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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/>
====National Sunday law effort====
In 1888, at the behest of Sunday observance activists who compiled 21,000 signatures petitioning the U.S. Congress demanding federal legislation, Sen. Blair introduced a [[Sunday law]] bill which would prohibit nearly all work on Sunday, as well as mail, commerce, in addition to parades.<ref>Fosters, Gaines M. (December 2002). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/4146193 Conservative Social Christianity, the Law, and Personal Morality: Wilbur F. Crafts in Washington], p. 803. ''JSTOR''. Retrieved January 22, 2023.</ref>
===Senate defeat, appointment by President Harrison===
===Senate defeat, appointment by President Harrison===