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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 To correct the military record of C. R. Dickson.
Ch. 289 · 32 Stat. 1289 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Susan Terry.
Ch. 290 · 32 Stat. 1289 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to William C. Flowers.
Ch. 291 · 32 Stat. 1289 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Ruth B. Osborne.
Ch. 292 · 32 Stat. 1289 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John B. Kurth.
Ch. 293 · 32 Stat. 1289 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Selden E. Whitcher.
Ch. 294 · 32 Stat. 1290 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Christina Daniels.
Ch. 295 · 32 Stat. 1290 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Frederick M. Hahn.
Ch. 296 · 32 Stat. 1290 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Malvina C. Stith.
Ch. 297 · 32 Stat. 1290 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel W. Skinner.
Ch. 298 · 32 Stat. 1290 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Lue Emma McJunkin.
Ch. 299 · 32 Stat. 1291 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Kazier Washburn.
Ch. 300 · 32 Stat. 1291 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Milton A. Embick.
Ch. 301 · 32 Stat. 1291 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Benjamin F. Draper.
Ch. 302 · 32 Stat. 1291 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Mantach.
Ch. 303 · 32 Stat. 1291 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Craig.
Ch. 304 · 32 Stat. 1292 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Frank Seaman.
Ch. 305 · 32 Stat. 1292 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jacob D. Caldwell.
Ch. 306 · 32 Stat. 1292 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Michael Tynan.
Ch. 307 · 32 Stat. 1292 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Norris L. Lungren.
Ch. 308 · 32 Stat. 1293 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Hester Thomas.
Ch. 309 · 32 Stat. 1293 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Amanda Jacko.
Ch. 310 · 32 Stat. 1293 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Frederick Shafer.
Ch. 311 · 32 Stat. 1293 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Mary E. Chapman.
Ch. 312 · 32 Stat. 1293 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to John S. Lewis.
Ch. 313 · 32 Stat. 1294 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Garner.
Ch. 314 · 32 Stat. 1294 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Frances K. Morrison.
Ch. 315 · 32 Stat. 1294 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary F. Key.
Ch. 316 · 32 Stat. 1294 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Sara B. Andrews.
Ch. 317 · 32 Stat. 1294 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph H. Barnum.
Ch. 318 · 32 Stat. 1295 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ann Demonbrun.
Ch. 319 · 32 Stat. 1295 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Hiram H. Kingsbury.
Ch. 320 · 32 Stat. 1295 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Alexander Beachboard.
Ch. 321 · 32 Stat. 1295 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph W. Burch.
Ch. 322 · 32 Stat. 1296 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Annie D. Taggart.
Ch. 323 · 32 Stat. 1296 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Kate Pearce.
Ch. 324 · 32 Stat. 1296 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Frances E. Stebbins.
Ch. 325 · 32 Stat. 1296 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Israel A. Benner.
Ch. 326 · 32 Stat. 1297 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Abbie M. Packard.
Ch. 327 · 32 Stat. 1297 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Charlotte H. Race.
Ch. 328 · 32 Stat. 1297 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Abby Clark McNett.
Ch. 329 · 32 Stat. 1297 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas J. Stowers.
Ch. 330 · 32 Stat. 1297 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Adela S. Webster.
Ch. 331 · 32 Stat. 1298 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lewis W. Moore.
Ch. 332 · 32 Stat. 1298 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles R. Bridgman.
Ch. 333 · 32 Stat. 1298 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Ann Eliza Trout.
Ch. 334 · 32 Stat. 1298 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Cynthia A. McKenny.
Ch. 335 · 32 Stat. 1299 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Michael Samelsberger.
Ch. 336 · 32 Stat. 1299 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Frank J. Clark.
Ch. 337 · 32 Stat. 1299 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Williamanna E. Lynde.
Ch. 338 · 32 Stat. 1299 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jennie C. Ruckle.
Ch. 339 · 32 Stat. 1299 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Cornelia E. Wright.
Ch. 340 · 32 Stat. 1300 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Caroline Mischler.
Ch. 341 · 32 Stat. 1300 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Ella Bailey.
Ch. 342 · 32 Stat. 1300 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Frances Fuller Victor.
Ch. 343 · 32 Stat. 1300 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Peter C. Monfort.
Ch. 344 · 32 Stat. 1301 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sidney Leland.
Ch. 345 · 32 Stat. 1301 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Franklin Taylor.
Ch. 346 · 32 Stat. 1301 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Frederick E. Rogers.
Ch. 347 · 32 Stat. 1301 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John McGrath.
Ch. 348 · 32 Stat. 1301 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Clara A. Penrose.
Ch. 349 · 32 Stat. 1302 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Noah F. Chafee.
Ch. 350 · 32 Stat. 1302 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sybil F. Hall.
Ch. 351 · 32 Stat. 1302 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John W. Burnham.
Ch. 352 · 32 Stat. 1302 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John W. Gregg.
Ch. 353 · 32 Stat. 1303 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Horatio N. Francis.
Ch. 354 · 32 Stat. 1303 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Emma McLaughlin.
Ch. 355 · 32 Stat. 1303 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to William H. H. Scott.
Ch. 356 · 32 Stat. 1303 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Emma R. Pawling.
Ch. 357 · 32 Stat. 1303 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Peter C. Cleek.
Ch. 358 · 32 Stat. 1304 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lucy W. Smith.
Ch. 359 · 32 Stat. 1304 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Thomas G. Foster.
Ch. 360 · 32 Stat. 1304 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Marie J. Smyth.
Ch. 361 · 32 Stat. 1304 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Albert D. Scovell.
Ch. 362 · 32 Stat. 1305 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Martha R. Osbourn.
Ch. 363 · 32 Stat. 1305 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John A. Hazelton.
Ch. 364 · 32 Stat. 1305 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jacob Barton.
Ch. 365 · 32 Stat. 1305 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Franklin B. Delany.
Ch. 366 · 32 Stat. 1305 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth A. Shaw.
Ch. 367 · 32 Stat. 1306 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to India Stewart.
Ch. 368 · 32 Stat. 1306 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Marie U. Nordstrom.
Ch. 369 · 32 Stat. 1306 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jason Leighton.
Ch. 370 · 32 Stat. 1306 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alice De K. Shattuck.
Ch. 371 · 32 Stat. 1307 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph A. Nunez.
Ch. 372 · 32 Stat. 1307 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary Louise Worden.
Ch. 373 · 32 Stat. 1307 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth K. Prescott.
Ch. 374 · 32 Stat. 1307 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Simeon Partridge.
Ch. 375 · 32 Stat. 1308 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jane E. Tompkins.
Ch. 376 · 32 Stat. 1308 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting a pension to Gilbert P. Howe.
Ch. 377 · 32 Stat. 1308 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph M. Clough.
Ch. 378 · 32 Stat. 1308 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Heber C. Griffin.
Ch. 379 · 32 Stat. 1308 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Annie McElheney.
Ch. 380 · 32 Stat. 1309 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George M. Emery.
Ch. 381 · 32 Stat. 1309 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ida C. Emery.
Ch. 382 · 32 Stat. 1309 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary A. Van Wormer.
Ch. 383 · 32 Stat. 1309 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act Granting an increase of pension to George E. Houghton.
Ch. 384 · 32 Stat. 1310 · March 28, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act To establish light-houses at the mouth of Boston Harbor to mark the entrance to the new Broad Sound Channel.
Ch. 385 · 32 Stat. 93 · March 29, 1902 · Original text
Joint Resolution For appointment of members of Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.
Public Resolution 13 · 32 Stat. 738 · March 29, 1902 · Original text
An Act To correct the military record of James A. Somerville.
Ch. 386 · 32 Stat. 1310 · March 29, 1902 · Private law · Original text
An Act For a public building for a marine hospital at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
Ch. 387 · 32 Stat. 93 · March 31, 1902 · Original text
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- 81st 1949 · 2,000
- 80th 1947 · 1,365
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- 76th 1939 · 1,659
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- 59th 1905 · 7,020
- 58th 1903 · 4,043
- 57th 1901 · 2,773
- 56th 1899 · 1,959
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- 43rd 1873 · 859
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- 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.