John B. Trevor, Sr.

John Bond Trevor Sr. (1878–1956) was an American lawyer and influential lobbyist for immigration restrictions. A wealthy nativist, he was an architect of the Immigration Act of 1924, which banned Asian immigration and established quotas that stood for forty years until 1964. Biography Early life and education Trevor was born in Yonkers, New York, in 1878. His father, John Bond Trevor, was an early Wall Street stockbroker. His ancestors included a New York City mayor and William Floyd, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He attended Columbia Law School and received his law degree from Harvard in 1902.