Portrait and biographical album of Jackson County, Michigan : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the County together with portraits & biographies of all the governors of the State and of the presidents of the United States . the heroismmanifested in its defense. Gov. Blair was elected Representative to theFortieth Congress, and twice re-elected, to the Forty-first and Forty-second Congress, from the Third Dis-trict of Michigan. While a member of that body hewas a strong supporter of reconstruction measures,and sternly opposed ev
Portrait and biographical album of Jackson County, Michigan : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the County together with portraits & biographies of all the governors of the State and of the presidents of the United States . the heroismmanifested in its defense. Gov. Blair was elected Representative to theFortieth Congress, and twice re-elected, to the Forty-first and Forty-second Congress, from the Third Dis-trict of Michigan. While a member of that body hewas a strong supporter of reconstruction measures,and sternly opposed every form of repudiation. Hisspeech upon the national finances, delivered on thefloor of the House March 21, 1868, was a clear andconvincing argument. Since his retirement from Con-gress, Mr. Blair has been busily occupied with his ex-tensive law practice. Mr. Blair married Sarah , of Seneca County N. Y., in February, 1849. Their family consists of 4 sons—George H., a postalclerk in the railway mail service; Charles A., partnerwith his father; Fred. J. and Austin T., at home. Governor Blairs religion is of the broad type, andcenters in the Golden Rule. In 1883, Gov. Blairwas nominated for Justice of the Supreme Corrtof the State by tlie Republican p irty, but was dcfi^atecl. .?J- ^^^^fe^^^ fV^ooJ^^y-^ GO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN. 149 i
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