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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 Cornelius Westman.

    Ch. 2281 · 34 Stat. 1903 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  2. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James W. Fowler.

    Ch. 2282 · 34 Stat. 1903 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  3. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Truman C. Stevens.

    Ch. 2283 · 34 Stat. 1904 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  4. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Benjamin F. Greer.

    Ch. 2284 · 34 Stat. 1904 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  5. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George W. Pierce.

    Ch. 2285 · 34 Stat. 1904 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  6. An Act Granting a pension to Charles Skaden, junior.

    Ch. 2286 · 34 Stat. 1904 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  7. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Valentine Gunselman.

    Ch. 2287 · 34 Stat. 1904 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  8. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John T. Jacobs.

    Ch. 2288 · 34 Stat. 1905 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  9. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ann R. Nelson.

    Ch. 2289 · 34 Stat. 1905 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  10. An Act Granting a pension to Theresa Creiss.

    Ch. 2290 · 34 Stat. 1905 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  11. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Robert Dick.

    Ch. 2291 · 34 Stat. 1905 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  12. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Truman Aldrich.

    Ch. 2292 · 34 Stat. 1906 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  13. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jacob Ferber.

    Ch. 2293 · 34 Stat. 1906 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  14. An Act Granting a pension to Harriet A. Duvall.

    Ch. 2294 · 34 Stat. 1906 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  15. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Pleasant Calor.

    Ch. 2295 · 34 Stat. 1906 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  16. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Caleb M. Tarter.

    Ch. 2296 · 34 Stat. 1906 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  17. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Daniel E. Durgin.

    Ch. 2297 · 34 Stat. 1907 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  18. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas Brown.

    Ch. 2298 · 34 Stat. 1907 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  19. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Brown.

    Ch. 2299 · 34 Stat. 1907 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  20. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ebenezer A. Rice.

    Ch. 2300 · 34 Stat. 1907 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  21. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Peter Cole.

    Ch. 2301 · 34 Stat. 1908 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  22. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel Pepper.

    Ch. 2302 · 34 Stat. 1908 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  23. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George M. Thompson.

    Ch. 2303 · 34 Stat. 1908 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  24. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edgar B. Hughson.

    Ch. 2304 · 34 Stat. 1908 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  25. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Louther.

    Ch. 2305 · 34 Stat. 1908 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  26. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alma L. Wells.

    Ch. 2306 · 34 Stat. 1909 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  27. An Act Granting a pension to Harry D. McFarland.

    Ch. 2307 · 34 Stat. 1909 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  28. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Herbert D. Ingersoll.

    Ch. 2308 · 34 Stat. 1909 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  29. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Walter F. Bean.

    Ch. 2309 · 34 Stat. 1909 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  30. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henrietta W. Wilson.

    Ch. 2310 · 34 Stat. 1910 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  31. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sheldon B. Fargo.

    Ch. 2311 · 34 Stat. 1910 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  32. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Katie B. Meister.

    Ch. 2312 · 34 Stat. 1910 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  33. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William N. J. Burns.

    Ch. 2313 · 34 Stat. 1910 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  34. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel F. Williams.

    Ch. 2314 · 34 Stat. 1910 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  35. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James T. Caskey.

    Ch. 2315 · 34 Stat. 1911 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  36. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Abraham G. Long.

    Ch. 2316 · 34 Stat. 1911 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  37. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Augustus J. Morey.

    Ch. 2317 · 34 Stat. 1911 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  38. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Margaret A. Rucker.

    Ch. 2318 · 34 Stat. 1911 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  39. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry C. Coffin.

    Ch. 2319 · 34 Stat. 1912 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  40. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Enos Day.

    Ch. 2320 · 34 Stat. 1912 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  41. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph Muncher.

    Ch. 2321 · 34 Stat. 1912 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  42. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edwin Hicks.

    Ch. 2322 · 34 Stat. 1912 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  43. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Marius S. Cooley.

    Ch. 2323 · 34 Stat. 1912 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  44. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel H. Frazier.

    Ch. 2324 · 34 Stat. 1913 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  45. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John A. Powell.

    Ch. 2325 · 34 Stat. 1913 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  46. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry H. Sibley.

    Ch. 2326 · 34 Stat. 1913 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  47. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel E. Carlton.

    Ch. 2327 · 34 Stat. 1913 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  48. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Long.

    Ch. 2328 · 34 Stat. 1914 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  49. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas W. Barnum.

    Ch. 2329 · 34 Stat. 1914 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  50. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John W. Barton.

    Ch. 2330 · 34 Stat. 1914 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  51. An Act Granting a pension to Edward Farrell.

    Ch. 2331 · 34 Stat. 1914 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  52. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Charles P. Hopkins. [.] [.]

    Ch. 2332 · 34 Stat. 1914 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  53. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edward Lilley.

    Ch. 2333 · 34 Stat. 1915 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  54. An Act Granting a pension to Ellen T. Sivels.

    Ch. 2334 · 34 Stat. 1915 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  55. An Act Granting an increase of pension to David R. Walden.

    Ch. 2335 · 34 Stat. 1915 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  56. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Robert B. Williby.

    Ch. 2336 · 34 Stat. 1915 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  57. An Act Granting a pension to Virginia A. Hilburn.

    Ch. 2337 · 34 Stat. 1916 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  58. An Act Granting a pension to Harriet L. Morrison.

    Ch. 2338 · 34 Stat. 1916 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  59. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Gilson Lawrence.

    Ch. 2339 · 34 Stat. 1916 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  60. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lorenzo D. Hartwell.

    Ch. 2340 · 34 Stat. 1916 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  61. An Act Granting a pension to William T. Morgan.

    Ch. 2341 · 34 Stat. 1916 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  62. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jennie White.

    Ch. 2342 · 34 Stat. 1917 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  63. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Martha Howard.

    Ch. 2343 · 34 Stat. 1917 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  64. An Act Granting a pension to Mary B. Watson.

    Ch. 2344 · 34 Stat. 1917 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  65. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Andrew J. Mosier.

    Ch. 2345 · 34 Stat. 1917 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  66. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sidney A. Lawrence.

    Ch. 2346 · 34 Stat. 1918 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  67. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sidney S. Brewerton.

    Ch. 2347 · 34 Stat. 1918 · May 7, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  68. An Act To amend section six of an Act approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “An Act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. 2348 · 34 Stat. 182 · May 8, 1906 · Original text

  69. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Hautville A. Johnson.

    Ch. 2349 · 34 Stat. 1918 · May 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  70. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William H. Egolf.

    Ch. 2350 · 34 Stat. 1918 · May 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  71. An Act Granting a pension to William C. Banks.

    Ch. 2351 · 34 Stat. 1918 · May 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  72. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lucian W. French.

    Ch. 2352 · 34 Stat. 1919 · May 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  73. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edwin N. Baker.

    Ch. 2353 · 34 Stat. 1919 · May 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  74. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William H. Hackney.

    Ch. 2354 · 34 Stat. 1919 · May 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 2355 · 34 Stat. 1919 · May 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  76. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Frank Pugsley.

    Ch. 2356 · 34 Stat. 1920 · May 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  77. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George W. Wicks.

    Ch. 2357 · 34 Stat. 1920 · May 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  78. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Leander C. Reeve.

    Ch. 2358 · 34 Stat. 1920 · May 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  79. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Richard H. Lee.

    Ch. 2359 · 34 Stat. 1920 · May 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  80. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Christian H. Goebel.

    Ch. 2360 · 34 Stat. 1920 · May 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  81. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alice S. Shepard.

    Ch. 2361 · 34 Stat. 1921 · May 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  82. An Act Granting a pension to Ellen H. Swayne.

    Ch. 2362 · 34 Stat. 1921 · May 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  83. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph H. Allen.

    Ch. 2363 · 34 Stat. 1921 · May 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  84. An Act Granting a pension to Edward T. White.

    Ch. 2364 · 34 Stat. 1921 · May 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  85. An Act Granting a pension to Clara F Leslie.

    Ch. 2365 · 34 Stat. 1922 · May 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  86. An Act Granting a pension to Juliet K. Phillips.

    Ch. 2366 · 34 Stat. 1922 · May 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  87. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William B. Mitchell.

    Ch. 2367 · 34 Stat. 1922 · May 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  88. An Act Granting a pension to Sarah S. Etue.

    Ch. 2368 · 34 Stat. 1922 · May 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  89. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Willis H. Watson.

    Ch. 2369 · 34 Stat. 1922 · May 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  90. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Martha Hoffman.

    Ch. 2370 · 34 Stat. 1923 · May 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  91. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William R. Gallion.

    Ch. 2371 · 34 Stat. 1923 · May 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  92. An Act Granting an increase of pension to David B. Neafus.

    Ch. 2372 · 34 Stat. 1923 · May 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  93. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George W. Bodenhamer.

    Ch. 2373 · 34 Stat. 1923 · May 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  94. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Francis A. Beranek.

    Ch. 2374 · 34 Stat. 1924 · May 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  95. An Act Granting an increase of pension to George B. Vallandigham.

    Ch. 2375 · 34 Stat. 1924 · May 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 2376 · 34 Stat. 1924 · May 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  97. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William C. Bourke.

    Ch. 2377 · 34 Stat. 1924 · May 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  98. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Hirth.

    Ch. 2378 · 34 Stat. 1924 · May 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  99. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Abisha Risk.

    Ch. 2379 · 34 Stat. 1925 · May 8, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  100. An Act Granting a pension to Sarah Lovell.

    Ch. 2380 · 34 Stat. 1925 · May 8, 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.