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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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7,020 laws of the 59th Congress, 1905–1907

  1. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John P. Winget.

    Ch. 593 · 34 Stat. 1552 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  2. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Carrie B. Findley.

    Ch. 594 · 34 Stat. 1553 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  3. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Herrick Hodges.

    Ch. 595 · 34 Stat. 1553 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  4. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alexander M. Scott.

    Ch. 596 · 34 Stat. 1553 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  5. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Cutler A. Chamberlin.

    Ch. 597 · 34 Stat. 1553 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  6. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas Welch.

    Ch. 598 · 34 Stat. 1554 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  7. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George B. Hunter.

    Ch. 599 · 34 Stat. 1554 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  8. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles F. Longfellow.

    Ch. 600 · 34 Stat. 1554 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  9. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George W. Dightman.

    Ch. 601 · 34 Stat. 1554 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  10. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Robert S. Moore.

    Ch. 602 · 34 Stat. 1554 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  11. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John W. Langford.

    Ch. 603 · 34 Stat. 1555 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  12. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Buggie.

    Ch. 604 · 34 Stat. 1555 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  13. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph Brunell, senior.

    Ch. 605 · 34 Stat. 1555 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  14. An Act Granting a pension to Mary L. Miller.

    Ch. 606 · 34 Stat. 1555 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  15. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph Smith.

    Ch. 607 · 34 Stat. 1556 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  16. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary Driscoll.

    Ch. 608 · 34 Stat. 1556 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  17. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William H. Alban.

    Ch. 609 · 34 Stat. 1556 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  18. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Stephen B. Tarlton.

    Ch. 610 · 34 Stat. 1556 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  19. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alfred T. Hawk.

    Ch. 611 · 34 Stat. 1556 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  20. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John T. Jones.

    Ch. 612 · 34 Stat. 1557 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  21. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary M. Hull.

    Ch. 613 · 34 Stat. 1557 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  22. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Matthew D. Raker, junior.

    Ch. 614 · 34 Stat. 1557 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  23. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John C. Baber.

    Ch. 615 · 34 Stat. 1557 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  24. An Act Granting a pension to Bernhard Schaffner.

    Ch. 616 · 34 Stat. 1558 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  25. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Olney P. B. Wright.

    Ch. 617 · 34 Stat. 1558 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  26. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jesse W. Elliott.

    Ch. 618 · 34 Stat. 1558 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  27. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Isaac Van Volkenburgh.

    Ch. 619 · 34 Stat. 1558 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  28. An Act Granting a pension to Mary J. Visscher.

    Ch. 620 · 34 Stat. 1558 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  29. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Anthony W. Presley.

    Ch. 621 · 34 Stat. 1559 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  30. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Eliza Orr.

    Ch. 622 · 34 Stat. 1559 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  31. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Albert Smith.

    Ch. 623 · 34 Stat. 1559 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  32. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Martin L. Barber.

    Ch. 624 · 34 Stat. 1559 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  33. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Seth Raymond.

    Ch. 625 · 34 Stat. 1560 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  34. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Martha J. Brisco.

    Ch. 626 · 34 Stat. 1560 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  35. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Martha G. Archer.

    Ch. 627 · 34 Stat. 1560 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  36. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Rachel A. Foulk.

    Ch. 628 · 34 Stat. 1560 · March 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  37. An Act Providing for the issuance of patents for lands allotted to Indians under the Moses agreement of July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-three.

    Ch. 629 · 34 Stat. 55 · March 8, 1906 · Original text

  38. An Act For the relief of Colonel Medad C. Martin.

    Ch. 630 · 34 Stat. 1560 · March 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  39. An Act To provide for the appropriate marking of the graves of the soldiers and sailors of the Confederate army and navy who died in Northern prisons and were buried near the prisons where they died, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 631 · 34 Stat. 56 · March 9, 1906 · Original text

  40. An Act To authorize the Cairo and Tennessee River Railroad Company to construct a bridge across the Tennessee River.

    Ch. 632 · 34 Stat. 56 · March 9, 1906 · Original text

  41. An Act To authorize the Cairo and Tennessee River Railroad Company to construct a bridge across Cumberland River.

    Ch. 633 · 34 Stat. 58 · March 9, 1906 · Original text

  42. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to sell certain coal in Alaska, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 634 · 34 Stat. 59 · March 9, 1906 · Original text

  43. An Act For the relief of G. F. Tarbell.

    Ch. 635 · 34 Stat. 1561 · March 9, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  44. An Act To incorporate The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

    Ch. 636 · 34 Stat. 59 · March 10, 1906 · Original text

  45. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to lease land in Stanley County, South Dakota for a buffalo pasture.

    Ch. 637 · 34 Stat. 61 · March 12, 1906 · Original text

  46. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sylvenus A. Fay.

    Ch. 638 · 34 Stat. 1561 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  47. An Act Granting a pension to Charles Falbisaner.

    Ch. 639 · 34 Stat. 1561 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  48. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Felix G. Stidger.

    Ch. 640 · 34 Stat. 1562 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  49. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Seth Phillips.

    Ch. 641 · 34 Stat. 1562 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  50. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Horace Hounsom.

    Ch. 642 · 34 Stat. 1562 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  51. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John G. Parker.

    Ch. 643 · 34 Stat. 1562 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  52. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John D. Moore.

    Ch. 644 · 34 Stat. 1562 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  53. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry M. Robinson.

    Ch. 645 · 34 Stat. 1563 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  54. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Josephine E. Quentin.

    Ch. 646 · 34 Stat. 1563 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  55. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John L. Lovell.

    Ch. 647 · 34 Stat. 1563 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  56. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Susan J. Williams.

    Ch. 648 · 34 Stat. 1563 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  57. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George N. Dutcher.

    Ch. 649 · 34 Stat. 1564 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  58. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George M. Drake.

    Ch. 650 · 34 Stat. 1564 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  59. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George T. B. Carr.

    Ch. 651 · 34 Stat. 1564 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  60. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William M. Shultz.

    Ch. 652 · 34 Stat. 1564 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  61. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Gilbert Ford.

    Ch. 653 · 34 Stat. 1564 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  62. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alexander Miller.

    Ch. 654 · 34 Stat. 1565 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  63. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William House.

    Ch. 655 · 34 Stat. 1565 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  64. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Harry C. Thorne.

    Ch. 656 · 34 Stat. 1565 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  65. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Amanda L. Hill.

    Ch. 657 · 34 Stat. 1565 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  66. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph J. Cooper.

    Ch. 658 · 34 Stat. 1566 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  67. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ralph A. Adams.

    Ch. 659 · 34 Stat. 1566 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  68. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jerome Washburn.

    Ch. 660 · 34 Stat. 1566 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  69. An Act Granting a pension to Mattie Settlemire.

    Ch. 661 · 34 Stat. 1566 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  70. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Benjamin F. Bibb.

    Ch. 662 · 34 Stat. 1566 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  71. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Daniel Hays.

    Ch. 663 · 34 Stat. 1567 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  72. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Rachel E. Ware.

    Ch. 664 · 34 Stat. 1567 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  73. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Nathaniel Buchanan.

    Ch. 665 · 34 Stat. 1567 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  74. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Dexter E. W. Stone.

    Ch. 666 · 34 Stat. 1567 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  75. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James W. Stell.

    Ch. 667 · 34 Stat. 1568 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  76. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph Jones Martin.

    Ch. 668 · 34 Stat. 1568 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  77. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Asa M. Foote.

    Ch. 669 · 34 Stat. 1568 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  78. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Peter D. Sutton.

    Ch. 670 · 34 Stat. 1568 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  79. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Stephen Weeks.

    Ch. 671 · 34 Stat. 1568 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  80. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Julius D. Rogers.

    Ch. 672 · 34 Stat. 1569 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  81. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Chandler.

    Ch. 673 · 34 Stat. 1569 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  82. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Orton D. Ford.

    Ch. 674 · 34 Stat. 1569 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  83. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jesse Harrison.

    Ch. 675 · 34 Stat. 1569 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  84. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George W. Adamson.

    Ch. 676 · 34 Stat. 1570 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  85. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Chauncey P. Dean.

    Ch. 677 · 34 Stat. 1570 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  86. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James R. Todd.

    Ch. 678 · 34 Stat. 1570 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  87. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sarah Johnson.

    Ch. 679 · 34 Stat. 1570 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  88. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James H. Beulen.

    Ch. 680 · 34 Stat. 1570 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  89. An Act Granting a pension to Harrison White.

    Ch. 681 · 34 Stat. 1571 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  90. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lewis L. Daugherty.

    Ch. 682 · 34 Stat. 1571 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  91. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Albin L. Ingram.

    Ch. 683 · 34 Stat. 1571 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  92. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George A. Baker.

    Ch. 684 · 34 Stat. 1571 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  93. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Warren A. Blye.

    Ch. 685 · 34 Stat. 1572 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  94. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lemuel P. Williams.

    Ch. 686 · 34 Stat. 1572 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  95. An Act Granting a pension to Morris Osborn.

    Ch. 687 · 34 Stat. 1572 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  96. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William M. Martin.

    Ch. 688 · 34 Stat. 1572 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  97. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Josiah M. Grier.

    Ch. 689 · 34 Stat. 1572 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  98. An Act Granting an increase of pension to David F. McDonald.

    Ch. 690 · 34 Stat. 1573 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  99. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Susan Whorton.

    Ch. 691 · 34 Stat. 1573 · March 12, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  100. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Eber Watson.

    Ch. 692 · 34 Stat. 1573 · March 12, 1906 · 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.