List of United States federal legislation, 1789–1901
This is a chronological, but incomplete, list of United States federal legislation passed by the 1st through 56th United States Congresses, between 1789 and 1901. For the main article on this subject, see List of United States federal legislation. Additional lists can be found at List of United States federal legislation: Congress of the Confederation, List of United States federal legislation, 1901–2001 and List of United States federal legislation, 2001–present.
- June 1, 1789: An act to regulate the time and manner of administering certain oaths, Sess. 1, ch. 1, 1 Stat. 23
- July 4, 1789: Tariff of 1789 (Hamilton Tariff), Sess. 1, ch. 2, 1 Stat. 24[1]
- July 27, 1789: The U.S. Department of State was established, Sess. 1, ch. 4, 1 Stat. 28
- August 7, 1789: The U.S. Department of War was established, Sess. 1, ch. 7, 1 Stat. 49
- August 7, 1789: An Act for the establishment and support of Lighthouses, Beacons, Buoys, and Public Piers, Sess. 1, ch. 9, 1 Stat. 53
- September 2, 1789: The U.S. Department of the Treasury was established, Sess. 1, ch. 12, 1 Stat. 65.[2]
- September 24, 1789: Judiciary Act of 1789, Sess. 1, ch. 20, 1 Stat. 73
- March 1, 1790: Census of 1790, Sess. 2, ch. 2, 1 Stat. 101
- March 26, 1790: Naturalization Act of 1790, Sess. 2, ch. 3, 1 Stat. 103
- April 10, 1790: Patent Act, Sess. 2, ch. 7, 1 Stat. 109[3]
- May 26, 1790: Southwest Ordinance, Sess. 2, ch. 14, 1 Stat. 123
- May 31, 1790: Copyright Act of 1790, Sess. 2, ch. 15, 1 Stat. 124
- July 6, 1790: Residence Act, Sess. 2, ch. 28, 1 Stat. 130
- July 22, 1790: Indian Intercourse Act of 1790, Sess. 2, ch. 33, 1 Stat. 137
- August 4, 1790: Funding Act of 1790, Sess. 2, ch. 34, 1 Stat. 138[4]
- February 25, 1791: First Bank of the United States, Sess. 3, ch. 10, 1 Stat. 191[5]
- March 3, 1791: Whiskey Act, Sess. 3, ch. 15, 1 Stat. 199
- February 20, 1792: Postal Service Act, Sess. 1, ch. 7, 1 Stat. 232
- April 2, 1792: Coinage Act of 1792, Sess. 1, ch. 16, 1 Stat. 246
- April 14, 1792: Apportionment Act of 1792, Sess. 1, ch. 23 1 Stat. 253 to
- May 2, 1792: First Militia Act of 1792, Sess. 1, ch. 28, 1 Stat. 264
- May 8, 1792: Second Militia Act of 1792, Sess. 1, ch. 33, 1 Stat. 271
- February 12, 1793: Fugitive Slave Law of 1793, Sess. 2, ch. 7, 1 Stat. 302
- 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, 1 Stat. 305
- March 2, 1793: Judiciary Act of 1793, Sess. 2, ch. 22, 1 Stat. 333 (including Anti-Injunction Act)
- March 27, 1794: Naval Act of 1794, Sess. 1, ch. 12, 1 Stat. 350
- January 29, 1795: Naturalization Act of 1795, Sess. 2, ch. 20, 1 Stat. 414
- April 30, 1798: The U.S. Department of the Navy was established, Sess. 2, ch. 35, 1 Stat. 553
- June 18, 1798: Alien and Sedition Acts: An Act to establish a uniform rule of naturalization (Naturalization Act of 1798), Sess. 2, ch. 54, 1 Stat. 566
- June 25, 1798: Alien and Sedition Acts: An Act concerning Aliens, Sess. 2, ch. 58, 1 Stat. 570
- July 6, 1798: Alien and Sedition Acts: An Act respecting Alien Enemies, Sess. 2, ch. 66, 1 Stat. 577
- July 9, 1798: Act Further to Protect the Commerce of the United States, Sess. 2, ch. 68, 1 Stat. 578
- July 11, 1798: The Marine Corps was established, Sess. 2, ch. 72, 1 Stat. 594
- July 14, 1798: Alien and Sedition Acts: An Act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States (Sedition Act), Sess. 2, ch. 74, 1 Stat. 596
- July 16, 1798: An Act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen, Sess. 2, ch. 77, 1 Stat. 605
- May 2, 1800: Slave Trade Act of 1800, Sess. 2, ch. 51, 2 Stat. 70
- February 13, 1801: Judiciary Act of 1801, Sess. 2, ch. 4, 2 Stat. 89
- February 27, 1801: District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Sess.2, ch. 15, 2 Stat. 103
- March 16, 1802: Military Peace Establishment Act, Sess. 1, ch. 9, 2 Stat. 132
- April 29, 1802: Judiciary Act of 1802, Sess. 1, ch. 31, 2 Stat. 156
- April 30, 1802: Enabling Act of 1802, Sess. 1, ch. 40, 2 Stat. 173
- March 29, 1806: Cumberland Road, Sess. 1, ch. 19, 2 Stat. 357
- February 24, 1807: Seventh Circuit Act, 2 Stat. 420
- March 2, 1807: Slave Trade Prohibition Act, Sess. 2, ch. 22, 2 Stat. 426
- March 3, 1807: Insurrection Act of 1807, Sess. 2, ch. 39, 2 Stat. 443
- December 22, 1807: Embargo Act of 1807, Sess. 1, ch. 5, 2 Stat. 451
- March 1, 1809: Non-Intercourse Act (1809), Sess. 2, ch. 24, 2 Stat. 528
- May 1, 1810: Macon's Bill Number 2, Sess. 2, ch. 39, 2 Stat. 605
- April 10, 1816: Second Bank of the United States, Sess. 1, ch. 94, 3 Stat. 266
- April 27, 1816: Dallas tariff, Sess. 1, ch. 107, 3 Stat. 310
- April 4, 1818: Flag Act of 1818, Sess. 1, ch. 34, 3 Stat. 415
- April 18, 1818: Navigation Act of 1818, Sess. 1, ch. 70, 3 Stat. 432
- March 6, 1820: Missouri Compromise, Sess. 1, ch. 22, 3 Stat. 545
- April 24, 1820: Land Act of 1820, Sess. 1, ch. 51, 3 Stat. 566
- January 7, 1824: Tariff of 1824, Sess. 1, ch.4, 4 Stat. 2
- May 24, 1828: Tariff of Abominations, Sess. 1, ch. 111, 4 Stat. 308
- May 28, 1830: Indian Removal Act, Sess. 1, ch. 148, 4 Stat. 411
- July 14, 1832: Tariff of 1832, Sess. 1, ch. 227, 4 Stat. 583
- March 2, 1833: Compromise Tariff (Tariff of 1833), Sess. 2, ch. 55, 4 Stat. 629
- March 2, 1833: Force Bill, Sess. 2, ch. 57, 4 Stat. 632
- June 28, 1834: Coinage Act of 1834, Sess. 1, ch. 95, 4 Stat. 699
- June 30, 1834: An Act to Regulate Trade and Intercourse With the Indian Tribes, Sess. 1, ch. 161, 4 Stat. 729
- July 4, 1836: Patent Act of 1836, Sess. 1, ch. 357, 5 Stat. 117[data missing]
- August 19, 1841: Bankruptcy Act of 1841, Sess. 1, ch. 9, 5 Stat. 440
- September 4, 1841: Preemption Act of 1841, Sess. 1, ch. 16, 5 Stat. 453
- August 4, 1842: Armed Occupation Act, Sess. 2, ch. 122, 5 Stat. 502
- August 30, 1842: Tariff of 1842 ("Black Tariff"), Sess. 2, ch. 270, 5 Stat. 548
- January 23, 1845: Presidential Election Day Act, Sess. 2, ch. 1, 5 Stat. 721
- March 3, 1845: An act relating to revenue cutters and steamers, Sess. 2, ch. 78, 5 Stat. 795 (the first time Congress overrode a Presidential veto)
- July 9, 1846: District of Columbia retrocession, Sess. 1, ch. 35, 9 Stat. 35
- July 30, 1846: Walker tariff, Sess. 1, ch. 74, 9 Stat. 42
- August 6, 1846: Independent Treasury, Sess. 1, ch. 90, 9 Stat. 59
- March 3, 1849: The U.S. Department of the Interior was established, Sess. 2, ch. 108, 9 Stat. 395
- March 3, 1849: Coinage Act of 1849, Sess. 2, ch. 109, 9 Stat. 397
- September 9, 1850: Compromise of 1850, Sess. 1, ch. 49, 9 Stat. 446
- September 18, 1850: Fugitive Slave Act, Sess. 1, ch. 60, 9 Stat. 462
- September 27, 1850: Donation Land Claim Act, Sess. 1, ch. 76, 9 Stat. 496
- March 3, 1851: California Land Act of 1851, Sess. 2, ch. 41, 9 Stat. 631
- March 3, 1851: Limitation of Liability Act of 1851, Sess. 2, ch. 43, 9 Stat. 635
- February 21, 1853: Coinage Act of 1853, Sess. 2, ch. 79, 10 Stat. 160
- 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, 10 Stat. 180
- May 30, 1854: Kansas–Nebraska Act, Sess. 1, ch. 59, 10 Stat. 277
- August 18, 1856: Guano Islands Act, Sess. 1, ch. 164, 11 Stat. 119
- February 21, 1857: Coinage Act of 1857, Sess. 3, ch. 56, 11 Stat. 163
- June 16, 1860: Pacific Telegraph Act of 1860, Sess. 1, ch. 137, 12 Stat. 41
- March 2, 1861: Morrill Tariff, Sess. 2, ch. 68, 12 Stat. 178
- August 5, 1861: Revenue Act of 1861, Sess. 1, ch. 45, 12 Stat. 292
- August 6, 1861: Confiscation Act of 1861, Sess. 1, ch. 60, 12 Stat. 319
- February 25, 1862: Legal Tender Act of 1862, Sess. 2, ch. 33, 12 Stat. 345
- 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, 12 Stat. 376
- May 15, 1862: The U.S. Department of Agriculture was established, Sess. 2, ch. 72, 12 Stat. 387
- May 20, 1862: Homestead Act, Sess. 2, ch. 75, 12 Stat. 392
- June 19, 1862: An Act to secure Freedom to all persons within the Territories of the United States, Sess. 2, ch. 111, 12 Stat. 432
- July 1, 1862: Revenue Act of 1862, Sess. 2, ch. 119, 12 Stat. 432
- July 1, 1862: Pacific Railway Act, Sess. 2, ch. 120, 12 Stat. 489
- July 1, 1862: Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act, Sess. 2, ch. 126, 12 Stat. 501
- July 2, 1862: Morrill Act of 1862, Sess. 2, ch. 130, 12 Stat. 503
- July 17, 1862: Militia Act of 1862, Sess. 2, ch. 201, 12 Stat. 597
- February 25, 1863: National Banking Act, Sess. 3, ch. 58, 12 Stat. 665
- March 2, 1863: False Claims Act, Sess. 3, ch. 67, 12 Stat. 696
- March 3, 1863: Enrollment Act, Sess. 3, ch. 75, 12 Stat. 731
- March 3, 1863: Habeas Corpus Suspension Act, Sess. 3, ch. 81, 12 Stat. 755
- March 3, 1863: Tenth Circuit Act, 12 Stat. 794
- April 22, 1864: Coinage Act of 1864, Sess. 1, ch. 66, 13 Stat. 54
- March 3, 1865: Freedmen's Bureau, Sess. 2, ch. 90, 13 Stat. 507
- April 9, 1866: Civil Rights Act of 1866, Sess. 1, ch. 31, 14 Stat. 27
- April 12, 1866: Contraction Act of 1866, Sess. 1, ch. 39, 14 Stat. 31
- July 23, 1866: Judicial Circuits Act, Sess. 1, ch. 210, 14 Stat. 209
- March 2, 1867: Reconstruction Act, Sess. 2, ch. 153, 14 Stat. 428
- March 2, 1867: Tenure of Office Act, Sess. 2, ch. 154, 14 Stat. 430
- Reconstruction Acts, continued:
- July 27, 1868: Expatriation Act of 1868, Sess. 2, ch. 249, 15 Stat. 223
- March 18, 1869: Public Credit Act of 1869, Sess. 1, ch. 1, 16 Stat. 1
- April 10, 1869: Judiciary Act of 1869 (Circuit Judges Act of 1869), Sess. 1, ch. 22, 16 Stat. 44
- May 31, 1870: Enforcement Act of 1870 (Civil Rights Act of 1870), Sess. 2, ch. 114, 16 Stat. 140
- June 22, 1870: The U.S. Department of Justice was established, Sess. 2, ch. 150, 16 Stat. 162
- July 12, 1870: Currency Act of 1870, Sess. 2, ch. 252, 16 Stat. 251
- July 14, 1870: Naturalization Act of 1870, Sess. 2, ch. 254, 16 Stat. 254
- February 21, 1871: District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871, Sess. 3, ch. 62, 16 Stat. 419
- April 20, 1871: Third Enforcement Act (Civil Rights Act of 1871, Ku Klux Klan Act), Sess. 1, ch. 22, 17 Stat. 13
- March 1, 1872: Yellowstone Act, Sess. 2, ch. 24, 17 Stat. 32
- May 10, 1872: General Mining Act of 1872, Sess. 2, ch. 152, 17 Stat. 91
- May 22, 1872: Amnesty Act, Sess. 2, ch. 193, 17 Stat. 142
- June 1, 1872: Practice Conformity Act (precursor to the Rules Enabling Act), Sess. 2, ch. 255, 17 Stat. 196
- June 8, 1872: Post Office Act (1872), Sess. 2, ch. 335, 17 Stat. 283
- February 12, 1873: Coinage Act of 1873, Sess. 3, ch. 131, 17 Stat. 424
- March 3, 1873: Comstock Act, Sess. 3, ch. 258, 17 Stat. 598
- March 3, 1873: Timber Culture Act, Sess. 3, ch. 277, 17 Stat. 205
- June 23, 1874: Poland Act, Sess. 1, ch. 469, 18 Stat. 253
- January 14, 1875: Specie Payment Resumption Act, Sess. 2, ch. 15, 18 Stat. 296
- March 1, 1875: Civil Rights Act of 1875, Sess. 2, ch. 114, 18 Stat. 335
- March 3, 1875: Page Act of 1875, Sess. 2, ch. 141, 18 Stat. 477
- March 3, 1877: Desert Land Act
- February 28, 1878: Bland–Allison Act (Coinage Act (Silver Dollar)), Sess. 2, ch. 20, 20 Stat. 25
- April 29, 1878: National Quarantine Act, Sess. 2, ch. 66, 20 Stat. 37
- June 3, 1878: Timber and Stone Act, Sess. 2, ch. 151, 20 Stat. 89
- June 18, 1878: Posse Comitatus Act, Sess. 2, ch. 263, §15, 20 Stat. 152
- February 26, 1879: To Promote a Knowledge of Steam Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Act, Sess. 3, ch. 105, 20 Stat. 322
- February 25, 1882: Apportionment of the Tenth Census, Sess. 1, ch. 20, 22 Stat. 5
- May 6, 1882: Chinese Exclusion Act, Sess. 1, ch. 126, 22 Stat. 58
- August 2, 1882: River and Harbors Act of 1882
- January 16, 1883: Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, Sess. 2, ch. 27, 22 Stat. 403
- March 3, 1883: Tariff of 1883 (Mongrel Tariff), Sess. 2, ch. 121, 22 Stat. 488
- January 19, 1886: Presidential Succession Act of 1886, Sess. 1, ch. 4, 24 Stat. 1
- February 3, 1887: Electoral Count Act, Sess. 2, ch. 90, 24 Stat. 373
- February 4, 1887: Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, Sess. 2, ch. 104, 24 Stat. 379
- February 8, 1887: Indian General Allotment Act ("Dawes Act"), Sess. 2, ch. 119, 24 Stat. 388
- March 2, 1887: Agricultural Experiment Stations Act of 1887, Sess. 2, ch. 314, 24 Stat. 440
- March 2, 1887: Hatch Act of 1887, Sess. 2, ch. 314, 24 Stat. 440
- March 3, 1887: Tucker Act, Sess. 2, ch. 359, 24 Stat. 505
- March 3, 1887: Edmunds–Tucker Act, Sess. 2, ch. 397, 24 Stat. 635
- February 22, 1889: Enabling Act of 1889, Sess. 2, ch. 180, 25 Stat. 676
- June 27, 1890: Dependent and Disability Pension Act, Sess. 1, ch. 634, 26 Stat. 182
- July 2, 1890: Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, Sess. 1, ch. 647, 26 Stat. 209
- July 14, 1890: Sherman Silver Purchase Act, Sess. 1, ch. 708, 26 Stat. 289
- August 30, 1890: Morrill Act of 1890, Sess. 1, ch. 841, 26 Stat. 417
- October 1, 1890: McKinley Tariff, Sess. 1, ch. 1244, 26 Stat. 567
- March 3, 1891: Judiciary Act of 1891 (Evarts Act), Sess. 2, ch. 517, 26 Stat. 826
- March 3, 1891: Immigration Act of 1891, Sess. 2, ch. 551, 26 Stat. 1084
- March 3, 1891: Land Revision Act of 1891, Sess. 2, ch. 561, 26 Stat. 1095
- March 3, 1891: Forest Reserve Act of 1891, Sess. 2, ch. 561, 26 Stat. 1095
- March 3, 1891: Merchant Marine Act of 1891
- May 5, 1892: Geary Act, Sess. 1, ch. 60, 27 Stat. 25 (amended the Chinese Exclusion Act)
- February 13, 1893: Harter Act (Carriage of Goods by Sea), Sess. 2, ch. 105, 27 Stat. 445
- August 27, 1894: Wilson–Gorman Tariff Act, Sess. 2, ch. 349, §73, 28 Stat. 509
- January 12, 1895: Printing Act of 1895 (An Act Providing for the Public Printing and Binding and the Distribution of Public Documents), Sess. 3, ch. 23, 28 Stat. 601
- February 18, 1895: Maguire Act of 1895, Sess. 3, ch. 97, 28 Stat. 667
- May 21, 1896: Oil Pipe Line Act, 29 Stat. 127 (43 U.S.C. § 962 et seq.)
- May 22, 1896: Condemned Cannon Act, 29 Stat. 133
- May 28, 1896: United States Commissioners Act, 29 Stat. 184
- June 1, 1896: Married Women's Rights Act (District of Columbia), 29 Stat. 193
- June 6, 1896: Filled Cheese Act, 29 Stat. 253
- January 13, 1897: Stock Reservoir Act, 29 Stat. 484, (43 U.S.C. § 952 et seq.)
- March 2, 1897: Tea Importation Act, 29 Stat. 604, (21 U.S.C. § 41 et seq.)
- July 24, 1897: Dingley tariff, ch. 11, 30 Stat. 151, increased trade duties for revenue and protection
- April 20, 1898: Teller Resolution (Cuba), 30 Stat. 738
- April 25, 1898: Declaration of war on Spain (Spanish–American War), 30 Stat. 364
- June 1, 1898: Erdman Act, 30 Stat. 424
- June 13, 1898: War Revenue Act of 1898, Sess. 2, ch. 448, 30 Stat. 448
- July 1, 1898: Bankruptcy Act of 1898 (Henderson-Nelson Act), ch. 541, 30 Stat. 544, gave companies an option of gaining protection from creditors.
- July 7, 1898: Newlands Resolution, No. 55, 30 Stat. 750, authorized the annexation of the Republic of Hawaii
- March 3, 1899: Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, Ch. 425, 33 Stat. 401, § 9, 30 Stat. 1151
- March 14, 1900: Gold Standard Act, Sess. 1, ch. 41, 31 Stat. 45
- April 2, 1900: Foraker Act, Sess. 1, ch. 191, 31 Stat. 77 (Puerto Rico Civil Code)
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