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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 For the relief of Theodore H. Bishop.

    Ch. 2082 · 34 Stat. 1859 · May 5, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  2. An Act Providing for the election of a Delegate to the House of Representatives from the Territory of Alaska.

    Ch. 2083 · 34 Stat. 169 · May 7, 1906 · Original text

  3. An Act To regulate the practice of pharmacy and the sale of poisons in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. 2084 · 34 Stat. 175 · May 7, 1906 · Original text

  4. Joint Resolution For appointment of members of Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.

    Public Resolution 21 · 34 Stat. 828 · May 7, 1906 · Original text

  5. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Luke Waldron.

    Ch. 2085 · 34 Stat. 1860 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  6. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ebenezer Rickett.

    Ch. 2086 · 34 Stat. 1860 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  7. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Israel E. Munger.

    Ch. 2087 · 34 Stat. 1860 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  8. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George H. Gaskill.

    Ch. 2088 · 34 Stat. 1860 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  9. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Silas Flournoy.

    Ch. 2089 · 34 Stat. 1860 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  10. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph S. Rice.

    Ch. 2090 · 34 Stat. 1861 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  11. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Valentine Bartley.

    Ch. 2091 · 34 Stat. 1861 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  12. An Act Granting an increase of pension to David Rankin.

    Ch. 2092 · 34 Stat. 1861 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  13. An Act Granting a pension to Robert Kennish.

    Ch. 2093 · 34 Stat. 1861 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  14. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Silas Mosher.

    Ch. 2094 · 34 Stat. 1862 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  15. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edward Duffy.

    Ch. 2095 · 34 Stat. 1862 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  16. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William H. Lee.

    Ch. 2096 · 34 Stat. 1862 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  17. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Jacobs.

    Ch. 2097 · 34 Stat. 1862 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  18. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry C. Maxwell.

    Ch. 2098 · 34 Stat. 1862 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  19. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Andrew H. Nichols.

    Ch. 2099 · 34 Stat. 1863 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  20. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Susan S. Theall.

    Ch. 2100 · 34 Stat. 1863 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  21. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Eugenie Tilburn.

    Ch. 2101 · 34 Stat. 1863 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  22. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas H. Padgett.

    Ch. 2102 · 34 Stat. 1863 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  23. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ashford R. Matheny.

    Ch. 2103 · 34 Stat. 1864 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  24. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James M. Eddy.

    Ch. 2104 · 34 Stat. 1864 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  25. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Patrick Mahoney.

    Ch. 2105 · 34 Stat. 1864 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  26. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Richard E. Davis.

    Ch. 2106 · 34 Stat. 1864 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  27. An Act Granting a pension to Benjamin T. Odiorne.

    Ch. 2107 · 34 Stat. 1864 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  28. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alexander M. Lowry.

    Ch. 2108 · 34 Stat. 1865 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  29. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Dayton.

    Ch. 2109 · 34 Stat. 1865 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  30. An Act Granting a pension to William Simmons.

    Ch. 2110 · 34 Stat. 1865 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  31. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Orestes B. Wright.

    Ch. 2111 · 34 Stat. 1865 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 2112 · 34 Stat. 1866 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  33. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Peter M. Culins.

    Ch. 2113 · 34 Stat. 1866 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  34. An Act Granting an increase of pension to David B. Ott.

    Ch. 2114 · 34 Stat. 1866 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  35. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles W. Lyons.

    Ch. 2115 · 34 Stat. 1866 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  36. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Daniel Boughman.

    Ch. 2116 · 34 Stat. 1866 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  37. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Paul Stang.

    Ch. 2117 · 34 Stat. 1867 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  38. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William H. Miles.

    Ch. 2118 · 34 Stat. 1867 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  39. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary A. Foster.

    Ch. 2119 · 34 Stat. 1867 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  40. An Act Granting a pension to Frances E. Maloon.

    Ch. 2120 · 34 Stat. 1867 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  41. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Annie R. E. Nesbitt.

    Ch. 2121 · 34 Stat. 1868 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  42. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph W. Vance.

    Ch. 2122 · 34 Stat. 1868 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  43. An Act Granting a pension to Joseph E. Green.

    Ch. 2123 · 34 Stat. 1868 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  44. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Franklin D. Clark.

    Ch. 2124 · 34 Stat. 1868 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  45. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John C. Matheny.

    Ch. 2125 · 34 Stat. 1868 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  46. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Hiram G. Hoke.

    Ch. 2126 · 34 Stat. 1869 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  47. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elijah Pantall.

    Ch. 2127 · 34 Stat. 1869 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  48. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William T. Branam.

    Ch. 2128 · 34 Stat. 1869 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  49. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Miner L. Braden.

    Ch. 2129 · 34 Stat. 1869 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  50. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Quincy Corwin.

    Ch. 2130 · 34 Stat. 1870 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  51. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph H. Wagoner.

    Ch. 2131 · 34 Stat. 1870 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  52. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Hiram Linn.

    Ch. 2132 · 34 Stat. 1870 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  53. An Act Granting and increase of pension to Jesse Woods.

    Ch. 2133 · 34 Stat. 1870 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  54. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Solomon Riddell.

    Ch. 2134 · 34 Stat. 1870 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  55. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Nannie L. Schmitt.

    Ch. 2135 · 34 Stat. 1871 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  56. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William H. Doherty.

    Ch. 2136 · 34 Stat. 1871 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  57. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry Good.

    Ch. 2137 · 34 Stat. 1871 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  58. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph A. C. Curtis.

    Ch. 2138 · 34 Stat. 1871 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  59. An Act Granting a pension to Alice W. Powers.

    Ch. 2139 · 34 Stat. 1872 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  60. An Act Granting a pension to Susan C. Smith.

    Ch. 2140 · 34 Stat. 1872 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  61. An Act Granting a pension to Alba B. Bean.

    Ch. 2141 · 34 Stat. 1872 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  62. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William F. Griffith.

    Ch. 2142 · 34 Stat. 1872 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  63. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles Hammond, alias Hiram W. Kirkpatrick.

    Ch. 2143 · 34 Stat. 1872 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  64. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Stephen M. Sexton.

    Ch. 2144 · 34 Stat. 1873 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  65. An Act Granting a pension to William H. Winters.

    Ch. 2145 · 34 Stat. 1873 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  66. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Wheeler Lindenbower.

    Ch. 2146 · 34 Stat. 1873 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  67. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mathias Brady.

    Ch. 2147 · 34 Stat. 1873 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  68. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary J. McKim.

    Ch. 2148 · 34 Stat. 1874 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  69. An Act Granting a pension to Phoebe Keith.

    Ch. 2149 · 34 Stat. 1874 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  70. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Eugene Orr, alias Charles Southard.

    Ch. 2150 · 34 Stat. 1874 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  71. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Palmetto Dodson.

    Ch. 2151 · 34 Stat. 1874 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  72. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James Thompson Brown.

    Ch. 2152 · 34 Stat. 1874 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  73. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Milton H. Wayne.

    Ch. 2153 · 34 Stat. 1875 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  74. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel S. Garst.

    Ch. 2154 · 34 Stat. 1875 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  75. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lloyd D. Bennett.

    Ch. 2155 · 34 Stat. 1875 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  76. An Act Granting a pension to John F. Tathem.

    Ch. 2156 · 34 Stat. 1875 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  77. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel Meadows.

    Ch. 2157 · 34 Stat. 1876 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  78. An Act Granting a pension to William I. Lusch.

    Ch. 2158 · 34 Stat. 1876 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  79. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James F. Howard.

    Ch. 2159 · 34 Stat. 1876 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  80. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George Henderson.

    Ch. 2160 · 34 Stat. 1876 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  81. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Abraham M. Barr.

    Ch. 2161 · 34 Stat. 1876 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  82. An Act Granting a pension to Inez Talkington.

    Ch. 2162 · 34 Stat. 1877 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  83. An Act Granting a pension to William Berry.

    Ch. 2163 · 34 Stat. 1877 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  84. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Nathaniel M. Stukes.

    Ch. 2164 · 34 Stat. 1877 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  85. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William C. Herridge.

    Ch. 2165 · 34 Stat. 1877 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  86. An Act Granting a pension to Eliza Byron.

    Ch. 2166 · 34 Stat. 1878 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  87. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Catherine E. Bragg.

    Ch. 2167 · 34 Stat. 1878 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  88. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John E. Murphy.

    Ch. 2168 · 34 Stat. 1878 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  89. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George A. Havel.

    Ch. 2169 · 34 Stat. 1878 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  90. An Act Granting a pension to Clara N. Scranton.

    Ch. 2170 · 34 Stat. 1878 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  91. An Act Granting a pension to Dora C. Walter.

    Ch. 2171 · 34 Stat. 1879 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  92. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas C. Jackson.

    Ch. 2172 · 34 Stat. 1879 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  93. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alfred B. Menard.

    Ch. 2173 · 34 Stat. 1879 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  94. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John B. Page.

    Ch. 2174 · 34 Stat. 1879 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  95. An Act Granting a pension to Martha Jewell.

    Ch. 2175 · 34 Stat. 1880 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  96. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Daniel Craig.

    Ch. 2176 · 34 Stat. 1880 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  97. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Amelia E. Grimsley.

    Ch. 2177 · 34 Stat. 1880 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  98. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William J. Thompson.

    Ch. 2178 · 34 Stat. 1880 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  99. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James C. Miller.

    Ch. 2179 · 34 Stat. 1880 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  100. An Act Granting a pension to George W. Warren.

    Ch. 2180 · 34 Stat. 1881 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

By Congress

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.