Francis Preston Blair
Francis Preston Blair Sr.
(April 12, 1791 – October 18, 1876) was an American journalist, newspaper editor, and influential figure in national politics advising several U.S. presidents across the party lines.
Blair was an early member of the Democratic Party, and a strong supporter of President Andrew Jackson, having helped him win Kentucky in the 1828 presidential election.
From 1831 to 1845, Blair worked as Editor-in-Chief of the "Washington Globe", which served as the primary propaganda instrument for the Democratic Party, and was largely successful.
Blair was an influential advisor to President Jackson, and served prominently in a group of unofficial advisors and assistants known as the "Kitchen Cabinet".
Blair, despite being a slaveholder from Kentucky, eventually came to oppose the expansion of slavery into western territories.
He supported the Free-Soil Party ticket of Martin Van Buren and Charles Francis Adams Sr.
in the 1848 presidential election.
In 1854, in opposition to the Kansas–
Nebraska Act, he left the Democratic Party and helped establish the Republican Party.
Blair served as an advisor to President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.
In 1861, he was sent by Lincoln to offer command of a large Union army to Colonel Robert E. Lee, who declined, and instead joined the Confederacy.
Blair also helped organize the Hampton Roads Conference of 1865, a failed attempt to end the war.
After the Union victory, Blair became disillusioned with Radical Reconstruction, a policy promoted by many members of the Republican Party.
He eventually left the party and rejoined the Democrats.
His son, Francis Preston Blair Jr., was the party's nominee for vice president on a losing ticket in the 1868 election.
Blair died in 1876 at age 85.
David Fraser-Hidalgo
David Fraser- Hidalgo( born November 25, 1969) is an Ecuadorian- born American politician and a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 15 in Montgomery County, Maryland.
Maryland's Legislative District 15 is Montgomery County's largest district both in terms of geographic area and population and includes Boyds, Clarksburg, Darnestown, Germantown, Poolesville, Potomac, Dickerson, Barnesville, Beallsville as well as parts of Gaithersburg, North Potomac, and Rockville.
Delegate Fraser- Hidalgo was appointed to complete the term of Brian J. Feldman following Feldman's appointment to a Senate seat and has since been elected to his own full term.
William A. Bronrott
William A." Bill" Bronrott( born 1955) served in the Maryland House of Delegates from January 1999 until April 2010, representing Maryland's District 16 in Montgomery County.
He stepped down from his seat in the General Assembly to accept a Presidential appointment as Deputy Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration at the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Bronrott was born in Washington, DC on June 30, 1955.
He graduated from Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring before earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications and a Master of Arts degree in political communication from the University of Maryland, College Park.
Bronrott worked on Capitol Hill for Congressman Michael D. Barnes from 1979 to 1987 before founding his own firm, Bronrott Communications.
Montgomery Blair
Montgomery Blair (May 10, 1813 – July 27, 1883), the son of Francis Preston Blair, elder brother of Francis Preston Blair, Jr. and cousin of B. Gratz Brown, was a politician and lawyer from Maryland.
He served in the Lincoln administration cabinet as Postmaster-General from 1861 to 1864, during the Civil War.
Eleni Gabre-Madhin
Eleni Zaude Gabre- Madhin, an Ethiopian economist with Swiss nationality, is a former Chief Executive Officer of the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange( ECX).
She has had many years of experience working on agricultural markets – particularly in Sub- Saharan Africa – and has held senior positions in the World Bank, the International Food Policy Research Institute( Washington), and United Nations( Geneva).
Saira Blair
Saira Blair( born July 11, 1996) is an American student and politician from Martinsburg, West Virginia, and was the youngest person elected to state or federal office in the United States upon her election in 2014( until the election of Jacob Bachmeier at age 18 to the Montana House of Representatives in 2016).
In November 2014, aged 18, she was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 59th district, which is based in the Eastern Panhandle and encompasses portions of Berkeley County and Morgan County.
She is a member of the Republican Party.
Blair, who studied economics and Spanish at West Virginia University, deferred her spring semesters to attend the Legislature's 60- day spring session, making up her classes in the summer and fall.
She has stated that she plans to become a financial advisor and will not continue a career in politics after graduating, serving at most eight years in the Legislature.
She has said that she has" no desire to climb the political ladder.
Therefore, I do n’t see myself serving in any federal positions."
Blair's father is Craig Blair, a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate.
He served as her campaign manager.
Blair announced in 2018 that she would not seek re-election to the House.
She was succeeded by Kump, who returned to office.
Franklin Archibald Dick
Franklin Archibald Dick( May 2, 1823 – February 18, 1885) was a St. Louis, Missouri attorney.
He was assistant adjutant general to Nathaniel Lyon at Camp Jackson( the first Missouri Civil War incident); Missouri provost marshal general under Major General Samuel Curtis; and law partner with Montgomery Blair at the Blair House in Washington D C after the Civil War.
Monte Weaver
Montie Morton Weaver( June 15, 1906 – June 14, 1994) was a Major League Baseball player who played as a pitcher from 1931 to 1939.
Weaver played for the Washington Senators and the Boston Red Sox.
Professionally, his name is often listed as" Monte Weaver."
Citations that claim his first name is" Montgomery" are incorrect, according to family members.
Ali Rahuma
Ali Khalifa Rahuma( born May 16, 1982) is a Libyan football midfielder who's nationality is Libyan.
He currently plays for Al- Ittihad, and is a member of the Libya national football team.
Norman Sperling
Norman Sperling( born March 19, 1947) is an author, editor, publisher, teacher, and telescope designer living in San Mateo, California.
Sperling received a BA from Michigan State University after graduating from Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland.
He followed that with an MA in History of Science from the University of California, Berkeley.
He has taught astronomy and related courses at Sonoma State University, California State University, Hayward, UC Berkeley, and San Francisco State University.

Question: What nationality is Montgomery Blair's father?
Answer: American