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Sen. Blair chaired the Committee on Education and Labor, where he renewed efforts to provide federal aid to public schools.<ref name=britannicabio/> Despite previous successful passage of such measures in the chamber, an effort in 1890 resulted in failure.<ref name=harpweek/>

Sen. Blair chaired the Committee on Education and Labor, where he renewed efforts to provide federal aid to public schools.<ref name=britannicabio/> Despite previous successful passage of such measures in the chamber, an effort in 1890 resulted in failure.<ref name=harpweek/>

Unlike other Half-Breeds like [[Rutherford B. Hayes]] and [[William A. Wheeler]] who coldly turned their backs on Southern blacks, Blair viewed the defeat of his education bill in addition to the Lodge Federal Elections Bill of 1890 to constitute a betrayal of Republican Party principles.<ref>''Henry W. Blair's Campaign to Reform America'', p. 178–79.</ref>

Unlike other Half-Breeds like [[Rutherford B. Hayes]] and [[William A. Wheeler]] who coldly turned their backs on Southern blacks, Blair viewed the defeat of his education bill in addition to the Lodge Federal Elections Bill of 1890 (introduced by [[Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr.]]) to constitute a betrayal of Republican Party principles.<ref>''Henry W. Blair's Campaign to Reform America'', p. 178–79.</ref>

====Chinese Exclusion Act====

====Chinese Exclusion Act====