# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eliza-violet-gist-blair
# Generated: 2026-09-01T08:45:28.424Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eliza-violet-gist-blair"
name: "Eliza Violet Gist Blair"
slug: "eliza-violet-gist-blair"
description: "Eliza Violet Blair was an American journalist and political hostess who developed a network of political figures which provided contacts for newspaper articles and editorials and to help build her husband's and son's careers. Blair and her husband Francis Preston Blair managed the Washington Globe. She was the mother of Montgomery Blair, Postmaster General and a judge. Daughter Elizabeth Blair Lee was manager and directress of the Washington City Orphan Asylum. James, a naval officer and a fortune-maker, died of exposure during the United States Exploring Expedition (1838–1842). Son Francis Preston Blair Jr. was a Union Army officer of William Tecumseh Sherman's Army during the Civil War. He campaigned for vice president with presidential candidate Horatio Seymour."
tagline: "American newspaperwoman and political hostess"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Francis_Preston_Blair_seated_and_his_wife_standing_alongside%2C_full_length_portrait.jpg/330px-Francis_Preston_Blair_seated_and_his_wife_standing_alongside%2C_full_length_portrait.jpg"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1794"
deathDate: "1877-07-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.4
  momentum:             11.26261762189906
  historical:           1.539417333333333
  currentAttention:     61.90476190476192
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  54
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliza_Violet_Blair"
    title: "Eliza Violet Blair"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56011063"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations