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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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746 laws of the 45th Congress, 1877–1879

  1. An Act granting a pension to Frances McNeil Potter.

    Ch. 262 · 20 Stat. 623 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  2. An Act granting a pension to Sarah E. Webb and minor children.

    Ch. 263 · 20 Stat. 623 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  3. An Act to remove the political disabilities of Isaac R. Trimble of Baltimore County, Maryland.

    Ch. 264 · 20 Stat. 623 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  4. An Act to remove the political disabilities of Henry H. Lewis of Baltimore Maryland.

    Ch. 265 · 20 Stat. 623 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  5. An Act granting a pension to John McNulta.

    Ch. 266 · 20 Stat. 623 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  6. An Act to remove the political disabilities of S. W. Ferguson, of Mississippi.

    Ch. 267 · 20 Stat. 624 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  7. An Act granting an increase of pension to Charles C. Smith.

    Ch. 268 · 20 Stat. 624 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  8. An Act to grant a pension to George D. Phillips, a soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve.

    Ch. 269 · 20 Stat. 624 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  9. An Act restoring the name of Benjamin Hollingsworth to the pension-roll.

    Ch. 270 · 20 Stat. 624 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  10. An Act granting a pension to Anna M. Clippinger.

    Ch. 271 · 20 Stat. 624 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  11. An Act for the relief of Thomas Murphy, of Knox County, Missouri.

    Ch. 272 · 20 Stat. 625 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  12. An Act for the relief of the personal representative of the late M. G. Harman, of Virginia.

    Ch. 273 · 20 Stat. 625 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  13. An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to place upon the rolls of Company H, Ninth Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, the name of William S. Massie.

    Ch. 274 · 20 Stat. 625 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  14. An Act for the relief of Elias B. Bell, late private of Company E, Third Regiment West Virginia Cavalry.

    Ch. 275 · 20 Stat. 625 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  15. An Act for the relief of Jarvis Jackson, of Laurel County, Kentucky.

    Ch. 276 · 20 Stat. 625 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  16. An Act granting an increase of pension to Josephine Da C. Thomas.

    Ch. 277 · 20 Stat. 626 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  17. An Act granting a pension to Alice B. Munroe.

    Ch. 278 · 20 Stat. 626 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  18. An Act for the relief of William H. H. Baldwin.

    Ch. 279 · 20 Stat. 626 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  19. An Act to increase the pension of Mrs. Elizabeth S. Roberts.

    Ch. 280 · 20 Stat. 626 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  20. An Act granting an increase of pension to Caroline Hawley.

    Ch. 281 · 20 Stat. 626 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  21. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Sidney A. Harrison.

    Ch. 282 · 20 Stat. 627 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  22. An Act granting a pension to Ann Cornelia Lanman.

    Ch. 283 · 20 Stat. 627 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  23. An Act for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Richard Stevenson, late assistant quartermaster of volunteers and his bondsmen.

    Ch. 284 · 20 Stat. 627 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  24. An Act granting a bounty land-warrant to Elisha Franklin a survivor of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve.

    Ch. 285 · 20 Stat. 627 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  25. An Act granting a pension to Morris Dwight

    Ch. 286 · 20 Stat. 627 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  26. An Act for the allowance of certain claims reported by the accounting officers of the United States Treasury Department, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 287 · 20 Stat. 628 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  27. An Act making appropriations for the payment of claims reported allowed by the Commissioners of Claims under the act of Congress of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and acts amendatory thereof.

    Ch. 288 · 20 Stat. 650 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  28. An Act for the relief of H. M. Billingsley

    Ch. 289 · 20 Stat. 665 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  29. An Act granting an increase of pension to Ward B. Burnett

    Ch. 290 · 20 Stat. 665 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  30. An Act for the relief of Isaiah Pickard.

    Ch. 291 · 20 Stat. 665 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  31. An Act for the relief of Peter G. Mills.

    Ch. 292 · 20 Stat. 665 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  32. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of John W. Gall, deceased, late of Company A, One hundred and thirtieth Regiment Illinois Volunteers.

    Ch. 293 · 20 Stat. 665 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  33. An Act for the relief of Daniel M. Frost and the heirs and executors of William M. McPherson of the State of Missouri

    Ch. 294 · 20 Stat. 666 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  34. An Act for the relief of D. W. McClung, of Woodsdale, Butler County, Ohio.

    Ch. 295 · 20 Stat. 666 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  35. An Act granting a pension to John McIntyre.

    Ch. 296 · 20 Stat. 666 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  36. An Act for the relief of J. Fraser.

    Ch. 297 · 20 Stat. 666 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  37. An Act for the relief of A. F. Rockwell, aid-de-camp on the staff of General Buell.

    Ch. 298 · 20 Stat. 666 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  38. An Act for the relief of V. H. McCormick.

    Ch. 299 · 20 Stat. 667 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  39. An Act granting an increase of pension to Mary F. McKeever.

    Ch. 300 · 20 Stat. 667 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  40. An Act for the relief of A. F. Whitman, administrator de bonis non of Samuel Kimbro and E. V. Kimbro.

    Ch. 301 · 20 Stat. 667 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  41. An Act for the relief of Lieutenant George M. Welles of the Marine Corps.

    Ch. 302 · 20 Stat. 667 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  42. An Act granting a pension to Calvin E. Pratt, late brigadier-general of volunteers.

    Ch. 303 · 20 Stat. 668 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  43. An Act for the removal of the political disabilities of John McIntosh Kell, of Georgia.

    Ch. 304 · 20 Stat. 668 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  44. An Act for the relief of William Johnson and John R. Francis of Edgar County, Illinois.

    Ch. 305 · 20 Stat. 668 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  45. An Act for the relief of Henry T. Fuller and others sureties upon the official bond of William H. Waterman.

    Ch. 306 · 20 Stat. 668 · March 3, 1879 · Private law · Original text

  46. Joint Resolution approving the adverse decision of the Commissioner of the General Land Office in the claim of Anna M. Clark.

    Public Resolution 17 · 20 Stat. 670 · March 3, 1879 · 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.