List of United States federal legislation, 1789–1901

[1st United States Congress]

• June 1, 1789: An act to regulate the time and manner of administering certain oaths, Sess. 1, ch. 1,
• July 4, 1789: Tariff of 1789, Sess. 1, ch. 2,
• July 27, 1789: The U.S. Department of State was established, Sess. 1, ch. 4,
• August 7, 1789: The U.S. Department of War was established, Sess. 1, ch. 7,
• August 7, 1789: An Act for the establishment and support of Lighthouses, Beacons, Buoys, and Public Piers, Sess. 1, ch. 9,
• September 2, 1789: The U.S. Department of the Treasury was established, Sess. 1, ch. 12,.
• September 24, 1789: Judiciary Act of 1789, Sess. 1, ch. 20,
• March 1, 1790: Census of 1790, Sess. 2, ch. 2,
• March 26, 1790: Naturalization Act of 1790, Sess. 2, ch. 3,
• April 10, 1790: Patent Act, Sess. 2, ch. 7,
• May 26, 1790: Southwest Ordinance, Sess. 2, ch. 14,
• May 31, 1790: Copyright Act of 1790, Sess. 2, ch. 15,
• July 6, 1790: Residence Act, Sess. 2, ch. 28,
• July 22, 1790: Indian Intercourse Act of 1790, Sess. 2, ch. 33,
• August 4, 1790: Funding Act of 1790, Sess. 2, ch. 34,
• February 25, 1791: First Bank of the United States, Sess. 3, ch. 10,
• March 3, 1791: Whiskey Act, Sess. 3, ch. 15,

  [2nd United States Congress]

• February 20, 1792: Postal Service Act, Sess. 1, ch. 7,
• April 2, 1792: Coinage Act of 1792, Sess. 1, ch. 16,
• April 14, 1792: Apportionment Act of 1792, Sess. 1, ch. 23 to
• May 2, 1792: First Militia Act of 1792, Sess. 1, ch. 28,
• May 8, 1792: Second Militia Act of 1792, Sess. 1, ch. 33,
• February 12, 1793: Fugitive Slave Law of 1793, Sess. 2, ch. 7,
• February 18, 1793: An Act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same, Sess. 2, ch. 8,
• March 2, 1793: Judiciary Act of 1793, Sess. 2, ch. 22,

  [3rd United States Congress]

• March 27, 1794: Naval Act of 1794, Sess. 1, ch. 12,
• January 29, 1795: Naturalization Act of 1795, Sess. 2, ch. 20,

  [4th United States Congress]

[5th United States Congress]

• April 30, 1798: The U.S. Department of the Navy was established, Sess. 2, ch. 35,
• June 18, 1798: Alien and Sedition Acts: An Act to establish a uniform rule of naturalization, Sess. 2, ch. 54,
• June 25, 1798: Alien and Sedition Acts: An Act concerning Aliens, Sess. 2, ch. 58,
• July 6, 1798: Alien and Sedition Acts: An Act respecting Alien Enemies, Sess. 2, ch. 66,
• July 9, 1798: Act Further to Protect the Commerce of the United States, Sess. 2, ch. 68,
• July 11, 1798: The Marine Corps was established, Sess. 2, ch. 72,
• July 14, 1798: Alien and Sedition Acts: An Act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, Sess. 2, ch. 74,
• July 16, 1798: An Act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen, Sess. 2, ch. 77,

  [6th United States Congress]

• May 2, 1800: Slave Trade Act of 1800, Sess. 2, ch. 51,
• February 13, 1801: Judiciary Act of 1801, Sess. 2, ch. 4,
• February 27, 1801: District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Sess.2, ch. 15,

  [7th United States Congress]

• March 16, 1802: Military Peace Establishment Act, Sess. 1, ch. 9,
• April 29, 1802: Judiciary Act of 1802, Sess. 1, ch. 31,
• April 30, 1802: Enabling Act of 1802, Sess. 1, ch. 40,

  [8th United States Congress]

[9th United States Congress]

• March 29, 1806: Cumberland Road, Sess. 1, ch. 19,
• February 24, 1807: Seventh Circuit Act,
• March 2, 1807: Slave Trade Prohibition Act, Sess. 2, ch. 22,
• March 3, 1807: Insurrection Act of 1807, Sess. 2, ch. 39,

  [10th United States Congress]

• December 22, 1807: Embargo Act of 1807, Sess. 1, ch. 5,
• March 1, 1809: Non-Intercourse Act, Sess. 2, ch. 24,

  [11th United States Congress]

• May 1, 1810: Macon's Bill Number 2, Sess. 2, ch. 39,

  [12th United States Congress]

[13th United States Congress]

[14th United States Congress]

• April 10, 1816: Second Bank of the United States, Sess. 1, ch. 94,
• April 27, 1816: Dallas tariff, Sess. 1, ch. 107,

  [15th United States Congress]

• April 4, 1818: Flag Act of 1818, Sess. 1, ch. 34,
• April 18, 1818: Navigation Act of 1818, Sess. 1, ch. 70,

  [16th United States Congress]

• March 6, 1820: Missouri Compromise, Sess. 1, ch. 22,
• April 24, 1820: Land Act of 1820, Sess. 1, ch. 51,

  [17th United States Congress]

[18th United States Congress]

• January 7, 1824: Tariff of 1824, Sess. 1, ch.4,

  [19th United States Congress]

[20th United States Congress]

• May 24, 1828: Tariff of Abominations, Sess. 1, ch. 111,

  [21st United States Congress]

• May 28, 1830: Indian Removal Act, Sess. 1, ch. 148,

  [22nd United States Congress]

• July 14, 1832: Tariff of 1832, Sess. 1, ch. 227,
• March 2, 1833: Compromise Tariff, Sess. 2, ch. 55,
• March 2, 1833: Force Bill, Sess. 2, ch. 57,

  [23rd United States Congress]

• June 28, 1834: Coinage Act of 1834, Sess. 1, ch. 95,
• June 30, 1834: An Act to Regulate Trade and Intercourse With the Indian Tribes, Sess. 1, ch. 161,

  [24th United States Congress]

• July 4, 1836: Patent Act of 1836, Sess. 1, ch. 357,

  [25th United States Congress]

[26th United States Congress]

[27th United States Congress]

• August 19, 1841: Bankruptcy Act of 1841, Sess. 1, ch. 9,
• September 4, 1841: Preemption Act of 1841, Sess. 1, ch. 16,
• August 4, 1842: Armed Occupation Act, Sess. 2, ch. 122,
• August 30, 1842: Tariff of 1842, Sess. 2, ch. 270,

  [28th United States Congress]

• January 23, 1845: Presidential Election Day Act, Sess. 2, ch. 1,
• March 3, 1845: An act relating to revenue cutters and steamers, Sess. 2, ch. 78,

  [29th United States Congress]

• July 9, 1846: District of Columbia retrocession, Sess. 1, ch. 35,
• July 30, 1846: Walker tariff, Sess. 1, ch. 74,
• August 6, 1846: Independent Treasury, Sess. 1, ch. 90,

  [30th United States Congress]

• March 3, 1849: The U.S. Department of the Interior was established, Sess. 2, ch. 108,
• March 3, 1849: Coinage Act of 1849, Sess. 2, ch. 109,

  [31st United States Congress]

• September 9, 1850: Compromise of 1850, Sess. 1, ch. 49,
• September 18, 1850: Fugitive Slave Act, Sess. 1, ch. 60,
• September 27, 1850: Donation Land Claim Act, Sess. 1, ch. 76,
• March 3, 1851: California Land Act of 1851, Sess. 2, ch. 41,
• March 3, 1851: Limitation of Liability Act of 1851, Sess. 2, ch. 43,

  [32nd United States Congress]

• February 21, 1853: Coinage Act of 1853, Sess. 2, ch. 79,
• March 2, 1853: An act providing for administering the oath of office to William R. King, Vice President elect of the United States of America. Sess. 2, ch. 93,

  [33rd United States Congress]

• May 30, 1854: Kansas–Nebraska Act, Sess. 1, ch. 59,

  [34th United States Congress]

• August 18, 1856: Guano Islands Act, Sess. 1, ch. 164,
• February 21, 1857: Coinage Act of 1857, Sess. 3, ch. 56,

  [35th United States Congress]

[36th United States Congress]

• June 16, 1860: Pacific Telegraph Act of 1860, Sess. 1, ch. 137,
• March 2, 1861: Morrill Tariff, Sess. 2, ch. 68,

  [37th United States Congress]

• August 5, 1861: Revenue Act of 1861, Sess. 1, ch. 45,
• August 6, 1861: Confiscation Act of 1861, Sess. 1, ch. 60,
• February 25, 1862: Legal Tender Act of 1862, Sess. 2, ch. 33,
• April 16, 1862: An Act for the Release of certain Persons held to Service or Labor within the District of Columbia, Sess. 2, ch. 54,
• May 15, 1862: The U.S. Department of Agriculture was established, Sess. 2, ch. 72,
• May 20, 1862: Homestead Act, Sess. 2, ch. 75,
• June 19, 1862: An Act to secure Freedom to all persons within the Territories of the United States, Sess. 2, ch. 111,
• July 1, 1862: Revenue Act of 1862, Sess. 2, ch. 119,
• July 1, 1862: Pacific Railway Act, Sess. 2, ch. 120,
• July 1, 1862: Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act, Sess. 2, ch. 126,
• July 2, 1862: Morrill Act of 1862, Sess. 2, ch. 130,
• July 17, 1862: Militia Act of 1862, Sess. 2, ch. 201,
• February 25, 1863: National Banking Act, Sess. 3, ch. 58,
• March 2, 1863: False Claims Act, Sess. 3, ch. 67,
• March 3, 1863: Enrollment Act, Sess. 3, ch. 75,
• March 3, 1863: Habeas Corpus Suspension Act, Sess. 3, ch. 81,
• March 3, 1863: Tenth Circuit Act,

  [38th United States Congress]

• April 22, 1864: Coinage Act of 1864, Sess. 1, ch. 66,
• March 3, 1865: Freedmen's Bureau, Sess. 2, ch. 90,

  [39th United States Congress]

• April 9, 1866: Civil Rights Act of 1866, Sess. 1, ch. 31,
• April 12, 1866: Contraction Act of 1866, Sess. 1, ch. 39,
• July 23, 1866: Judicial Circuits Act, Sess. 1, ch. 210,
• March 2, 1867: Reconstruction Act, Sess. 2, ch. 153,
• March 2, 1867: Tenure of Office Act, Sess. 2, ch. 154,

  [40th United States Congress]

• Reconstruction Acts, continued:
• * March 23, 1867, Sess. 1, ch. 6,
• * July 19, 1867, Sess. 1, ch. 30,
• * March 11, 1868, Sess. 2, ch. 25,
• July 27, 1868: Expatriation Act of 1868, Sess. 2, ch. 249,

  [41st United States Congress]

• March 18, 1869: Public Credit Act of 1869, Sess. 1, ch. 1,
• April 10, 1869: Judiciary Act of 1869, Sess. 1, ch. 22,
• May 31, 1870: Enforcement Act of 1870, Sess. 2, ch. 114,
• June 22, 1870: The U.S. Department of Justice was established, Sess. 2, ch. 150,
• July 12, 1870: Currency Act of 1870, Sess. 2, ch. 252,
• July 14, 1870: Naturalization Act of 1870, Sess. 2, ch. 254,
• February 21, 1871: District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871, Sess. 3, ch. 62,

  [42nd United States Congress]

• April 20, 1871: Third Enforcement Act, Sess. 1, ch. 22,
• March 1, 1872: Yellowstone Act, Sess. 2, ch. 24,
• May 10, 1872: General Mining Act of 1872, Sess. 2, ch. 152,
• May 22, 1872: Amnesty Act, Sess. 2, ch. 193,
• June 1, 1872: Practice Conformity Act, Sess. 2, ch. 255,
• June 8, 1872: Post Office Act, Sess. 2, ch. 335,
• February 12, 1873: Coinage Act of 1873, Sess. 3, ch. 131,
• March 3, 1873: Comstock Act, Sess. 3, ch. 258,
• March 3, 1873: Timber Culture Act, Sess. 3, ch. 277,

  [43rd United States Congress]

• June 23, 1874: Poland Act, Sess. 1, ch. 469,
• January 14, 1875: Specie Payment Resumption Act, Sess. 2, ch. 15,
• March 1, 1875: Civil Rights Act of 1875, Sess. 2, ch. 114,
• March 3, 1875: Page Act of 1875, Sess. 2, ch. 141,

  [44th United States Congress]

• March 3, 1877: Desert Land Act

  [45th United States Congress]

• February 28, 1878: Bland–Allison Act, Sess. 2, ch. 20,
• April 29, 1878: National Quarantine Act, Sess. 2, ch. 66,
• June 3, 1878: Timber and Stone Act, Sess. 2, ch. 151,
• June 18, 1878: Posse Comitatus Act, Sess. 2, ch. 263, §15,

  [46th United States Congress]

• February 26, 1879: To Promote a Knowledge of Steam Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Act, Sess. 3, ch. 105,

  [47th United States Congress]

• February 25, 1882: Apportionment of the Tenth Census, Sess. 1, ch. 20,
• May 6, 1882: Chinese Exclusion Act, Sess. 1, ch. 126,
• August 2, 1882: River and Harbors Act of 1882
• January 16, 1883: Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, Sess. 2, ch. 27,
• March 3, 1883: Tariff of 1883, Sess. 2, ch. 121,

  [48th United States Congress]

[49th United States Congress]

• January 19, 1886: Presidential Succession Act of 1886, Sess. 1, ch. 4,
• February 3, 1887: Electoral Count Act, Sess. 2, ch. 90,
• February 4, 1887: Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, Sess. 2, ch. 104,
• February 8, 1887: Indian General Allotment Act, Sess. 2, ch. 119,
• March 2, 1887: Agricultural Experiment Stations Act of 1887, Sess. 2, ch. 314,
• March 2, 1887: Hatch Act of 1887, Sess. 2, ch. 314,
• March 3, 1887: Tucker Act, Sess. 2, ch. 359,
• March 3, 1887: Edmunds–Tucker Act, Sess. 2, ch. 397,

  [50th United States Congress]

• February 22, 1889: Enabling Act of 1889, Sess. 2, ch. 180,

  [51st United States Congress]

• June 27, 1890: Dependent and Disability Pension Act, Sess. 1, ch. 634,
• July 2, 1890: Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, Sess. 1, ch. 647,
• July 14, 1890: Sherman Silver Purchase Act, Sess. 1, ch. 708,
• August 30, 1890: Morrill Act of 1890, Sess. 1, ch. 841,
• October 1, 1890: McKinley Tariff, Sess. 1, ch. 1244,
• March 3, 1891: Judiciary Act of 1891, Sess. 2, ch. 517,
• March 3, 1891: Immigration Act of 1891, Sess. 2, ch. 551,
• March 3, 1891: Land Revision Act of 1891, Sess. 2, ch. 561,
• March 3, 1891: Forest Reserve Act of 1891, Sess. 2, ch. 561,
• March 3, 1891: Merchant Marine Act of 1891

  [52nd United States Congress]

• May 5, 1892: Geary Act, Sess. 1, ch. 60,
• February 13, 1893: Harter Act, Sess. 2, ch. 105,

  [53rd United States Congress]

• August 27, 1894: Wilson–Gorman Tariff Act, Sess. 2, ch. 349, §73,
• January 12, 1895: Printing Act of 1895, Sess. 3, ch. 23,
• February 18, 1895: Maguire Act of 1895, Sess. 3, ch. 97,

  [54th United States Congress]

• May 21, 1896: Oil Pipe Line Act,
• May 22, 1896: Condemned Cannon Act,
• May 28, 1896: United States Commissioners Act,
• June 1, 1896: Married Women's Rights Act,
• June 6, 1896: Filled Cheese Act,
• January 13, 1897: Stock Reservoir Act,,
• March 2, 1897: Tea Importation Act,,

  [55th United States Congress]

• July 24, 1897: Dingley tariff, ch. 11,, increased trade duties for revenue and protection
• April 20, 1898: Teller Resolution,
• April 25, 1898: Declaration of war on Spain,
• June 1, 1898: Erdman Act,
• June 13, 1898: War Revenue Act of 1898, Sess. 2, ch. 448,
• July 1, 1898: Bankruptcy Act of 1898, ch. 541,, gave companies an option of gaining protection from creditors.
• July 7, 1898: Newlands Resolution, No. 55,, authorized the annexation of the Republic of Hawaii
• March 3, 1899: Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, Ch. 425,, § 9,

  [56th United States Congress]

• March 14, 1900: Gold Standard Act, Sess. 1, ch. 41,
• April 2, 1900: Foraker Act, Sess. 1, ch. 191,