The Register
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 Delia U. Peck.
Ch. 87 · 25 Stat. 1035 · April 12, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of L. A. Morris.
Ch. 88 · 25 Stat. 1035 · April 12, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Margaret S. Murray.
Ch. 89 · 25 Stat. 1035 · April 13, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Angerone P. Cole, mother of George H. Cole, private Company B, Twenty-fourth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers.
Ch. 90 · 25 Stat. 1036 · April 13, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Sarah E. Branson.
Ch. 91 · 25 Stat. 1036 · April 13, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Ida M. Welton.
Ch. 92 · 25 Stat. 1036 · April 13, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Stephen D. Redfield.
Ch. 93 · 25 Stat. 1036 · April 13, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Mary Jane Case.
Ch. 94 · 25 Stat. 1036 · April 13, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Esther B. Hayford.
Ch. 95 · 25 Stat. 1037 · April 13, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Juliette Stone.
Ch. 96 · 25 Stat. 1037 · April 13, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to A. B. Van Cleve.
Ch. 97 · 25 Stat. 1037 · April 13, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Malinda Vest.
Ch. 98 · 25 Stat. 1037 · April 13, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of the heirs of the late Francis I. Wheeler.
Ch. 99 · 25 Stat. 1037 · April 13, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to J. Miller Raub
Ch. 100 · 25 Stat. 1038 · April 14, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Isaiah T. Johnson
Ch. 101 · 25 Stat. 1038 · April 14, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Mary Bailey.
Ch. 102 · 25 Stat. 1038 · April 14, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Moses F. Jackson.
Ch. 103 · 25 Stat. 1038 · April 14, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Miss Capitola V. Harsh, daughter of Daniel Harsh.
Ch. 104 · 25 Stat. 1038 · April 14, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Mary S. Wells.
Ch. 105 · 25 Stat. 1039 · April 14, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Clarissa Harvey.
Ch. 106 · 25 Stat. 1039 · April 14, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act authorizing the appointment of James S. Jouett to a first lieutenancy of cavalry in the United States Army.
Ch. 107 · 25 Stat. 84 · April 16, 1888 · Original text
An Act granting the right of way to the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad through the Fort Crawford military reservation.
Ch. 108 · 25 Stat. 85 · April 16, 1888 · Original text
An Act for the relief of Alfred Hedberg.
Ch. 109 · 25 Stat. 85 · April 16, 1888 · Original text
An Act to increase the pension of Thomas F. Townsend.
Ch. 110 · 25 Stat. 1039 · April 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting an increase of pension to Albert G. Fifield.
Ch. 111 · 25 Stat. 1039 · April 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Mary Morford.
Ch. 112 · 25 Stat. 1039 · April 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act to increase pension of James A. Buck.
Ch. 113 · 25 Stat. 1040 · April 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting increase of pension to James H. Reeve
Ch. 114 · 25 Stat. 1040 · April 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Mary B. Kirby.
Ch. 115 · 25 Stat. 1040 · April 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Everard Flynn.
Ch. 116 · 25 Stat. 1040 · April 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting an increase of pension to Frederick Augustin.
Ch. 117 · 25 Stat. 1040 · April 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Mary Penfield.
Ch. 118 · 25 Stat. 1041 · April 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of John F. Cadwallader.
Ch. 119 · 25 Stat. 1041 · April 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Joseph Driskill.
Ch. 120 · 25 Stat. 1041 · April 16, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for erecting of a fireproof workshop at the National Armory.
Ch. 121 · 25 Stat. 85 · April 17, 1888 · Original text
An Act for the relief of Robert Johnston, of the State of New York.
Ch. 122 · 25 Stat. 1041 · April 17, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for construction of a revenue cutter for Charleston, South Carolina, in maintenance of the service, to replace the United States revenue cutter McCulloch.
Ch. 123 · 25 Stat. 86 · April 19, 1888 · Original text
An Act to purchase of the widow and children of the late General James Shields certain swords.
Ch. 124 · 25 Stat. 86 · April 19, 1888 · Original text
An Act for the erection of a public building at Birmingham, Alabama.
Ch. 125 · 25 Stat. 86 · April 19, 1888 · Original text
An Act to give validity to certain patents for inventions which were irregularly executed.
Ch. 126 · 25 Stat. 87 · April 19, 1888 · Original text
An Act regulating the times for holding the terms of the United States courts in the northern district of Iowa.
Ch. 127 · 25 Stat. 87 · April 19, 1888 · Original text
An Act for the erection of a public building at Texarkana, situated on both sides of the line between the States of Arkansas and Texas.
Ch. 128 · 25 Stat. 87 · April 19, 1888 · Original text
An Act to change the time of the sessions of the circuit and district courts of the northern division of the eastern district of Missouri.
Ch. 129 · 25 Stat. 88 · April 19, 1888 · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Ida B. Linthicum.
Ch. 130 · 25 Stat. 1041 · April 19, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Jane Thomas.
Ch. 131 · 25 Stat. 1042 · April 19, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to G. W. Burkhart.
Ch. 132 · 25 Stat. 1042 · April 19, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Thomas H. Aulls.
Ch. 133 · 25 Stat. 1042 · April 19, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Eliza J. Currier.
Ch. 134 · 25 Stat. 1042 · April 19, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Emily B. Newell.
Ch. 135 · 25 Stat. 1042 · April 19, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Marble H. Baird.
Ch. 136 · 25 Stat. 1043 · April 19, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Tennessee River at Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Ch. 137 · 25 Stat. 88 · April 20, 1888 · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Charlotte Broad.
Ch. 138 · 25 Stat. 1043 · April 20, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Sarah E. Pribble.
Ch. 139 · 25 Stat. 1043 · April 20, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Isaiah G. Mayo.
Ch. 140 · 25 Stat. 1043 · April 20, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Julia Stokes.
Ch. 141 · 25 Stat. 1043 · April 20, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Charlotte T. Clark.
Ch. 142 · 25 Stat. 1044 · April 20, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Mahala Robbins.
Ch. 143 · 25 Stat. 1044 · April 20, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Mrs Hannah F. Brock.
Ch. 144 · 25 Stat. 1044 · April 20, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to John Bisbey.
Ch. 145 · 25 Stat. 1044 · April 20, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Julia A. Griffen.
Ch. 146 · 25 Stat. 1044 · April 20, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Mary Dull.
Ch. 147 · 25 Stat. 1045 · April 20, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Martha M. Bagley.
Ch. 148 · 25 Stat. 1045 · April 20, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Albert Nevin.
Ch. 149 · 25 Stat. 1045 · April 20, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Delilah Agard.
Ch. 150 · 25 Stat. 1045 · April 20, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting an increase of pension to Mary K. Taylor.
Ch. 151 · 25 Stat. 1045 · April 20, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of R. S. Stanley, postmaster at Booneville, Mississippi.
Ch. 152 · 25 Stat. 1046 · April 20, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Emma R. Johnson.
Ch. 153 · 25 Stat. 1046 · April 20, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to convey to Anson Rudd, of the State of Colorado, certain real estate in the county of Fremont, in said State.
Ch. 154 · 25 Stat. 1046 · April 20, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act to amend an act entitled “An act for the erection of a public building at Chattanooga, Tennessee,” approved February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and the act amendatory thereof approved February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven.
Ch. 155 · 25 Stat. 90 · April 23, 1888 · Original text
An Act for the relief of Julia A. Darrell.
Ch. 156 · 25 Stat. 1046 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting an increase of pension to Henry B. Shaw.
Ch. 157 · 25 Stat. 1047 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to minor children of William Clark.
Ch. 158 · 25 Stat. 1047 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Elvira Cooper.
Ch. 159 · 25 Stat. 1047 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Catharine Maxwell.
Ch. 160 · 25 Stat. 1047 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to James A. Haley.
Ch. 161 · 25 Stat. 1047 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act to increase the pension of Mrs. Eliza B, Anderson.
Ch. 162 · 25 Stat. 1048 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Miles S. Scribner.
Ch. 163 · 25 Stat. 1048 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act to grant a pension to Joab M. Haley.
Ch. 164 · 25 Stat. 1048 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Judith Plummer.
Ch. 165 · 25 Stat. 1048 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Alonzo Higley.
Ch. 166 · 25 Stat. 1048 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting an increase of pension to John Rowe.
Ch. 167 · 25 Stat. 1049 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Mary M. Strong.
Ch. 168 · 25 Stat. 1049 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Alonzo Alden.
Ch. 169 · 25 Stat. 1049 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act to increase the pension of James Woody.
Ch. 170 · 25 Stat. 1049 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Kelsey Curtis.
Ch. 171 · 25 Stat. 1049 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to James M. Berry.
Ch. 172 · 25 Stat. 1050 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act to increase the pension of Maxwell Carroll.
Ch. 173 · 25 Stat. 1050 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act to pension Emily Goodall.
Ch. 174 · 25 Stat. 1050 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Harriet V. Stockton.
Ch. 175 · 25 Stat. 1050 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Laura D. Pierce.
Ch. 176 · 25 Stat. 1050 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Mary J. Francis.
Ch. 177 · 25 Stat. 1051 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Lizzie F. Reed.
Ch. 178 · 25 Stat. 1051 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act to grant a pension to Squire Admire
Ch. 179 · 25 Stat. 1051 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Thomas J. Parker.
Ch. 180 · 25 Stat. 1051 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Clara M. Flanders.
Ch. 181 · 25 Stat. 1051 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to David Johnson.
Ch. 182 · 25 Stat. 1052 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Buffington.
Ch. 183 · 25 Stat. 1052 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth J. Hascall.
Ch. 184 · 25 Stat. 1052 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act to increase the pension of Nancy Rains, the oldest Revolutionary pensioner on the rolls, she being ninety-six years of age.
Ch. 185 · 25 Stat. 1052 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Nancy O. Gray.
Ch. 186 · 25 Stat. 1052 · April 23, 1888 · Private law · Original text
By Congress
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- 118th 2023 · 274
- 117th 2021 · 365
- 116th 2019 · 344
- 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.