List of burials at the Congressional Cemetery

This is a list of notable individuals who were buried at the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C., as well as those who are memorialized by cenotaphs. In particular, many U.S. senators and U.S. representatives are memorialized by cenotaphs at the cemetery.

Specialized terminology is used on this list. The term cenotaph includes not only monuments that are "empty tombs" or where the body is buried elsewhere, but also the graves of Congressmen who died in office which are marked by the particular style of cenotaph designed by Benjamin Latrobe for the Cemetery. "Congressman" refers to any U.S. senator or representative. A range/site listing, e.g. R31/S44, after a name gives the location of the grave or cenotaph according to the cemetery's location system.

Buried with a cenotaph

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Graves of Anna and William Thornton
 
William A. Burwell
 
Uriah Tracy

Congress Members buried without a cenotaph

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John Brademas Mausoleum at Congressional Cemetery
 
Congressman Tom Lantos's grave in Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

Senior Union Civil War officers

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Army

Navy

Mayors and other Chief Executives of Washington, DC

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National Underground Railroad Network honorees

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  • Dr. William Boyd (1820-1884) - A conductor on the underground railroad
  • John Dean - Attorney who tested the Fugitive Slave Act
  • David Aiken Hall - lawyer to freedom seekers, including the crew and slaves of the Pearl
  • Hannibal Hamlin - Founder and first president of the National Freedman's Relief Association of DC, (Cousin of the Vice president of the same name)

Others

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Temporary interments

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Cenotaph memorials without interment

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John Quincy Adams
 
Cenotaph shared by Nicholas Begich and Hale Boggs
 
Andrew Butler's cenotaph
  • John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), President, Senator, and Representative – Massachusetts, cenotaph only and was interred in the Public Vault in 1848. R54/S101.
  • James C. Alvord (1808–1839), Representative – Massachusetts, cenotaph only. R57/S141.
  • Simeon H. Anderson (1802–1840), Representative – Kentucky, cenotaph only. R57/S135
  • Charles Andrews (1814–1852), Representative – Maine, cenotaph only. R54/S161.
  • Chester Ashley (1791–1848), Senator – Arkansas, cenotaph only. R60/S144.
  • Nick Begich (1932–1972), Representative Alaska, shares cenotaph with Hale Boggs. They were both lost in a plane crash. R53/S123.
  • James Bell (1804–1857), Senator – New Hampshire, cenotaph only. R60/S101
  • Thaddeus Betts (1789–1840), Senator – Connecticut, cenotaph only. Name spelled Thaddel S Betts on cenotaph. R57/S114.
  • George M. Bibb (1776–1859), Senator – Kentucky, cenotaph only. R 57/ S 143.
  • Henry Black (1783–1841), Representative – Pennsylvania, cenotaph only. R56/S126.
  • James A. Black (1793–1848), Representative South Carolina, cenotaph only. R55/S104.
  • Hale Boggs (1914–1972), Representative Louisiana, shares cenotaph with Nick Begich. They were both lost in a plane crash. R53/S123.
  • Thomas Bouldin (1781–1834), Representative Virginia, cenotaph only. Only congressman to die while addressing Congress. R29/S72.
  • Edward Bradley (1808–1847), Representative – Michigan, cenotaph only. R55/S107.
  • Samuel Brenton (1810–1847), Representative Indiana, cenotaph only. R60/S104.
  • Preston Brooks (1819–1857), Representative South Carolina; beat Senator Sumner with a cane, cenotaph only. R60/S116
  • Anson Brown (1800–1840), Representative New York, cenotaph only. R57/S138.
  • Nathan Bryan (1748–1798), Representative North Carolina, cenotaph, burial site unknown. R57/S117
  • Alexander H. Buell (1801–1853), Representative New York, cenotaph only. R54/S157
  • Barker Burnell (1798–1844), Representative Massachusetts, cenotaph only. R60/S104.
  • Andrew Pickens Butler (1796–1857), Representative – South Carolina, cenotaph only. R60/S84
  • Chester Pierce Butler (1798–1850), Representative Pennsylvania, cenotaph only. R57/S163.
 
John C. Calhoun
  • John C. Calhoun (1782–1850), Vice President, Senator, Representative South Carolina, cenotaph only. R60/S146
  • Brookins Campbell (1808–1853), Representative Tennessee, centotaph only. R60/S137.
  • Jonathan Cilley (1802–1838), Representative Maine, killed in a duel by Rep. William J. Graves, cenotaph only. R30/S60.
  • Henry Clay (1777–1852), Senator, Representative Kentucky, "the Great Compromiser," cenotaph only. R60/S149.
  • John E. Coffee (1782–1836), Representative Georgia, reelected posthumously, cenotaph only. R56/S122.
  • Thomas Buchecker Cooper (1823–1862), Representative Pennsylvania, cenotaph only. R59/S146.
  • Jacob Crowninshield (1770–1806), Representative Massachusetts, cenotaph only. R57/S108
  • Ezra Darby (1768–1808), Representative from New Jersey. R24/S4.
  • Benjamin Franklin Deming (1790–1834), Representative Vermont, cenotaph only. R56/S120.
  • Charles Denison (1818–1867), Representative Pennsylvania, cenotaph only. R59/S119.
  • Rodolphus Dickinson (1797–1849), Representative Ohio, cenotaph only. R57/S157.
  • David Dickson (1794–1836), Representative Mississippi, cenotaph only. R57/S120.
  • Davis Dimock, Jr. (1801–1842), Representative Pennsylvania, cenotaph only. R55/S135.
  • Nathan Fellows Dixon (1774–1842), Senator Rhode Island, cenotaph only. R55/S138.
  • Presley Underwood Ewing (1822–1854), Representative Kentucky, cenotaph only. R60/S128.
  • John Fairfield (1797–1847), Representative, Senator, Governor Maine, cenotaph only. R54/S116.
  • Darwin Abel Finney (1814–1863), Representative Pennsylvania, cenotaph only. R59/S116.
  • Orin Fowler (1791–1852), Representative Massachusetts, cenotaph only. R54/S160.
  • William Osborne Goode (1797–1859), Representative Virginia, cenotaph only. R60/S69.
  • Peterson Goodwyn (1745–1818), Representative Virginia, cenotaph only. R57/S111.
  • Henry Grider (1796–1866), Representative Kentucky, cenotaph only. R59/S125.
  • Richard W. Habersham (1786–1842), Representative Georgia, cenotaph only. R54/S137.
  • Thomas Lyon Hamer (1800–1846), Representative Ohio, cenotaph only. R56/S156.
  • Cornelius S. Hamilton (1821–1867), Representative Ohio, cenotaph only. R59/S97.
  • Luther Hanchett (1825–1862), Representative Wisconsin, cenotaph only. R59/S140.
  • John H. Harmanson (1803–1850), Representative Louisiana, cenotaph only. R55/S157.
  • Sampson Willis Harris (1809–1857), Representative Alabama, cenotaph only. R60/S119.
  • Thomas L. Harris (1816–1858), Representative Illinois, cenotaph only. R60/S78.
  • Thomas Hartley (1748–1800), Representative Pennsylvania, cenotaph only. R56/S107.
  • William Soden Hastings (1798–1842), Representative Massachusetts, cenotaph only. R57/S132.
  • David Heaton (1823–1870), Representative North Carolina, cenotaph only. R59/S101.
 
J. Pinckney Henderson
 
John Linn
  • J. Pinckney Henderson (1799–1858), Senator Texas, cenotaph only. R60/S91.
  • Robert Pryor Henry (1788–1826), Representative Kentucky, cenotaph only. R57/S123.
  • Richard P. Herrick (1791–1846), Representative New York, cenotaph only. R54/S114.
  • Daniel Hiester (1747–1804), Representative Pennsylvania and Maryland, cenotaph only. R56/S104.
  • James M. Hinds (1833–1868), Representative Arkansas, cenotaph only. R59/S107.
  • Elijah Hise (1802–1867), Representative Kentucky, cenotaph only. R59/S113.
  • Truman H. Hoag (1816–1870), Representative Ohio, cenotaph only. R59/S91.
  • John M. Holley (1802–1848), Representative New York, cenotaph only. R57/S154.
  • Gabriel Holmes (1764–1829), Representative Governor North Carolina, cenotaph only. R56/S111.
  • Benjamin F. Hopkins (1820–1870), Representative Wisconsin, cenotaph only. R59/S128.
  • John Westbrook Hornbeck (1804–1848), Representative Pennsylvania, cenotaph only. R54/S105.
  • James Humphrey (1811–1866), Representative New York, cenotaph only. R59/S128.
  • Jonathan Hunt (1787–1832), Representative Vermont, cenotaph only. R29/S52.
  • James Johnson (1774–1826), Representative Kentucky, cenotaph only. R57/S128.
  • Philip Johnson (1818–1867), Representative Pennsylvania, cenotaph only. R59/S123.
  • Josiah S. Johnston (1784–1833), Representative Louisiana, cenotaph only. R57/S160.
  • Elias Kane (1794–1835), Senator Illinois, cenotaph only. R31/S72.
  • Orlando Kellogg (1809–1865), Representative New York, cenotaph only. R59/S131.
  • Daniel P. King (1801–1850), Representative Massachusetts, cenotaph only. R55/S160.
  • George L. Kinnard (1803–1836), Representative Indiana, cenotaph only. R57/S126.
  • James Lockhart, Representative Indiana, cenotaph only. R60/S108.
  • Owen Lovejoy (1811–1864), Representative Illinois, cenotaph only. R59/S134.
  • William Lowndes (1782–1822), Representative South Carolina, cenotaph only. R55/S129.
  • Isaac McKim (1775–1838), Representative Maryland, cenotaph only. R30/S58.
  • James Meacham (1810–1856), Representative Vermont, cenotaph only. R60/S125.
  • John Millen (1804–1843), Representative Georgia, cenotaph only. R54/S129.
  • John Gaines Miller (1812–1856), Representative Missouri, cenotaph only. R60/S113.
  • Richard Irvine Manning I (1789–1836), Representative, Governor South Carolina, cenotaph only. R31/S65.
  • John Gallagher Montgomery (1805–1857), Representative Pennsylvania, cenotaph only. R60/S110.
  • Heman A. Moore (1809–1844), Representative Ohio, cenotaph only. R55/S123.
  • Henry Augustus Muhlenberg (1823–1854), Representative Pennsylvania, cenotaph only. R60/S134.
  • Henry Nes (1799–1850), Representative Pennsylvania, cenotaph only. R55/S154.
  • John William Noell (1816–1863), Representative Missouri, cenotaph only. R59/S137.
  • Thomas E. Noell (1839–1867), Representative Missouri, cenotaph only. R59/S94.
  • Moses Norris, Jr. (1799–1853), Representative, Senator New Hampshire, cenotaph only. R60/S87.
  • Tip O'Neil (1912–1994), Representative Massachusetts. Burial in Massachusetts with cenotaph and additional marker at Congressional Cemetery. R52/S123.
  • Charles Ogle (1798–1841) Representative Pennsylvania, cenotaph only. R56/S128.
  • Isaac S. Pennybacker (1805–1847), Representative, Senator Virginia, cenotaph only. R54/S111.
  • Joseph Hopkins Peyton (1808–1845), Representative Tennessee, cenotaph only. R55/S120.
  • William Wilson Potter (1793–1839), Representative Pennsylvania, cenotaph only. R55/S132.
  • John A. Quitman (1799–1858), Representative, Governor Mississippi, cenotaph only. R60/S81.
  • William Sterrett Ramsey (1810–1840), Representative Pennsylvania, cenotaph only. R56/S135.
  • Christopher Rankin (1788–1826), Representative Mississippi. R29/S42.
  • Robert Rantoul, Jr. (1805–1852), Representative, Senator Massachusetts, cenotaph only. R60/S140.
  • Thomas Jefferson Rusk (1803–1857), Senator Texas, cenotaph only. R60/S93.
  • Lemuel Sawyer (1777–1852), Representative North Carolina, cenotaph only. R30/S26.
  • John Schwartz (1793–1860), Representative Pennsylvania, cenotaph only. R60/S72.
  • George W. Scranton (1811–1861), Representative Pennsylvania, cenotaph only. R59/S149.
  • Alexander D. Sims (1803–1848), Representative South Carolina, cenotaph only. R56/S155.
  • Charles Slade (d. 1834), Representative Illinois, cenotaph only. R56/S114.
  • Nathan Smith (1770–1835), Senator Connecticut, cenotaph only. R30/S63.
  • John F. Snodgrass (1802–1854), Representative Virginia, cenotaph only. R60/S131.
  • Cyrus Spink (1793–1859), Representative Ohio, cenotaph only. R60/S75.
 
Thaddeus Stevens
  • Thaddeus Stevens (1792–1868), Representative Pennsylvania, cenotaph only. R59/S110.
  • Hedge Thompson (1780–1823), Representative New Jersey, cenotaph only. R30/S49.
  • Zalmon Wildman (1775–1835), Representative Connecticut, cenotaph only. R31/S69.
  • James Wray Williams (1792–1842), Representative Maryland, cenotaph only. R54/S134.
  • Lewis Williams (1882–1842), Representative North Carolina, cenotaph only. R56/S132.
  • Henry Wilson (1778–1826), Representative Pennsylvania, cenotaph only. R56/S117.
  • Amos E. Wood (1810–1840), Representative Ohio, cenotaph only. R56/S163.
  • Samuel Gardiner Wright (1781–1845), Representative New Jersey, cenotaph only. R54/S126.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Funeral of Commodore Newton". Richmond Dispatch. 1857-08-01. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-09-08 – via Newspapers.com. 
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