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Every law Congress has passed

97,863 laws from 1789 to 2026, as printed in the Statutes at Large, the official record of every act of Congress. 51,799 are public laws; 46,064 are private laws, which apply to named people or places, such as pensions, land claims and relief from debts.

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859 laws of the 43rd Congress, 1873–1875

  1. An Act granting a pension to John M. Allen.

    Ch. 238 · 18 Stat. 667 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  2. An Act granting a pension to Cornelia M. Arthur.

    Ch. 239 · 18 Stat. 668 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  3. An Act granting a Pension to Charles C. Haight.

    Ch. 240 · 18 Stat. 668 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  4. An Act granting a Pension to Sarah S. Cooper.

    Ch. 241 · 18 Stat. 668 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  5. An Act granting a Pension to Stillman C. Spaulding.

    Ch. 242 · 18 Stat. 668 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  6. An Act granting a Pension to Arthur M. Leo.

    Ch. 243 · 18 Stat. 668 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  7. An Act granting a Pension to Melissa Rankin.

    Ch. 244 · 18 Stat. 669 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  8. An Act for the relief of Nelson Green.

    Ch. 245 · 18 Stat. 669 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  9. An Act granting a Pension to Mrs. Sophia Green.

    Ch. 246 · 18 Stat. 669 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  10. An Act granting a Pension to Louis Heinley.

    Ch. 247 · 18 Stat. 669 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  11. An Act granting a Pension to Salem P. Rose, of North Adams, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 248 · 18 Stat. 669 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  12. An Act granting a Pension to Mrs Penelope C. Brown, of Tennessee, widow of Stephen C. Brown, late a private of company C, eighth Tennessee cavalry volunteers.

    Ch. 249 · 18 Stat. 670 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  13. An Act granting a Pension to Rosalie C. P. Lisle.

    Ch. 250 · 18 Stat. 670 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  14. An Act for the relief of L. R. Strauss of Macon City, Missouri—

    Ch. 251 · 18 Stat. 670 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  15. An Act granting a Pension to Hannah E. Currie.

    Ch. 252 · 18 Stat. 670 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  16. An Act granting pensions to the widows, children, dependent mothers and fathers, or orphan brothers and sisters, of those soldiers who were murdered by guerrillas, at Centralia, Missouri, in 1864.

    Ch. 253 · 18 Stat. 671 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  17. An Act granting a Pension to William O. Madison.

    Ch. 254 · 18 Stat. 671 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  18. An Act granting a Pension to William C. Davis

    Ch. 255 · 18 Stat. 671 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  19. An Act granting a Pension to Catharine Lee, widow of Jessee M. Lee, private company B, second regiment Ohio Volunteers.

    Ch. 256 · 18 Stat. 671 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  20. An Act granting a Pension to Mary E. Stewart.

    Ch. 257 · 18 Stat. 671 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  21. An Act granting a Pension to Margaret H. Pittenger.

    Ch. 258 · 18 Stat. 672 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  22. An Act granting a Pension to Martin D. Chandler.

    Ch. 259 · 18 Stat. 672 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  23. An Act granting a Pension to Mary C. Toy.

    Ch. 260 · 18 Stat. 672 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  24. An Act to relieve P. U. Murphy and John A. Brown of Alabama, of political disabilities

    Ch. 261 · 18 Stat. 672 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  25. An Act removing the political disabilities of John Withers, Joseph F. Minter, and William Kearney.

    Ch. 262 · 18 Stat. 673 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  26. An Act granting a Pension to William H. Small

    Ch. 263 · 18 Stat. 673 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  27. An Act granting a Pension to Sarah Ann Crosby.

    Ch. 264 · 18 Stat. 673 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  28. An Act for the relief of Mary L. Woolsey, widow of the late Commodore Melancthon B. Woolsey, of the Navy.

    Ch. 265 · 18 Stat. 673 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  29. An Act removing the political disabilities of Beverly Kennon, of Virginia.

    Ch. 266 · 18 Stat. 673 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  30. An Act to relieve Isaac N. Brown of his political disabilities

    Ch. 267 · 18 Stat. 674 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  31. An Act removing the political disabilities of O. R. Singleton of Mississippi.

    Ch. 268 · 18 Stat. 674 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  32. An Act granting a Pension to Betsey A. Eaton.

    Ch. 269 · 18 Stat. 674 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  33. An Act granting a Pension to William Lyon.

    Ch. 270 · 18 Stat. 674 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  34. An Act granting a Pension to Freemorton Young.

    Ch. 271 · 18 Stat. 674 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  35. An Act granting a Pension to Lafayette Briggs.

    Ch. 272 · 18 Stat. 675 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  36. An Act granting a Pension to Sarah A. Woodworth

    Ch. 273 · 18 Stat. 675 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  37. An Act granting a Pension to Emillia O. Black.

    Ch. 274 · 18 Stat. 675 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  38. An Act for the relief of Ferdinand Monti

    Ch. 275 · 18 Stat. 675 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  39. An Act granting a Pension to Abraanna L. Dunn.

    Ch. 276 · 18 Stat. 675 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  40. An Act granting a Pension to Charles A. Draher.

    Ch. 277 · 18 Stat. 676 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  41. An Act granting a Pension to Richard G. Mobley.

    Ch. 278 · 18 Stat. 676 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  42. An Act granting a Pension to Margaret Pattison.

    Ch. 279 · 18 Stat. 676 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  43. An Act granting a Pension to Elizabeth Lanning.

    Ch. 280 · 18 Stat. 676 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  44. An Act granting a Pension to James A. Forgey.

    Ch. 281 · 18 Stat. 676 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  45. An Act granting a Pension to Ansel Thayer, of Braintree, Massachusetts.

    Ch. 282 · 18 Stat. 677 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  46. An Act granting a Pension to Mrs. Sarah B. Howe and Mrs. Mary Cranston.

    Ch. 283 · 18 Stat. 677 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  47. An Act granting a Pension to David Salsbury.

    Ch. 284 · 18 Stat. 677 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  48. An Act granting a Pension to Mrs. Mercy E. Scattergood.

    Ch. 285 · 18 Stat. 677 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  49. An Act granting a Pension to Micajah Stout.

    Ch. 286 · 18 Stat. 677 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  50. An Act to relieve Charles H. Smith, M. D. of Richmond, Virginia and James M. Hawes, of Covington, Kentucky of all political disabilities.

    Ch. 287 · 18 Stat. 678 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  51. An Act for the relief of Lydia Cruger, executrix of Moses Sheppard, deceased.

    Ch. 288 · 18 Stat. 678 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  52. An Act granting a Pension to John H. Looby.

    Ch. 289 · 18 Stat. 678 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  53. An Act for the relief of the owners of the Haytian brig Margaretta, or their legal representatives.

    Ch. 290 · 18 Stat. 678 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  54. An Act for the relief of M. Von Entress Fuersteneck, late second lieutenant of the Sixty-eighth New York Volunteers.

    Ch. 291 · 18 Stat. 679 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  55. An Act for the relief of John Aldredge.

    Ch. 292 · 18 Stat. 679 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  56. An Act for the relief of Courtland Parker as administrator of George W. Anderson, deceased.

    Ch. 293 · 18 Stat. 679 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  57. An Act to authorize the settlement of the accounts of Passed Assistant Paymaster E. Mellach, United States Navy.

    Ch. 294 · 18 Stat. 679 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  58. An Act granting a Pension to Samuel Purcell

    Ch. 295 · 18 Stat. 680 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

  59. Joint resolution authorizing the acceptance by Captain C. H. Wells, of the United States Navy, of the cross of the legion of honor, conferred upon him by the President of the French Republic

    Private Resolution 9 · 18 Stat. 681 · March 3, 1875 · Private law · Original text

By Congress

From the U.S. Statutes at Large, volumes 1 through 138, published by the Government Publishing Office on GovInfo; laws signed since the latest printed volume come from GovInfo’s public and private law files. Treaties, proclamations and concurrent resolutions, which share those volumes, are not laws and are left out. The oldest volumes were digitized from print, so a few dates could not be read; for those we show the year from the laws printed alongside. Short names come from each law’s own “may be cited as” clause.