Download or read book The Francis Preston Blair Family in Politics written by William Ernest Smith and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Francis Preston Blair and his two sons, Francis Preston and Montgomery, are representatives of a longer period of influence in American politics than any other family except the Adams family." Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876) supported Andrew Jackson. His sons ". . . joined the Free Soil party in 1848 and later were leaders in founding the Republican party. Montgomery Blair, as Postmaster General under Lincoln, modernized the postal system, and Frank Blair was distinguished as a General in the Union Army.".