Francis Preston Blair Jr. - People - Department History
Francis Preston Blair Jr. (1821–1875)
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State of Residence: Missouri
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Austria)
- Not commissioned; nomination rejected by the Senate.