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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.
2,188 laws of the 51st Congress, 1889–1891
An Act granting a pension to Joseph Perkins.
Ch. 280 · 26 Stat. 1153 · May 22, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Charles Kernan.
Ch. 281 · 26 Stat. 1154 · May 22, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Irene D. Swan.
Ch. 282 · 26 Stat. 1154 · May 22, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Julia E. Phillips.
Ch. 283 · 26 Stat. 1154 · May 22, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Barbara Langstaff.
Ch. 284 · 26 Stat. 1154 · May 22, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act to place the name of Mary Welch upon the pension-roll.
Ch. 285 · 26 Stat. 1154 · May 22, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Napoleon B. Mc Kay.
Ch. 286 · 26 Stat. 1155 · May 22, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act pensioning Harriet B. White.
Ch. 287 · 26 Stat. 1155 · May 22, 1890 · Private law · Original text
Joint Resolution authorizing the heirs of Rear-Admiral Charles H. Baldwin to receive a snuff-box from the Czar of Russia.
Private Resolution 24 · 26 Stat. 1325 · May 22, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act to amend section four of “An act to authorize the county of Laurens, in the State of Georgia to construct a bridge across the Oconee River at or near Dublin, in said county and State,” approved June eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.
Ch. 288 · 26 Stat. 119 · May 23, 1890 · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Laura Yourtee.
Ch. 289 · 26 Stat. 1155 · May 23, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Allen McCowan.
Ch. 290 · 26 Stat. 1155 · May 23, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection of a public building thereon, at York, in the State of Pennsylvania.
Ch. 291 · 26 Stat. 119 · May 24, 1890 · Original text
An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to aid vessels wrecked or disabled in the waters conterminous to the United States and the Dominion of Canada,” approved June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight.
Ch. 292 · 26 Stat. 120 · May 24, 1890 · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Helen Plunkett.
Ch. 293 · 26 Stat. 1155 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Mary A. Kinsley.
Ch. 294 · 26 Stat. 1156 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Gustavus Alonzo Draper.
Ch. 295 · 26 Stat. 1156 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Matthew J. J. Cagle.
Ch. 296 · 26 Stat. 1156 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Mary Ann Trainor, widow of Francis Trainor, deceased.
Ch. 297 · 26 Stat. 1156 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Christiana Schneider
Ch. 298 · 26 Stat. 1156 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Isaac Clark.
Ch. 300 · 26 Stat. 1157 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Alvira A. Edwards.
Ch. 300 · 26 Stat. 1157 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Martha E. Jones.
Ch. 301 · 26 Stat. 1157 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to George L. Beighley.
Ch. 302 · 26 Stat. 1157 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Levi M. Lincoln.
Ch. 303 · 26 Stat. 1157 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Harriet F Bowes.
Ch. 305 · 26 Stat. 1158 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Mary E. Tipton.
Ch. 305 · 26 Stat. 1158 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Agnes Vetter.
Ch. 306 · 26 Stat. 1158 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Mary Ann Allan.
Ch. 307 · 26 Stat. 1158 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to James Fitzgerald.
Ch. 303 · 26 Stat. 1158 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Rhoda Williams.
Ch. 309 · 26 Stat. 1159 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Esther G. Bryant.
Ch. 310 · 26 Stat. 1159 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Eveline M. Alexander.
Ch. 311 · 26 Stat. 1159 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Fannie E. Woodbury.
Ch. 312 · 26 Stat. 1159 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Daniel M Dull, late a soldier of the Mexican war.
Ch. 313 · 26 Stat. 1159 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Ida L. Martin.
Ch. 314 · 26 Stat. 1160 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Henrietta Judd.
Ch. 315 · 26 Stat. 1160 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Sarah Sheldon.
Ch. 316 · 26 Stat. 1160 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting an increase of pension to Andrew J. Ferguson.
Ch. 317 · 26 Stat. 1160 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Sallie T. Ward.
Ch. 318 · 26 Stat. 1160 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 319-323. 1890. An Act granting an increase of pension to Abram Duryee.
Ch. 319 · 26 Stat. 1161 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting an increase of pension to Abram Duryee.
Ch. 320 · 26 Stat. 1161 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Patrick Culhan.
Ch. 321 · 26 Stat. 1161 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of John Curran.
Ch. 322 · 26 Stat. 1161 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Mary Conley.
Ch. 323 · 26 Stat. 1161 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Harriet. E. Brown.
Ch. 324 · 26 Stat. 1162 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Daniel W. Parrish.
Ch. 325 · 26 Stat. 1162 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Mary Dockham.
Ch. 326 · 26 Stat. 1162 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act for the relief of Wesley W. Taylor.
Ch. 327 · 26 Stat. 1162 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act for relief of William D. Hummer.
Ch. 328 · 26 Stat. 1162 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act for relief of Thomas N. Maxwell.
Ch. 330 · 26 Stat. 1163 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act to Pension Samuel Wyrick for service in the Indian War.
Ch. 330 · 26 Stat. 1163 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act to pension William J. Dunn for service in the Indian war.
Ch. 331 · 26 Stat. 1163 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act to pension William B. Carter for service in the Indian war.
Ch. 332 · 26 Stat. 1163 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act to pension Mary J. Mann widow of John W. Mann, who served in the Indian war.
Ch. 333 · 26 Stat. 1163 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act to pension Mary Bailey.
Ch. 334 · 26 Stat. 1164 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act to pension Rebecca Bolerjack.
Ch. 335 · 26 Stat. 1164 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act to pension Christina Edson for meritorious Services rendered the Government during the Indian wars in the Oregon Territory, now the State of Oregon.
Ch. 336 · 26 Stat. 1164 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act to pension William G. Hill.
Ch. 337 · 26 Stat. 1164 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act to pension Eli J. Youngheim.
Ch. 338 · 26 Stat. 1165 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act to pension Helen A. Moore.
Ch. 339 · 26 Stat. 1165 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act to pension Polly Robinson.
Ch. 340 · 26 Stat. 1165 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act to pension Emily G. Mills.
Ch. 341 · 26 Stat. 1165 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act to pension Thomas K. Edwards for service in the Indian war.
Ch. 342 · 26 Stat. 1165 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act to grant a pension to Huldah Burton.
Ch. 343 · 26 Stat. 1166 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act to grant a pension to Samuel L. Dark.
Ch. 344 · 26 Stat. 1166 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act to grant a pension to John Green Reed.
Ch. 345 · 26 Stat. 1166 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act to grant a pension to Lucinda A. Clark.
Ch. 346 · 26 Stat. 1166 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act to increase the pension of Stephen Cooper.
Ch. 347 · 26 Stat. 1166 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act to increase the pension of Lucian L. Sanborn.
Ch. 348 · 26 Stat. 1167 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act to increase pension of Richard W. Spain, late Sergeant Company. A, Second Dragoons, United States Army.
Ch. 349 · 26 Stat. 1167 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act to increase the pension of James C. Copeland.
Ch. 350 · 26 Stat. 1167 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act increasing the pension of Mary Minor Hoxey.
Ch. 351 · 26 Stat. 1167 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act increasing pension of Sophia Schimmelfennig, widow of Alexander Schimmelfennig, late brigadier-general and major-general by brevet.
Ch. 352 · 26 Stat. 1167 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act to place the name of Pauline Bichweiler on the pension-roll.
Ch. 353 · 26 Stat. 1168 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act asking an increase of pension for Mary H. Nicholson
Ch. 354 · 26 Stat. 1168 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act to amend section twenty-two hundred and ninety-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and for other purposes.
Ch. 355 · 26 Stat. 121 · May 26, 1890 · Original text
Joint resolution authorizing and directing the payment of the salaries of the Officers and the employees of Congress for the month of May, eighteen hundred and ninety.
Public Resolution 25 · 26 Stat. 673 · May 27, 1890 · Original text
An Act granting a pension to M. Cornelia Brown.
Ch. 356 · 26 Stat. 1168 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to William Church.
Ch. 357 · 26 Stat. 1168 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Rachel Dixon, mother of James Dixon, deceased.
Ch. 358 · 26 Stat. 1168 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Robert A. Bride, or McBride.
Ch. 359 · 26 Stat. 1169 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Robert A. Bride, or McBride.
Ch. 360 · 26 Stat. 1169 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Mary H. Casler.
Ch. 361 · 26 Stat. 1169 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to John C. Abbott.
Ch. 362 · 26 Stat. 1169 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Kate H. Taylor.
Ch. 363 · 26 Stat. 1169 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to James Anderson.
Ch. 364 · 26 Stat. 1170 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Jane H. Palmer.
Ch. 365 · 26 Stat. 1170 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act to increase the pension of Thomas Chapman.
Ch. 366 · 26 Stat. 1170 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act placing the name of Bridget White on the pension-rolls.
Ch. 367 · 26 Stat. 1170 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Edwin S. Furman.
Ch. 368 · 26 Stat. 1170 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to George W. Padgett.
Ch. 369 · 26 Stat. 1171 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to John Gallagher.
Ch. 370 · 26 Stat. 1171 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Sarah E. Stewart.
Ch. 371 · 26 Stat. 1171 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Anna A. Probert.
Ch. 372 · 26 Stat. 1171 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Jonathan Hayes.
Ch. 373 · 26 Stat. 1171 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to William H. Mays.
Ch. 374 · 26 Stat. 1172 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Joanna W. Turner.
Ch. 375 · 26 Stat. 1172 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Miss Charlotte Bradford.
Ch. 376 · 26 Stat. 1172 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting restoration of pension to Sarah A. Woodbridge.
Ch. 377 · 26 Stat. 1172 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text
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- 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.