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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.
1,824 laws of the 50th Congress, 1887–1889
An act granting a pension to Jane Reilly.
Ch. 494 · 25 Stat. 1329 · March 2, 1889 · Private law · Original text
An act granting a pension to Frances H. L. Prescott.
Ch. 495 · 25 Stat. 1330 · March 2, 1889 · Private law · Original text
An act granting a pension to Henrietta Brown.
Ch. 496 · 25 Stat. 1330 · March 2, 1889 · Private law · Original text
An act granting a pension to Margaret J. Cash
Ch. 497 · 25 Stat. 1330 · March 2, 1889 · Private law · Original text
An act to restore the pension of Ann G. Barker.
Ch. 498 · 25 Stat. 1330 · March 2, 1889 · Private law · Original text
An act granting a pension to Anna Krumpholz.
Ch. 499 · 25 Stat. 1330 · March 2, 1889 · Private law · Original text
An act granting a pension to Benjamin F. Clayton.
Ch. 500 · 25 Stat. 1331 · March 2, 1889 · Private law · Original text
An act to grant a pension to Ira Wells.
Ch. 501 · 25 Stat. 1331 · March 2, 1889 · Private law · Original text
An act granting a pension to Frank M. Martin.
Ch. 502 · 25 Stat. 1331 · March 2, 1889 · Private law · Original text
An act granting a pension to Littleberry W. Baker.
Ch. 503 · 25 Stat. 1331 · March 2, 1889 · Private law · Original text
An act granting a pension to Robert W. Andrews.
Ch. 504 · 25 Stat. 1331 · March 2, 1889 · Private law · Original text
An act granting a pension to Bennett Cooper.
Ch. 505 · 25 Stat. 1332 · March 2, 1889 · Private law · Original text
An act to pension William J. Martin.
Ch. 506 · 25 Stat. 1332 · March 2, 1889 · Private law · Original text
An act granting a pension to the widow of Adam Shrake.
Ch. 507 · 25 Stat. 1332 · March 2, 1889 · Private law · Original text
An act granting a pension to Cathrine. G. Bodfish.
Ch. 508 · 25 Stat. 1332 · March 2, 1889 · Private law · Original text
An act granting a pension to Sarah Jackson.
Ch. 509 · 25 Stat. 1332 · March 2, 1889 · Private law · Original text
An act granting a pension to John Limeric.
Ch. 510 · 25 Stat. 1333 · March 2, 1889 · Private law · Original text
An act granting a pension to Jacob Wolf.
Ch. 511 · 25 Stat. 1333 · March 2, 1889 · Private law · Original text
An act granting a pension to William Ford.
Ch. 512 · 25 Stat. 1333 · March 2, 1889 · Private law · Original text
An act granting pension to Gertrude Northrop.
Ch. 513 · 25 Stat. 1333 · March 2, 1889 · Private law · Original text
An act granting a pension to Mrs. Helen Sutherland.
Ch. 514 · 25 Stat. 1333 · March 2, 1889 · Private law · Original text
An act granting a pension to Lucinda Mewman.
Ch. 515 · 25 Stat. 1334 · March 2, 1889 · Private law · Original text
An act granting a pension to W. W. Wilson.
Ch. 516 · 25 Stat. 1334 · March 2, 1889 · Private law · Original text
An act referring the claim of the owners of the steamer I. N. Bunton to the Court of Claims.
Ch. 517 · 25 Stat. 1334 · March 2, 1889 · Private law · Original text
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- 115th 2017 · 443
- 114th 2015 · 329
- 113th 2013 · 296
- 112th 2011 · 284
- 111th 2009 · 385
- 110th 2007 · 460
- 109th 2005 · 483
- 108th 2003 · 504
- 107th 2001 · 337
- 106th 1999 · 604
- 105th 1997 · 404
- 104th 1995 · 337
- 103rd 1993 · 473
- 102nd 1991 · 610
- 101st 1989 · 666
- 100th 1987 · 761
- 99th 1985 · 688
- 98th 1983 · 677
- 97th 1981 · 529
- 96th 1979 · 736
- 95th 1977 · 805
- 94th 1975 · 729
- 93rd 1973 · 774
- 92nd 1971 · 769
- 91st 1969 · 942
- 90th 1967 · 1,002
- 89th 1965 · 1,283
- 88th 1963 · 1,026
- 87th 1961 · 1,573
- 86th 1959 · 1,292
- 85th 1957 · 1,721
- 84th 1955 · 1,909
- 83rd 1953 · 1,784
- 82nd 1951 · 1,640
- 81st 1949 · 2,000
- 80th 1947 · 1,365
- 79th 1945 · 1,626
- 78th 1943 · 1,157
- 77th 1941 · 1,489
- 76th 1939 · 1,659
- 75th 1937 · 1,760
- 74th 1935 · 1,724
- 73rd 1933 · 975
- 72nd 1931 · 861
- 71st 1929 · 1,506
- 70th 1927 · 1,722
- 69th 1925 · 1,423
- 68th 1923 · 996
- 67th 1921 · 930
- 66th 1919 · 594
- 65th 1917 · 453
- 64th 1915 · 684
- 63rd 1913 · 700
- 62nd 1911 · 717
- 61st 1909 · 881
- 60th 1907 · 621
- 59th 1905 · 7,020
- 58th 1903 · 4,043
- 57th 1901 · 2,773
- 56th 1899 · 1,959
- 55th 1897 · 1,438
- 54th 1895 · 947
- 53rd 1893 · 712
- 52nd 1891 · 721
- 51st 1889 · 2,188
- 50th 1887 · 1,824
- 49th 1885 · 1,452
- 48th 1883 · 970
- 47th 1881 · 761
- 46th 1879 · 650
- 45th 1877 · 746
- 44th 1875 · 578
- 43rd 1873 · 859
- 42nd 1871 · 1,014
- 41st 1869 · 771
- 40th 1867 · 769
- 39th 1865 · 715
- 38th 1863 · 516
- 37th 1861 · 526
- 36th 1859 · 382
- 35th 1857 · 314
- 34th 1855 · 435
- 33rd 1853 · 540
- 32nd 1851 · 308
- 31st 1849 · 171
- 30th 1847 · 456
- 29th 1845 · 356
- 28th 1843 · 279
- 27th 1841 · 525
- 26th 1839 · 147
- 25th 1837 · 533
- 24th 1835 · 459
- 23rd 1833 · 392
- 22nd 1831 · 461
- 21st 1829 · 370
- 20th 1827 · 234
- 19th 1825 · 269
- 18th 1823 · 337
- 17th 1821 · 237
- 16th 1819 · 210
- 15th 1817 · 262
- 14th 1815 · 305
- 13th 1813 · 271
- 12th 1811 · 208
- 11th 1809 · 119
- 10th 1807 · 106
- 9th 1805 · 110
- 8th 1803 · 112
- 7th 1801 · 96
- 6th 1799 · 115
- 5th 1797 · 157
- 4th 1795 · 86
- 3rd 1793 · 133
- 2nd 1791 · 80
- 1st 1789 · 119
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.