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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 .
Montgomery Blair, né le 10 mai 1813 dans le comté de Franklin (Kentucky) et mort le 27 juillet 1883 à Silver Spring , est un homme politique américain. Membre du Parti démocrate puis du Parti républicain, il est Postmaster General des États-Unis entre 1864 et 1865 dans l'administration du président Abraham Lincoln.
When the rest of the Cabinet was unwilling to take a strong stand to resupply Fort Sumter and confront the Confederacy, Montgomery Blair was. Historian Allan Nevins wrote: “Blair, anxious for the immediate relief of Sumter, stood triumphant.
Montgomery Blair was a lawyer, politician, and abolitionist who served as Abraham Lincoln's postmaster general from 1861 to 1864. He argued for Dred Scott's freedom, defended John Brown, and tried to keep Maryland in the Union during the Civil War.
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.
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.
Montgomery Blair (1813-83) was postmaster general in the cabinet of President Abraham Lincoln. Born and educated in Kentucky, he graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1836 but soon left the army to study law.
