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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.
2,773 laws of the 57th Congress, 1901–1903
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James A. Edmonds.
Ch. 194 · 32 Stat. 1272 · March 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Francis M. Gilman.
Ch. 195 · 32 Stat. 1272 · March 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Morris.
Ch. 196 · 32 Stat. 1272 · March 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James F. Charlesworth.
Ch. 197 · 32 Stat. 1272 · March 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Sarah O. Fields.
Ch. 198 · 32 Stat. 1272 · March 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William H. Pierce.
Ch. 199 · 32 Stat. 1273 · March 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James D. Elderkin.
Ch. 200 · 32 Stat. 1273 · March 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Gagan.
Ch. 201 · 32 Stat. 1273 · March 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Eugas.
Ch. 202 · 32 Stat. 1273 · March 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Rasmussen and Strehlow.
Ch. 203 · 32 Stat. 1273 · March 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joel Metz.
Ch. 204 · 32 Stat. 1274 · March 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Benjamin Brittingham.
Ch. 205 · 32 Stat. 1274 · March 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Wright H. Auchmoody.
Ch. 206 · 32 Stat. 1274 · March 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Francis Pearson, alias James F. Pearston.
Ch. 207 · 32 Stat. 1274 · March 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Eva H. McColley.
Ch. 208 · 32 Stat. 1274 · March 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Aaron M. Applegate.
Ch. 209 · 32 Stat. 1275 · March 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Angeline Murray.
Ch. 210 · 32 Stat. 1275 · March 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas W. Robinson.
Ch. 211 · 32 Stat. 1275 · March 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Thomas Hall.
Ch. 212 · 32 Stat. 1275 · March 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Aaron C. Badger.
Ch. 213 · 32 Stat. 1276 · March 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of William C. Marr.
Ch. 214 · 32 Stat. 1276 · March 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text
Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to loan to the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution certain Revolutionary trophies at Allegheny Arsenal, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
Public Resolution 8 · 32 Stat. 737 · March 12, 1902 · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Joshua H. Buckingham.
Ch. 215 · 32 Stat. 1276 · March 12, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the purchase or construction of a launch for the customs service at and in the vicinity of Astoria, Oregon.
Ch. 216 · 32 Stat. 70 · March 14, 1902 · Original text
An Act To approve and ratify an act of the legislative assembly of the Territory of Arizona, entitled “An act to provide for the collection, arrangement and display of the products of the Territory of Arizona at the international exposition to be held at St. Louis in 1903.”
Ch. 217 · 32 Stat. 70 · March 14, 1902 · Original text
An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and one.
Ch. 218 · 32 Stat. 70 · March 14, 1902 · Original text
An Act For the relief of Charles Hurrle.
Ch. 219 · 32 Stat. 1276 · March 15, 1902 · Private law · Original text
Joint Resolution To provide for the employment of extra clerical force in the office of the assessor of the District of Columbia.
Public Resolution 9 · 32 Stat. 737 · March 17, 1902 · Original text
An Act For the relief of George K. Bowen.
Ch. 220 · 32 Stat. 1276 · March 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act To authorize the Central Railway of West Virginia to build a bridge across the Monongahela River at or near Morgantown, in the State of West Virginia.
Ch. 221 · 32 Stat. 71 · March 18, 1902 · Original text
An Act To re-form the western judicial district of the State of Arkansas.
Ch. 222 · 32 Stat. 72 · March 18, 1902 · Original text
An Act To authorize the Dothan, Hartford and Florida Railway Company to construct a bridge across East Saint Andrews Bay, navigable water, at a point about one mile east of Farmdale, in the State of Florida.
Ch. 223 · 32 Stat. 72 · March 18, 1902 · Original text
An Act To amend section fourteen of the Act approved June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled “An Act to provide for the construction of a bridge across the Niagara River.”
Ch. 224 · 32 Stat. 73 · March 18, 1902 · Original text
An Act For the relief of William C. Dodge.
Ch. 225 · 32 Stat. 1277 · March 18, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Louis Weber.
Ch. 226 · 32 Stat. 1277 · March 18, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act To extend the time for the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at Burlington, Iowa.
Ch. 227 · 32 Stat. 74 · March 20, 1902 · Original text
An Act To provide for the erection of a dwelling for the keeper of the light-house at Kewaunee, Wisconsin.
Ch. 228 · 32 Stat. 74 · March 20, 1902 · Original text
An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to regulate, in the District of Columbia, the disposal of certain refuse, and for other purposes,” approved January twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.
Ch. 229 · 32 Stat. 74 · March 20, 1902 · Original text
An Act For the relief of James M. Stradling.
Ch. 230 · 32 Stat. 1277 · March 20, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act To correct the military record of James L. Proctor.
Ch. 231 · 32 Stat. 1278 · March 20, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of J. V. Davis.
Ch. 232 · 32 Stat. 1278 · March 20, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Hugh C. Preston.
Ch. 233 · 32 Stat. 1278 · March 20, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the relief of Edward Kershner.
Ch. 234 · 32 Stat. 1278 · March 20, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act For the establishment of a light-house at the mouth of Oyster Bayou, near the Louisiana coast, in the Gulf of Mexico.
Ch. 235 · 32 Stat. 75 · March 21, 1902 · Original text
An Act To establish a marine hospital at Savannah, Georgia.
Ch. 236 · 32 Stat. 75 · March 21, 1902 · Original text
An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Pittsburg and Mansfield Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Monongahela River.”
Ch. 237 · 32 Stat. 75 · March 21, 1902 · Original text
Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to loan tents to the Texas Reunion Association.
Public Resolution 10 · 32 Stat. 737 · March 21, 1902 · Original text
Joint Resolution Authorizing and requesting the President to extend to the Government and people of France and to the families of Marshal de Rochambeau and Marquis de Lafayette an invitation to join the Government and people of the United States in the dedication of the monument of Marshal de Rochambeau to be unveiled in the city of Washington.
Public Resolution 11 · 32 Stat. 737 · March 21, 1902 · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Sarah Bowers.
Ch. 238 · 32 Stat. 1279 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Adella C. Chandler.
Ch. 239 · 32 Stat. 1279 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George C. Leighton.
Ch. 240 · 32 Stat. 1279 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph W. Grant.
Ch. 241 · 32 Stat. 1279 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles Armstrong.
Ch. 242 · 32 Stat. 1279 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Richard A. Lawrence.
Ch. 243 · 32 Stat. 1280 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Samuel M. Graves.
Ch. 244 · 32 Stat. 1280 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Kephart Wallace.
Ch. 245 · 32 Stat. 1280 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elmer J. Starkey.
Ch. 246 · 32 Stat. 1280 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Mary A. House.
Ch. 247 · 32 Stat. 1281 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act granting a pension to Benjamin Wylie.
Ch. 248 · 32 Stat. 1281 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William R. Underwood.
Ch. 249 · 32 Stat. 1281 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elias Longman.
Ch. 250 · 32 Stat. 1281 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles H. Wickham.
Ch. 251 · 32 Stat. 1281 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Thomas Butler.
Ch. 252 · 32 Stat. 1282 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles H. Baker.
Ch. 253 · 32 Stat. 1282 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Harper.
Ch. 254 · 32 Stat. 1282 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Richard Fristoe.
Ch. 255 · 32 Stat. 1282 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Daniel Schram.
Ch. 256 · 32 Stat. 1283 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Rheuby.
Ch. 257 · 32 Stat. 1283 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Susan P. Crandall.
Ch. 258 · 32 Stat. 1283 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Carleton A Trundy.
Ch. 259 · 32 Stat. 1283 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph K. Ashby.
Ch. 260 · 32 Stat. 1283 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to M. Callie Glover.
Ch. 261 · 32 Stat. 1284 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Charles A. Sheafe.
Ch. 262 · 32 Stat. 1284 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alice M. Ballou.
Ch. 263 · 32 Stat. 1284 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry Burns.
Ch. 264 · 32 Stat. 1284 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Annie S. Hummel.
Ch. 265 · 32 Stat. 1285 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Harry H. Sieg.
Ch. 266 · 32 Stat. 1285 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mahlon C. Moores.
Ch. 267 · 32 Stat. 1285 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alfred N. Mosier.
Ch. 268 · 32 Stat. 1285 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John S. Hunter.
Ch. 269 · 32 Stat. 1285 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Narcissa Tait.
Ch. 270 · 32 Stat. 1286 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Anderson Howard.
Ch. 271 · 32 Stat. 1286 · March 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three.
Ch. 272 · 32 Stat. 76 · March 22, 1902 · Original text
An Act For the acknowledgment of deeds and other instruments in the Philippine Islands and Porto Rico affecting land situate in the District of Columbia or any Territory of the United States.
Ch. 273 · 32 Stat. 88 · March 22, 1902 · Original text
An Act For the relief of F. E. Coyne.
Ch. 276 · 32 Stat. 1286 · March 22, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Authorizing the Eldorado and Bastrop Railway Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Ouachita River, in the State of Arkansas.
Ch. 275 · 32 Stat. 89 · March 24, 1902 · Original text
An Act To change the boundaries between the southern and central judicial districts of the Indian Territory.
Ch. 276 · 32 Stat. 90 · March 24, 1902 · Original text
An Act For a marine hospital at Buffalo, New York.
Ch. 277 · 32 Stat. 90 · March 24, 1902 · Original text
An Act To provide for the construction of a bridge and approaches thereto across the Missouri River at or near South Omaha, Nebraska.
Ch. 278 · 32 Stat. 91 · March 26, 1902 · Original text
An Act To correct the military record of William T. Pratt.
Ch. 279 · 32 Stat. 1286 · March 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act To remove the charge of desertion from the military record of Stephen A. Toops.
Ch. 280 · 32 Stat. 1287 · March 27, 1902 · Private law · Original text
Joint Resolution Authorizing the printing of extra copies of the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Pensions.
Public Resolution 12 · 32 Stat. 738 · March 28, 1902 · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William J. Wallace.
Ch. 281 · 32 Stat. 1287 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John G. Brower.
Ch. 282 · 32 Stat. 1287 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Elizabeth M. Folds.
Ch. 283 · 32 Stat. 1287 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William M. Guy.
Ch. 284 · 32 Stat. 1287 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Isabella Compton.
Ch. 285 · 32 Stat. 1288 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Vale.
Ch. 286 · 32 Stat. 1288 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William K. Hoffman.
Ch. 287 · 32 Stat. 1288 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Israel P. Covey.
Ch. 288 · 32 Stat. 1288 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
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- 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.