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  Montgomery Blair
The eldest son of Francis P. Blair, Montgomery Blair was born in Kentucky in 1813, where he received his early education.
Blair moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1837, practiced law, and served in a variety of offices during the 1840s, including mayor of St. Louis.
President Lincoln's selection of Blair as postmaster general was a recognition of his border state residence, former Democratic affilia tion, family connections, and service to the party.
www.tulane.edu /~latner/Blair.html   (205 words)

  
  Montgomery Blair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Montgomery Blair (May 10, 1813–July 27, 1883), son of Francis Preston Blair and elder brother of Francis Preston Blair, Jr.
Differing from the Republican Party on the Reconstruction policy, Blair gave his adherence to the Democratic Party after the Civil War, along with his brother, who was the Democratic vice presidential candidate in 1868.
Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland is named for him.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Montgomery_Blair   (308 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Montgomery Blair
Montgomery Blair (19th century photograph) This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright.
Montgomery Blair, son of Francis Preston Blair, resided in the house as well, and was a trusted advisor to President Lincoln before and during the Civil War.
Montgomery Blair advised Lincoln on important matters such as the reinforcing of Fort Sumter and was instrumental from holding Maryland out of the Confederacy.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Montgomery-Blair   (1541 words)

  
 Montgomery Blair High School - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Montgomery Blair High School is a Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, public school named for Montgomery Blair, a lawyer who represented Dred Scott in his United States Supreme Court case, and served as Postmaster General under President Abraham Lincoln.
Montgomery Blair has also welcomed other government officials in recent years, including a 2003 visit by United States Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge and Secretary of Education Rod Paige.
While not a magnet on the scale of the math, science and computer science program also housed at Blair, the CAP also manages to attract highly able students from all around the county to be a part of their program.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Montgomery_Blair_High_School   (1489 words)

  
 Montgomery Blair History, Ancestors and Descendants
Some Blair researchers believe all of their children were born in America, but at this time records have not been found to prove or disprove this.
Montgomery was listed as a farmer (1850) and the promise of a better life in Iowa must have been the reason for their trek to Iowa.
Montgomery and son Lemuel were living in the same household as Ernest Weimer and Martha in the 1900 Census.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~wagamon/BlairHistory.htm   (3456 words)

  
 Blair Program
Montgomery Blair High School was a controversial project from the start.
Main Street at Montgomery Blair High School serves the very same purpose of Main Street in a small town in that it is the primary way to access all major storefronts of that town.
Finally, if there were one aspect of Montgomery Blair High School’s architectural design that stands out the most, it undoubtedly lies in the weeklong, on-site design process facilitated by the architectural firm.
www.designshare.com /HighSchoolLibrary/HSBlair/Blair2_Prog.htm   (2253 words)

  
 Montgomery Blair Physics Team   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
University of Maryland Physics Olympics is one of the Annual competitions that Blair participates in.
Blair won first place in the Projectile Contest, Optics Orgy, and third in the Mystery Event.
One of the mystery events last year was to direct a bowling ball with a broom, in a manner similar to the Olympic sport of curling.
physicsteam.mbhs.edu /UM   (293 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Montgomery Blair (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Montgomery Blair 1813–83, U.S. Postmaster General (1861–64), b.
He resigned from the army in 1836 after serving against the Seminole and settled in St. Louis as the legal and political protEgE of Senator Thomas H. Benton.
Opposed to radical Republicanism, he returned to the Democratic party and was one of Samuel J. Tilden's counsel in the disputed election of 1876.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/BlairM.html   (280 words)

  
 Montgomery Blair's Secrets of Success (washingtonpost.com)
Montgomery Blair High School scaled a remarkable academic height this past school year when six of its seniors were named among the 40 finalists in the nationwide Intel Science Talent Search (formerly the Westinghouse), the oldest and most prestigious competition of its kind.
We encourage that also because they are with other [non-magnet] kids at Blair to relate to, in their PE class, and history, and English.
Before the magnet, there was middle-class flight of all races from Blair, parents, African American and white, who felt the school was not doing enough for their students.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/local/edureview/k12119901.htm   (1044 words)

  
 Trains on US Stamps
This aerogramme was issued in conjunction with the 20th UPU Congress, in Washington, DC, an appropriate time and place to honor its subject, who played a key role in the creation of the UPU - some consider him its father.
In addition to the Montgomery Blair aerogramme above, the USPS released eight stamps and two souvenir sheets in conjunction with the 20th UPU Congress, showing classic and future mail transportation methods.
For some reason they snubbed the train and its role in moving the mail classic-style, choosing instead to feature a stagecoach, a steamboat, a biplane, and a Depot-Hack Automobile (!) Many cachet-makers corrected this oversight by featuring a classic steam locomotive in their designs for the issue, and I had to share a few here.
alphabetilately.com /US-trains-08a.html   (539 words)

  
 Mr. Lincoln's White House: Montgomery Blair (1813-1883)
John Hay recorded in his diary on the day of Blair's resignation: "Blair in spite of some temporary indiscretions is a good and true man and a most valuable public officer.
Blair, who took his problems of consequence directly to the President, was the natural recipient of that confidence.
The resignation of Frémont and Cochrane was received yesterday, and the President, commenting on it, said F. had stated 'the Administration was a failure, politically, militarily, and financially,' that this included the Secretaries of State, Treasury, War, and Postmaster-General, and he thought the Interior, but not the Navy or the Attorney-general.
www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org /inside.asp?ID=84&subjectID=2   (924 words)

  
 Montgomery Blair
Blair was the only Cabinet member who urged Lincoln to reinforce Fort Sumter.
Blair was an efficient Postmaster General and was responsible for establishing military post offices, appointing stamp agents for the armies, secured passage of a bill abolishing postmasters' franking privileges, and improved the international mail system.
Blair expected Abraham Lincoln to appoint him to the Supreme Court but was disappointed when Abraham Lincoln selected his old rival, Salmon P. Chase, instead.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USACWblair.htm   (383 words)

  
 Students and Leaders: Montgomery Blair High School   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Montgomery Blair High School(MBHS) serves the diverse population of Silver Spring, Maryland, in Montgomery County, just outside of Washington, DC.
Montgomery Blair High School's precursor was Takoma-Silver Spring High School, founded in 1925.
By the mid 1930's, a new high school was constructed "miles from anywhere." The new school was named after Montgomery Blair, Abraham Lincoln's Postmaster General and lawyer for Dred Scott before the Supreme Court.
www.studentsandleaders.org /dc/schools/blair.asp   (129 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Blair
Son of George Blair and Rhoda (Beackman) Blair; father of Charles A. Blair.
Blair, Ida — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Democrat.
Blair, Jacob Beeson (1821-1901) — also known as Jacob B. Blair — of West Virginia.
politicalgraveyard.com /bio/blair.html   (1036 words)

  
 The Honor Code - Silver Chips Online
The faculty of Montgomery Blair High School is committed to develop in its students, honesty and integrity in all academic assignments.
The student may appeal the decision of the council to the Principal of Montgomery Blair High School following the procedure outlined for appealing a decision to the principal found in the MBHS student plan book.
Blair students and faculty: To find out how to get your comment authenticated as a Blair student or faculty member, click here.
silverchips.mbhs.edu /inside.php?sid=438   (1253 words)

  
 Aptitude Aplenty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Abby, 17 and a senior at Blair, fumbled in her purse for the phone, then wondered at the unfamiliar number.
At Blair, the January 26 announcement that Abby and Sherri, along with Michael Forbes, Justin Kovac and Albert Tsao, who was spending a semester in Brookline, Mass., were among the 40 finalists in the 2005 Intel competition was cause for celebration.
Blair had more students in the last round of the competition than any other high school in the nation.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/26/AR2005072601834.html   (716 words)

  
 (DVD Review) The Blair Witch Project
In the small town of Burkittsville, Maryland (Formally know as Blair) the story is told of the Blair Witch.
There are some really cool extras here, and I would highly recommend watching the Sci-Fi special "The Curse of the Blair Witch" documentary even prior to watching the movie for the first time.
Includes both the theatrical film, "The Blair Witch Project," (87 min.) and the TV documentary, "Curse of the Blair Witch" (approx.
www.yanman.com /HomeTheater/Reviews/BlairWitchReview.htm   (446 words)

  
 the Academies at Montgomery Blair   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Blair senior Brandon Haynes, 17, of Silver Spring competed against students from five other area public schools last month in the finals of the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship’s (NFTE) Region-wide Business Plan Competition and came home with a third place win and $250.
Brandon is a student in Derek Sontz’s Entrepreneurship class, one of the courses available to students in the Academy of Entrepreneurship.
For his presentation, Brandon focused on one event in particular – a Blair student wrestling show, featuring members of the Blair Championship Wrestling Club.
academies.mbhs.edu /news/news004.shtml   (537 words)

  
 Testing Shows No New Active Cases of TB at Montgomery Blair High School
Results of tuberculosis (TB) tests conducted at Montgomery Blair High School last week showed no new active cases of the disease in students or staff as a result of contact with a contagious student diagnosed in December with active TB.
No new active cases of TB were found in students or staff as a result of contact with the Montgomery Blair High School student who was diagnosed with a contagious case of active tuberculosis in late 2000.
However, of the 91 contacts (81 students and 10 teachers who had regular classroom contact with the affected student), five students, who had positive reactions to skin tests, were evaluated for tuberculosis symptoms and given follow-up chest x-rays.
www.montgomerycountymd.gov /mc/news/press/01-28.html   (618 words)

  
 Welcome to Bugscope
Montgomery Blair High School participated in Bugscope on 03 July 2001.
All of the images gathered during their experiment can be found in the database under the account name 2001-024.
More information about Montgomery Blair High School can be found by reading their application.
bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu /members/2001-024   (144 words)

  
 Montgomery Blair's PTSA
We encourage you to patronize these businesses and organizations and please mention our appreciation for their continued support.
The PTSA at Montgomery Blair High School is an organization that represents every part of our community - the parents, the teachers and staff, and the students.
We are a passionate group that works hard on many fronts to make sure all our students have the opportunity to be successful.
ptsa.mbhs.edu   (666 words)

  
 Montgomery Blair Ultimate FAQ
Montgomery Blair Frisbee is a team I'm on composed of Montgomery Blair students and alumni who like to play Ultimate frisbee.
Way back in the stone age, before the new Blair was built, we had open lunch.
You would be surprised, but the English language is full of words that rhyme with Blair.
www.wam.umd.edu /~mphoenix/frisbee/frisbee.html   (754 words)

  
 the Academies at Montgomery Blair   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Close to 45 students are taking Blair’s two-semester Web design course, which is being taught for the first time this school year.
And many of them are interested in fleshing out a curiosity about Web design that so far had previously been restricted to playing around on their computers at home.
The course is being offered as part of Blair’s Media Literacy Academy and, like most of the Academies’ offerings, seeks to provide real-world applications for what the instructors teach in the classroom.
academies.mbhs.edu /news/news005.shtml   (1036 words)

  
 Montgomery Blair
Montgomery Blair, son of Francis Preston Blair, was a lawyer in the Washington, DC area.
He represented Dred Scott in his famous case before the United States Supreme Court.
It was burned by Confederate States of America troops during the United States Civil War.
pheeds.com /info/guide/m/mo/montgomery_blair.html   (88 words)

  
 The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Blair, Montgomery @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
BLAIR, MONTGOMERY [Blair, Montgomery] 1813-83, U.S. Postmaster General (1861-64), b.
Opposed to radical Republicanism, he returned to the Democratic party and was one of Samuel J. Tilden 's counsel in the disputed election of 1876.
Bibliography: See W. Smith, The Francis Preston Blair Family in Politics (1933); B. Hendrick, Lincoln's War Cabinet (1946).
highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1E1:BlairM&...   (219 words)

  
 Montgomery Blair H.S. - 404 Not Found   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
If you received this message after following a link from a search engine, please go to the main Blair page and look for information by following the links there.
If you received this message after following a link from one of the main Blair pages, please e-mail webmaster@mbhs.edu, and please include the URL that gave you this error, as well as the URL of the page containing the bad link.
If you received this message while attempting to access a Blair student or staff member's personal page, please e-mail the maintainer of the page you are looking for.
finearts.mbhs.edu /artdept/index.htm   (175 words)

  
 Old Blair High School
was constructed in 1935 to replace Takoma-Silver Spring High School, which was too small for Silver Spring's growing population.  The new school was named for Montgomery Blair, who was
After World War II, when Silver Spring's population boomed, Blair High School's enrollment also grew.  The school's campus expanded several times, but eventually a new Montgomery Blair High School was built and it opened for the 1998-99 school year.
In 1963 Montgomery Blair was honored on a postage stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first International Postage Conference.  The first day of issue ceremony was held at Blair High School.
www.homestead.com /silverspringhistory/blair.html   (177 words)

  
 St Jude Catholic School - Students
Montgomery County ~ Information for all county government services.
The Montgomery Gazette ~ Homepage for the Montgomery County edition of the Gazette newspapers.
Brendan's Amazing Online Anagram Generator ~ This is a fun site put up by a kid named Brendan over at Montgomery Blair High School.
www.stjudesschool.org /students.html   (582 words)

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