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• Alphabetical index
• Offices held or sought
• Date or year born, married, or died
• State and county of birth or death
• Democratic and Republican national conventions.
• Leading political families
• Many other categories!

• Gazetteer of cities, towns, counties.
• Cemeteries and Memorial Sites:
  • By state and county
  • In alphabetical order
  • Ranked by number of politicians
  • Rankings of cemetery names

• Alphabetical Gazetteer of cities, towns, parishes and counties mentioned in The Political Graveyard
• Cemetery and memorial sites arranged by state and county
• Cemetery and memorial sites in alphabetical order
• Cemeteries ranked by number of dead politicians
• Most common cemetery names

• By name or family:
  • Politician list in alphabetical order (265,488).
  • Soundex index to politician surnames.
  • Politicians who were named for other politicians (776) or named for other famous people (172).
  • Politicians who are/were widely known by sobriquets (1,222).
  • Politicians who belonged to political families (9,685).
• By date or age:
  • Politician list by date born, married, or died (37,722); by year born, married, or died (44,034); by age of death (29,024).
• By office or election:
  • Politician list by state and offices held or sought (265,488).
  • Politicians who lost the most elections (329).
  • Politicians who died in office (3,481).
• By geographic location:
  • Politician list by state and county of birth or death (39,557).
• By special recognition or distinction: (Caution: most of these categories are incomplete!)
  • Politicians who received a Nobel Prize (15); the Medal of Honor (61); the Medal of Freedom (100); the Pulitzer Prize (18); the Spingarn Medal (16); or any Olympic medal (8).
  • Politicians who were (or took part in a) first (194). the National Women's Hall of Fame (30); other Halls of Fame (30).
  • Politicians for whom counties (606) or other things (260) were named.
  • Politicians who have been portrayed on U.S. coins or currency (44).
  • Politicians who were Rhodes Scholars (50), members of Phi Beta Kappa (620), or served in the Peace Corps (42).
  • Politicians involved in entertainment (200), professional sports (141), or who are/were otherwise famous outside politics (97).
  • Politicians who were California Forty-Niners (84).
  • Politicians who were born in log cabins (59) or in hospitals (74).
  • Politicians who were born into slavery (18).
  • Politicians with physical disabilities (149).
  • Politicians who have been in space (6).
  • Politicians who survived assassination attempts (68).
  • Politicians who participated in dueling (60).
  • Politicians who were in trouble or disgrace (898).
  • Politicians who were pardoned (24).
  • Politicians who lost the most elections (329).
• By demography, ethnicity, or religion:
  • Politicians who are/were female (29,723), LGBT (74), or foreign born (2,405).
  • Politicians according to ancestry group (very incomplete): African (1,189), German (462), Irish (459), English (342), Scottish (240), Scandinavian (232), Spanish, Hispanic, or Basque (231), Italian (222), French (137), Asian/Pacific (127), Dutch or Belgian (114), Scotch-Irish (109), Polish (91), Arabic (63), Greek (57), American Indian/Native American (51), Welsh (49), Swiss (37), Balkan (27), Czech or Slovak (22), Russian or Ukrainian (18), Austrian or Hungarian (16), Baltic (12), Armenian (8), or Portugese (6).
  • Politicians who are/were Methodist (2,332), Catholic (2,229), Episcopalian (1,818), Presbyterian (1,815), Baptist (1,318), Congregationalist (907), Jewish (839), Lutheran (411), Unitarian (363), Protestant (349), Christian (236), Mormon (159), Disciples of Christ (118), Quaker (105), Christian Reformed (94), Church of Christ (46), Eastern Orthodox (42), Christian Scientist (38), Brethren (32), Pentecostal (27), Atheist or agnostic (19), Muslim (13), Adventist (9), Swedenborgian (8), Nazarene (7), Mennonite (7), Spiritualist (6), Buddhist (5), Puritan (4), Deist (2), Scientologist (1), or Hindu (1).
• By occupation or industry:
  • Politicians in various professions: lawyers (12,577), lobbyists (49), social workers (100), clergy (405), funeral directors (108), police (286), labor leaders (233), auctioneers (29), barbers (34), machinists (79), postmasters and postal workers (430).
  • Politicians in agriculture: farmers (2,507), providers of farm supplies and services (143); see also farmers in these industries: tobacco, cotton, wool, dairy, sugar, beverage, and horsedrawn.
  • Politicians in health care: physicians (829), psychologists or psychiatrists (20), dentists (113), eye doctors (21), chiropractors (12), veterinarians (26), nurses (20), pharmacists and drug makers (225), hospital administrators (117), and other health workers (8).
  • Politicians in education, academia, creative arts, and science: teachers (1,458), coaches (78), professors (654), university or college presidents (173), writers (342), artists (34), musicians (106), librarians (25), scientists (64), economists (76), information technology professionals (31), inventors (48).
  • Politicians in media, sports, and entertainment: newspapers (1,493), printing and publishing (170), photography (13), professional sports (141), entertainment (200), movie theaters (32), broadcasting (205), advertising (90), pornography (4), musical instruments and sporting goods (37).
  • Politicians in transportation: vehicle manufacturing (109), automobile dealers (139), automobile services (72), taxicabs and buses (13), horsedrawn transportation (76), trucking and storage (59), aviation (69), nautical and maritime (199), railroading (657), street railways and interurbans (62), or import/export (45).
  • Politicians in food, beverage, tobacco, and hospitality industries: fish (14), meat (42), grain and milling (179), baking (10), dairy (129), fruit and produce (27), sugar and candy (31), beverages (92), other food processing or sales (227), restaurants (104), hotels (203), florists (33), tobacco (79), chewing gum (3).
  • Politicians in textiles, clothing, and related industries: cotton (68), wool (45), furs (17), shoes and leather (105), hats (28), other clothing and textiles (229), laundry and dry cleaning (31), jewelers (32).
  • Politicians in lumber, construction and related activities: lumber (464), paper manufacturing (61), excavation (45), masonry (99), glass (19), roofing (5), electrical (63), plumbing and heating (55), painting and decorating (67), general construction (355), furniture (94), hardware (166), architecture (47), engineering (389), surveying (61).
  • Politicians in extractive and related industries: mining (280), metals (187), oil and gas (200), dealers of coal, ice and fuel oil (107), chemicals (85), rubber (8), plastics (1).
  • Politicians in finance, insurance, and real estate: banking (1,684), insurance (908), real estate (879), accounting (258), title insurance (23), appraising (21).
  • Politicians in public utilities: telephone and telegraph (130); energy and water (174).
  • Politicians in residual categories: other retailing (860), other manufacturing (319), miscellaneous and unclassified occupations and industries (371).
• By organizational affiliation:
  • Politicians who belonged to labor unions (434).
  • Politicians who belonged to Masonic organizations: Freemasons (5,553); Shriners (1,446); Knights Templar (641); Order of the Eastern Star (253); Scottish Rite Masons (246); Royal Arch Masons (92); Grotto (31); Jesters (30); Acacia (19); Tall Cedars of Lebanon (6).
  • Politicians who belonged to service and fraternal organizations: Elks (2,789); Rotary (1,166); Odd Fellows (1,125); Knights of Pythias (930); Moose (797); Lions (713); Kiwanis (700); Eagles (579); Woodmen (385); Jaycees (292); Union League (179); Redmen (175); Junior Order (174); Royal Arcanum (115); Foresters (96); Exchange Club (95); Maccabees (90); Optimist Club (87); Ancient Order of United Workmen (62); Civitan (50); United Commercial Travelers (49); Native Sons of the Golden West (33); Skull and Bones (32); Newcomen Society (31); Patriotic Order Sons of America (27); Blue Key (24); Toastmasters (23); Order of Ahepa (20); Ruritan (20); Knights of Khorassan (15); Knights of Honor (13); Habitat for Humanity (12); Sertoma (12); Sphinx (11); Royal League (8); Order of Heptasophs (7).
  • Politicians who belonged to historically Jewish or Zionist organizations: B'nai B'rith (114); American Jewish Congress (42); American Jewish Committee (33); Jewish War Veterans (23); Zionist Organization of America (22); Order Brith Abraham (5); Tau Epsilon Phi (9); Alpha Epsilon Pi (7); Zeta Beta Tau (6); Sigma Alpha Mu (6).
  • Politicians who belonged to historically African-American organizations: NAACP (215); Urban League (125); National Bar Association (19); Alpha Phi Alpha (54); Kappa Alpha Psi (30); Alpha Kappa Alpha (18); Delta Sigma Theta (16); Omega Psi Phi (15); Phi Beta Sigma (7).
  • Politicians who belonged to other ethnic or religious organizations: Knights of Columbus (779); Ancient Order of Hibernians (79); Friendly Sons of St. Patrick (69); Polish National Alliance (52); Holy Name Society (52); Sons of Italy (38); Catholic War Veterans (36); Polish Legion of American Veterans (17); Catholic Lawyers (15); Sons of Norway (13); Knights of Equity (10); Polish Roman Catholic Union (5).
  • Politicians who belonged to women's organizations: Order of the Eastern Star (253); League of Women Voters (138); American Association of University Women (67); American Legion Auxiliary (40); National Organization for Women (32); Junior League (26); Zonta (19); Colonial Dames (17); Soroptimists (13); Altrusa (7).
  • Politicians who belonged to organizations of lawyers or judges: American Bar Association (2,104); American Judicature Society (292); Order of the Coif (157); Federal Bar Association (102); American Association for Justice (63); American Society for International Law (37); Federalist Society (30); National Bar Association (19); Catholic Lawyers (15); National Lawyers Guild (14); American Law Institute (5); Phi Delta Phi (472); Phi Alpha Delta (232); Delta Theta Phi (146).
  • Politicians who belonged to organizations of engineers: American Society of Civil Engineers (18); American Society of Mechanical Engineers (8).
  • Politicians who belonged to organizations of health professionals: American Medical Association (87); American Dental Association (15); American Public Health Association (11); American Psychological Association (6).
  • Politicians who belonged to professional associations and societies:
  • Politicians who belonged to farm organizations: Grange (388); Farm Bureau (362); Gleaners (14); Farmers Union (14).
  • Politicians who belonged to veterans' or veterans descendants organizations: American Legion (2,079); Veterans of Foreign Wars (852); Sons of the American Revolution (452); Grand Army of the Republic (220); Forty and Eight (205); Disabled American Veterans (152); Amvets (114); Loyal Legion (112); Society of the Cincinnati (100); Society of Colonial Wars (88); Daughters of the American Revolution (75); United Spanish War Veterans (51); Military Order of the World Wars (49); Catholic War Veterans (36); Sons of Union Veterans (34); Reserve Officers Association (31); Sons of Confederate Veterans (29); Navy League (26); Jewish War Veterans (23); Polish Legion of American Veterans (17); United Daughters of the Confederacy (17); United Confederate Veterans (17); Purple Heart (15); Marine Corps League (10); Vietnam Veterans of America (5).
  • Politicians who belonged to non-military history or historic preservation organizations: American Historical Association (40); Colonial Dames (17); National Trust for Historic Preservation (13); American Antiquarian Society (6).
  • Politicians who belonged to environmental or outdoors organizations: National Rifle Association (92); Izaak Walton League (61); Sierra Club (23); Audubon Society (14); Nature Conservancy (5).
  • Politicians who belonged to animal welfare organizations: Humane Society (22); Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (8).
  • Politicians who belonged to temperance or prohibition organizations: Anti-Saloon League (218); Women's Christian Temperance Union (11); Good Templars (6).
  • Politicians who belonged to liberal or left-wing organizations: NAACP (215); Urban League (125); American Civil Liberties Union (107); Americans for Democratic Action (103); American Association for Justice (63); National Organization for Women (32); Common Cause (26); United World Federalists (24); National Lawyers Guild (14); Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (6); League for Industrial Democracy (6).
  • Politicians who belonged to conservative or right-wing organizations: National Rifle Association (92); Federalist Society (30); John Birch Society (20); Ku Klux Klan (9); Young Americans for Freedom (8).
  • Politicians who belonged to organizations concerned with foreign policy or international affairs: Council on Foreign Relations (229); Trilateral Commission (30); United World Federalists (24); Zionist Organization of America (22); Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (6).
  • Politicians who belonged to other political advocacy organizations: Tammany Hall (86); American Association of Retired Persons (15).
  • Politicians who belonged to Greek-letter societies: Phi Beta Kappa (620); Phi Delta Phi (472); Phi Alpha Delta (232); Phi Kappa Psi (165); Delta Theta Phi (146); Phi Delta Theta (127); Delta Kappa Epsilon (126); Beta Theta Pi (126); Sigma Chi (126); Sigma Alpha Epsilon (115); Omicron Delta Kappa (93); Phi Gamma Delta (91); Alpha Tau Omega (90); Sigma Nu (90); Kappa Alpha Order (90); Delta Sigma Rho (82); Kappa Sigma (81); Phi Kappa Phi (73); Alpha Delta Phi (66); Delta Tau Delta (66); Psi Upsilon (61); Alpha Phi Alpha (54); Sigma Delta Chi (52); Delta Chi (50); Pi Kappa Alpha (50); Delta Upsilon (50); Zeta Psi (36); Lambda Chi Alpha (35); Tau Kappa Alpha (34); Sigma Phi Epsilon (34); Phi Kappa Sigma (33); Delta Sigma Phi (31); Phi Sigma Kappa (31); Kappa Alpha Psi (30); Phi Delta Kappa (30); Theta Delta Chi (30); Kappa Alpha Society (30); Chi Psi (29); Sigma Xi (29); Pi Kappa Delta (29); Pi Gamma Mu (29); Gamma Eta Gamma (28); Sigma Nu Phi (27); Theta Chi (27); Kappa Delta Pi (26); Alpha Kappa Psi (24); Chi Phi (24); Alpha Sigma Phi (23); Pi Sigma Alpha (22); Alpha Zeta (20); Delta Psi (19); Tau Kappa Epsilon (19); Phi Kappa Tau (19); Tau Beta Pi (19); Alpha Kappa Alpha (18); Sigma Delta Kappa (18); Beta Gamma Sigma (18); Delta Kappa Gamma (18); Delta Sigma Theta (16); Delta Phi (15); Omega Psi Phi (15); Delta Sigma Pi (13); Sigma Phi (12); Phi Eta Sigma (11); Pi Kappa Phi (11); Theta Nu Epsilon (11); Sigma Pi (10); Pi Delta Epsilon (9); Alpha Delta Sigma (9); Pi Beta Phi (9); Tau Epsilon Phi (9); Phi Mu Alpha (8); Delta Delta Delta (8); Alpha Chi Rho (8); Delta Phi Epsilon (7); Kappa Phi Kappa (7); Phi Gamma Mu (7); Sigma Pi Phi (7); Alpha Epsilon Pi (7); Phi Beta Sigma (7); Theta Xi (7); Psi Omega (7); Phi Kappa Delta (7); Alpha Phi Delta (7); Beta Sigma Phi (7); Phi Theta Kappa (6); Alpha Phi Omega (6); Phi Alpha Theta (6); Zeta Beta Tau (6); Pi Lambda Theta (6); Sigma Alpha Mu (6); Phi Sigma Delta (6); Sigma Upsilon (6); Alpha Chi Sigma (5); Alpha Gamma Rho (5); Gamma Sigma Delta (5); Alpha Omicron Pi (5); Delta Theta Pi (5); Kappa Kappa Gamma (5); Delta Gamma (5); Kappa Beta Pi (5); Theta Sigma Phi (5); Delta Sigma Delta (5); Phi Kappa Theta (5).
• By cause or circumstances of death:
  • Politicians who were killed in the American Revolution (5); War of 1812 (5); Texas War of Independence (4); Mexican War (6); Civil War (63); World War I (6); World War II (9).
  • Politicians who were killed in duels (20), by Indians (10), or otherwise murdered (121).
  • Politicians who were executed (1).
  • Politicians who disappeared or died mysteriously (13); politicians who committed suicide (139).
  • Politicians who were killed by specific external causes: by gunshot (188); by stabbing (11); by strangulation (5); by drowning (56); by poison or overdose (31); in falls (103); by fire or explosion (44); by storms, lightning, or weather conditions (33); in collapses of structures (4); by animals (3).
  • Politicians who were killed in transportation accidents or disasters: horses and horsedrawn vehicles (22), steamship and boat (27), railroad and streetcar (35), automobile (134), aircraft (56).
  • Politicians who were killed in in gun accidents (22), or in sports or recreation accidents (10), or some other kinds of accidents (4).
  • Politicians who died of infectuous diseases (very incomplete!): cholera (22), diphtheria (1), influenza (22), malaria (8), pneumonia (335), pernicious anemia (7), smallpox (5), tuberculosis (57), typhoid fever (28), typhus (1), yellow fever (23), AIDS (7).
  • Politicians who died of cancer (very incomplete!): bladder or kidney cancer (12); brain cancer (36); breast cancer (4); colon cancer (36); leukemia (39); liver cancer (24); lung cancer (65); mouth, tongue, or jaw cancer (5); pancreatic cancer (21); prostate cancer (37); stomach or esophageal cancer (31); throat or larynx cancer (15); other or unspecified cancers (297).
  • Politicians who died of other diseases (very incomplete!): Alzheimer's disease or dementia (59); asthma (13); ALS/Lou Gehrig's disease (14); bladder diseases (5); diabetes (46); emphysema (19); gallbladder diseases (9); gastrointestinal diseases (51); heart disease (1,154); stroke (407); kidney diseases (157); lung or respiratory diseases (85); liver diseases (32); Parkinson's disease (44); appendicitis (28); other infections (68); other diseases (61).
  • Politicians who died (or whose death was caused) at: a legislative session (16), in court (20), while campaigning (27), or at any other public event or meeting (41).
  • Politicians who died (or whose death was caused) while hunting or fishing (25).
  • Politicians who died (or whose death was caused) at the U.S. Capitol Building (16), the White House (4), a state capitol building (12), a governor's mansion (8), a county courthouses and city halls (21), in churches (7), in theaters (3), train stations (12), airports (21), hotels (140), post offices (5), shops (13), offices (41), restaurants or taverns (11).
  • Politicians who died in medical or institutional settings: New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center (26), Walter Reed or Bethesda medical centers (74), in other hospitals (1,378), in doctor's offices (4), in nursing homes, rest homes, sanitariums (221), in mental hospitals or asylums for the insane (10), in hospices (28), in prison or captivity (9).
  • Politicians who died, or whose death was caused, on board boats or ships (40), trains (17), cars or other road vehicles (17), or planes (1), elevators and escalators (3).
• By disposition of remains:
  • Politicians who donated their bodies to science (27).
  • Politicians who were cremated (521).
  • Politicians who were buried at sea (9).
  • Politicians whose graves were moved (490).
  • Politicians whose remains were never found (26).