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Francis Preston Blair, Jr. (Feb. 19, 1821-July 9, 1875) was the only Free-Soiler from a slave state elected to Congress in 1856. As a Congressman from Missouri Blair denounced the Kansas-Nebraska Act as a violation of the Missouri Compromise. He was defeated for re-election to Congress in 1858.
From the guide to the Subscription list for a speech by Hon. Francis P. Blair on the Kansas question, delivered in the House of Representatives. [Washington]., March 23, 1858, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kansas Collection)
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