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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 a pension to James R. Hicks.

    Ch. 3178 · 34 Stat. 2086 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  2. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Van Buren Beam.

    Ch. 3179 · 34 Stat. 2086 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  3. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Hammond.

    Ch. 3180 · 34 Stat. 2086 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  4. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Dudley McKibben.

    Ch. 3181 · 34 Stat. 2087 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  5. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas H. Thornburgh.

    Ch. 3182 · 34 Stat. 2087 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  6. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Orange Bugbee.

    Ch. 3183 · 34 Stat. 2087 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  7. An Act Granting a pension to Matilda J. Williams.

    Ch. 3184 · 34 Stat. 2087 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  8. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Isabel Newlin.

    Ch. 3185 · 34 Stat. 2088 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  9. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elijah Curtis.

    Ch. 3186 · 34 Stat. 2088 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  10. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jackson D. Turley.

    Ch. 3187 · 34 Stat. 2088 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  11. An Act Granting an increase of pension to David H. Parker.

    Ch. 3188 · 34 Stat. 2088 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  12. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Daniel M. Vertner.

    Ch. 3189 · 34 Stat. 2088 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  13. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John W. Chase.

    Ch. 3190 · 34 Stat. 2089 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  14. An Act Granting a pension to Julia Walz.

    Ch. 3191 · 34 Stat. 2089 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  15. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Newton S. Davis.

    Ch. 3192 · 34 Stat. 2089 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  16. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Isom Wilkerson.

    Ch. 3193 · 34 Stat. 2089 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  17. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Patrick McCarthy.

    Ch. 3194 · 34 Stat. 2090 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  18. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary Sheehan.

    Ch. 3195 · 34 Stat. 2090 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  19. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William H. Farrell.

    Ch. 3196 · 34 Stat. 2090 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  20. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James P. Hall.

    Ch. 3197 · 34 Stat. 2090 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  21. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Henry Ballard.

    Ch. 3198 · 34 Stat. 2090 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  22. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Cain.

    Ch. 3199 · 34 Stat. 2091 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  23. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jacob Woodruff.

    Ch. 3200 · 34 Stat. 2091 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  24. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Gardiner K. Haskell.

    Ch. 3201 · 34 Stat. 2091 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  25. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alexander Moore.

    Ch. 3202 · 34 Stat. 2091 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  26. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John W. Henry.

    Ch. 3203 · 34 Stat. 2092 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  27. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Bolivar Ward.

    Ch. 3204 · 34 Stat. 2092 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  28. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Allen D. Metcalfe.

    Ch. 3205 · 34 Stat. 2092 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  29. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Eliza M. Buice.

    Ch. 3206 · 34 Stat. 2092 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  30. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sallie E. Blanding.

    Ch. 3207 · 34 Stat. 2092 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  31. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas D. Adams.

    Ch. 3208 · 34 Stat. 2093 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  32. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas J. Byrd.

    Ch. 3209 · 34 Stat. 2093 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  33. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Andrew C. Woodard.

    Ch. 3210 · 34 Stat. 2093 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  34. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Clarissa L. Dowling.

    Ch. 3211 · 34 Stat. 2093 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  35. An Act Granting a pension to Rhetta Florence Tilton.

    Ch. 3212 · 34 Stat. 2094 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  36. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel Yehl.

    Ch. 3213 · 34 Stat. 2094 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  37. An Act Granting a pension to Mary A. Montgomery.

    Ch. 3214 · 34 Stat. 2094 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  38. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Erastus W. Briggs.

    Ch. 3215 · 34 Stat. 2094 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  39. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John W. Stephens.

    Ch. 3216 · 34 Stat. 2094 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  40. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William R. Hiner.

    Ch. 3217 · 34 Stat. 2095 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  41. An Act Granting a pension to John Lewis Bernard Breighner.

    Ch. 3218 · 34 Stat. 2095 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  42. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary McFarlane.

    Ch. 3219 · 34 Stat. 2095 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  43. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth Bartley.

    Ch. 3220 · 34 Stat. 2095 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  44. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John A. Lyle.

    Ch. 3221 · 34 Stat. 2096 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  45. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary E. Patterson.

    Ch. 3222 · 34 Stat. 2096 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  46. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John W. Jones.

    Ch. 3223 · 34 Stat. 2096 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  47. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John W. Blanchard.

    Ch. 3224 · 34 Stat. 2096 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  48. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John J. Howells.

    Ch. 3225 · 34 Stat. 2096 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  49. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Bryant Brown.

    Ch. 3226 · 34 Stat. 2097 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  50. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jacob S. Rickard.

    Ch. 3227 · 34 Stat. 2097 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  51. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Hiram G. Hunt.

    Ch. 3228 · 34 Stat. 2097 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  52. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John H. Broadway.

    Ch. 3229 · 34 Stat. 2097 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  53. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Clay Riggs.

    Ch. 3230 · 34 Stat. 2098 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  54. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Virgil A. Bayley.

    Ch. 3231 · 34 Stat. 2098 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  55. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Newton Kinnison.

    Ch. 3232 · 34 Stat. 2098 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  56. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Rachel A. Webster.

    Ch. 3233 · 34 Stat. 2098 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  57. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William A. Custer.

    Ch. 3234 · 34 Stat. 2098 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  58. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William E. Starr.

    Ch. 3235 · 34 Stat. 2099 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  59. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Wilkinson.

    Ch. 3236 · 34 Stat. 2099 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  60. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Martha A. Dunlap.

    Ch. 3237 · 34 Stat. 2099 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  61. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Pauline Bietry.

    Ch. 3238 · 34 Stat. 2099 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  62. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elmira M. Gause.

    Ch. 3239 · 34 Stat. 2100 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  63. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Lucy W. Powell.

    Ch. 3240 · 34 Stat. 2100 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  64. An Act Granting a pension to Elizabeth Hathaway.

    Ch. 3241 · 34 Stat. 2100 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  65. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elijah G. Gould.

    Ch. 3242 · 34 Stat. 2100 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  66. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Hannah R. Jacobs.

    Ch. 3243 · 34 Stat. 2100 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  67. An Act Granting a pension to Benjamin F. Tudor.

    Ch. 3244 · 34 Stat. 2101 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  68. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Rudolph W. H. Swendt.

    Ch. 3245 · 34 Stat. 2101 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  69. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Samuel C. Dean.

    Ch. 3246 · 34 Stat. 2101 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  70. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William F. Walker.

    Ch. 3247 · 34 Stat. 2101 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  71. An Act Granting an increase of pension to M. Belle May.

    Ch. 3248 · 34 Stat. 2102 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  72. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ellen L. Stone.

    Ch. 3249 · 34 Stat. 2102 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  73. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Hugh R. Rutledge.

    Ch. 3250 · 34 Stat. 2102 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  74. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Julius Rector.

    Ch. 3251 · 34 Stat. 2102 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  75. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Angeline R. Lomax.

    Ch. 3252 · 34 Stat. 2102 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  76. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sarah Ann Day.

    Ch. 3253 · 34 Stat. 2103 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  77. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William D. Drown.

    Ch. 3254 · 34 Stat. 2103 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  78. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Hamilton.

    Ch. 3255 · 34 Stat. 2103 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  79. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Allamanza M. Harrison.

    Ch. 3256 · 34 Stat. 2103 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  80. An Act Granting an increase of pension to John M. Quinton.

    Ch. 3257 · 34 Stat. 2104 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. 3258 · 34 Stat. 2104 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  82. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth A. Anderson.

    Ch. 3259 · 34 Stat. 2104 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  83. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William E. Chambers.

    Ch. 3260 · 34 Stat. 2104 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  84. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jennie F. Belding.

    Ch. 3261 · 34 Stat. 2104 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  85. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth Thomas.

    Ch. 3262 · 34 Stat. 2105 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  86. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Robert D. Gardner.

    Ch. 3263 · 34 Stat. 2105 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  87. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Leander Gilbert.

    Ch. 3264 · 34 Stat. 2105 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  88. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Evans P. Hoover.

    Ch. 3265 · 34 Stat. 2105 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  89. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Louisa C. Gibson.

    Ch. 3266 · 34 Stat. 2106 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  90. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Martha L. Beesley.

    Ch. 3267 · 34 Stat. 2106 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  91. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Edward B. Prime.

    Ch. 3268 · 34 Stat. 2106 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  92. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Alfred Gude.

    Ch. 3269 · 34 Stat. 2106 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  93. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William C. Mahaffey.

    Ch. 3270 · 34 Stat. 2106 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  94. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Isaac Howard.

    Ch. 3271 · 34 Stat. 2107 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  95. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William H. Colegate.

    Ch. 3272 · 34 Stat. 2107 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  96. An Act Granting an increase of pension to William C. McRoy.

    Ch. 3273 · 34 Stat. 2107 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  97. An Act Granting an increase of pension to James E. Raney.

    Ch. 3274 · 34 Stat. 2107 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  98. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Eliza Jane Witherspoon.

    Ch. 3275 · 34 Stat. 2108 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  99. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Sophie S. Parker.

    Ch. 3276 · 34 Stat. 2108 · June 11, 1906 · Private law · Original text

  100. An Act Granting an increase of pension to Joseph H. Weaver.

    Ch. 3277 · 34 Stat. 2108 · June 11, 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.