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Montgomery Blair (May 10, 1813 – July 27, 1883) was an American politician and lawyer from Maryland. He served in the Lincoln administration cabinet as Postmaster-General from 1861 to 1864, during the Civil War. He was the son of Francis Preston Blair, elder brother of Francis Preston Blair Jr. and cousin of B. Gratz Brown .
Montgomery Blair was born in 1813 in Franklin County, Kentucky. He received a presidential appointment from Andrew Jackson to West Point and graduated in 1835. Blair served in the military from 1835 to 1836, during which time he saw action in Florida’s Seminole War.
Early Years. Montgomery Blair was the oldest son of Francis Preston Blair, a Jacksonian Democrat who was best known as editor of the Globe, a newspaper founded at the request of President Andrew Jackson to allow the public insight into the work of his administration.
Montgomery Blair was recognized throughout his political career as a very outspoken man. He stood up for what he believed in and was unafraid to make enemies, even in a political atmosphere where all of the odds were against him.
In the twenty-first century, the name Montgomery Blair is not recognized often by the general population. However, as postmaster general under Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War, he was in the public eye during a very turbulent time in United States history.
President Lincoln confided to visitors on December 9, 1863. 1 A month earlier on November 2, Mr. Lincoln had written Montgomery Blair that he wanted “what I believe will be best for the country and best for him….” 2 But what the Blairs thought best often differed from what others thought best – particularly when the Blairs were ...
Cabinet and Vice Presidents: Montgomery Blair (1813-1883) - Mr. Lincoln's White House. Postmaster General under Lincoln, Montgomery Blair was despised by radical Republicans and most of Lincoln’s cabinet. He was the lone hard-liner in Cabinet on Fort Sumter in 1861.
