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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 Arby Frier.

    Ch. 2181 · 34 Stat. 1881 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  2. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Benjamin R. South.

    Ch. 2182 · 34 Stat. 1881 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  3. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John H. Lockhart.

    Ch. 2183 · 34 Stat. 1881 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  4. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ephraim Marble.

    Ch. 2184 · 34 Stat. 1882 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  5. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles Dorin.

    Ch. 2185 · 34 Stat. 1882 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  6. An Act Granting a pension to Anna E. Middleton.

    Ch. 2186 · 34 Stat. 1882 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  7. An Act Granting a pension to Emanuel S. Thompson.

    Ch. 2187 · 34 Stat. 1882 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  8. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William T. Edgemon.

    Ch. 2188 · 34 Stat. 1882 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  9. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John B. Gerard.

    Ch. 2189 · 34 Stat. 1883 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  10. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Hannah C. Reese.

    Ch. 2190 · 34 Stat. 1883 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  11. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel Fish.

    Ch. 2191 · 34 Stat. 1883 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  12. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sarah A. Scott.

    Ch. 2192 · 34 Stat. 1883 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  13. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George W. Adams.

    Ch. 2193 · 34 Stat. 1884 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  14. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Aquilla M. Hizar.

    Ch. 2194 · 34 Stat. 1884 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  15. An Act Granting a pension to Ellen S. Cushman.

    Ch. 2195 · 34 Stat. 1884 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  16. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jerry Edwards.

    Ch. 2196 · 34 Stat. 1884 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  17. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas J. Sizer.

    Ch. 2197 · 34 Stat. 1884 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  18. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Levi B. Noulton.

    Ch. 2198 · 34 Stat. 1885 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  19. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John C. Parkinson.

    Ch. 2199 · 34 Stat. 1885 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  20. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Cynthia Cordial, now Vernon.

    Ch. 2200 · 34 Stat. 1885 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  21. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas Hughes.

    Ch. 2201 · 34 Stat. 1885 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  22. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Manning Abbott.

    Ch. 2202 · 34 Stat. 1886 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  23. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Fanny L. Conine.

    Ch. 2203 · 34 Stat. 1886 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  24. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Andrew J. Speed.

    Ch. 2204 · 34 Stat. 1886 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  25. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Eli Duvall.

    Ch. 2205 · 34 Stat. 1886 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  26. An Act Granting a pension to Sarah A. Brinker.

    Ch. 2206 · 34 Stat. 1886 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  27. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John B. Hall.

    Ch. 2207 · 34 Stat. 1887 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  28. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Evans Blake.

    Ch. 2208 · 34 Stat. 1887 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  29. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edmund W. Bixby.

    Ch. 2209 · 34 Stat. 1887 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  30. An Act Granting a pension to Emma A. Smith.

    Ch. 2210 · 34 Stat. 1887 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  31. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John P. Wishart.

    Ch. 2211 · 34 Stat. 1888 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  32. An Act Granting a pension to Laura McNulta.

    Ch. 2212 · 34 Stat. 1888 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  33. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jennie P. Starkins.

    Ch. 2213 · 34 Stat. 1888 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  34. An Act Granting a pension to Lars F. Wadsten, alias Frederick Wadsten.

    Ch. 2214 · 34 Stat. 1888 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  35. An Act Granting an increase of pension to August Danieldson.

    Ch. 2215 · 34 Stat. 1888 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  36. An Act Granting a pension to Mary A. Weigand.

    Ch. 2216 · 34 Stat. 1889 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  37. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James B. Simkins.

    Ch. 2217 · 34 Stat. 1889 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  38. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry Jacob Fox.

    Ch. 2218 · 34 Stat. 1889 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  39. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mildred W. Mitchell.

    Ch. 2219 · 34 Stat. 1889 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  40. An Act Granting a pension to Charlotte A. McCormick.

    Ch. 2220 · 34 Stat. 1890 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  41. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Isaiah B. McDonald.

    Ch. 2221 · 34 Stat. 1890 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  42. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John W. Raynor.

    Ch. 2222 · 34 Stat. 1890 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  43. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Robert Bivans.

    Ch. 2223 · 34 Stat. 1890 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  44. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth Bodkin.

    Ch. 2224 · 34 Stat. 1890 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  45. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alice Eddy Potter.

    Ch. 2225 · 34 Stat. 1891 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  46. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Solomon Johnson.

    Ch. 2226 · 34 Stat. 1891 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  47. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Richard Reynolds.

    Ch. 2227 · 34 Stat. 1891 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  48. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph W. Coppage.

    Ch. 2228 · 34 Stat. 1891 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  49. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Frederick Friebele.

    Ch. 2229 · 34 Stat. 1892 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  50. An Act Granting a pension to George B. Kirk.

    Ch. 2230 · 34 Stat. 1892 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  51. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Nathaniel W. Plymate.

    Ch. 2231 · 34 Stat. 1892 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  52. An Act Granting a pension to Emma C. Waldron.

    Ch. 2232 · 34 Stat. 1892 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  53. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jacob Sannar.

    Ch. 2233 · 34 Stat. 1892 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  54. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Eugene B. McDonald.

    Ch. 2234 · 34 Stat. 1893 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  55. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Walrod.

    Ch. 2235 · 34 Stat. 1893 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  56. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jonathan K. Porter.

    Ch. 2236 · 34 Stat. 1893 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  57. An Act Granting a pension to Joshua Barnes.

    Ch. 2237 · 34 Stat. 1893 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  58. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Frank Clendenin.

    Ch. 2238 · 34 Stat. 1894 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  59. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel R. Lowry.

    Ch. 2239 · 34 Stat. 1894 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  60. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas T. Blanchard.

    Ch. 2240 · 34 Stat. 1894 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  61. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth Thompson.

    Ch. 2241 · 34 Stat. 1894 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  62. An Act Granting a pension to Sarah J. Manson.

    Ch. 2242 · 34 Stat. 1894 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  63. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph Shroyer.

    Ch. 2243 · 34 Stat. 1895 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  64. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry Hahn.

    Ch. 2244 · 34 Stat. 1895 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  65. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George R. Scott.

    Ch. 2245 · 34 Stat. 1895 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  66. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Van Keuren.

    Ch. 2246 · 34 Stat. 1895 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  67. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Absalom Shell.

    Ch. 2247 · 34 Stat. 1896 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  68. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Luther S. Holly.

    Ch. 2248 · 34 Stat. 1896 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  69. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Delany.

    Ch. 2249 · 34 Stat. 1896 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  70. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Amos Dyke.

    Ch. 2250 · 34 Stat. 1896 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  71. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Harvey Foster.

    Ch. 2251 · 34 Stat. 1896 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  72. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Julius Buxbaum.

    Ch. 2252 · 34 Stat. 1897 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  73. An Act Granting an increase pension to Nathan S. Ruddock.

    Ch. 2253 · 34 Stat. 1897 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  74. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John P. Rains.

    Ch. 2254 · 34 Stat. 1897 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  75. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William H. H. Fellows.

    Ch. 2255 · 34 Stat. 1897 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  76. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Anna C. Bassford.

    Ch. 2256 · 34 Stat. 1898 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  77. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Rose V. Mullin.

    Ch. 2257 · 34 Stat. 1898 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  78. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Benjamin B. Cahoon.

    Ch. 2258 · 34 Stat. 1898 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  79. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Esther M. Lowe.

    Ch. 2259 · 34 Stat. 1898 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  80. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Eliza Davidson.

    Ch. 2260 · 34 Stat. 1898 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  81. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jasper N. Harrelson.

    Ch. 2261 · 34 Stat. 1899 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  82. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry Davey.

    Ch. 2261 · 34 Stat. 1899 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 2263 · 34 Stat. 1899 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  84. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Robert E. McKiernan.

    Ch. 2264 · 34 Stat. 1899 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  85. An Act Granting an increase of pension to David W. West.

    Ch. 2265 · 34 Stat. 1900 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  86. An Act Granting a pension to Reuben R. Ballenger.

    Ch. 2266 · 34 Stat. 1900 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  87. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Robert Timmons.

    Ch. 2267 · 34 Stat. 1900 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  88. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William F. Drake.

    Ch. 2268 · 34 Stat. 1900 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  89. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John A. Royer.

    Ch. 2269 · 34 Stat. 1900 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  90. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Michael Manahan.

    Ch. 2270 · 34 Stat. 1901 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  91. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Helen C. Sanderson.

    Ch. 2271 · 34 Stat. 1901 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  92. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Andrew W. Tracy.

    Ch. 2272 · 34 Stat. 1901 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  93. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Arcatie E. Thompson.

    Ch. 2273 · 34 Stat. 1901 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  94. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lucius D. Whaley.

    Ch. 2274 · 34 Stat. 1902 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  95. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Riley M. Smiley.

    Ch. 2275 · 34 Stat. 1902 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  96. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry Hares.

    Ch. 2276 · 34 Stat. 1902 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  97. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Eldridge, junior.

    Ch. 2277 · 34 Stat. 1902 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  98. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry C. Keyser.

    Ch. 2278 · 34 Stat. 1902 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  99. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William H. Near.

    Ch. 2279 · 34 Stat. 1903 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  100. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ethan Allen.

    Ch. 2280 · 34 Stat. 1903 · May 7, 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.