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As a backer of domestic labor interests, Blair pushed to exclude Chinese immigrants from the U.S. workforce who had already been the target of bigoted attacks,<ref name=harpweek/> particularly from the Irish and in the Western region. However, he was one of fifteen to vote against the final Senate passage of the [[Chinese Exclusion Act]] of 1882,<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/47-1/s370 TO PASS H.R. 5804. (P. 3412).] ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved November 26, 2021.</ref> which prohibited Chinese laborers from immigrating to the U.S. for a decade.

As a backer of domestic labor interests, Blair pushed to exclude Chinese immigrants from the U.S. workforce who had already been the target of bigoted attacks,<ref name=harpweek/> particularly from the Irish and in the Western region. However, he was one of fifteen to vote against the final Senate passage of the [[Chinese Exclusion Act]] of 1882,<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/47-1/s370 TO PASS H.R. 5804. (P. 3412).] ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved November 26, 2021.</ref> which prohibited Chinese laborers from immigrating to the U.S. for a decade.

Despite having opposed the Chinese Exclusion Act, Blair six years later in 1888 voted for the Scott Act,<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/50-1/s164 TO CONSIDER S. 3304, A BILL TO PROHIBIT THE IMPORTATION OF CHINESE LABORERS TO THE U.S.] ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved November 26, 2021.</ref> which permanently banned immigration between China and the United States.<ref name=harpweek/>

Blair six years later in 1888 voted for the Scott Act,<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/50-1/s164 TO CONSIDER S. 3304, A BILL TO PROHIBIT THE IMPORTATION OF CHINESE LABORERS TO THE U.S.] ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved November 26, 2021.</ref> which permanently banned immigration between China and the United States.<ref name=harpweek/>

===Senate defeat, appointment by President Harrison===

===Senate defeat, appointment by President Harrison===