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Geary Act

US law of 1892 that extended the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 with new requirements
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Summary

Geary Act is an Act of Congress in the United States[1]. It draws 306 Wikipedia views per month (act of congress in the united states category, ranking #175 of 694).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Named after: Thomas J. Geary[4]
  • Follows: Chinese Exclusion Act[5]
  • Legislated by: 52nd United States Congress[6]
  • Significant event: Fong Yue Ting v. United States[7], Wong Wing v. United States[8]
  • Applies to jurisdiction: United States[9]
  • Signatory: Benjamin Harrison[10]

Why It Matters

Geary Act is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . archives.gov. Retrieved . archives.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . archives.gov. Retrieved . archives.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . immigrationhistory.org. Retrieved . immigrationhistory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . oyez.org. Retrieved . oyez.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . archives.gov. Retrieved . archives.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'en', 'fr', 'it']
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    Harper's tag → geary-act-1892
    United states statutes at large citation → 27-25
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: geary-act-1892, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289929597|geary act 1892 (#289929597)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
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