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.

Congressional cenotaphs

Graves of Anna and William Thornton

John Quincy Adams

William Thornton (1759–1828), first Architect of the Capitol, is the only person who did not serve as a congressman to be honored with one of the cenotaphs designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe at the Congressional Cemetery.
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.
Goldsmith Bailey (1823–1862), Representative – Massachusetts. R59/S143.
Thomas Henry Bayly (1810–1859), Representative – Virginia. R60/S122.
William Lee Ball (1781–1824), Representative – Virginia, War of 1812 soldier. R29/S37-38.

Cenotaph shared by Nicholas Begich and Hale Boggs

Andrew Butler

William A. Burwell

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.
James Blair (1786–1834), Representative – South Carolina. R30/S72.
Theodorick Bland (1741–1790), Representative – Virginia; the first to die in office, reinterred 1828 with cenotaph. R31/S48.
Hale Boggs (1914–1972), Representative Louisiana, shares cenotaph with Nick Begich. They were both lost in a plane crash. R53/S123.
Pierre Bossier (1797–1844), Representative Louisiana. R54/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.
Elijah Brigham (1751–1816), Representative Massachusetts. R30/S14.
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.
James Burrill, Jr. (1772–1820), Senator Massachusetts. R29/S31-32.
Silas M. Burroughs (1810–1860), Representative New York. R60/S66.
William A. Burwell (1780–1821), Representative – Virginia; private secretary to Thomas Jefferson, cenotaph but burial site unknown. R56/S102.
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.
Timothy J. Carter (1800–1838), Representative Maine. R30/S54-56.
Levi Casey (1752–1807), Representative – South Carolina; Brigadier General of the South Carolina Militia and American Continental Army. R29/S63.
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," centotaph 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.
Warren R. Davis (1793–1835), Representative – South Carolina. R30/S67.
John Dawson (US politician) (1762–1814), Representative Virginia. R30/S11.
John Bennett Dawson (1798–1845), Representative Louisiana. R30/S11-12.
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.
Philip Doddridge (1773–1832), Representative Virginia. R29/S65.
George Coke Dromgoole (1797–1847), Representative Virginia. R55/S111.
Josiah Evans (1786–1858), Senator South Carolina. R60/S96.
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.
Henry Frick (1795–1844), Representative Pennsylvania. R54/S117.
John Gaillard (1765–1826), Senator – South Carolina. R29/S40.
James Gillespie (1747–1805), Revolutionary War soldier, Representative – North Carolina, reinterred at Congressional Cemetery 1893 at R60/S58. Cenotaph at R31/S59.
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.
Francis Jacob Harper (1800–1837), Representative Pennsylvania, died before taking office. Reinterred at Congressional Cemetery 1848. R55/S101.
Sampson Willis Harris (1809–1857), Representative Alabama, cenotaph only. R60/S119.
Thomas L. Harris (1816–1858), Representative Illinois, cenotaph only. R60/S78.
Albert Galliton Harrison (1800–1839), Representative Missouri. R54/S132.
Thomas Hartley (1748–1800), Representative Pennsylvania, cenotaph only. R56/S107.
William Soden Hastings (1798–1842), Representative Massachusetts, cenotaph only. R57/S132.
Nathaniel Hazard (1776–1820), Representative Rhode Island. R29/S28.
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.
George Holcombe (1786–1828), Representative New Jersey. R31/S50.
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 Jackson (1757–1820), Representative, Senator, Governor Georgia. R29/S60.
James Johnson (1774–1826), Representative Kentucky, cenotaph only. R57/S128.
Philip Johnson (1818–1867), Representative Pennsylvania, cenotaph only. R59/S123.
Charles Clement Johnston (1795–1832), Representative Virginia. R29/S48.
Josiah S. Johnston (1784–1833), Representative Louisiana, cenotaph only. R57/S160.
James Jones (1769–1801), Representative Georgia. R29/S56.
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.
Joab Lawler (1796–1838), Representative Alabama. R31/S54.
Joseph Lawrence (1786–1842), Representative Pennsylvania. R56/S137.
James Lent (1782–1833), Representative New York, cenotaph and burial, later reinterred in New York. R29/S68.
John Linn (1763–1821), Representative New Jersey, cenotaph only. R57/S105.
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.
Francis Malbone (1759–1809), Representative, Senator Rhode Island, died on the steps of the Capitol. R25/S2.
Richard Irvine Manning I (1789–1836), Representative, Governor South Carolina, cenotaph only. R31/S65.
Felix Grundy McConnell (1809–1846), Representative Alabama. R55/S114.
Isaac McKim (1775–1838), Representative Maryland, cenotaph only. R30/S58.
Jeremiah McLene (1767–1837), Representative – Ohio, Major General of militia in the American Revolution, Ohio Secretary of State. R31/S63.
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.
George Edward Mitchell (1781–1832), Representative Maryland. R29/S54.
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.
George Mumford (d. 1818), Representative North Carolina. R29/S19.
Henry Nes (1799–1850), Representative Pennsylvania, cenotaph only. R55/S154.
James Noble (1785–1831), Senator – Indiana. R29/S46.
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 Pinkney (1764–1822), Representative, Senator Maryland, Attorney General. R29/S36.
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.
Thomas D. Singleton (d. 1833), Representative South Carolina. R30/S51.
Charles Slade (d. 1834), Representative Illinois, cenotaph only. R56/S114.
Jesse Slocumb (1780–1820), Representative North Carolina. R29/S29.
John Smilie (1741–1812), Representative – Pennsylvania. R30/S10.
Nathan Smith (1770–1835), Senator Connecticut, cenotaph only. R30/S63.
Alexander Smyth (1765–1830), lawyer, soldier, Representative – Virginia. R29/S44.
John F. Snodgrass (1802–1854), Representative Virginia, cenotaph only. R60/S131.
Samuel L. Southard (1787–1842), Senator, Governor New Jersey. R55/S140.
Cyrus Spink (1793–1859), Representative Ohio, cenotaph only. R60/S75.
Richard Stanford (1767–1816), Representative North Carolina. R29/S15.

Thaddeus Stevens

Uriah Tracy

Thaddeus Stevens (1792–1868), Representative Pennsylvania, cenotaph only. R59/S110.
William Taylor (1788–1846), Representative Virginia. R54/S120.
Benjamin Thompson (1798–1852), Representative Massachusetts. R54/S154.
Hedge Thompson (1780–1823), Representative New Jersey, cenotaph only. R30/S49.
Uriah Tracy (1755–1807), Representative and Senator – Connecticut, first Congressman buried in Congressional Cemetery. R24/S1.
William A. Trimble (1786–1821), Senator Ohio. R29/S34.
William Upham (1792–1853), Senator – Vermont, member of the Vermont House of Representatives, attorney. Burial with granite stone in a form similar to a cenotaph at R55/S163.
David Walker (1763–1820), Representative Kentucky. R29/S21.
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.

Congressmen buried without a cenotaph

Joseph Anderson (1757–1837), Senator – Tennessee, Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury. R31/S44.
Philip Pendleton Barbour (1783–1841), Representative – Virginia, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Thomas Blount (1759–1812), Representative – North Carolina, Revolutionary War prisoner of war. R25/S8.
John Edward Bouligny (1824–1864), Representative – Louisiana; the only member of the Louisiana Congressional delegation to retain his seat after the state seceded during the Civil War. Unmarked grave at R37/S104.
Lemuel Jackson Bowden (1815–1864), Senator – Virginia; represented Virginia during the Civil War. R60/S60.
Jacob Broom, Representative – Pennsylvania. R 95/S95
Daniel Azro Ashley Buck. Representative – Vermont. R41/S78
Charles Case (1817–1883), Representative Indiana. R67/S287.
Thomas Hartley Crawford (1786–1863), Representative Pennsylvania, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Judge, no cenotaph. R39/S75.
John Dawson (1762–1814), Representative – Virginia
William Pope Duval (1784–1854), Representative Kentucky, R46/S4.
John Forsyth (1780–1841), Representative and Senator – Georgia, Governor of Georgia, U.S. Secretary of State
Elbridge Gerry (1744–1814), Vice President and the only signer of the Declaration of Independence buried in Washington, D.C. R29/S10.
William Helmick (1817–1888), Representative Ohio. R82/S348.
Daniel Hiester (1747–1804), Representative – Pennsylvania. R30/S69.
Charles West Kendall (1828–1914), Representative – Nevada, California State Assemblyman, attorney
Tom Lantos (1928–2008), Representative – California; Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the only Holocaust survivor elected to Congress
Charles H. Upton (1812–1877), Representative – Virginia, consul to Switzerland

Senior Union Civil War officers

Army

Navy

Others

Alexander Dallas Bache (1806–1867), Superintendent of the Coast Survey, Charter member National Academy of Sciences. R32/S194.
Marion Barry (1936–2014), served four terms as mayor of Washington, DC.
Henry Washington Benham (1813–1884), Union Army general
James G. Berret (1815–1901), Mayor of Washington who was forced to resign at the outbreak of the Civil War
Mathew Brady (1822–1896), Civil War photographer
Jacob Jennings Brown (1775–1828), commanding general U.S. Army, hero of the War of 1812
George Clinton (1739–1812), Governor of New York, Vice President, reinterred in Kingston, New York in 1908
Joseph Goldsborough Bruff (1804–1889), architect and topographer
John Carrington (1871–1939), Fire Chief of Washington, D.C., hero of the Knickerbocker Theatre disaster
Art Devlin (1879–1948), Major League Baseball Player
Owen Thomas Edgar (1831–1929), longest surviving Mexican–American War veteran
William H. Emory (1811–1887), Army engineer, Western explorer, Civil War general
Henry Stephen Fox (1791–1846), British diplomat
Mary Fuller (1888–1973), silent film actress (unmarked)
Barbara Gittings (1932–2007), LGBT rights activist
William Montrose Graham, Jr. (1834–1916), Major General in the U.S. Army during the Spanish–American War
George Hadfield, architect; superintendent of construction for the U.S. Capitol
Archibald Henderson (1783–1859), the longest serving Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps
Charles Frederick Henningsen (1815–1877), author, adventurer, filibuster, general
David Herold (1842–1865), conspirator of the Abraham Lincoln assassination
J. Edgar Hoover (1895–1972), FBI Director
Robertson Howard (1847–1899), attorney, editor for West Publishing, and founder of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity
Andrew A. Humphreys (1810–1883), Army Engineer, Civil War general, prominent scientist
Samuel Humphreys (1778–1846), naval architect known as Chief Constructor of the Navy
Adelaide Johnson (1859–1955), sculptor, social reformer
Frank Kameny (1925–2011), LGBT rights activist
Horatio King (1811–1897), U.S. Postmaster General
Alain LeRoy Locke (1885–1954), intellectual co-founder of the Harlem Renaissance, chair of the Department of Philosophy at Howard University, and the first African American Rhodes scholar
Belva Ann Lockwood (1830–1917), first woman attorney permitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court
Joseph Lovell (1788–1836), Surgeon General of the U.S. Army
Alexander Macomb, Jr. (1782–1841), War of 1812 Hero, Commanding General of the Army and namesake of Macomb County and Macomb Township, Michigan; Macomb, Illinois and Macomb Mountain in New York
Leonard Matlovich (1943–1988), gay-rights activist and Air Force veteran
Edward Maynard (1813–1891), prominent Washington, D.C. dentist and firearms innovator
Robert Mills (1781–1855), architect and designer of the Washington Monument
Alice Lee Moqué (1861–1919), suffragist, traveler, author
Robert Adam Mosbacher (1927–2010), U.S. Secretary of Commerce
Joseph Nicollet (1786–1843), mathematician and explorer who mapped the upper Mississippi River; namesake of City of Nicollet, County of Nicollet and Nicollet Island in Minnesota.
Daniel Patterson (1786–1831), U.S. Navy commodore
Thomas H. Patterson (1820–1889), U.S. Navy rear admiral
William Pinkney (1764–1822), U.S. and Maryland Attorney General, Mayor of Annapolis, statesman and diplomat
Alfred Pleasonton (1824–1897), Union Army general
Stephen Pleasonton (1776–1855), saving priceless early government documents during the burning of Washington in 1814
James W. Pumphrey (1832–1906), livery stable owner who rented a horse to John Wilkes Booth, used to escape Ford's Theatre
Push-Ma-Ta-Ha (c. 1760 – 1824), Native American (Choctaw) chief
Cokie Roberts (1943–2019), ABC News Journalist and daughter of Hale Boggs.
John Philip Sousa (1854–1932), composer of many noted military and patriotic marches and conductor of the U.S. Marine Band
Chief Taza (c. 1849 – 1876), Apache chief
William Thornton (1759–1828), physician, painter, designer and first Architect of the Capitol and superintendent of the U.S. Patent Office
- His wife Anna Thornton (1775?–1865)
Thomas Tingey (1750–1829), U.S. Navy commodore
John Payne Todd, son of Dolley Madison, stepson of President James Madison. R41/S230.
Clyde Tolson (1900–1975), associate director of the FBI. R20/S156.
Joseph Gilbert Totten (1788–1864), military officer, longtime Army Chief of Engineers, regent of the Smithsonian Institution, cofounder of the National Academy of Sciences and namesake of Fort Totten in Washington, D.C.
Abel P. Upshur (1790–1844), lawyer, Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of State, died in the USS Princeton disaster of 1844
William Wirt (1772–1834), U.S. Attorney General, member of the Virginia House of Delegates, author
William P. Wood (1820–1904), first head of the United States Secret Service

Temporary interments

John Quincy Adams, President, Senator, and Representative, interred in the Public Vault in 1848. Also has a cenotaph.
Louisa Catherine Adams, First Lady, interred in the Public Vault in 1852.
George Clinton, Vice President, buried in 1812, reinterred in Kingston, New York in 1908. R31/S7.
William Henry Harrison, President, interred in the Public Vault in 1841.
Dolley Madison, First Lady, interred in the Public Vault 1849–51, and in a nearby vault for another 6 years
John Aaron Rawlins, Civil War General and U.S. Secretary of War, buried in 1869 and later moved to Arlington National Cemetery
Zachary Taylor, President, interred in the Public Vault in 1850.

References

Congressional Cemetery Interment Index Archived 2012-05-04 at the Wayback Machine

External links

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