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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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2,188 laws of the 51st Congress, 1889–1891

  1. An Act for the relief of Cynthia H. Quackenbush.

    Ch. 696 · 26 Stat. 1458 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  2. An Act for the relief of Margaret Malloy.

    Ch. 697 · 26 Stat. 1458 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  3. An Act for the relief of Israel R. Pierce.

    Ch. 698 · 26 Stat. 1458 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  4. An Act for the relief of Ellen J. Wharton.

    Ch. 699 · 26 Stat. 1459 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  5. An Act for the relief of Charles Ewing.

    Ch. 700 · 26 Stat. 1459 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  6. An Act for the relief of James A. Hull.

    Ch. 701 · 26 Stat. 1459 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  7. An Act for the relief of William M. Bishop.

    Ch. 702 · 26 Stat. 1459 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  8. An Act for the relief of George P. Hartman.

    Ch. 703 · 26 Stat. 1459 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  9. An Act for the relief Martha J. Morrison

    Ch. 704 · 26 Stat. 1460 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  10. An Act for the relief of John O. McDonald, alias William Barnes.

    Ch. 705 · 26 Stat. 1460 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  11. An Act for the relief of William Compton.

    Ch. 706 · 26 Stat. 1460 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  12. An Act for the relief of John F. Mahler.

    Ch. 707 · 26 Stat. 1460 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  13. An Act granting a pension to John O. Mathis.

    Ch. 708 · 26 Stat. 1460 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  14. An Act granting a pension to Ozro Harrington.

    Ch. 709 · 26 Stat. 1460 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  15. An Act granting a pension to Fedolin Buckeviller.

    Ch. 710 · 26 Stat. 1461 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  16. An Act granting a pension to Conrad Stephan.

    Ch. 711 · 26 Stat. 1461 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  17. An Act granting a pension to Johanna Carroll.

    Ch. 712 · 26 Stat. 1461 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  18. An Act granting a pension to Kate and Ethel B. Cook.

    Ch. 713 · 26 Stat. 1461 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  19. An Act granting a pension to George W. Gray.

    Ch. 714 · 26 Stat. 1462 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  20. An Act granting pension to Lydia B. Gray.

    Ch. 715 · 26 Stat. 1462 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  21. An Act granting a pension to Mary A. Ripley.

    Ch. 716 · 26 Stat. 1462 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  22. An Act granting a pension to Catherine Cook.

    Ch. 717 · 26 Stat. 1462 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  23. An Act granting a pension to Sarah R. Kimball.

    Ch. 718 · 26 Stat. 1462 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  24. An Act granting a pension to Anna C. Dewhurst, invalid daughter of the late George Dewhurst, an acting master in the United States Navy during the late civil war.

    Ch. 719 · 26 Stat. 1463 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  25. An Act granting a pension to Peter William Frederick.

    Ch. 720 · 26 Stat. 1463 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  26. An Act granting a pension to Emily M. Tyler.

    Ch. 721 · 26 Stat. 1463 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  27. An Act granting a pension to Manuel Tibbs.

    Ch. 722 · 26 Stat. 1463 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  28. An Act granting a pension to Carrie F. Ogden and Susan Ogden.

    Ch. 723 · 26 Stat. 1463 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  29. An Act granting a pension to Samuel T. Caston.

    Ch. 724 · 26 Stat. 1464 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  30. An Act granting a pension to Collin McClelland.

    Ch. 725 · 26 Stat. 1464 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  31. An Act granting a pension to Sylvanus B. Dorsett.

    Ch. 726 · 26 Stat. 1464 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  32. An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Dodge.

    Ch. 727 · 26 Stat. 1464 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  33. An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth M. Ayars.

    Ch. 728 · 26 Stat. 1465 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  34. An Act granting a pension to William Hale.

    Ch. 729 · 26 Stat. 1465 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  35. An Act granting a pension to Amanda E. Parkis.

    Ch. 730 · 26 Stat. 1465 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  36. An Act granting a pension to Lettie E. Covell-Buckley, late a nurse in the war of the rebellion.

    Ch. 731 · 26 Stat. 1465 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  37. An Act granting a pension to Robert A. Ware.

    Ch. 732 · 26 Stat. 1465 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  38. An Act granting a pension to Charles T. Sloat.

    Ch. 733 · 26 Stat. 1466 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  39. An Act granting a pension to Halem L. Cook, of Franklin Kentucky.

    Ch. 734 · 26 Stat. 1466 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  40. An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Phillips, widow of Reuben Phillips who was killed in engagement while member of Arkansas State Militia.

    Ch. 735 · 26 Stat. 1466 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  41. An Act granting a pension to John M. Wiggins.

    Ch. 736 · 26 Stat. 1466 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  42. An Act granting a pension to Lydia F. Fryer.

    Ch. 737 · 26 Stat. 1466 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  43. An Act granting a pension to Gottlieb Hunzicker.

    Ch. 738 · 26 Stat. 1467 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  44. An Act granting a pension to Jane Fee.

    Ch. 739 · 26 Stat. 1467 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  45. An Act granting a pension to Mary A. Irwin, widow.

    Ch. 740 · 26 Stat. 1467 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  46. An Act granting a pension to Ann Carr, of Vevay, Indiana.

    Ch. 741 · 26 Stat. 1467 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  47. An Act granting a pension to Solomon Smith.

    Ch. 742 · 26 Stat. 1467 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  48. An Act granting a pension to James H. Fleming.

    Ch. 743 · 26 Stat. 1468 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  49. An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Keely.

    Ch. 744 · 26 Stat. 1468 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  50. An Act granting a pension to W. Zister

    Ch. 745 · 26 Stat. 1468 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  51. An Act granting a pension to Christian Pape.

    Ch. 746 · 26 Stat. 1468 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  52. An Act granting a pension to Ellen Finnerty

    Ch. 747 · 26 Stat. 1468 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  53. An Act granting a pension to William Richardson.

    Ch. 748 · 26 Stat. 1469 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  54. An Act granting a pension to Anne Mattocks.

    Ch. 749 · 26 Stat. 1469 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  55. An Act granting a pension to Hetta Brainard.

    Ch. 750 · 26 Stat. 1469 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  56. An Act granting a pension to Abbie A. Colson.

    Ch. 751 · 26 Stat. 1469 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  57. An Act granting a pension to William P. Witt.

    Ch. 752 · 26 Stat. 1469 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  58. An Act granting a pension to N. E. Palmer.

    Ch. 753 · 26 Stat. 1470 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  59. An Act granting a pension to William Reeder.

    Ch. 754 · 26 Stat. 1470 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  60. An Act granting a pension to David Keys.

    Ch. 755 · 26 Stat. 1470 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  61. An Act granting a pension to Rufus Squire.

    Ch. 756 · 26 Stat. 1470 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  62. An Act granting a pension to Joseph S. Henderson.

    Ch. 757 · 26 Stat. 1470 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  63. An Act granting a pension to Oliver P. Martin.

    Ch. 758 · 26 Stat. 1471 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  64. An Act granting a pension to D. G. Scooten.

    Ch. 759 · 26 Stat. 1471 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  65. An Act granting a pension to Caroline Reeble.

    Ch. 760 · 26 Stat. 1471 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  66. An Act granting a pension to Catherine McManus.

    Ch. 761 · 26 Stat. 1471 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  67. An Act granting an increase of pension to Squire West.

    Ch. 762 · 26 Stat. 1471 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  68. An Act granting an increase of pension to Nancy O'Neal.

    Ch. 763 · 26 Stat. 1472 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  69. An Act granting increase of pension to Ellis P. Phipps.

    Ch. 764 · 26 Stat. 1472 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  70. An Act granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Harriet E. Martin.

    Ch. 765 · 26 Stat. 1472 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  71. An Act granting an increase of pension to Mrs. S. J. Rayner.

    Ch. 766 · 26 Stat. 1472 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  72. An Act pensioning Belinda Jane Phillips

    Ch. 767 · 26 Stat. 1472 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  73. An Act pensioning Richard Christy.

    Ch. 768 · 26 Stat. 1473 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  74. An Act providing for the pensioning of John Brownlee, a soldier in the Indian war of eighteen hundred and fifty-five and eighteen hundred and fifty-six

    Ch. 769 · 26 Stat. 1473 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  75. An Act increasing the pension of William T. Rhodes.

    Ch. 770 · 26 Stat. 1473 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  76. An Act to place the name of Robert C. Kerr on the pension roll.

    Ch. 771 · 26 Stat. 1473 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  77. An Act to grant pensions to W. B. Cloer late private in Company L. D. Storm’s Arkansas Militia

    Ch. 772 · 26 Stat. 1473 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  78. An Act to restore to the pension roll the name of Eliza M. Keith (formerly Eliza Ash)

    Ch. 773 · 26 Stat. 1474 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  79. An Act to increase the pension of Leah Allen.

    Ch. 774 · 26 Stat. 1474 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  80. An Act to increase the pension of William A. Peck.

    Ch. 775 · 26 Stat. 1474 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  81. An Act to increase the pension of John H. R. Storey, Company F, One hundred and ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers.

    Ch. 776 · 26 Stat. 1474 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  82. An Act to increase the pension of Joseph Mason, of Dallas City, Illinois.

    Ch. 777 · 26 Stat. 1474 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  83. An Act to increase the pension of Francis A. Gaskill, Company K, Sixth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry.

    Ch. 778 · 26 Stat. 1475 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  84. An Act to increase the pension of Joel Hagler of Henry County, Tennessee:

    Ch. 779 · 26 Stat. 1475 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  85. An Act to pension John B. Angell, father of James C. Angell, alias John McShier, late of Company G, Fifth Pennsylvania Cavalry.

    Ch. 780 · 26 Stat. 1475 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  86. An Act to pension John Wagnon.

    Ch. 781 · 26 Stat. 1475 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  87. An Act to pension Nathaniel Moon.

    Ch. 782 · 26 Stat. 1475 · March 3, 1891 · Private law · Original text

  88. An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth M. Riley

    Ch. 783 · 26 Stat. 1476 · March 3, 1891 · 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.