Legislation -- United States
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Extracts from U.S. Senate speeches regarding a Chinese exclusion bill
Printed extracts of speeches regarding an 1882 bill to prohibit Chinese immigration to the United States for 20 years, as well as vote tallies and U.S. President Chester A. Arthur's veto message. The bill referred to in this item failed to override presidential veto, but a modified version, which barred Chinese laborers from entering the United States for 10 years, passed as the Chinese Exclusion Act later that year, was renewed in 1892, made permanent in 1902, and repealed in 1943.
Oral history interview with Wendell Wyatt
Oral history interview with Wendell Wyatt conducted by Randall Weisberg from January 28 to March 24, 1992, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Wyatt was a lawyer in Astoria and Portland, Oregon, and represented Oregon in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1964 to 1975.