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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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2,773 laws of the 57th Congress, 1901–1903

  1. An Act Granting a pension to Sarah A. Carter.

    Ch. 488 · 32 Stat. 1331 · April 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  2. An Act Granting a pension to Mary Sweeney.

    Ch. 489 · 32 Stat. 1331 · April 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  3. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edward H. Armstrong.

    Ch. 490 · 32 Stat. 1331 · April 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  4. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Frances Gurley Elderkin.

    Ch. 491 · 32 Stat. 1332 · April 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  5. An Act Granting a pension to Sarah Frances Taft.

    Ch. 492 · 32 Stat. 1332 · April 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  6. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles W. Foster.

    Ch. 493 · 32 Stat. 1332 · April 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  7. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles C. Dudley.

    Ch. 494 · 32 Stat. 1332 · April 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  8. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John McDonald.

    Ch. 495 · 32 Stat. 1332 · April 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  9. An Act Granting a pension to John S. Nelson.

    Ch. 496 · 32 Stat. 1333 · April 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  10. An Act Granting a pension to Augusta Turner.

    Ch. 497 · 32 Stat. 1333 · April 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  11. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Martha A. Greenleaf.

    Ch. 498 · 32 Stat. 1333 · April 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  12. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Myra W. Robinson.

    Ch. 499 · 32 Stat. 1333 · April 11, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  13. An Act To repeal war-revenue taxation, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 500 · 32 Stat. 96 · April 12, 1902 · Original text

  14. An Act To promote the efficiency of the Revenue-Cutter Service.

    Ch. 501 · 32 Stat. 100 · April 12, 1902 · Original text

  15. An Act To authorize the establishment of a life-saving station on Ocracoke Island, on the coast of North Carolina.

    Ch. 502 · 32 Stat. 101 · April 12, 1902 · Original text

  16. An Act To provide for the extension of the charters of national banks.

    Ch. 503 · 32 Stat. 102 · April 12, 1902 · Original text

  17. An Act Authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near Parkville, Missouri.

    Ch. 504 · 32 Stat. 102 · April 15, 1902 · Original text

  18. An Act To authorize the construction of a traffic bridge across the Savannah River from the mainland within the corporate limits of the city of Savannah to Hutchinsons Island, in the county of Chatham, State of Georgia.

    Ch. 505 · 32 Stat. 104 · April 15, 1902 · Original text

  19. An Act Confirming title to the State of Nebraska of certain selected indemnity school lands.

    Ch. 506 · 32 Stat. 105 · April 15, 1902 · Original text

  20. An Act For the relief of bona fide settlers in forest reserves.

    Ch. 507 · 32 Stat. 106 · April 15, 1902 · Original text

  21. An Act To establish and provide for a clerk for the circuit and district courts of the United States held at Wilmington, North Carolina.

    Ch. 508 · 32 Stat. 106 · April 15, 1902 · Original text

  22. Joint Resolution To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to issue certain temporary permits.

    Public Resolution 14 · 32 Stat. 738 · April 15, 1902 · Original text

  23. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John S. Raulett.

    Ch. 509 · 32 Stat. 1334 · April 16, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  24. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John E. White.

    Ch. 510 · 32 Stat. 1334 · April 16, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  25. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Horatio N. Warren.

    Ch. 511 · 32 Stat. 1334 · April 16, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  26. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Dewit C. McCoy.

    Ch. 512 · 32 Stat. 1334 · April 16, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  27. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Otillia M. Smoot.

    Ch. 513 · 32 Stat. 1334 · April 16, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  28. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edward S. Dickinson.

    Ch. 514 · 32 Stat. 1335 · April 16, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  29. An Act Granting a pension to Dennis Dyer.

    Ch. 515 · 32 Stat. 1335 · April 16, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  30. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alfred H. Van Vliet.

    Ch. 516 · 32 Stat. 1335 · April 16, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  31. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary E. Kelly.

    Ch. 517 · 32 Stat. 1335 · April 16, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  32. An Act Granting a pension to Josephine M. Dustin.

    Ch. 518 · 32 Stat. 1336 · April 16, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  33. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Freeman R. E. Chanaberry.

    Ch. 519 · 32 Stat. 1336 · April 16, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  34. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Uriah Reams.

    Ch. 520 · 32 Stat. 1336 · April 16, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  35. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William B. Rowe.

    Ch. 521 · 32 Stat. 1336 · April 16, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  36. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Barbara McDonald.

    Ch. 522 · 32 Stat. 1336 · April 16, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  37. An Act Granting a pension to John W. Moore.

    Ch. 523 · 32 Stat. 1337 · April 16, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  38. An Act Granting a pension to Sarah H. H. Lowe.

    Ch. 525 · 32 Stat. 1337 · April 16, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  39. An Act Granting a pension to Eliza Stewart.

    Ch. 526 · 32 Stat. 1337 · April 16, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  40. An Act Granting a pension to Charles F. Merrill.

    Ch. 527 · 32 Stat. 1338 · April 16, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  41. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Abraham N. Bradfield.

    Ch. 528 · 32 Stat. 1338 · April 16, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  42. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Hollister.

    Ch. 529 · 32 Stat. 1338 · April 16, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  43. An Act Providing for an additional circuit judge in the second judicial circuit.

    Ch. 530 · 32 Stat. 106 · April 17, 1902 · Original text

  44. An Act Granting a pension to Ida S. McKinley.

    Ch. 531 · 32 Stat. 1338 · April 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  45. An Act Granting a pension to Christina Heitz.

    Ch. 532 · 32 Stat. 1339 · April 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  46. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry F. Benson.

    Ch. 533 · 32 Stat. 1339 · April 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  47. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thompson B. Moore.

    Ch. 534 · 32 Stat. 1339 · April 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  48. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Augustus E. Hodges.

    Ch. 535 · 32 Stat. 1339 · April 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  49. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edwin J. Godfrey.

    Ch. 536 · 32 Stat. 1339 · April 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  50. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas H. H. Gibbs.

    Ch. 537 · 32 Stat. 1340 · April 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  51. An Act Granting a pension to Jacob Golden.

    Ch. 538 · 32 Stat. 1340 · April 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  52. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Margaret M. Boyd.

    Ch. 539 · 32 Stat. 1340 · April 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  53. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas Young.

    Ch. 540 · 32 Stat. 1340 · April 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  54. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sarah E. Allen.

    Ch. 541 · 32 Stat. 1341 · April 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  55. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Theophile A. Dauphin.

    Ch. 542 · 32 Stat. 1341 · April 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  56. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Erastus C. Moderwell.

    Ch. 543 · 32 Stat. 1341 · April 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  57. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry E. De Marse.

    Ch. 544 · 32 Stat. 1341 · April 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  58. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Berry.

    Ch. 545 · 32 Stat. 1341 · April 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  59. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George R. Chaney.

    Ch. 546 · 32 Stat. 1342 · April 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  60. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Nathan W. Snee.

    Ch. 547 · 32 Stat. 1342 · April 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  61. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Robert L. Ackridge.

    Ch. 548 · 32 Stat. 1342 · April 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  62. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lizzie B. Green.

    Ch. 549 · 32 Stat. 1342 · April 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  63. An Act Granting a pension to Marion Barnes.

    Ch. 550 · 32 Stat. 1343 · April 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  64. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Evaline Wilson.

    Ch. 551 · 32 Stat. 1343 · April 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  65. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles S. Wilson.

    Ch. 552 · 32 Stat. 1343 · April 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  66. An Act Granting a pension to Clara B. Townsend.

    Ch. 553 · 32 Stat. 1343 · April 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  67. An Act Granting a pension to John S. James.

    Ch. 554 · 32 Stat. 1343 · April 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  68. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Frances E. Scott.

    Ch. 555 · 32 Stat. 1344 · April 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  69. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary E. Stockings.

    Ch. 556 · 32 Stat. 1344 · April 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  70. An Act Granting a pension to Mary A. Carlile.

    Ch. 557 · 32 Stat. 1344 · April 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  71. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Andrew B. Spurling.

    Ch. 558 · 32 Stat. 1344 · April 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  72. An Act Granting a pension to Amelia A Russell.

    Ch. 559 · 32 Stat. 1344 · April 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  73. An Act Granting a pension to Ruth Bartlett.

    Ch. 560 · 32 Stat. 1345 · April 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  74. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph Culbreath.

    Ch. 561 · 32 Stat. 1345 · April 17, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  75. An Act To construct a light-house keeper’s dwelling at Calumet Harbor.

    Ch. 562 · 32 Stat. 107 · April 18, 1902 · Original text

  76. An Act Making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three.

    Ch. 563 · 32 Stat. 107 · April 21, 1902 · Original text

  77. Joint Resolution Granting permission for the erection of a monument in Charlotte, North Carolina, for the ornamentation of the public grounds in that city.

    Public Resolution 15 · 32 Stat. 739 · April 21, 1902 · Original text

  78. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William C. David.

    Ch. 564 · 32 Stat. 1345 · April 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  79. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jane K. Hill.

    Ch. 565 · 32 Stat. 1345 · April 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  80. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lavalette D. Dickey.

    Ch. 566 · 32 Stat. 1346 · April 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  81. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles Ambrook.

    Ch. 567 · 32 Stat. 1346 · April 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  82. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George H. Smith.

    Ch. 568 · 32 Stat. 1346 · April 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  83. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth Steele.

    Ch. 569 · 32 Stat. 1346 · April 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  84. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles B. Wingfield.

    Ch. 570 · 32 Stat. 1346 · April 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  85. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Wheeler.

    Ch. 571 · 32 Stat. 1347 · April 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  86. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Hoag.

    Ch. 572 · 32 Stat. 1347 · April 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  87. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Peter Bittman.

    Ch. 573 · 32 Stat. 1347 · April 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  88. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Emma Sophia Harper Cilley.

    Ch. 574 · 32 Stat. 1347 · April 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  89. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Susan Hays.

    Ch. 575 · 32 Stat. 1348 · April 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  90. An Act Granting a pension to Sarah Anne Harris.

    Ch. 576 · 32 Stat. 1348 · April 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  91. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Peterson.

    Ch. 577 · 32 Stat. 1348 · April 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  92. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles Allen.

    Ch. 578 · 32 Stat. 1348 · April 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  93. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Benjamin F. H. Luce.

    Ch. 579 · 32 Stat. 1348 · April 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  94. An Act Granting a pension to Susan E. Clark.

    Ch. 580 · 32 Stat. 1349 · April 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  95. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Annie E. Brown.

    Ch. 581 · 32 Stat. 1349 · April 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  96. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Otto H. Hasselman.

    Ch. 582 · 32 Stat. 1349 · April 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  97. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Albertine Schoenecker.

    Ch. 583 · 32 Stat. 1349 · April 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  98. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Pheobe L. Peyton.

    Ch. 584 · 32 Stat. 1350 · April 21, 1902 · Private law · Original text

  99. An Act Making appropriations to supply additional urgent deficiencies for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 585 · 32 Stat. 118 · April 22, 1902 · Original text

  100. An Act Granting to the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad Company the right to use for railroad purposes the tract of land at Choctaw Point, Mobile County, Alabama, and now held for light-house purposes.

    Ch. 586 · 32 Stat. 119 · April 23, 1902 · 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.