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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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1,959 laws of the 56th Congress, 1899–1901

  1. An Act Granting a pension to Emma R. Rusling.

    Ch. 29 · 31 Stat. 1638 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  2. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ernst Pitschner.

    Ch. 30 · 31 Stat. 1638 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  3. An Act Granting a pension to Emma J. Bidwell.

    Ch. 31 · 31 Stat. 1639 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  4. An Act Granting a pension to Joseph E. Hendrickson.

    Ch. 32 · 31 Stat. 1639 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  5. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Emma L. Du Bois.

    Ch. 33 · 31 Stat. 1639 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  6. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Byron Kurtz.

    Ch. 34 · 31 Stat. 1639 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  7. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edward A. Parmalee.

    Ch. 35 · 31 Stat. 1640 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  8. An Act Granting a pension to Josephine Brown.

    Ch. 36 · 31 Stat. 1640 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  9. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John H. Wilcox.

    Ch. 37 · 31 Stat. 1640 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  10. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ermine D. Cabbell.

    Ch. 38 · 31 Stat. 1640 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  11. An Act Granting a pension to John Erb.

    Ch. 39 · 31 Stat. 1641 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  12. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary V. Wilmarth.

    Ch. 40 · 31 Stat. 1641 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  13. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Giles W. Taylor.

    Ch. 41 · 31 Stat. 1641 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  14. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Major A. Northrop.

    Ch. 42 · 31 Stat. 1641 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  15. An Act Granting a pension to Andrew Ferguson.

    Ch. 43 · 31 Stat. 1641 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  16. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lucinda D. Dow.

    Ch. 44 · 31 Stat. 1642 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  17. An Act Granting a pension to Mary J. Quinn.

    Ch. 45 · 31 Stat. 1642 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  18. An Act Granting a pension to Catharine Weinheimer.

    Ch. 46 · 31 Stat. 1642 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  19. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John F. Hutchison.

    Ch. 47 · 31 Stat. 1642 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  20. An Act Granting a pension to Rosalia Tejidor Brinckerhoff.

    Ch. 48 · 31 Stat. 1643 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  21. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edwin Culver.

    Ch. 49 · 31 Stat. 1643 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  22. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Clara E. Colbath.

    Ch. 50 · 31 Stat. 1643 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  23. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Evelyn Neale Murray.

    Ch. 51 · 31 Stat. 1643 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  24. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James U. Childs.

    Ch. 52 · 31 Stat. 1644 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  25. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Moses H. Taber.

    Ch. 53 · 31 Stat. 1644 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  26. An Act Granting a pension to Cornelius W. Roberts.

    Ch. 54 · 31 Stat. 1644 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  27. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel W. Kirkendall.

    Ch. 55 · 31 Stat. 1644 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  28. An Act Granting a pension to Charles S. Devine.

    Ch. 56 · 31 Stat. 1644 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  29. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alonzo C. Rembaugh.

    Ch. 57 · 31 Stat. 1645 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  30. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Emma C. Stephenson.

    Ch. 58 · 31 Stat. 1645 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  31. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George O. Cole.

    Ch. 59 · 31 Stat. 1645 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  32. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Nicklin.

    Ch. 60 · 31 Stat. 1645 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  33. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Fannie M. O’Linn.

    Ch. 61 · 31 Stat. 1646 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  34. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles Claussen.

    Ch. 62 · 31 Stat. 1646 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  35. An Act Granting a pension to Joseph Quinn.

    Ch. 63 · 31 Stat. 1646 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  36. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Annie B. Sharrard.

    Ch. 64 · 31 Stat. 1646 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  37. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles A. Westfield.

    Ch. 65 · 31 Stat. 1646 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  38. An Act Granting a pension to Emily Haines Harrison.

    Ch. 66 · 31 Stat. 1647 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  39. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Nicholas Briggeman.

    Ch. 67 · 31 Stat. 1647 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  40. An Act Granting a pension to Amos W. Felker.

    Ch. 68 · 31 Stat. 1647 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  41. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Gideon W. T. Ridlon.

    Ch. 69 · 31 Stat. 1647 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  42. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lewis H. Riden.

    Ch. 70 · 31 Stat. 1648 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  43. An Act Granting a pension to Augusta Ullman.

    Ch. 71 · 31 Stat. 1648 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  44. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Martin V. B. Winkler.

    Ch. 72 · 31 Stat. 1648 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  45. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Betsey A. Summers.

    Ch. 73 · 31 Stat. 1648 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  46. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Louis Hebei.

    Ch. 74 · 31 Stat. 1648 · January 14, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  47. An Act To provide for the establishment of the intersection of the true one hundredth meridian with Red River, to ascertain the amount of taxes collected by the State of Texas in what was formerly known as Greer County and the expenditures made on account of said county by said State, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 75 · 31 Stat. 731 · January 15, 1901 · Original text

  48. An Act Granting a pension to Franklin Cooley.

    Ch. 76 · 31 Stat. 1649 · January 15, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  49. An Act Granting a pension to Rebecca Harvey.

    Ch. 77 · 31 Stat. 1649 · January 15, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  50. An Act Granting a pension to Olive W. Lay.

    Ch. 78 · 31 Stat. 1649 · January 15, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  51. An Act Granting a pension to Louise O’Leary.

    Ch. 79 · 31 Stat. 1649 · January 15, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  52. An Act Granting a pension to Mary R. Dean.

    Ch. 80 · 31 Stat. 1650 · January 15, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  53. An Act Granting a pension to Ailsie Bennett.

    Ch. 81 · 31 Stat. 1650 · January 15, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  54. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Melancthon McCoy.

    Ch. 82 · 31 Stat. 1650 · January 15, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  55. An Act Granting a pension to Martha Agnew.

    Ch. 83 · 31 Stat. 1650 · January 15, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  56. An Act Restoring to the pension roll the name of Mary J. Calvin.

    Ch. 84 · 31 Stat. 1650 · January 15, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  57. An Act Granting a pension to James H. Thomas.

    Ch. 85 · 31 Stat. 1651 · January 15, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  58. An Act Granting a pension to Julia E. G. Lewis.

    Ch. 86 · 31 Stat. 1651 · January 15, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  59. An Act Granting a pension to Micager Philpot.

    Ch. 87 · 31 Stat. 1651 · January 15, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  60. An Act Granting a pension to Mary E. Lacey.

    Ch. 88 · 31 Stat. 1651 · January 15, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  61. An Act Granting a pension to Lydia J. De Silva.

    Ch. 89 · 31 Stat. 1652 · January 15, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  62. An Act Granting a pension to Henry L. White.

    Ch. 90 · 31 Stat. 1652 · January 15, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  63. An Act Granting a pension to James H. Rainey.

    Ch. 91 · 31 Stat. 1652 · January 15, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  64. An Act To provide for the holding of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the eastern district of Arkansas.

    Ch. 92 · 31 Stat. 733 · January 16, 1901 · Original text

  65. An Act Making an apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the several States under the Twelfth Census.

    Ch. 93 · 31 Stat. 733 · January 16, 1901 · Original text

  66. An Act Granting a pension to Mary A. Whitmore.

    Ch. 94 · 31 Stat. 1652 · January 17, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  67. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edmund P. Tierney.

    Ch. 95 · 31 Stat. 1652 · January 17, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  68. An Act Granting a pension to Roland Burnett.

    Ch. 96 · 31 Stat. 1653 · January 17, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  69. An Act Granting a pension to Lurinda Laughlin.

    Ch. 97 · 31 Stat. 1653 · January 17, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  70. An Act Granting a pension to Maria H. Hixson.

    Ch. 98 · 31 Stat. 1653 · January 17, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  71. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Harriet Crotsenburg.

    Ch. 99 · 31 Stat. 1653 · January 17, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  72. An Act Granting a pension to Thomas White.

    Ch. 100 · 31 Stat. 1654 · January 17, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  73. An Act Relating to the accounts of United States marshals and clerks of the district courts of the Territory of Utah.

    Ch. 101 · 31 Stat. 734 · January 19, 1901 · Original text

  74. An Act To change and fix the time for holding the district and circuit courts of the United States for the northeastern division of the eastern district of Tennessee.

    Ch. 102 · 31 Stat. 735 · January 19, 1901 · Original text

  75. An Act For the relief of Edward Everett Hayden, an ensign on the retired list of the Navy.

    Ch. 103 · 31 Stat. 735 · January 19, 1901 · Original text

  76. An Act To remove charge of desertion from military record of John Faulds, Company G, Thirty-first Wisconsin Infantry.

    Ch. 104 · 31 Stat. 1654 · January 19, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  77. An Act To divide the State of West Virginia into two judicial districts.

    Ch. 105 · 31 Stat. 736 · January 22, 1901 · Original text

  78. An Act To authorize the Postmaster-General to lease suitable premises for use of the Post-Office Department.

    Ch. 106 · 31 Stat. 738 · January 22, 1901 · Original text

  79. An Act To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for transcripts of records and plats in the General Land Office.

    Ch. 107 · 31 Stat. 738 · January 22, 1901 · Original text

  80. Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to grant permits to the executive committee on inaugural ceremonies for use of reservations or public spaces in the city of Washington on the occasion of the inauguration of the Presidentelect, on March fourth, nineteen hundred and one, and so forth.

    Public Resolution 5 · 31 Stat. 1460 · January 22, 1901 · Original text

  81. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Roop.

    Ch. 108 · 31 Stat. 1654 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  82. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Brice Davis.

    Ch. 109 · 31 Stat. 1654 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  83. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Stephen Johnson.

    Ch. 110 · 31 Stat. 1654 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  84. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Francis M. Porter.

    Ch. 111 · 31 Stat. 1655 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  85. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edwin S. Anderson.

    Ch. 112 · 31 Stat. 1655 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  86. An Act Granting a pension to Samuel Nichols.

    Ch. 113 · 31 Stat. 1655 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  87. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles A. Perkins.

    Ch. 114 · 31 Stat. 1655 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  88. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alfred Hering.

    Ch. 115 · 31 Stat. 1656 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  89. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas G. Huff.

    Ch. 116 · 31 Stat. 1656 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  90. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jasper Pitts.

    Ch. 117 · 31 Stat. 1656 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  91. An Act Granting a pension to Eva Clark.

    Ch. 118 · 31 Stat. 1656 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  92. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George B. Hayden.

    Ch. 119 · 31 Stat. 1656 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  93. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Andrew J. Arnett.

    Ch. 120 · 31 Stat. 1657 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  94. An Act Restoring the pension of John R. McCoy.

    Ch. 121 · 31 Stat. 1657 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  95. An Act Granting a pension to Eliza D. Pennypacker.

    Ch. 122 · 31 Stat. 1657 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  96. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Osborn.

    Ch. 123 · 31 Stat. 1657 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  97. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Susan Daniels

    Ch. 124 · 31 Stat. 1658 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  98. An Act Granting an increase of pension to David H. Morey.

    Ch. 125 · 31 Stat. 1658 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  99. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Isaac N. Cissna.

    Ch. 126 · 31 Stat. 1658 · January 23, 1901 · Private law · Original text

  100. An Act Granting a pension to Nellie L. Parsons.

    Ch. 127 · 31 Stat. 1658 · January 23, 1901 · 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.