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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 granting a pension to Joseph Perkins.

    Ch. 280 · 26 Stat. 1153 · May 22, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  2. An Act granting a pension to Charles Kernan.

    Ch. 281 · 26 Stat. 1154 · May 22, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  3. An Act granting a pension to Irene D. Swan.

    Ch. 282 · 26 Stat. 1154 · May 22, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  4. An Act granting a pension to Julia E. Phillips.

    Ch. 283 · 26 Stat. 1154 · May 22, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  5. An Act granting a pension to Barbara Langstaff.

    Ch. 284 · 26 Stat. 1154 · May 22, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  6. 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

  7. An Act for the relief of Napoleon B. Mc Kay.

    Ch. 286 · 26 Stat. 1155 · May 22, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  8. An Act pensioning Harriet B. White.

    Ch. 287 · 26 Stat. 1155 · May 22, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. An Act granting a pension to Laura Yourtee.

    Ch. 289 · 26 Stat. 1155 · May 23, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  12. An Act granting a pension to Allen McCowan.

    Ch. 290 · 26 Stat. 1155 · May 23, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. An Act granting a pension to Helen Plunkett.

    Ch. 293 · 26 Stat. 1155 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  16. An Act granting a pension to Mary A. Kinsley.

    Ch. 294 · 26 Stat. 1156 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  17. An Act granting a pension to Gustavus Alonzo Draper.

    Ch. 295 · 26 Stat. 1156 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  18. An Act granting a pension to Matthew J. J. Cagle.

    Ch. 296 · 26 Stat. 1156 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  19. 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

  20. An Act granting a pension to Christiana Schneider

    Ch. 298 · 26 Stat. 1156 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  21. An Act granting a pension to Isaac Clark.

    Ch. 300 · 26 Stat. 1157 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  22. An Act granting a pension to Alvira A. Edwards.

    Ch. 300 · 26 Stat. 1157 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  23. An Act granting a pension to Mrs. Martha E. Jones.

    Ch. 301 · 26 Stat. 1157 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  24. An Act granting a pension to George L. Beighley.

    Ch. 302 · 26 Stat. 1157 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  25. An Act granting a pension to Levi M. Lincoln.

    Ch. 303 · 26 Stat. 1157 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  26. An Act granting a pension to Harriet F Bowes.

    Ch. 305 · 26 Stat. 1158 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  27. An Act granting a pension to Mary E. Tipton.

    Ch. 305 · 26 Stat. 1158 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  28. An Act granting a pension to Agnes Vetter.

    Ch. 306 · 26 Stat. 1158 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  29. An Act granting a pension to Mary Ann Allan.

    Ch. 307 · 26 Stat. 1158 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  30. An Act granting a pension to James Fitzgerald.

    Ch. 303 · 26 Stat. 1158 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  31. An Act granting a pension to Rhoda Williams.

    Ch. 309 · 26 Stat. 1159 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  32. An Act granting a pension to Esther G. Bryant.

    Ch. 310 · 26 Stat. 1159 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  33. An Act granting a pension to Eveline M. Alexander.

    Ch. 311 · 26 Stat. 1159 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  34. An Act granting a pension to Fannie E. Woodbury.

    Ch. 312 · 26 Stat. 1159 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  35. 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

  36. An Act granting a pension to Ida L. Martin.

    Ch. 314 · 26 Stat. 1160 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  37. An Act granting a pension to Henrietta Judd.

    Ch. 315 · 26 Stat. 1160 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  38. An Act granting a pension to Sarah Sheldon.

    Ch. 316 · 26 Stat. 1160 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  39. An Act granting an increase of pension to Andrew J. Ferguson.

    Ch. 317 · 26 Stat. 1160 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  40. An Act granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Sallie T. Ward.

    Ch. 318 · 26 Stat. 1160 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  41. 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

  42. An Act granting an increase of pension to Abram Duryee.

    Ch. 320 · 26 Stat. 1161 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  43. An Act for the relief of Patrick Culhan.

    Ch. 321 · 26 Stat. 1161 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  44. An Act for the relief of John Curran.

    Ch. 322 · 26 Stat. 1161 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  45. An Act for the relief of Mary Conley.

    Ch. 323 · 26 Stat. 1161 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  46. An Act for the relief of Harriet. E. Brown.

    Ch. 324 · 26 Stat. 1162 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  47. An Act for the relief of Daniel W. Parrish.

    Ch. 325 · 26 Stat. 1162 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  48. An Act for the relief of Mary Dockham.

    Ch. 326 · 26 Stat. 1162 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  49. An Act for the relief of Wesley W. Taylor.

    Ch. 327 · 26 Stat. 1162 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  50. An Act for relief of William D. Hummer.

    Ch. 328 · 26 Stat. 1162 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  51. An Act for relief of Thomas N. Maxwell.

    Ch. 330 · 26 Stat. 1163 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  52. An Act to Pension Samuel Wyrick for service in the Indian War.

    Ch. 330 · 26 Stat. 1163 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  53. 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

  54. 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

  55. 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

  56. An Act to pension Mary Bailey.

    Ch. 334 · 26 Stat. 1164 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  57. An Act to pension Rebecca Bolerjack.

    Ch. 335 · 26 Stat. 1164 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  58. 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

  59. An Act to pension William G. Hill.

    Ch. 337 · 26 Stat. 1164 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  60. An Act to pension Eli J. Youngheim.

    Ch. 338 · 26 Stat. 1165 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  61. An Act to pension Helen A. Moore.

    Ch. 339 · 26 Stat. 1165 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  62. An Act to pension Polly Robinson.

    Ch. 340 · 26 Stat. 1165 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  63. An Act to pension Emily G. Mills.

    Ch. 341 · 26 Stat. 1165 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  64. 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

  65. An Act to grant a pension to Huldah Burton.

    Ch. 343 · 26 Stat. 1166 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  66. An Act to grant a pension to Samuel L. Dark.

    Ch. 344 · 26 Stat. 1166 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  67. An Act to grant a pension to John Green Reed.

    Ch. 345 · 26 Stat. 1166 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  68. An Act to grant a pension to Lucinda A. Clark.

    Ch. 346 · 26 Stat. 1166 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  69. An Act to increase the pension of Stephen Cooper.

    Ch. 347 · 26 Stat. 1166 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  70. An Act to increase the pension of Lucian L. Sanborn.

    Ch. 348 · 26 Stat. 1167 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  71. 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

  72. An Act to increase the pension of James C. Copeland.

    Ch. 350 · 26 Stat. 1167 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  73. An Act increasing the pension of Mary Minor Hoxey.

    Ch. 351 · 26 Stat. 1167 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  74. 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

  75. 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

  76. An Act asking an increase of pension for Mary H. Nicholson

    Ch. 354 · 26 Stat. 1168 · May 24, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  77. 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

  78. 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

  79. An Act granting a pension to M. Cornelia Brown.

    Ch. 356 · 26 Stat. 1168 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  80. An Act granting a pension to William Church.

    Ch. 357 · 26 Stat. 1168 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  81. 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

  82. An Act granting a pension to Robert A. Bride, or McBride.

    Ch. 359 · 26 Stat. 1169 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  83. An Act granting a pension to Robert A. Bride, or McBride.

    Ch. 360 · 26 Stat. 1169 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  84. An Act granting a pension to Mary H. Casler.

    Ch. 361 · 26 Stat. 1169 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  85. An Act granting a pension to John C. Abbott.

    Ch. 362 · 26 Stat. 1169 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  86. An Act granting a pension to Kate H. Taylor.

    Ch. 363 · 26 Stat. 1169 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  87. An Act granting a pension to James Anderson.

    Ch. 364 · 26 Stat. 1170 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  88. An Act granting a pension to Jane H. Palmer.

    Ch. 365 · 26 Stat. 1170 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  89. An Act to increase the pension of Thomas Chapman.

    Ch. 366 · 26 Stat. 1170 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  90. An Act placing the name of Bridget White on the pension-rolls.

    Ch. 367 · 26 Stat. 1170 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  91. An Act granting a pension to Edwin S. Furman.

    Ch. 368 · 26 Stat. 1170 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  92. An Act granting a pension to George W. Padgett.

    Ch. 369 · 26 Stat. 1171 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  93. An Act granting a pension to John Gallagher.

    Ch. 370 · 26 Stat. 1171 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  94. An Act granting a pension to Sarah E. Stewart.

    Ch. 371 · 26 Stat. 1171 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  95. An Act granting a pension to Anna A. Probert.

    Ch. 372 · 26 Stat. 1171 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  96. An Act granting a pension to Jonathan Hayes.

    Ch. 373 · 26 Stat. 1171 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  97. An Act granting a pension to William H. Mays.

    Ch. 374 · 26 Stat. 1172 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  98. An Act granting a pension to Joanna W. Turner.

    Ch. 375 · 26 Stat. 1172 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  99. An Act granting a pension to Miss Charlotte Bradford.

    Ch. 376 · 26 Stat. 1172 · May 27, 1890 · Private law · Original text

  100. 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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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.