgess of Conshohocken, Pennsylvania</a>, 1953. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="321.69.48">Blair, Edmond G.</a> — of Epping, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-lived.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/cncne.html">Delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention</a> from Epping, 1956; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a> from Epping; elected 1956. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="265.35.33">Blair, Edmund Roberts</a> (b. 1908) — also known as Edmund Blair — of Pell City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ala. Born in Leeds, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/07-29.html">July 29, 1908</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper publisher</a>; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/AL.html">1948</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/civitan.html">Civitan</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="844.27.66">Blair, Edward E.</a> — of Weston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/weston.html">Mayor of Weston, W.Va.</a>, 1949-50. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Blair, Edwin See <a href="#667.43.75">W. Edwin Blair</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="121.38.00">Blair, Edwin F.</a> — of Southport, Fairfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/CT.html">1960</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention</a> 4th District, 1965. Still living as of 1965. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="142.39.19">Blair, Emerson C.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Farmer-Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Wayne County 1st District, 1936. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="399.95.80">Blair, Enos E.</a> — of Sturgis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ME-lived.html">Meade County</a>, S.Dak. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 51st District, 1943-44; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/SD.html">1952</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="273.86.71">Blair, Ezekiel D.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HI-lived.html">Hickory County</a>, Mo. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Hickory County, 1901-02. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/3410670870/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/362/39.21.jpg" width=70 height=99 border=0 alt="Francis G. Blair"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="362.39.21">Blair, Francis Grant</a> (b. 1864) — also known as Francis G. Blair — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CL-lived.html">Coles County</a>, Ill.; Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Born in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/10-30.html">October 30, 1864</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sppi.html">Illinois superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1907-35; defeated, 1934. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Blair and Mary J. (Crane) Blair; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/">1898</a> to Lillian Caton.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Illinois Blue Book 1919</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="061.23.89">Blair, Francis Preston</a> (1791-1876) — also known as Francis P. Blair — of Maryland. Born in Abingdon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1791/04-12.html">April 12, 1791</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper publisher</a>; member of Pres. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson1.html#174.79.95">Andrew Jackson</a>'s "Kitchen Cabinet" of trusted advisors; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/MD.html">1856</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/committees.html">Platform Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/MD.html">1860</a>; advisor to Pres. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#848.31.47">Abraham Lincoln</a> during Civil War. Died in Silver Spring, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/10-18.html">October 18, 1876</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 189 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00376">Rock Creek Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Eliza Preston (Smith) Blair and <a href="#118.85.96">James Blair</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/07-21.html">July 21, 1812</a>, to Eliza Violet Gist; father of <a href="#828.36.15">Montgomery Blair</a> and <a href="#827.40.18">Francis Preston Blair Jr.</a>; grandfather of <a href="#463.67.53">James Lawrence Blair</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#363.09.77">Francis Preston Blair Lee</a> and <a href="#942.93.74">Gist Blair</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#297.22.60">Edward Brooke Lee</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee1.html#982.73.82">Blair Lee III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#776.61.78">Edward Brooke Lee Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0296.html">Woodbury-Holden family</a> of Massachusetts and New Hampshire (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis Preston Blair">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/337/000172818">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/2938">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="827.40.18">Blair, Francis Preston, Jr.</a> (1821-1875) — also known as Francis P. Blair, Jr. — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Born in Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-born.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/02-19.html">February 19, 1821</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for New Mexico</a>, 1846; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a>, 1852-56; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 1st District, 1857-59, 1860, 1861-62, 1863-64; resigned 1860; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/MO.html">1860</a>; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Democratic candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1868; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Missouri</a>, 1871-73. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-died.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/07-08.html">July 8, 1875</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 139 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-buried.html#cms00391">Bellefontaine Cemetery</a>, St. Louis, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#061.23.89">Francis Preston Blair</a> and Eliza Violet (Gist) Blair; brother of <a href="#828.36.15">Montgomery Blair</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/09-08.html">September 8, 1847</a>, to Appoline Alexander; father of <a href="#463.67.53">James Lawrence Blair</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#363.09.77">Francis Preston Blair Lee</a> and <a href="#942.93.74">Gist Blair</a>; grandson of <a href="#118.85.96">James Blair</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#297.22.60">Edward Brooke Lee</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee1.html#982.73.82">Blair Lee III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#776.61.78">Edward Brooke Lee Jr.</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#624.56.05">John Eager Howard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fogleson-folse.html#328.23.16">Joseph Wingate Folk</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#231.03.02">Carey Estes Kefauver</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aikens-albree.html#092.04.74">William Julian Albert</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#296.88.63">George Howard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#762.57.32">Benjamin Chew Howard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aikens-albree.html#422.21.20">Talbot Jones Albert</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/canon-caplis.html#737.45.76">Ethel Gist Cantrill</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#877.22.98">George Nicholas</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#133.01.52">Wilson Cary Nicholas</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#402.57.46">John Nicholas</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#232.91.35">Peyton Randolph</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#777.13.81">Robert Carter Nicholas</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a> (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000523">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401499">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis Preston Blair, Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/18442">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Francis P. Blair: William Earl Parrish, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0826211569/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0826211569&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Frank Blair: Lincoln's Conservative</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="911.15.57">Blair, Fred Bassett</a> — also known as Fred B. Blair — of Wisconsin. Communist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 1930; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Wisconsin</a>, 1938. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="239.69.55">Blair, George</a> — Greenback candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 5th District, 1878. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="837.09.35">Blair, George C.</a> — of San Bernardino, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SB-lived.html">San Bernardino County</a>, Calif. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sanbernardino.html">Mayor of San Bernardino, Calif.</a>, 1952-55. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="371.32.41">Blair, George W., Jr.</a> — of Beckley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RA-lived.html">Raleigh County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/beckley.html">Mayor of Beckley, W.Va.</a>, 1929. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="942.93.74">Blair, Gist</a> (1860-1940) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo.; Silver Spring, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md.; Kensington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-born.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/09-10.html">September 10, 1860</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/MD.html">1912</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/MD.html">1916</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/12-16.html">December 16, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 97 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00376">Rock Creek Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#828.36.15">Montgomery Blair</a> and Mary Elizabeth (Woodbury) Blair; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/03-04.html">March 4, 1912</a>, to Laura Ellis Lawson; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodbury.html#701.58.24">Charles Levi Woodbury</a> and <a href="#827.40.18">Francis Preston Blair Jr.</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodbury.html#768.29.37">Levi Woodbury</a> and <a href="#061.23.89">Francis Preston Blair</a>; great-grandson of <a href="#118.85.96">James Blair</a>; first cousin of <a href="#463.67.53">James Lawrence Blair</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#363.09.77">Francis Preston Blair Lee</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#297.22.60">Edward Brooke Lee</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee1.html#982.73.82">Blair Lee III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#776.61.78">Edward Brooke Lee Jr.</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodbury.html#427.19.36">Gordon Woodbury</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodbury.html#507.71.22">Charlotte Eliza Woodbury</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#624.56.05">John Eager Howard</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aikens-albree.html#092.04.74">William Julian Albert</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fogleson-folse.html#328.23.16">Joseph Wingate Folk</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#296.88.63">George Howard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#762.57.32">Benjamin Chew Howard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#231.03.02">Carey Estes Kefauver</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#877.22.98">George Nicholas</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#133.01.52">Wilson Cary Nicholas</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#402.57.46">John Nicholas</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aikens-albree.html#422.21.20">Talbot Jones Albert</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/canon-caplis.html#737.45.76">Ethel Gist Cantrill</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a> (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7260557">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="380.94.33">Blair, Harry</a> — of Tilford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ME-lived.html">Meade County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 41st District, 1937-38. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="838.87.35">Blair, Henry E.</a> — of Waukesha, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WK-lived.html">Waukesha County</a>, Wis. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/waukesha.html#2">Waukesha, Wis.</a>, 1907-15; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/waukesha.html">mayor of Waukesha, Wis.</a>; elected 1922. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="249.67.71">Blair, Henry William</a> (1834-1920) — also known as Henry W. Blair — of Plymouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H.; Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H. Born in Campton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-born.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/12-06.html">December 6, 1834</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1866; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 11th District, 1867-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a>, 1875-79, 1893-95 (3rd District 1875-79, 1st District 1893-95); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New Hampshire</a>, 1879-91. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/03-14.html">March 14, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 99 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-buried.html#cms00033">Campton Cemetery</a>, Campton, N.H. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Henry Blair and Lois (Baker) Blair; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/12-20.html">December 20, 1859</a>, to Eliza Nelson.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000524">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401500">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="237.11.17">Blair, Herbert M.</a> — of Weston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/WV.html">1944</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Lewis County, 1950. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="733.22.58">Blair, Ida</a> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/NY.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/NY.html">1924</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="669.82.93">Blair, Ivory G.</a> — of Chandlerville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CS-lived.html">Cass County</a>, Ill. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/IL.html">1916</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="005.62.61">Blair, J. D.</a> — Socialist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="297.04.26">Blair, J. H.</a> — of Omaha, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DO-lived.html">Douglas County</a>, Neb. District judge in Nebraska 4th District, 1892-96. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="187.79.13">Blair, J. R.</a> — of Troy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, N.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/NC.html">1912</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="276.93.30">Blair, Jacob Beeson</a> (1821-1901) — also known as Jacob B. Blair — of West Virginia; Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-lived.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah. Born in Parkersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WO-born.html">Wood County</a>, Va. (now W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/04-11.html">April 11, 1821</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 11th District, 1861-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from West Virginia</a> 1st District, 1863-65; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> 1st District, 1868; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CR-diplomats.html ">Costa Rica</a>, 1868-73; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/tsju.html">justice of Wyoming territorial supreme court</a>, 1876; state court judge in Utah, 1892; U.S. Surveyor-General for Utah, 1899. Died in Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-died.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/02-12.html">February 12, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 307 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-buried.html#cms00211">Mt. Olivet Cemetery</a>, Salt Lake City, Utah. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moss.html#644.70.91">Hunter Holmes Moss Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/14475.html">Blair-Alexander-Moss family</a> of Parkersburg, West Virginia.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000525">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401501">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/blair-jacob-beeson ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="118.85.96">Blair, James</a> (1762-1837) — of Kentucky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1762/12-22.html">December 22, 1762</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/attygn.html">Kentucky state attorney general</a>, 1797-1820. Died in Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/01-07.html">January 7, 1837</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 16 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Blair and Susan (Durbarrow) Blair; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1789/01-02.html">January 2, 1789</a>, to Elizabeth Smith; father of <a href="#061.23.89">Francis Preston Blair</a>; grandfather of <a href="#828.36.15">Montgomery Blair</a> and <a href="#827.40.18">Francis Preston Blair Jr.</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="#463.67.53">James Lawrence Blair</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#363.09.77">Francis Preston Blair Lee</a> and <a href="#942.93.74">Gist Blair</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#297.22.60">Edward Brooke Lee</a>; third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee1.html#982.73.82">Blair Lee III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#776.61.78">Edward Brooke Lee Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0104.html">Muhlenberg-Hiester family</a> of Pennsylvania (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="528.19.06">Blair, James</a> (1786-1834) — of South Carolina. Born in The Waxhaws, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1786/09-26.html">September 26, 1786</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Planter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">sheriff</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from South Carolina</a>, 1821-22, 1829-34 (9th District 1821-22, 8th District 1829-34); resigned 1822; died in office 1834; in 1832, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/assault.html">assaulted</a> newspaper editor Duff Green, breaking some bones, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">fined</a> $350. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Died from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">self-inflicted</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/04-01.html">April 1, 1834</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">47 years, 187 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00416">Congressional Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000526">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=412135">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Blair (South Carolina politician)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7374147">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="173.78.55">Blair, James</a> — of Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/MI.html">1876</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/grandrapids.html#3">Grand Rapids, Mich.</a>, 1885-90. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="571.19.93">Blair, James</a> — of Vancouver, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/CL-lived.html">Clark County</a>, Wash. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/WA.html">1936</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="705.12.49">Blair, James Gorrall</a> (1825-1904) — also known as James G. Blair — of Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, Mo.; Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, Mo. Born near Blairville (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ZZ-born.html">unknown county</a>), Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/01-01.html">January 1, 1825</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 8th District, 1871-73. Slaveowner. Died in Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LE-died.html">Lewis County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/03-01.html">March 1, 1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 60 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LE-buried.html#cms00510">Forest Grove Cemetery</a>, Canton, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000527">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401502">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="463.67.53">Blair, James Lawrence</a> (1854-1904) — also known as James L. Blair — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-born.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/04-02.html">April 2, 1854</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; president, St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners, 1884; general counsel, St. Louis World's Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition), 1901-03; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> in December, 1903, for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/forgery.html">forgery</a> of two deeds of trust to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/embezzlement.html">obtain a loan</a> from an estate he managed. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/loyal-legion.html">Loyal Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the Revolution</a>. Died, either from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">suicide</a> (which he had attempted at least twice before) or from "<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">congestion of the brain</a>", in Eustis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LA-died.html">Lake County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/01-16.html">January 16, 1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 289 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-buried.html#cms00391">Bellefontaine Cemetery</a>, St. Louis, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#827.40.18">Francis Preston Blair Jr.</a> and Apolline Agatha (Alexander) Blair; nephew of <a href="#828.36.15">Montgomery Blair</a>; grandson of <a href="#061.23.89">Francis Preston Blair</a>; great-grandson of <a href="#118.85.96">James Blair</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#363.09.77">Francis Preston Blair Lee</a> and <a href="#942.93.74">Gist Blair</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#297.22.60">Edward Brooke Lee</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee1.html#982.73.82">Blair Lee III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#776.61.78">Edward Brooke Lee Jr.</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#624.56.05">John Eager Howard</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aikens-albree.html#092.04.74">William Julian Albert</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fogleson-folse.html#328.23.16">Joseph Wingate Folk</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#296.88.63">George Howard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#762.57.32">Benjamin Chew Howard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#231.03.02">Carey Estes Kefauver</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#877.22.98">George Nicholas</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#133.01.52">Wilson Cary Nicholas</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#402.57.46">John Nicholas</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aikens-albree.html#422.21.20">Talbot Jones Albert</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/canon-caplis.html#737.45.76">Ethel Gist Cantrill</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a> (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7387514">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="798.82.57">Blair, James R.</a> — Reform candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 8th District, 1998. Still living as of 1998. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="149.30.68">Blair, James Thomas</a> (1871-1944) — also known as James T. Blair — of Maysville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/DK-lived.html">DeKalb County</a>, Mo.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Born in Loudon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/LO-born.html">Loudon County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/11-11.html">November 11, 1871</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">College professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, Obion College, 1895-96; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from DeKalb County, 1899-1902; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/spju.html">justice of Missouri state supreme court</a>, 1915-24; defeated, 1924; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Missouri state supreme court</a>, 1921-22. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-alpha-epsilon.html">Sigma Alpha Epsilon</a>. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GR-died.html">Greene County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/04-12.html">April 12, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 153 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CO-buried.html#cms02108">Riverview Cemetery</a>, Jefferson City, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Dr. Samuel Tate Blair and Louisa Matlock (Osborne) Blair; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/06-19.html">June 19, 1901</a>, to Grace Emma Ray; father of <a href="#426.60.42">James Thomas Blair Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/99177234">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/426/60.42.jpg" width=70 height=109 border=0 alt="James T. Blair, Jr."></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="426.60.42">Blair, James Thomas, Jr.</a> (1902-1962) — also known as James T. Blair, Jr. — of Jefferson City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CO-lived.html">Cole County</a>, Mo. Born in Maysville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/DK-born.html">DeKalb County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/03-15.html">March 15, 1902</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Cole County, 1929-32; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/MO.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/MO.html">1960</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CO-parties.html">chair of Cole County Democratic Party</a>, 1939; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/jeffersoncity.html">mayor of Jefferson City, Mo.</a>, 1947-48; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Missouri</a>, 1949-57; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Missouri</a>, 1957-61. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/amvets.html">Amvets</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mil-ord-world-wars.html">Military Order of the World Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-chi.html">Sigma Chi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-nu-phi.html">Sigma Nu Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>. Died, along with his wife, of accidental <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/poison.html">carbon monoxide poisoning</a>, when exhaust fumes from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">car left running</a> in an attached garage entered their home through the air conditioning system, in Jefferson City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CO-died.html">Cole County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/07-12.html">July 12, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 119 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CO-buried.html#cms02108">Riverview Cemetery</a>, Jefferson City, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#149.30.68">James Thomas Blair</a> and Grace Emma (Ray) Blair; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/">1926</a> to Emilie Garnett Chorn.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/james-thomas-blair/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James T. Blair, Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/991/000122625">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6786028">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=71602">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Missouri Official Manual 1957</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="501.44.92">Blair, Jean</a> — Candidate for Presidential Elector for Louisiana. Still living as of 2020. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="180.78.14">Blair, Jim</a> — of Springdale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Ark. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/AR.html">1968</a>. Still living as of 1968. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="647.62.99">Blair, John, Jr.</a> (1732-1800) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/YO-lived.html">York County</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/wb-born.html">Williamsburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1732/index.html">1732</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/burg.html">Virginia House of Burgesses</a>, 1766-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/cncb.html">delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention</a>, 1776; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/gvcn.html">Virginia Governor's Council</a>, 1776-78; state court judge in Virginia, 1777-78; Judge, Virginia Court of Appeals, 1779-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">member, U.S. Constitutional Convention</a>, 1787; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/cnrt.html">delegate to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution</a> from York County, 1788; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Virginia state supreme court</a>, 1789; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-supreme-ct.html">Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court</a>, 1789-95; resigned 1795. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a> or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/wb-died.html">Williamsburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1800/08-31.html">August 31, 1800</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">about 68 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/wb-buried.html#cms02561">Bruton Parish Church Cemetery</a>, Williamsburg, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Blair and Mary (Monro) Blair; married to Jean Balfour.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS John Blair (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-names.html">Richmond, California</a>; scrapped 1966) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=189&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Blair Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/4426">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/blair-john--jr.">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="667.67.49">Blair, John, Jr.</a> (1758-1818) — Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1758/index.html">1758</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a>, 1788-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention</a>, 1788-89; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1796-97. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/07-13.html">July 13, 1818</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">about 60 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Father of <a href="#770.27.28">John Blair</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="641.82.01">Blair, John</a> (born c.1786) — of Pennsylvania. Born about 1786. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1820. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BL.html">Blair County, Pa.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="770.27.28">Blair, John</a> (1790-1863) — of Jonesborough, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Tenn. Born near Jonesborough, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1790/09-13.html">September 13, 1790</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/stsen.html">Tennessee state senate</a>, 1819-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a>, 1823-35 (at-large 1823-25, 1st District 1825-29, 8th District 1829-31, 1st District 1831-35); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1849-51. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Jonesborough, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/07-09.html">July 9, 1863</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 299 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WA-buried.html#cms02710">Old Cemetery</a>, Jonesborough, Tenn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#667.67.49">John Blair Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000528">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401503">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="623.21.23">Blair, John</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/WA-lived.html">Warren County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Warren County, 1832-33. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="459.60.76">Blair, John</a> — of Marshall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SA-lived.html">Saline County</a>, Mo. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/marshall.html">Mayor of Marshall, Mo.</a>, 1902. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="053.52.99">Blair, John</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AL-lived.html">Allegan County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Allegan County 1st District, 1922. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="593.97.78">Blair, John</a> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/stsen.html">Texas state senate</a> 3rd District, 1992. Still living as of 1992. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="156.40.74">Blair, John A.</a> — of Jersey City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-lived.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/NJ.html">1916</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="743.23.73">Blair, John G.</a> — Populist candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 9th District, 1894. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="568.66.41">Blair, John G.</a> — of Choteau, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/TE-lived.html">Teton County</a>, Mont. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/MT.html">1908</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="512.09.37">Blair, John H.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/BR-lived.html">Brown County</a>, Ohio. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/cncn2.html">Delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention</a> from Brown County, 1850-51. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6252264250/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/588/02.95.jpg" width=70 height=95 border=0 alt="John I. Blair"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="588.02.95">Blair, John Insley</a> (1802-1899) — also known as John I. Blair — of Blairstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/WA-lived.html">Warren County</a>, N.J. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/WA-born.html">Warren County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/08-22.html">August 22, 1802</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">postmaster</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">manufacturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroad builder</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/NJ.html">1860</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/NJ.html">1868</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New Jersey</a>, 1868. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Died in Blairstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/WA-died.html">Warren County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/12-02.html">December 2, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/97.html">97 years, 102 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/WA-buried.html#cms07890">Gravel Hill Cemetery</a>, Blairstown, N.J. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Blair and Rachel (Insley) Blair; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/09-20.html">September 20, 1826</a>, to Nancy Ann Locke; father of Emma Elizabeth Blair.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">township</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/WA-names.html">Blairstown, New Jersey</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/WA-names.html">Blair, Nebraska</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/BE-names.html">Blairstown, Iowa</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Blair Hall, at Princeton <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">University</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-names.html">Princeton, New Jersey</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Insley Blair">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15493870">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: King's Notable New Yorkers of 1896-1899</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="151.59.83">Blair, John J.</a> — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 4th District, 1867, 1870-72. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="062.05.12">Blair, John L.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/WI-lived.html">Winona County</a>, Minn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 7, 1872. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11280">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="007.16.56">Blair, John L.</a> — of Blairstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/WA-lived.html">Warren County</a>, N.J. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/NJ.html">1888</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="591.93.09">Blair, Joseph</a> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Montgomery and Hamilton counties, 1836-37. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="145.10.52">Blair, Joseph C.</a> — of Urbana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CH-lived.html">Champaign County</a>, Ill. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/IL.html">1928</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="269.42.32">Blair, Joseph W.</a> — Socialist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="977.63.08">Blair, Kenneth C., Jr.</a> — of Ohio. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 13th District, 1996. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Blair, Ledyard See <a href="#472.81.72">Clinton Ledyard Blair</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="202.38.87">Blair, Marian D.</a> — of Warren, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/TR-lived.html">Trumbull County</a>, Ohio. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/OH.html">1952</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/OH.html">1956</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/OH.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="053.72.60">Blair, Mark E.</a> — of Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass. Candidate in primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/salem.html">mayor of Salem, Mass.</a>, 1999. Still living as of 1999. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="357.78.67">Blair, Merrick F.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SH-lived.html">Shiawassee County</a>, Mich. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Shiawassee County, 1930. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="789.69.65">Blair, Montgomery</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/PI-lived.html">Pike County</a>, Ill. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn2.html">Delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention</a> from Pike County, 1847. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="828.36.15">Blair, Montgomery</a> (1813-1883) — of Missouri; Maryland. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/05-10.html">May 10, 1813</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Missouri</a>, 1840-44; common pleas court judge in Missouri, 1843-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1844/MO.html">1844</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1852/MO.html">1852</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/MD.html">1860</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Postmaster General</a>, 1861-64; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1878; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a>, 1882. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Silver Spring, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/07-27.html">July 27, 1883</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 78 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00376">Rock Creek Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#061.23.89">Francis Preston Blair</a> and Eliza Violet (Gist) Blair; brother of <a href="#827.40.18">Francis Preston Blair Jr.</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/">1836</a> to Caroline Buckner; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/">1846</a> to Mary Elizabeth Woodbury (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodbury.html#768.29.37">Levi Woodbury</a>; sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodbury.html#701.58.24">Charles Levi Woodbury</a>); father of <a href="#942.93.74">Gist Blair</a>; uncle of <a href="#463.67.53">James Lawrence Blair</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#363.09.77">Francis Preston Blair Lee</a>; grandson of <a href="#118.85.96">James Blair</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#297.22.60">Edward Brooke Lee</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee1.html#982.73.82">Blair Lee III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#776.61.78">Edward Brooke Lee Jr.</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#624.56.05">John Eager Howard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fogleson-folse.html#328.23.16">Joseph Wingate Folk</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#231.03.02">Carey Estes Kefauver</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aikens-albree.html#092.04.74">William Julian Albert</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#296.88.63">George Howard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#762.57.32">Benjamin Chew Howard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aikens-albree.html#422.21.20">Talbot Jones Albert</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/canon-caplis.html#737.45.76">Ethel Gist Cantrill</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#877.22.98">George Nicholas</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#133.01.52">Wilson Cary Nicholas</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#402.57.46">John Nicholas</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#232.91.35">Peyton Randolph</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#777.13.81">Robert Carter Nicholas</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a> (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery Blair">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/571/000173052">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/2937">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="741.47.58">Blair, Mott P. IV</a> — of Wallace, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/DP-lived.html">Duplin County</a>, N.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/NC.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="241.35.03">Blair, Nelda Luce</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a> 15th District, 1996. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="957.39.58">Blair, Oliver L.</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 28th District, 1997. Still living as of 1997. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="302.79.79">Blair, P. M.</a> — of Illinois. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/IL.html">1868</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="546.83.76">Blair, Ralph Webber</a> — of Fort Smith, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/SB-lived.html">Sebastian County</a>, Ark. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/fortsmith.html#2">Fort Smith, Ark.</a>, 1965-80 (acting, 1965). Still living as of 1980. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="482.76.40">Blair, Robert</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SO-lived.html">Somerset County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Somerset County, 1785-89, 1792. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="472.04.46">Blair, Robert</a> — of Tuscaloosa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/TU-lived.html">Tuscaloosa County</a>, Ala. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/tuscaloosa.html#2">Tuscaloosa, Ala.</a>, 1865-75. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="549.67.86">Blair, Robert E., Sr.</a> — of Greenup, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/GR-lived.html">Greenup County</a>, Ky. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="555.70.65">Blair, Robert S.</a> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 3rd District, 1916. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="619.94.80">Blair, Robert W.</a> — of Topeka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SH-lived.html">Shawnee County</a>, Kan. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/KS.html">1920</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="680.27.52">Blair, Robert W.</a> — of Park Forest, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/IL.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="072.91.44">Blair, Robert William</a> — also known as Robert W. Blair — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WY-lived.html">Wythe County</a>, Va. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/cncn5.html">Delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention</a> from Wythe County, 1901-02. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="184.79.44">Blair, Rudolph</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ohio. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/cncn1.html">Delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention</a> from Jefferson County, 1802. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="294.77.30">Blair, Sam C.</a> — of Jefferson City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CO-lived.html">Cole County</a>, Mo. Democrat. Circuit judge in Missouri 14th Circuit; elected 1946. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="816.02.29">Blair, Samuel B.</a> — of Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ST-lived.html">Strafford County</a>, N.H. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/dover.html">Mayor of Dover, N.H.</a>, 1938-41. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="213.11.49">Blair, Samuel Steel</a> (1821-1890) — of Hollidaysburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BL-lived.html">Blair County</a>, Pa. Born in Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/IN-born.html">Indiana County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/12-05.html">December 5, 1821</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/PA.html">1856</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 18th District, 1859-63. Died in Hollidaysburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BL-died.html">Blair County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/12-08.html">December 8, 1890</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 3 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BL-buried.html# ">Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery</a>, Hollidaysburg, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000529">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401504">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel Steel Blair">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6857571">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=174350">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="565.88.21">Blair, Seth M.</a> (1819-1875) — of Utah. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/03-14.html">March 14, 1819</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Utah</a>, 1850-54. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/03-17.html">March 17, 1875</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 3 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/CA-buried.html#cms07764">Logan City Cemetery</a>, Logan, Utah. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="716.93.72">Blair, Shirley</a> — of Las Vegas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/CL-lived.html">Clark County</a>, Nev. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/NV.html">2004</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Blair, Stanley See <a href="#300.01.57">Charles Stanley Blair</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="556.09.73">Blair, Stanley L.</a> — of Erie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/PA.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="881.25.99">Blair, Sue</a> — Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for California. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2020. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="598.83.60">Blair, Susan</a> (born c.1958) — of Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/VZ-lived.html">Van Zandt County</a>, Tex. Born about 1958. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/TX.html">2004</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="907.44.71">Blair, T. A.</a> — of Oaksville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BE-lived.html">Bee County</a>, Tex. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a> 85th District, 1887-88. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="988.08.44">Blair, T. L.</a> — of Oil City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/VE-lived.html">Venango County</a>, Pa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/oilcity.html">Mayor of Oil City, Pa.</a>, 1929. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="443.39.58">Blair, T. V.</a> — of Cutler, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/PR-lived.html">Perry County</a>, Ill. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="172.98.56">Blair, Tammy</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/stsen.html">Texas state senate</a> 3rd District, 2012. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="550.70.11">Blair, Thomas</a> — of Dayton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MY-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ohio. Whig. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/dayton.html#2">Dayton, Ohio</a>, 1843-45. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="538.63.00">Blair, Todd</a> — Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for California. Still living as of 2020. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="081.38.43">Blair, W. A.</a> — of Tupelo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LE-lived.html">Lee County</a>, Miss. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/MS.html">1924</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="667.43.75">Blair, W. Edwin</a> — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/PA.html">1928</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="738.05.19">Blair, W. G.</a> — of Kentucky. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 9th District, 1920. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="456.86.07">Blair, Walter</a> (d. 1849) — of Plymouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 12th District, 1835-37. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/06-07.html">June 7, 1849</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="779.59.43">Blair, Walter H.</a> — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-lived.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/wilmington.html">Mayor of Wilmington, N.C.</a>, 1937. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="581.08.84">Blair, Willard F.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CD-lived.html">Caldwell County</a>, Mo. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Caldwell County, 1901-02, 1905-06. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="378.25.69">Blair, William</a> — of Waukesha, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WK-lived.html">Waukesha County</a>, Wis. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a>, 1864-65, 1872-73, 1876-77. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="036.60.86">Blair, William A.</a> (b. 1882) — of Elwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/AT-lived.html">Atlantic County</a>, N.J. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/index.html">1882</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Mechanical engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/AT-officials.html">Atlantic County Freeholder</a>, 1916-17; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Atlantic County, 1918-23. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="071.18.06">Blair, William C.</a> — of Ogdensburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-lived.html">St. Lawrence County</a>, N.Y. Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ogdensburg.html">mayor of Ogdensburg, N.Y.</a>, 1937. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="651.71.49">Blair, William C.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/CO.html">1940</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="502.63.22">Blair, William C.</a> — of Jefferson City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CO-lived.html">Cole County</a>, Mo. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/jeffersoncity.html#2">Jefferson City, Mo.</a>, 1961-72 (acting, 1961-62). Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="298.55.32">Blair, William D.</a> — also known as Doc Blair — of Paintsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JO-lived.html">Johnson County</a>, Ky. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a> 97th District, 1976-77, 1980-81; defeated in primary, 1973; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Kentucky</a>, 1983. Still living as of 1983. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="939.11.71">Blair, William McCormick, Jr.</a> (1916-2015) — of Illinois. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/10-24.html">October 24, 1916</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; administrative and executive assistant to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevenson-steward.html#447.89.39">Adlai E. Stevenson</a>, 1950-55; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DE-diplomats.html ">Denmark</a>, 1961-64; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PH-diplomats.html ">Philippines</a>, 1964-67. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html">Council on Foreign Relations</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>. Died in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2015/08-28.html">August 28, 2015</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/98.html">98 years, 308 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William McCormick Blair and Helen Hadduck (Bowen) Blair; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/09-09.html">September 9, 1961</a>, to Catherine 'Deeda' Gerlach; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccormick.html#820.89.71">Robert Sanderson McCormick</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccormick.html#522.23.25">Cyrus Hall McCormick</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccormick.html#489.81.62">Joseph Medill McCormick</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccormick.html#486.07.04">Robert Rutherford McCormick</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10638.html">McCormick-Guggenheim-Morton-Medill family</a> of Illinois and New York.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/blair-william-mccormick ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="684.68.61">Blair, William N.</a> (1834-1872) — of Laconia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/BE-lived.html">Belknap County</a>, N.H. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/index.html">1834</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/NH.html">1868</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 6th District, 1870-71. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/05-18.html">May 18, 1872</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/37.html">about 37 years</a>). 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