U.S. Secretary of State Thomas F. Bayard…

October 1888 CE

U.S. Secretary of State Thomas F. Bayard negotiates an extension to the Chinese Exclusion Act, and President Cleveland lobbies the Congress to pass the Scott Act, written by Congressman William Lawrence Scott, which prevents the return of Chinese immigrants who leave the United States.

The Scott Act easily passes both houses of Congress, and Cleveland signs it into law on October 1,


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