ACT ESTABLISHING THE NAVY DEPARTMENT, April 30, 1798 Acts of the Fifth Congress, Second Session, Chapter LII (1 Stat.…
Act Establishing and Organizing the Marine Corps: Acts of the Fifth Congress, Second Session, Chapter LXXIX (1 Stat. 594-596) published…
FIRST FEDERAL MILITARY PENSIONS The first federal pension laws were adopted during the Revolutionary War in 1776. Enacted on August…
Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883 [Ch. 27, 22 Stat. 403] Click here for a link to the Act…
THE LOGAN ACT of 1799 – Prohibiting Diplomacy by Private Citizens “without permission or authority” with intent to “influence the…
CONSCRIPTION ACT OF 1863 – “An Act for enrolling and calling out the national Forces” during the Civil War: [37th Congress, 2nd…
Act Prohibiting the Importation of Slaves of 1807 & U.S. Constitution Art. I, Sec. 9 [Chapter 22, 9th Congress, Sess.…
CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT of 1882 [47th Congress, Sess. I, Chapter 126, 22 Stat. 58-61] The Chinese Exclusion Act imposed a…
Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address October 3, 1863 Background: Newly inaugurated President George Washington called for a national day…
INDIAN REMOVAL ACT OF 1830 – Trail of Tears [21st Congress, Session 1, Chapter 148] It can hardly be debated…