List of United States federal legislation, 1789–1901

• 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 of 1790, Sess. 2, ch. 7, 1 Stat. 109[3]
• April 30, 1790: Crimes Act of 1790, Sess. 2, ch. 9, 1 Stat. 112
• 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

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• 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

• April 4, 1800: Bankruptcy Act of 1800, Sess. 1, ch. 19, 2 Stat. 19
• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• January 7, 1824: Tariff of 1824, Sess. 1, ch. 4, 4 Stat. 2
• March 3, 1825: Crimes Act of 1825, Sess. 2, ch. 65, 4 Stat. 115

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• 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 unknown/missing]

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• 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 Act of 1846, Sess. 1, ch. 90, 9 Stat. 59

• March 3, 1849: Department of the Interior Act, 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

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• 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: Department of Agriculture Act, Sess. 2, ch. 72, 12 Stat. 387
• May 20, 1862: Homestead Act of 1862, 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 Bank Act of 1863, 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:
  • March 23, 1867, Sess. 1, ch. 6, 15 Stat. 2
  • July 19, 1867, Sess. 1, ch. 30, 15 Stat. 14
  • March 11, 1868, Sess. 2, ch. 25, 15 Stat. 41
• 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: Department of Justice Act, 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

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• 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: Dawes Act (Indian General Allotment 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 Act, Sess. 1, ch. 11, 30 Stat. 151
• April 20, 1898: Teller Amendment (Cuba), Sess. 2, Joint Res. 24, 30 Stat. 738
• April 25, 1898: Declaration of war on Spain (Spanish–American War), Sess. 2, ch. 189, 30 Stat. 364
• June 1, 1898: Erdman Act, Sess. 2, ch. 370, 30 Stat. 424
• June 13, 1898: War Revenue Act of 1898, Sess. 2, ch. 448, 30 Stat. 448
• June 28, 1898: Curtis Act of 1898, Sess. 2, ch. 517, 30 Stat. 495
• July 1, 1898: Bankruptcy Act of 1898 (Henderson-Nelson Act), Sess. 2, ch. 541, 30 Stat. 544
• July 7, 1898: Newlands Resolution, Sess. 2, Joint Res. 55, 30 Stat. 750
• March 3, 1899: Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, Sess. 3, ch. 425, 30 Stat. 1121

• 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)
• April 30, 1900: Hawaiian Organic Act, Sess. 1, ch. 339, 31 Stat. 141