List of burials and cenotaphs 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.

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Congressional cenotaphs[1]

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 Latrobe at the Congressional Cemetery.

Cenotaph shared by Nicholas Begich and Hale Boggs
Andrew Butler
William A. Burwell
John C. Calhoun
J. Pinckney Henderson
John Linn
Thaddeus Stevens
Uriah Tracy

Congressmen buried without a cenotaph[1]

Senior Union Civil War officers[1]

Army

Navy

Others[1]

Temporary interments

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Congressional Cemetery Interment Index
  2. ↑ Sellers, Frances Stead (September 12, 2014). "The 60-Year Journey of the Ashes of Alain Locke, Father of the Harlem Renaissance". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
  3. ↑ Mosbacher obituary

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