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District of Columbia
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- Population: 572,059 (2000); 606,900 (1990)
- Land area 61 square miles.
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Washington, District of Columbia
Politicians buried here:
- Walter Maximillian Bastian (1891-1975) — of Washington,
D.C. Born in Washington,
D.C., November
16, 1891. Son of Charles Sandal Bastian and Katherine (Draeger)
Bastian; married, July 3,
1914, to Eva E. Alger. Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1950-54; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1954-65; took senior
status 1965. Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died March 12,
1975. Interment somewhere.
- Joseph Henry Adams (c.1859-1924) — also known as
Joseph H. Adams — of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y. Born in Washington,
D.C. Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1904. Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of the
Revolution. Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
19, 1924. Interment somewhere.
- Thomas Patrick Dillon (d. 1985) — also known as
Thomas P. Dillon — U.S. Vice Consul in Moscow, 1943. Died in 1985.
Interment somewhere.
Capitol Grounds
Washington, District of Columbia
Politicians formerly buried here:
- Robert Alphonso Taft (1889-1953) — also known as
Robert A. Taft; "Mr. Republican";
"Mr. Integrity"; "Our Illustrious
Dunderhead" — of Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
8, 1889. Great-grandson of Peter
Rawson Taft; grandson of Alphonso
Taft; nephew of Charles
Phelps Taft and Henry
Waters Taft; son of William
Howard Taft and Helen (Herron) Taft; first cousin of Walbridge
S. Taft; married, October
17, 1914, to Martha Wheaton Bowers (1889-1958) (granddaughter of
Thomas
Wilson; daughter of Lloyd
Wheaton Bowers); brother of Charles
Phelps Taft II; distant relative of Ezra
Taft Benson; father of William
Howard Taft III and Robert
Taft, Jr.; uncle of Seth
Chase Taft; grandfather of Robert
Alphonso Taft II. Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of
the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1926; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1928,
1944;
member of Ohio state
senate, 1931-32; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1939-53; died in office 1953; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952.
Episcopalian.
Member, Psi
Upsilon. Co-sponsor of the Taft-Hartley Act. Died in New York
City (unknown
county), N.Y., July 31,
1953. Interment at Indian
Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery, Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio;
memorial monument at Capitol Grounds.
Chevy Chase Circle
Washington, District of Columbia
Politicians formerly buried here:
- Francis Griffith Newlands (1848-1917) — also known
as Francis G. Newlands — of San
Francisco, Calif.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev. Born near Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., August
28, 1848. Son of James Birney Newlands and Jessie (Barland)
Newlands; married 1874 to Clara
Adelaide Sharon (daughter of William
Sharon); married 1888 to Edith
McAllister. Democrat. Lawyer;
trustee of the estate of U.S. Senator William
Sharon, 1886; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1893-1903; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1903-17; died in office 1917; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1916.
Died December
24, 1917. Interment at Oak Hill
Cemetery; memorial monument at Chevy Chase Circle.
Congressional Cemetery
Washington, District of Columbia
Founded 1807
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1969
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814) — of Massachusetts. Born
in Marblehead, Essex
County, Mass., July 17,
1744. Grandfather of Elbridge
Gerry (1813-1886); great-grandfather of Peter
Goelet Gerry. Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1776-80, 1782-85; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1777; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1786; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1789-93; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1810-12; defeated, 1801, 1812; Vice
President of the United States, 1813-14; died in office 1814. Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
The word gerrymander ("Gerry" plus "salamander") was coined to
describe an oddly shaped Massachusetts senate district his party
created in 1811, and later came to mean any unfair districting. Died
in Washington,
D.C., November
23, 1814. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- William Wirt (1772-1834) — of Virginia. Born near
Bladensburg, Prince
George's County, Md., November
8, 1772. U.S.
Attorney for Virginia, 1816-17; U.S.
Attorney General, 1817-29; Anti-Masonic candidate for President
of the United States, 1832. Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
18, 1834. Interment at Congressional Cemetery. Wirt County,
W.Va. is named for him.
- William Pinkney (1764-1822) — of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md. Born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel
County, Md., March 17,
1764. Son of Jonathan Pinkney and Ann (Rind) Pinkney; married to
Anna Maria Rodgers; grandfather of William
Pinkney Whyte. Delegate to
Maryland state constitutional convention, 1788; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1788-92, 1795; U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1791, 1815-16 (at-large 1791, 5th
District 1815-16); member of Maryland
state executive council, 1792-95; mayor
of Annapolis, Md., 1795-1800; Maryland
state attorney general, 1805-06; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1808-11; Russia, 1816-18; member of Maryland
state senate, 1811; U.S.
Attorney General, 1811-14; major in the U.S. Army during the War
of 1812; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1819-22; died in office 1822. Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
25, 1822. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- John Forsyth (1780-1841) — of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga. Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., October
22, 1780. Father of John
Forsyth (1812-1877). Democrat. Lawyer; Georgia
state attorney general, 1808; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1813-18, 1823-27 (at-large 1813-18,
1823-25, 2nd District 1825-27, at-large 1827); resigned 1827; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1818-19, 1829-34; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1819-23; Governor of
Georgia, 1827-29; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1834-41. Died in Washington,
D.C., October
21, 1841. Interment at Congressional Cemetery. Forsyth County,
Ga. is named for him.
- Philip Pendleton Barbour (1783-1841) — of Virginia.
Born near Gordonsville, Orange
County, Va., May 25,
1783. Son of Col. Thomas Barbour and Mary (Thomas) Barbour;
brother of James
Barbour; married 1804 to Frances
Johnson; cousin of John
Strode Barbour. Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1812-14; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1814-25, 1827-30 (10th District
1814-15, 11th District 1815-25, 1827-30); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1821-23; state court judge in Virginia, 1825-27;
delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1830-36; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1836-41; died in office 1841. Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
25, 1841. Interment at Congressional Cemetery. Barbour County,
W.Va. is named for him.
- Samuel Lewis Southard (1787-1842) — also known as
Samuel L. Southard — of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J. Born in Basking Ridge, Somerset
County, N.J., June 9,
1787. Son of Henry
Southard; brother of Isaac
Southard; father of Virginia E. Southard (who married Josiah
Ogden Hoffman). Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1815; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1815-20; Presidential
Elector for New Jersey, 1820;
U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1821-23, 1833-42; died in office 1842;
U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1823-29; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1829-33; Governor of
New Jersey, 1832-33. Died in Fredericksburg,
Va., June 26,
1842. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Buckner Thruston (1763-1845) — of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky. Born in Gloucester
County, Va., February
9, 1763. Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1789;
district judge in Kentucky, 1791; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1802-03;
U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1805-09; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1810-45; died in
office 1845. Died in Washington,
D.C., August
30, 1845. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- James Jackson (1757-1806) — of Georgia. Born in England,
September
21, 1757. Father of Jabez
Young Jackson; grandfather of James
Jackson (1819-1887). Delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1777; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1789-91; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1793-95, 1801-06; died in office 1806; Governor of
Georgia, 1798-1801. Killed George
Wells in a duel
in 1780; injured in both knees. Died March 19,
1806. Original interment at Rock Creek
Cemetery; reinterment in 1832 at Congressional Cemetery. Jackson County,
Ga. is named for him.
- Horatio King (1811-1897) — Born June 21,
1811. Married to Anne Collins; father of Horatio
Collins King. U.S.
Postmaster General, 1861. Died May 20,
1897. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- John Gaillard (1765-1826) — of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C. Born in South Carolina, September
5, 1765. Uncle of Theodore
Gaillard Hunt. Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1794-96; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1796-1804; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1804-26; died in office 1826. Died
in Washington,
D.C., February
28, 1826. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- James Noble (1785-1831) — of Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind. Born near Berryville, Clarke
County, Va., December
16, 1785. Brother of Noah
Noble and Benjamin
Sedgwick Noble (1809?-1869); father of Benjamin
Sedgwick Noble (1805-1837). Lawyer;
member of Indiana
territorial House of Representatives, 1813-14; member
Indiana territorial council, 1815; circuit judge in Indiana,
1815; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1816; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1816-31; died in office 1831. Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
26, 1831. Interment at Congressional Cemetery. Noble County,
Ind. is named for him.
- Uriah Tracy (1755-1807) — of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn. Born in Connecticut, 1755.
Member of Connecticut state legislature, 1788; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1793-96; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1796-1807; died in office 1807. Died July 19,
1807. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Joseph Anderson (1757-1837) — of Tennessee. Born in
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
5, 1757. Son of William Anderson and Elizabeth (Inslee) Anderson;
married 1797
to Only Patience Outlaw; father of Alexander
Outlaw Anderson. Major in Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; justice of
Southwest Territory supreme court, 1791; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1797-1815. Member, Society
of the Cincinnati. Died in Washington,
D.C., April 17,
1837. Interment at Congressional Cemetery. Anderson County,
Tenn. is named for him.
- William Upham (1792-1853) — of Vermont. Born in
Massachusetts, 1792.
Member of Vermont state legislature; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1843-53; died in office 1853. Died in 1853.
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- James Burrill, Jr. (1772-1820) — of Providence, Providence
County, R.I. Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., April 25,
1772. Great-grandfather of Theodore
Francis Green. Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1814-16; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1817-20; died in office 1820. Died in
Washington,
D.C., December
25, 1820. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- William Pope Duval (1784-1854) — also known as
William P. Duval — Born in Virginia, 1784.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Kentucky at-large, 1813-15; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Florida, 1821-22; Governor of
Florida Territory, 1822-34; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Calhoun County,
1838-39; member of Florida
state senate, 1839-42. Was the model for Washington Irving's
character "Ralph Ringwood" and James K. Paulding's character "Nimrod
Wildfire". Died in Washington,
D.C., March 19,
1854. Interment at Congressional Cemetery. Duval County,
Fla. is named for him.
- Theodorick Bland (1742-1790) — of Virginia. Born in
Cawsons, Prince
George County, Va., March 21,
1742. Nephew of Richard
Bland; son of Frances (Bolling) Bland and Theodorick Bland
(1719-1790); first cousin once removed of Peyton
Randolph; married to Martha Dangerfield; uncle of John
Randolph of Roanoke. Served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1780-83; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1788; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1789-90; died in office
1790. Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1790. Original interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1828 at Congressional
Cemetery.
- William Allen Trimble (1786-1821) — of Ohio. Born in
Kentucky, 1786.
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1819-21; died in office 1821. Died in 1821.
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- William Cranch (1769-1855) — of District of
Columbia. Born in Weymouth, Norfolk
County, Mass., July 17,
1769. Nephew of Abigail Smith (1744-1818) (who married John
Adams); first cousin of John
Quincy Adams. Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1801, 1806. Died September
1, 1855. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Francis Malbone (1759-1809) — of Rhode Island. Born
in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., March 20,
1759. U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island at-large, 1793-97; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1807; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1809; died in office 1809. Died on the
steps of the U.S.
Capitol Building, Washington,
D.C., June 4,
1809. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Richard Montgomery Young (1798-1861) — also known as
Richard M. Young — of Jonesboro, Union
County, Ill. Born in Fayette
County, Ky., February
20, 1798. Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1820-22; circuit judge in
Illinois, 1825-37; Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1828;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1837-43; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1843-47. Died in Washington,
D.C., November
28, 1861. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- John Dawson (1762-1814) — of Virginia. Born in
Virginia, 1762.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1786-89; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1788; delegate to
Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1797-1814 (at-large 1797-1807, 10th
District 1807-14); died in office 1814. Died in Washington,
D.C., March 31,
1814. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden (1815-1864) — of Virginia.
Born in Williamsburg,
Va., January
16, 1815. Uncle of George
Edwin Bowden. Republican. Member of Virginia state legislature;
U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1863-64; died in office 1864. Died in Washington,
D.C., January
2, 1864. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- William Nathaniel Roach (1840-1902) — also known as
William N. Roach — of Larimore, Grand Forks
County, N.Dak. Born in District of Columbia, 1840.
Democrat. Member of North Dakota state legislature; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1893-99. Died in 1902.
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- John Mellen Thurston (1847-1916) — also known as
John M. Thurston — of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb. Born in Vermont, 1847.
Republican. Member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1875; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1895-1901; member of Republican
National Committee from Nebraska, 1896; Permanent Chair, Speaker, and chair, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee,
Republican National Convention, 1896. Died August 9,
1916. Cremated; ashes
interred at Congressional Cemetery. Thurston County,
Neb. is named for him.
- Samuel Alleyne Otis (1740-1814) — of Massachusetts.
Born in Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., November
24, 1740. Son of James Otis (1702-1778) and Mary (Alleyne) Otis;
married, December
31, 1764, to Elizabeth Gray (died 1779); married, March 28,
1782, to Mary (Smith) Gray; father of Harrison
Gray Otis (1765-1848); second cousin twice removed of Oran
Gray Otis, Asa H.
Otis, John
Otis, William
Shaw Chandler Otis, David
Perry Otis, Harris
F. Otis, James
Otis (1826-1875) and Harrison
Gray Otis (1837-1917); second cousin thrice removed of Charles
Augustus Otis, Sr., George
Lorenzo Otis, John
Grant Otis, Norton
Prentiss Otis, Lauren
Ford Otis and Charles
Eugene Otis; great-grandfather of James
Otis (1836-1898); second cousin four times removed of Ralph
Chester Otis; great-great-great-grandfather of Robert
Helyer Thayer. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1776; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1787. Died April 22,
1814. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Richard Stanford (1767-1816) — of Hawfields (unknown
county), N.C. Born near Vienna, Dorchester
County, Md., March 2,
1767. Grandfather of William
Robert Webb. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1797-1816 (4th District
1797-99, at-large 1799-1803, 8th District 1803-05, at-large 1805-07,
8th District 1807-09, at-large 1809-11, 8th District 1811-13,
at-large 1813-15, 8th District 1815-16); died in office 1816. Died in
Georgetown, Washington,
D.C., April 9,
1816. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Henry Gaither Worthington (1828-1909) — also known
as Henry G. Worthington — of San
Francisco, Calif.; Austin, Lander
County, Nev. Born in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., February
9, 1828. Republican. Member of California
state assembly 8th District, 1862-63; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1864-65; U.S. Minister to Argentina, 1868-69; Uruguay, 1868-69. Died in Washington,
D.C., July 29,
1909. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Thomas Tudor Tucker (1745-1828) — of South Carolina.
Born in Port Royal, Bermuda,
June
25, 1745. Uncle of Henry
St. George Tucker. Physician;
member of South Carolina state legislature, 1776, 1782-83, 1785,
1787-88; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1787-88; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina at-large, 1789-93; treasurer
of the United States, 1801-28. Died in Washington,
D.C., May 2,
1828. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Alexander Cameron Hunt (1825-1894) — of Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill.; Denver,
Colo. Born in Hammondsport, Steuben
County, N.Y., December
25, 1825. Candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Colorado Territory, 1866; Governor of
Colorado Territory, 1867-69. Died in Washington,
D.C., May 14,
1894. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Thomas Blount (1759-1812) — of Tarboro, Edgecombe
County, N.C. Born in Craven County (part now in Pitt
County), N.C., May 10,
1759. Son of Jacob Blount and Barbara (Gray) Blount; brother of
William
Blount; married to Jacky Sullivan Sumner; uncle of William
Grainger Blount. Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during
the Revolutionary War; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1788; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1793-99, 1805-09, 1811-12
(at-large 1793-97, 9th District 1797-99, at-large 1805-07, 3rd
District 1807-09, 1811-12); died in office 1812. Died in Washington,
D.C., February
7, 1812. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- John Smilie (1741-1812) — of Fayette City, Fayette
County, Pa. Born in Ireland,
1741.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1784-86; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1790; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1790-93; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1793-95, 1799-1812 (8th
District 1793-95, 11th District 1799-1803, 9th District 1803-12);
died in office 1812. Died in Washington,
D.C., December
30, 1812. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- William Armisted Burwell (1780-1821) — also known as
William A. Burwell — of Rocky Mount, Franklin
County, Va. Born near Boydton, Mecklenburg
County, Va., March 15,
1780. Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1804-06; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1806-21 (at-large 1806-07, 13th
District 1807-15, 14th District 1815-21); died in office 1821. Died
February
16, 1821. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany (1864-1937) — also
known as Rowland B. Mahany — of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C. Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
28, 1864. Son of Kean Mahany and Catherine (Reynolds) Mahany. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; U.S.
Minister to Ecuador, 1892-93; U.S.
Representative from New York 32nd District, 1895-99; defeated,
1892, 1898; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District
of Columbia, 1924
(alternate), 1928.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Psi
Upsilon. Died in Washington,
D.C., May 2,
1937. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- James Gillespie (c.1742-1805) — of North Carolina.
Born in Kenansville, Duplin
County, N.C. Delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1776; member of
North Carolina state legislature, 1779; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1784; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1793-99, 1803-05 (at-large
1793-97, 6th District 1797-99, 5th District 1803-05); died in office
1805. Died in Washington,
D.C., January
11, 1805. Original interment at Georgetown
Presbyterian Cemetery; reinterment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Alexander Smyth (1765-1830) — of Virginia. Born in
Ireland,
1765.
Member of Virginia state legislature, 1792; member of Virginia
state senate, 1808; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1817-25, 1827-30 (6th District
1817-21, 22nd District 1821-25, 1827-30); died in office 1830. Died
in Washington,
D.C., April 17,
1830. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- George Edward Mitchell (1781-1832) — also known as
George E. Mitchell — of Elkton, Cecil
County, Md. Born in Head of Elk (now Elkton), Cecil
County, Md., March 3,
1781. Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1806-09; member of Maryland
state executive council, 1809-12; colonel in the U.S. Army during
the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1823-27, 1829-32; died
in office 1832; candidate for Governor of
Maryland, 1829. Died in Washington,
D.C., June 28,
1832. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Thomas Peter Lantos (1928-2008) — also known as
Tom Lantos; Tamas Peter Lantos — of Millbrae, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Hillsborough, San Mateo
County, Calif.; San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif. Born in Budapest, Hungary,
February
1, 1928. Married 1950 to Annette
Tillemann; father of Katrina
Lantos (who married Richard
Nelson Swett). Democrat. University
professor; television
news commentator; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1976,
2000,
2004;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1981-2008 (11th District 1981-93,
12th District 1993-2008); died in office 2008. Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Mu. Arrested
for disorderly conduct in April 2006, while taking part civil
disobedience action to protest
genocide in Darfur, in front of the Sudanese embassy
in Washington, D.C. Died, of cancer of the
esophagus, in Bethesda
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., February
11, 2008. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Elijah Brigham (1751-1816) — of Massachusetts. Born
in Westborough (part now in Northborough), Worcester
County, Mass., July 7,
1751. Merchant;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1791-93; common pleas court judge
in Massachusetts, 1795-1811; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1796, 1798, 1801-05, 1807-10; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1799-1800, 1806; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1811-16 (10th District
1811-13, at-large 1813-15, 12th District 1815-16); died in office
1816. Died in Washington,
D.C., February
22, 1816. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- George Holcombe (1786-1828) — of Allentown, Monmouth
County, N.J. Born in New Jersey, 1786.
Democrat. Member of New Jersey state legislature; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1821-28 (at-large 1821-23, 2nd
District 1823-25, at-large 1825-28); died in office 1828. Died January
14, 1828. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Daniel Azro Ashley Buck (1789-1841) — also known as
D. Azro A. Buck — of Vermont. Born in Norwich, Windsor
County, Vt., April 19,
1789. Son of Daniel
Buck. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;
lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1816-26, 1828-30, 1833-35; Speaker of
the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1820-22, 1825-26,
1829; Orange
County State's Attorney, 1819-22, 1830-34; Presidential Elector
for Vermont, 1820;
U.S.
Representative from Vermont, 1823-25, 1827-29 (4th District
1823-25, 5th District 1827-29). Died in Washington,
D.C., December
24, 1841. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- William Lee Ball (1781-1824) — of Virginia. Born in
Lancaster
County, Va., January
2, 1781. Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1817-24 (9th District 1817-21, 13th
District 1821-24); died in office 1824. Died in Washington,
D.C., February
28, 1824. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- James Blair (c.1790-1834) — of South Carolina. Born
in The Waxhaws, Lancaster
County, S.C. Democrat. Planter;
sheriff; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1821-22, 1829-34 (9th
District 1821-22, 8th District 1829-34); resigned 1822; died in
office 1834. Died in Washington,
D.C., April 1,
1834. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Tilman Bacon Parks (1872-1950) — also known as
Tilman B. Parks — of Hope, Hempstead
County, Ark.; Camden, Ouachita
County, Ark. Born near Lewisville, Lafayette
County, Ark., May 14,
1872. Son of William P. Parks and Mattie (Douglass) Parks;
married, March 4,
1897, to Fay Newton. Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1901-04, 1909-10; Presidential
Elector for Arkansas, 1904;
prosecuting attorney; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 7th District, 1921-37. Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Elks; Lions. Died
in Washington,
D.C., February
12, 1950. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Nathaniel Hazard (1776-1820) — of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.; Middletown, Newport
County, R.I. Born in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., 1776.
Democrat. Member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1810-19; Speaker of
the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1810, 1818-19;
U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island at-large, 1819-20; died in
office 1820. Died in Washington,
D.C., December
17, 1820. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Joseph Lawrence (1786-1842) — of Pennsylvania. Born
near Hunterstown, Adams
County, Pa., 1786.
Father of George
Van Eman Lawrence. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1818; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1825-29, 1841-42 (15th District
1825-29, 21st District 1841-42); died in office 1842; Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1835-36. Died April 17,
1842. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Ezra Darby (1768-1808) — of Scotch Plains, Union
County, N.J. Born in Scotch Plains, Union
County, N.J., June 7,
1768. Democrat. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1802-04; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1805-08 (1st District 1805-07,
at-large 1807-08); died in office 1808. Died in Washington,
D.C., January
27, 1808. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Christopher Rankin (1788-1826) — of Mississippi.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1788.
Democrat. Member of Mississippi state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1819-26; died in office
1826. Died in 1826.
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Warren Ransom Davis (1793-1835) — also known as
Warren R. Davis — of Pendleton, Anderson
County, S.C. Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., May 8,
1793. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1827-35; died in
office 1835. Died in Washington,
D.C., January
29, 1835. His funeral service at the U.S. Capitol was disrupted
when Richard Lawrence, a house painter, fired two guns at President
Andrew
Jackson. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- James Bennett Hunt (1799-1857) — also known as
James B. Hunt — of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich. Born in Demerara (now part of Guyana),
August
13, 1799. Democrat. State court judge in Michigan, 1836; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1843-47. Died in Washington,
D.C., August
15, 1857. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Levi Casey (c.1752-1807) — of South Carolina. Born
in South Carolina. General in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1781-82, 1800-02; state court judge in
South Carolina, 1785; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1786-88, 1792-95,
1798-99; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1803-07; died in
office 1807. Died in Washington,
D.C., February
3, 1807. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Jesse Slocumb (1780-1820) — of North Carolina. Born
in Spring Bank, Wayne
County, N.C., 1780.
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1817-20; died in
office 1820. Died December
20, 1820. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- David Walker (c.1760-1820) — of Kentucky. Born in
Virginia. Brother of George
Walker; grandfather of James
David Walker. Member of Kentucky state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1817-20; died in
office 1820. Died in 1820.
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Philip Doddridge (1773-1832) — of Virginia. Born in
Bedford
County, Va., May 17,
1773. Member of Virginia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 18th District, 1829-32; died in
office 1832. Died in Washington,
D.C., November
19, 1832. Interment at Congressional Cemetery. Doddridge County,
W.Va. is named for him.
- William Taylor (1788-1846) — of Virginia. Born in Alexandria,
Va., April 5,
1788. Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1821; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1843-46 (2nd District 1843-45, 11th
District 1845-46); died in office 1846. Died January
17, 1846. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Benjamin Thompson (1798-1852) — of Charlestown (now
part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass. Born in Charlestown (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass., August 5,
1798. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1830-31, 1833-36; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1841; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1845-47, 1851-52 (4th District
1845-47, 9th District 1851-52); died in office 1852. Died in
Charlestown (now part of Boston), Suffolk
County, Mass., September
24, 1852. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- James Jones (d. 1801) — of Georgia. Born in
Maryland. Republican. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1796-98; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1798; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1799-1801; died in office
1801. Died January
11, 1801. Interment at Congressional Cemetery. Jones County,
Ga. is named for him.
- Joab Lawler (1796-1838) — of Alabama. Born in Union
County, N.C., June 12,
1796. Member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1826; member of Alabama
state senate, 1831; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1835-38; died in office
1838. Died May 8,
1838. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Felix Grundy McConnell (1809-1846) — also known as
Felix G. McConnell — of Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala. Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., April 1,
1809. Democrat. Member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1838; member of Alabama
state senate, 1839; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1843-46; died in office
1846. Died September
10, 1846. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Edward Bradley (1808-1847) — of Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich. Born in East Bloomfield, Ontario
County, N.Y., 1808.
Democrat. Common pleas court judge in New York, 1836; Calhoun
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1842; member of Michigan
state senate 4th District, 1843; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1847; died in office
1847. Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 5,
1847. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Philip Stuart (1761-1830) — also known as Philip
Stewart — of Port Tobacco, Charles
County, Md. Born in Stafford County (part now in King George
County), Va., February
22, 1761. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1800-06, 1808-09; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1811-19; general in
the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Died in Washington,
D.C., August
14, 1830. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Jeremiah McLene (1767-1837) — of Ohio. Born in
Pennsylvania, 1767.
Democrat. Secretary of
state of Ohio, 1808-31; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1833-37. Died in 1837.
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- William Stephen Morgan (1801-1878) — of Virginia.
Born in Virginia, 1801.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1835-39 (16th District 1835-37,
14th District 1837-39); member of Virginia state legislature. Died in
1878.
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- George Mumford (d. 1818) — of North Carolina. Born
in Rowan
County, N.C. Democrat. Member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1810-11; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 10th District, 1817-18; died
in office 1818. Died in 1818.
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Charles Clement Johnston (1795-1832) — of Virginia.
Born in Longwood, Prince
Edward County, Va., April 30,
1795. Brother of Joseph
Eggleston Johnston; uncle of John
Warfield Johnston. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 22nd District, 1831-32; died in
office 1832. Drowned
near one of the docks in Alexandria,
Va., June 17,
1832. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Thomas Day Singleton (d. 1833) — of South Carolina.
Born near Kingstree, Williamsburg
County, S.C. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1826-33; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1833; died in
office 1833. Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., November
25, 1833. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Littleton Purnell Dennis (1786-1834) — of Maryland.
Born in Worcester
County, Md., July 21,
1786. Nephew of John
Dennis. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1810, 1815-16, 1819-21; member of Maryland
state senate, 1826-33; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1833-34; died in
office 1834. Died in Washington,
D.C., April 14,
1834. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Francis Jacob Harper (1800-1837) — of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 5,
1800. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1832; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1834-35; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1837; died in
office 1837. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 18,
1837. Original interment at Frankford
Cemetery, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1848 at
Congressional Cemetery.
- Timothy Jarvis Carter (1800-1838) — of Maine. Born
in Bethel, Oxford
County, Maine, August
18, 1800. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1837-38; died in office
1838. Died March 14,
1838. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Albert Galliton Harrison (1800-1839) — of Missouri.
Born in Mt. Sterling, Montgomery
County, Ky., June 26,
1800. U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1835-39. Died in Fulton,
Callaway
County, Mo., September
7, 1839. Interment at Congressional Cemetery. Harrison County,
Mo. is named for him.
- Henry Frick (1795-1844) — of Pennsylvania. Born in
Pennsylvania, 1795.
Member of Pennsylvania state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1843-44; died in
office 1844. Died in 1844.
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Frank Morey (1840-1889) — of Louisiana. Born in
Massachusetts, 1840.
Republican. Member of Louisiana state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 1869-76. Died in 1889.
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Thomas Hartley Crawford (1786-1863) — also known as
Thomas H. Crawford — of Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa. Born in Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa., November
14, 1786. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1829-33; member
of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1833; judge in District of
Columbia, 1845. Died in Washington,
D.C., January
27, 1863. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Philip Bond Fouke (1818-1876) — also known as
Philip B. Fouke — of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill. Born in Illinois, 1818.
Democrat. Member of Illinois state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1859-63. Died in 1876.
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Charles Case (1817-1883) — of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind. Born in Austinburg, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, December
21, 1817. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1857-61. Died June 30,
1883. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Daniel Hiester (1774-1834) — of Pennsylvania. Born
in Chester
County, Pa., 1774.
Son of John
Hiester; nephew of Daniel
Hiester (1747-1804). U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1809-11. Died March 8,
1834. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Selah Reeve Hobbie (1797-1854) — of Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1797.
Member of New York state legislature; U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1827-29. Died in Washington,
D.C., 1854.
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- John Edward Bouligny (1824-1864) — also known as
John E. Bouligny — of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La. Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
5, 1824. Nephew of Charles
Joseph Dominique Bouligny. U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1859-61. Died in Washington,
D.C., February
20, 1864. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Jacob Broom (1808-1864) — of Pennsylvania. Born in
Baltimore,
Md., July 25,
1808. Grandson of Jacob
Broom (1752-1810); son of James
Madison Broom. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1855-57. Died in
Washington,
D.C., November
28, 1864. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Lemuel Dale Evans (1810-1877) — of Texas. Born in
Tennessee, 1810.
U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1855-57. Died in 1877.
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Charles West Kendall (1828-1914) — of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Hamilton (unknown
county), Nev.; Denver,
Colo. Born in Searsmont, Waldo
County, Maine, April 22,
1828. Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; newspaper
editor; lawyer;
member of California
state assembly 12th District, 1862-63; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1871-75. Died in Mt.
Rainier, Prince
George's County, Md., June 25,
1914. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- William Helmick (1817-1888) — of Ohio. Born near
Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, September
6, 1817. Republican. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1859-61. Died March 31,
1888. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Clyde Howard Tavenner (1882-1942) — also known as
Clyde H. Tavenner — of Cordova, Rock Island
County, Ill. Born in Cordova, Rock Island
County, Ill., February
4, 1882. Son of John E. Tavenner and Lucinda (Vanderburgh)
Tavenner. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1913-17. Died February
6, 1942. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Samuel N. Smallwood — of Washington,
D.C. Mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1819-22, 1824. Interment at Congressional
Cemetery.
- William Winston Seaton — of Washington,
D.C. Mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1840-50. Interment at Congressional
Cemetery.
- Charles Horace Upton (1812-1877) — of Virginia. Born
in Massachusetts, 1812.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1861-62. Died in 1877.
Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Roger C. Weightman — of Washington,
D.C. Mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1824-27. Interment at Congressional
Cemetery.
- Joseph Gales, Jr. — of Washington,
D.C. Mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1827-30. Interment at Congressional
Cemetery.
- James G. Berret — of Washington,
D.C. Mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1858-61. Interment at Congressional
Cemetery.
- Benjamin G. Orr — of Washington,
D.C. Mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1817-19. Interment at Congressional
Cemetery.
- John W. Maury — of Washington,
D.C. Mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1852-54. Interment at Congressional
Cemetery.
- John Thomas Towers — of Washington,
D.C. Mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1854-56. Interment at Congressional
Cemetery.
- Sayles J. Bowen — of Washington,
D.C. Republican. Member of Republican
National Committee from District of Columbia, 1866-72; delegate
to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia, 1868,
1880
(alternate); mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1868-70. Interment at Congressional
Cemetery.
- Daniel Rapine — of Washington,
D.C. Mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1812-13. Interment at Congressional
Cemetery.
- Narsworthy Hunter (d. 1802) — of Mississippi. Born
in Virginia. Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Mississippi Territory, 1801-02; died in
office 1802. Died in Washington,
D.C., March 11,
1802. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
- Augustus W. Scharit — of Missouri. U.S. Consul in Falmouth, 1854-63. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.
Politicians formerly buried here:
- Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) — also known as
"Old Rough and Ready" — Born in Orange
County, Va., November
24, 1784. Second cousin once removed of Richard
Henry Lee; second cousin of James
Madison; third cousin of Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee and Richard
Bland Lee; married, June 21,
1810, to Margaret Mackall 'Peggy' Smith (1778-1852) (niece of Benjamin
Mackall IV and Thomas
Mackall); father of Sarah Knox Taylor (who married Jefferson
Finis Davis); granduncle of Edmund
Haynes Taylor, Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Fitzhugh
Lee; first cousin thrice removed of Elliot
Woolfolk Major; second cousin thrice removed of Edgar
Bailey Woolfolk; ancestor of Victor
D. Crist. Whig. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;
colonel in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; general in the
U.S. Army during the Mexican War; President
of the United States, 1849-50; died in office 1850. Episcopalian.
Died, probably of gastroenteritis,
in the White
House, Washington,
D.C., July 9,
1850. Based on the theory that he was poisoned, his remains were
tested for arsenic in 1991; the results tended to disconfirm the
theory. Original interment at Congressional Cemetery; reinterment in
private or family graveyard; reinterment in 1926 at Zachary
Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. Taylor counties in Fla., Ga., Iowa and Ky. are named
for him.
- George Clinton (1739-1812) — of New York, New York
County, N.Y. Born in Little Britain, Orange
County, N.Y., July 26,
1739. Brother of James
Clinton; uncle of De
Witt Clinton and James
Graham Clinton; father of George
Clinton, Jr.. Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1775-76; Governor of
New York, 1777-95, 1801-04; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1800-01; Vice
President of the United States, 1805-12; died in office 1812. Christian
Reformed. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 20,
1812. Original interment at Congressional Cemetery; reinterment
in 1908 at First
Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y. Clinton counties
in N.Y.
and Ohio
are named for him.
- Abel Parker Upshur (1790-1844) — of Virginia. Born
in Northampton
County, Va., June 17,
1790. Son of Littleton
Upshur. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1812-13, 1824-27; state court judge in
Virginia, 1826-41; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1841-43; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1843-44; died in office 1844. Episcopalian.
Among those killed in the explosion
when a cannon
burst on board
the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort
Washington, Prince
George's County, Md., February
28, 1844. Originally entombed at Congressional Cemetery; later
interred in 1874 at Oak Hill Cemetery.
Upshur counties in Tex. and W.Va. are
named for him.
- John Aaron Rawlins (1831-1869) — Born in Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill., February
13, 1831. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1869; died in office 1869. Died, of consumption
(tuberculosis),
in Washington,
D.C., September
6, 1869. Original interment at Congressional Cemetery;
reinterment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue erected 1874 at Rawlins Park.
- Thomas Walker Gilmer (1802-1844) — of Virginia. Born
in Gilmerton, Albemarle
County, Va., April 6,
1802. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1829-36, 1838-39; Speaker of
the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1838-39; Governor of
Virginia, 1840-41; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1841-44 (12th District 1841-43, 5th
District 1843-44); U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1844; died in office 1844. Among those
killed in the explosion
when a cannon
burst on board
the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort
Washington, Prince
George's County, Md., February
28, 1844. Originally entombed at Congressional Cemetery;
reinterment at a
private or family graveyard, Albemarle County, Va. Gilmer County,
W.Va. is named for him.
- James Pinckney Henderson (1808-1858) — also known as
J. Pinckney Henderson — of Marshville (unknown
county), Tex. Born in Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C., March 31,
1808. Lawyer;
general in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1836-37; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1837; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; Governor of
Texas, 1846-47; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1857-58; died in office 1858. Died in Washington,
D.C., June 4,
1858. Original interment and cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery;
reinterment in 1930 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex. Henderson County,
Tex. is named for him.
- Robert Byington Mitchell (1823-1882) — of Mt.
Gilead, Morrow
County, Ohio. Born in Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio, April 4,
1823. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of
Kansas
territorial legislature, 1857-58; treasurer
of Kansas Territory, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during
the Civil War; Governor of
New Mexico Territory, 1866-69. Died in Washington,
D.C., January
26, 1882. Original interment at Congressional Cemetery;
reinterment in 1895 at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
- Richard Bland Lee (1761-1827) — Born in Prince
William County, Va., January
20, 1761. Grandnephew of Richard
Bland; first cousin once removed of Richard
Henry Lee; brother of Henry
Lee and Charles
Lee; third cousin of Zachary
Taylor; granduncle of Fitzhugh
Lee. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1784; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1789-95 (at-large 1789-91, 4th
District 1791-93, 17th District 1793-95); judge in District of
Columbia, 1827. Died March 12,
1827. Original interment in private or family graveyard;
subsequent interment at Congressional Cemetery; reinterment in 1975
at Sully,
Chantilly, Va.
- James Lent (1782-1833) — of Newtown, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y. Born in Newtown, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., 1782.
State court judge in New York, 1823; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1829-33; died in
office 1833. Died in Washington,
D.C., February
22, 1833. Original interment and cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery; reinterment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Newtown, Queens, N.Y.
- Barker Burnell (1798-1843) — of Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass. Born in Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass., January
30, 1798. Whig. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1819; delegate to
Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1824-25; delegate to Whig National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1839; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1841-43 (11th District
1841-43, 10th District 1843); died in office 1843. Died in Washington,
D.C., June 15,
1843. Original interment and cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery;
reinterment in 1844 at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Nantucket, Mass.
- David Spangler Kaufman (1813-1851) — also known as
David S. Kaufman — of Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches
County, Tex. Born in Boiling Springs, Cumberland
County, Pa., December
18, 1813. Democrat. Member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1839-41; member of Texas
Republic Senate, 1843-45; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1846-51; died in office
1851. Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
31, 1851. Original interment and cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery; reinterment in 1932 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex. Kaufman County,
Tex. is named for him.
- Pierre Evariste Jean Baptiste Bossier (1797-1844) —
also known as Pierre E. J. B. Bossier — of Louisiana.
Born in Natchitoches, Natchitoches
Parish, La., March 22,
1797. Planter;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1833-43; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1843-44; died in
office 1844. Died in Washington,
D.C., April 24,
1844. Original interment and cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery;
reinterment at Catholic
Cemetery, Natchitoches, La. Bossier Parish,
La. is named for him.
- Virgil Maxcy (1785-1844) — of Maryland. Born in
Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass., May 5,
1785. Son of Levi Maxcy and Ruth (Newell) Maxcy; married to Mary
Galloway. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state executive council, 1815; member of Maryland
state house of delegates; member of Maryland
state senate; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Belgium, 1837-42. Among those killed in the explosion
when a cannon
burst on board
the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort
Washington, Prince
George's County, Md., February
28, 1844. Originally entombed at Congressional Cemetery;
reinterment at a
private or family graveyard, Anne Arundel County, Md.
- David Gardiner (1784-1844) — of New York. Born in 1784.
Father-in-law of John
Tyler. Member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1824-27. Among those killed in the explosion
when a cannon
burst on board
the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort
Washington, Prince
George's County, Md., February
28, 1844. Originally entombed at Congressional Cemetery; later
interred at South
End Cemetery, East Hampton, Long Island, N.Y.
Other politicians who have monuments here:
- John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) — also known as
"Old Man Eloquent"; "The Accidental
President"; "The Massachusetts Madman"
— of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Quincy, Norfolk
County, Mass. Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy), Norfolk
County, Mass., July 11,
1767. Son of John
Adams and Abigail (Smith) Adams (1744-1818); brother of Abigail
Amelia Adams (1765-1813) (who married William
Stephens Smith); married, July 26,
1797, to Louisa Catherine Johnson (1775-1852) (niece of Thomas
Johnson; daughter of Joshua
Johnson; sister-in-law of John
Pope); first cousin of William
Cranch; father of George
Washington Adams and Charles
Francis Adams (1807-1886); grandfather of John
Quincy Adams (1833-1894) and Brooks
Adams; great-grandfather of Charles
Francis Adams (1866-1954); great-great-grandfather of Thomas
Boylston Adams. Lawyer; U.S.
Minister to Netherlands, 1794-97; Prussia, 1797-1801; Russia, 1809-14; Great Britain, 1815-17; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1802; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1803-08; resigned 1808; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1817-25; President
of the United States, 1825-29; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1831-48 (11th District
1831-33, 12th District 1833-43, 8th District 1843-48); died in office
1848; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1834. Unitarian.
English
ancestry. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences. Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1905. Suffered a stroke
while speaking on the floor of the U.S. House of
Representatives, February 21, 1848, and died two days later in
the Speaker's office,
U.S. Capitol
Building, Washington,
D.C., February
23, 1848. Original interment at Hancock
Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.; reinterment at United
First Parish Church, Quincy, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery. Adams counties in Ill. and Ind. are
named for him.
- Henry Clay (1777-1852) — also known as "The
Sage of Ashland"; "The Great Compromiser"
— of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky. Born in Hanover
County, Va., April 12,
1777. Son of John Clay and Elizabeth (Hudson) Clay; first cousin
once removed of Matthew
Clay (1754-1815) and Green
Clay; brother of Porter
Clay; third cousin of Clement
Comer Clay; second cousin of Matthew
Clay (1795?-1827), Brutus
Junius Clay (1808-1878) and Cassius
Marcellus Clay; father of Thomas
Hart Clay and James
Brown Clay; third cousin once removed of Clement
Claiborne Clay, Jr.; granduncle of Ellen Hart Ross (who married
James
Reily); second cousin once removed of Brutus
Junius Clay (1847-1932); grandfather of Henry
Clay (1849-1884). Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1803; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1806-07, 1810-11, 1831-42, 1849-52; died
in office 1852; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1811-14, 1815-21, 1823-25 (5th
District 1811-13, at-large 1813-14, 2nd District 1815-21, 3rd
District 1823-25); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1811-14, 1815-20, 1823-25; candidate for President
of the United States, 1824, 1832 (National Republican), 1844
(Whig); U.S.
Secretary of State, 1825-29. Member, Freemasons.
In 1809, he fought a duel
with Humphrey
Marshall, in which both men were wounded. Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appeared on
some U.S. currency
issued in the 19th or early 20th century. Died in Washington,
D.C., June 29,
1852. Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
Clay counties in Ala., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Kan., Minn., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.C., S.Dak., Tenn., Tex. and W.Va. are
named for him.
- John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850) — also known as
John C. Calhoun — of South Carolina. Born near Mt.
Carmel, McCormick
County, S.C., March 18,
1782. Cousin of John
Ewing Colhoun and Joseph
Calhoun; father-in-law of Thomas
Green Clemson; granduncle of John
Temple Graves. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1808; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1811-17; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1817-25; Vice
President of the United States, 1825-32; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1832-43, 1845-50; died in office
1850; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1844-45. His portrait appeared on Confederate
States $1000
notes in 1861 and $100
notes in 1862. Died in Washington,
D.C., March 31,
1850. Interment at St.
Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery; memorial monument at Marion
Park, Charleston, S.C. Calhoun counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Iowa, Mich., Miss., S.C., Tex. and W.Va. are
named for him.
- Thomas Phillip O'Neill, Jr. (1912-1994) — also known
as Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.; "Tip" — of
Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass. Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
9, 1912. Son of Thomas P. O'Neill and Rose Anne (Tolan) O'Neill;
married, June 17,
1941, to Mildred Anne Miller. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1936-52; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1948-52;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952,
1960,
1964,
1984;
Honorary Chair, 1984;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1953-87 (11th District
1953-63, 8th District 1963-87); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1977-87. Catholic.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1991. Died, of cardiac
arrest, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
5, 1994. Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Harwich Port, Harwich, Mass.; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery.
- John Fairfield (1797-1847) — of Saco, York
County, Maine. Born in Saco, York
County, Maine, January
30, 1797. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1835-38 (3rd District 1835-37, 4th
District 1837-38); resigned 1838; Governor of
Maine, 1839-41, 1842-43; defeated, 1840; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1843-47; died in office 1847. Died in Washington,
D.C., December
24, 1847. Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Saco, Maine; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- Josiah Stoddard Johnston (1784-1833) — also known as
Josiah S. Johnston — of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La. Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
24, 1784. Half-brother of Albert
Sidney Johnston. Democrat. Member of Orleans
territorial legislature, 1805; state court judge in Louisiana,
1812; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana at-large, 1821-23; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1824-33; died in office 1833. Killed by
an explosion on
the steamboat
Lioness, on the Red River, in Louisiana, May 19,
1833. Interment at Rapides
Cemetery, Pineville, La.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- Elias Kent Kane (1794-1835) — also known as Elias
K. Kane — of Kaskaskia, Randolph
County, Ill. Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 7,
1794. Father of Elizabeth Kane (who married William
Henry Bissell). Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Randolph County,
1818; secretary of
state of Illinois, 1818-22; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1824; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1825-35; died in office 1835. Died in Washington,
D.C., December
12, 1835. Original interment in private or family graveyard;
reinterment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Chester, Ill.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery. Kane County,
Ill. is named for him.
- Andrew Pickens Butler (1796-1857) — of South
Carolina. Born in Edgefield, Edgefield District (now Edgefield
County), S.C., November
18, 1796. Son of William
Butler (1759-1821); brother of William
Butler (1790-1850) and Pierce
Mason Butler; uncle of Matthew
Calbraith Butler. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1824-33; common pleas court judge in South
Carolina, 1835-46; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1846-57; died in office 1857. Died
near Edgefield, Edgefield District (now Edgefield
County), S.C., May 25,
1857. Interment at Big
Creek Butler Churchyard, Edgefield, S.C.; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery. Butler County,
Kan. is named for him.
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk (1803-1857) — of Texas. Born
in South Carolina, December
5, 1803. Democrat. Delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Nacogdoches, 1835;
delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Nacogdoches, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; general in the Texas
Army during the Texas War of Independence; Texas
Republic Secretary of War, 1836, 1836-37; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1837-38; justice of
Texas Republic supreme court, 1838-40; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1846-57; died in office 1857. Committed suicide,
in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches
County, Tex., July 29,
1857. Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Tex.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery; statue at Rusk
County Courthouse Grounds, Henderson, Tex. Rusk County,
Tex. is named for him.
- Moses Norris, Jr. (1799-1855) — of Pittsfield, Merrimack
County, N.H.; Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H. Born in New Hampshire, 1799.
Democrat. Member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1841-42; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1843-47; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1849-55; died in office 1855. Died January
11, 1855. Interment at Floral
Park Cemetery, Pittsfield, N.H.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
- Nathan Fellows Dixon (1774-1842) — of Rhode Island.
Born in Plainfield, Windham
County, Conn., December
13, 1774. Father of Nathan
Fellows Dixon II; grandfather of Nathan
Fellows Dixon III. Member of Rhode Island state legislature; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1839-42; died in office 1842. Died in
Washington,
D.C., January
29, 1842. Interment at River
Bend Cemetery, Westerly, R.I.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
- Nathan Smith (1770-1835) — of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn. Born in Connecticut, 1770.
Brother of Nathaniel
Smith; uncle of Truman
Smith. Member of Connecticut
state senate at-large, 1827; U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1829; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1833-35; died in office 1835. Died in
1835.
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker (1805-1847) — of Virginia.
Born in Virginia, 1805.
Brother of Joel
Pennybacker; first cousin of Green
Berry Samuels; first cousin once removed of Benjamin
M. Samuels; uncle of Benjamin
Pennybacker Douglass; father of John
D. Pennybacker; third cousin once removed of Samuel
Whitaker Pennypacker; distant cousin of William
Bradley Umstead. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 16th District, 1837-39; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1845-47; died in office 1847. Died in 1847.
Interment at Woodbine
Cemetery, Harrisonburg, Va.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- Chester Ashley (1790-1848) — of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark. Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., June 1,
1790. Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1844-48; died in office 1848. Died in Washington,
D.C., April 29,
1848. Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery. Ashley County,
Ark. is named for him.
- James Bell (1804-1857) — of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H. Born in Francestown, Hillsborough
County, N.H., November
13, 1804. Son of Samuel
Bell; cousin of Charles
Henry Bell; uncle of Samuel
Newell Bell. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1846, 1850; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1850; candidate
for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1854, 1855; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1855-57; died in office 1857. Died in
Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H., May 26,
1857. Interment at Exeter
Cemetery, Exeter, N.H.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- Josiah James Evans (1786-1858) — of South Carolina.
Born in South Carolina, 1786.
Member of South Carolina state legislature; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1853-58; died in office 1858. Died
in 1858.
Interment at a
private or family graveyard, Darlington County, S.C.; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery.
- Gabriel Holmes (1769-1829) — of Clinton, Sampson
County, N.C. Born in Sampson
County, N.C., 1769.
Lawyer;
Governor
of North Carolina, 1821-24; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1825-29; died in
office 1829. Died September
26, 1829. Interment at a
private or family graveyard, Sampson County, N.C.; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery.
- Thaddeus Betts (1789-1840) — of Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn. Born in Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
4, 1789. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1815, 1830; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1828, 1831 (at-large 1828, 12th District 1831); Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1832-33, 1834-35; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1839-40; died in office 1840. Died in
Washington,
D.C., April 7,
1840. Interment at Union
Cemetery, Norwalk, Conn.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- John Anthony Quitman (1799-1858) — also known as
John A. Quitman — of Mississippi. Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., September
1, 1799. Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1826-27; delegate to
Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1832; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1835-36; Governor of
Mississippi, 1835-36, 1850-51; state court judge in Mississippi,
1838; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for
Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1848,
1856;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1855-58; died in
office 1858. Member, Freemasons.
Presumed to have been deliberately
poisoned
at a banquet during the inauguration of President James
Buchanan, in Washington, D.C., and subsequently died, near
Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., July 17,
1858. Interment at Natchez
City Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
- Richard Irvine Manning (1789-1836) — of South
Carolina. Born near Sumter, Sumter District (now Sumter
County), S.C., May 1,
1789. Nephew of James
Burchill Richardson; cousin of John
Peter Richardson (1801-1864); father of John
Laurence Manning; second cousin of John
Peter Richardson (1831-1899); grandfather of Richard
Irvine Manning (1859-1931). Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1820; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1822; Governor of
South Carolina, 1824-26; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1834-36 (8th District
1834-35, 7th District 1835-36); died in office 1836. Died in
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 1,
1836. Interment at Trinity
Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
- Robert Rantoul, Jr. (1805-1852) — of Massachusetts.
Born in Massachusetts, August
13, 1805. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1845-50; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1851; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1851-52; died in
office 1852. Died August 7,
1852. Interment at Beverly
Central Cemetery, Beverly, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
- Daniel Hiester (1747-1804) — Born in Montgomery
County, Pa., June 25,
1747. Brother of John
Hiester; cousin of Joseph
Hiester; uncle of Daniel
Hiester (1774-1834) and William
Hiester. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1789-96 (at-large 1789-93, 4th
District 1793-95, 5th District 1795-96); U.S.
Representative from Maryland at-large, 1801-04; died in office
1804. Christian
Reformed. Died in Washington,
D.C., March 7,
1804. Interment at Zion
Reformed Graveyard, Hagerstown, Md.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
- Thomas Hartley (1748-1800) — of Pennsylvania. Born
in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., August 7,
1748. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1778; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1787; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1789-1800 (at-large 1789-93,
7th District 1793-95, 8th District 1795-1800); died in office 1800.
Died in York, York
County, Pa., December
21, 1800. Interment at St.
John's Churchyard, York, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- Peterson Goodwyn (1745-1818) — of Petersburg,
Va. Born in Dinwiddie
County, Va., 1745.
Father-in-law of Patrick
Magruder. Democrat. Planter; lawyer;
colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1789-1802; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1803-18 (at-large 1803-07, 18th
District 1807-15, 19th District 1815-18); died in office 1818. Died
in Dinwiddie
County, Va., February
21, 1818. Interment at a
private or family graveyard, Dinwiddie County, Va.; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery.
- Richard Wylly Habersham (1786-1842) — also known as
Richard W. Habersham — of Georgia. Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., 1786.
Nephew of Joseph
Habersham and John
Habersham. U.S.
Attorney for Georgia, 1819-27; Georgia
state attorney general; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1839-42; died in office
1842. Died December
2, 1842. Interment at Old
Cemetery, Clarkesville, Ga.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- Lewis Williams (1782-1842) — of Panther Creek, Surry
County, N.C. Born in North Carolina, 1782.
First cousin by marriage of Matthew
Clay; cousin of Robert
Williams and Marmaduke
Williams; brother of John
Williams; uncle of Joseph
Lanier Williams. Member of North Carolina state legislature; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 13th District, 1815-42; died
in office 1842. Died in 1842.
Interment at Panther
Creek Cemetery, Surry County, N.C.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
- George Coke Dromgoole (1797-1847) — of Virginia.
Born in Lawrenceville, Brunswick
County, Va., May 15,
1797. Uncle of Alexander
Dromgoole Sims. Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1823; member of Virginia
state senate, 1826; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1835-41, 1843-47 (6th District
1835-37, 5th District 1837-39, 6th District 1839-41, 2nd District
1843-47); died in office 1847. Died in Brunswick
County, Va., April 27,
1847. Interment in private or family graveyard; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery.
- Isaac McKim (1775-1838) — of Maryland. Born in Baltimore,
Md., July 21,
1775. Nephew of Alexander
McKim. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1821-23; U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1823-25, 1833, 1835-38 (5th
District 1823-25, 1833, 4th District 1835-38); died in office 1838.
Episcopalian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., April 1,
1838. Interment at Old
St. Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
- Thomas Henry Bayly (1810-1856) — of Virginia. Born
in Accomack
County, Va., December
11, 1810. Son of Thomas
Monteagle Bayly. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1836-42; superior court judge in
Virginia, 1842-44; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1844-56 (7th District 1844-53, 1st
District 1853-56); died in office 1856. Died in Accomack
County, Va., June 23,
1856. Interment at Mt.
Custis Cemetery, Accomac, Va.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
- Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868) — of Gettysburg, Adams
County, Pa.; Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa. Born in Danville, Caledonia
County, Vt., April 4,
1792. Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1833-35, 1837, 1841; delegate to
Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1838; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1849-53, 1859-68 (8th District
1849-53, 9th District 1859-68); died in office 1868; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1856
(Speaker),
1860.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
11, 1868. Interment at Shreiner's
Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- Jacob Crowninshield (1770-1808) — of Salem, Essex
County, Mass. Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., March 31,
1770. Brother of Benjamin
Williams Crowninshield; grandfather of William
Crowninshield Endicott; great-granduncle of Charles
Francis Adams. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state
legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1803-08 (at-large 1803-05, 2nd
District 1805-08); died in office 1808. Died in Washington,
D.C., April 15,
1808. Interment at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- William Lowndes (1782-1822) — of South Carolina.
Born in South Carolina, February
11, 1782. Brother of Thomas
Lowndes. Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1806; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1811-22 (4th District
1811-13, 2nd District 1813-22). Died aboard a
ship in the North
Atlantic Ocean while en route to England, October
27, 1822. Buried at sea in North Atlantic Ocean; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery. Lowndes counties in Ala., Ga. and Miss. are
named for him.
- Patrick Farrelly (1770-1826) — of Pennsylvania. Born
in Ireland,
1770.
Father of John
Wilson Farrelly. Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1811-12; major in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1821-26 (15th District 1821-23,
18th District 1823-26); died in office 1826. Died in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., January
12, 1826. Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- James Meacham (1810-1856) — of Vermont. Born in
Vermont, 1810.
U.S.
Representative from Vermont, 1849-56 (3rd District 1849-53, 1st
District 1853-56); died in office 1856. Died in 1856.
Interment at West
Cemetery, Middlebury, Vt.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- William Osborne Goode (1798-1859) — of Virginia.
Born in Inglewood, Mecklenburg
County, Va., September
16, 1798. Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1822, 1824-32, 1839-40, 1845-46, 1852;
delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30, 1850; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1841-43, 1853-59;
defeated, 1832; died in office 1859. Died in Boydton, Mecklenburg
County, Va., July 3,
1859. Interment at a
private or family graveyard, Mecklenburg County, Va.; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery.
- Henry Grider (1796-1866) — of Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky. Born in Kentucky, 1796.
Member of Kentucky state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1843-47, 1861-66; died
in office 1866. Died in 1866.
Interment at Old
College Street Cemetery, Bowling Green, Ky.; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery.
- Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr. (1914-1972) — also known as
Hale Boggs — of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La. Born in Long Beach, Harrison
County, Miss., February
15, 1914. Son of William Robertson Boggs and Claire Josephine
(Hale) Boggs; married, January
22, 1938, to Corinne
Claiborne; father of Barbara
Boggs Sigmund, Thomas
Hale Boggs, Jr. and Cokie Roberts (National Public Radio reporter
and commentator). Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1941-43, 1947-72;
died in office 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1948,
1956,
1960,
1964;
Parliamentarian, 1964;
candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1952. Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Amvets; Catholic
War Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution; Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi; Omicron
Delta Kappa. Disappeared
while on a campaign
flight from Anchorage to Juneau, Alaska, October
16, 1972, and presumed dead in a plane
crash, but apparently the wreckage was never
found. Cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- Nathan Bryan (1748-1798) — of North Carolina. Born
in Craven County (part now in Jones
County), N.C., 1748.
Member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1787, 1791-94; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1795-98 (at-large 1795-97,
10th District 1797-98); died in office 1798. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 4,
1798. Original interment at Baptist
Burial Ground on Second Street, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment to
unknown location; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- John Linn (1763-1821) — of New Jersey. Born in
Hardwick Township, Warren
County, N.J., December
3, 1763. Member of New Jersey state legislature, 1801; state
court judge in New Jersey, 1805; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1817-21 (10th District 1817-19,
1st District 1819-21); died in office 1821. Died in Washington,
D.C., January
5, 1821. Interment at North
Hardyston Cemetery, Near Franklin, Sussex County, N.J.; cenotaph
at Congressional Cemetery.
- Thomas Tyler Bouldin (1781-1834) — of Virginia. Born
near Charlotte Court House, Charlotte
County, Va., 1781.
Brother of James
Wood Bouldin; ancestor of David
M. Steele III. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1829-33, 1833-34 (5th District
1829-33, 8th District 1833-34); died in office 1834. Died while
addressing the House of
Representatives in the U.S.
Capitol Building, Washington,
D.C., February
11, 1834. Interment in private or family graveyard; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery.
- Henry Nes (1799-1850) — of York, York
County, Pa. Born in Pennsylvania, 1799.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 15th District, 1843-45, 1847-50;
died in office 1850. Died September
10, 1850. Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, York, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- John Gaines Miller (1812-1856) — of Missouri. Born
in Kentucky, 1812.
Member of Missouri state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1851-56 (3rd District 1851-53, 5th
District 1853-56); died in office 1856. Died in 1856.
Interment at Mt.
Olive Cemetery, Marshall, Mo.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
- Thomas Langrell Harris (1816-1858) — of Illinois.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., October
29, 1816. Democrat. Member of Illinois
state senate, 1846; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1849-51, 1855-58 (7th District
1849-51, 6th District 1855-58); died in office 1858. Died November
24, 1858. Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Petersburg, Ill.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
- Owen Lovejoy (1811-1864) — of Princeton, Bureau
County, Ill. Born in Albion, Kennebec
County, Maine, January
6, 1811. Son of Elizabeth Gordon (Pattee) Lovejoy (1772-1857) and
Rev. Daniel Lovejoy (1776-1833); brother of Elijah Parish Lovejoy
(1802-1837; abolitionist newspaper editor, killed by a pro-slavery
mob in Alton, Ill.); married 1843 to Eunice
Conant (Storrs) Denham (1809-1899); cousin of Nathan
Allen Farwell; third cousin twice removed of John
H. Lovejoy. Republican. Minister;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1854-56; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1856
(Speaker);
U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1857-64 (3rd District 1857-63, 5th
District 1863-64); died in office 1864. Congregationalist.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 25,
1864. Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Princeton, Ill.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- Philip Johnson (1818-1867) — of Pennsylvania. Born
in Polkville, Warren
County, N.J., January
17, 1818. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1853; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1861-67 (13th District 1861-63,
11th District 1863-67); died in office 1867; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1864.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
29, 1867. Interment at Easton
Cemetery, Easton, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- John Bennett Dawson (1798-1845) — of Louisiana. Born
near Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., March 17,
1798. Father of Anna Ruffin Dawson (who married Robert
Charles Wickliffe). Democrat. Member of Louisiana state
legislature; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana, 1841-45 (2nd District 1841-43, 3rd
District 1843-45); died in office 1845. Died in St. Francisville, West
Feliciana Parish, La., June 26,
1845. Interment at Grace
Episcopal Churchyard, St. Francisville, La.; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery.
- Samuel Brenton (1810-1857) — of Indiana. Born in Gallatin
County, Ky., November
22, 1810. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1838-39, 1840-41; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1851-53, 1855-57;
defeated, 1852; died in office 1857. Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows. Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., March 29,
1857. Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- Preston Smith Brooks (1819-1857) — also known as
Preston S. Brooks — of South Carolina. Born in
Edgefield, Edgefield District (now Edgefield
County), S.C., August 5,
1819. Son of Whitefield Brooks and Mary P. (Carroll) Brooks;
cousin of Milledge
Luke Bonham; married 1841 to
Caroline Means; married 1843 to Martha
Means. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1844; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1853-56,
1856-57; died in office 1857. Wounded in a duel
with Louis
T. Wigfall in the 1840s. In May, 1856, furious over an
anti-slavery speech, he went to the Senate and beat
Senator Charles
Sumner with a cane, causing severe
injuries; an attempt to expel him
from Congress failed for lack of the necessary two-thirds vote, but
he resigned;
re-elected to his own vacancy. Died in Washington,
D.C., January
27, 1857. Interment at Willow
Brook Cemetery, Edgefield, S.C.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery. Brooks County,
Ga. is named for him.
- Sampson Willis Harris (1809-1857) — of Alabama. Born
in Elbert
County, Ga., February
23, 1809. Democrat. Member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1834, 1844; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1847-57 (3rd District 1847-55, 7th
District 1855-57). Died April 1,
1857. Interment at Oconee
Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- John William Noell (1816-1863) — also known as
John W. Noell — of Perryville, Perry
County, Mo. Born in Virginia, 1816.
Father of Thomas
Estes Noell. Democrat. Member of Missouri state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1859-63 (7th District 1859-63, 3rd
District 1863); died in office 1863. Died March 14,
1863. Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Perryville, Mo.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
- Orlando Kellogg (1809-1865) — of Elizabethtown, Essex
County, N.Y. Born in Elizabethtown, Essex
County, N.Y., June 18,
1809. Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1847-49, 1863-65 (14th District
1847-49, 16th District 1863-65); died in office 1865; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1860.
Died August
24, 1865. Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Elizabethtown, N.Y.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
- Henry Wilson (1778-1826) — of Pennsylvania. Born in
Pennsylvania, 1778.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1823-26; died in
office 1826. Died in 1826.
Interment at Union
and West End Cemetery, Allentown, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
- Robert Pryor Henry (1788-1826) — of Kentucky. Born
in Kentucky, 1788.
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 12th District, 1823-26; died in
office 1826. Died in 1826.
Interment at Pioneer
Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Ky.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- Jonathan Hunt (1787-1832) — of Vermont. Born in
Vernon, Windham
County, Vt., August
12, 1787. Member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1811, 1816-17, 1824; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1827-32; died in office
1832. Died in Washington,
D.C., May 15,
1832. Interment somewhere
in Brattleboro, Vt.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- Daniel Putnam King (1801-1850) — also known as
Daniel P. King — of South Danvers (now Peabody), Essex
County, Mass. Born in Danvers, Essex
County, Mass., January
8, 1801. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1836; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1838; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1843-50; died in
office 1850. Died in South Danvers (now Peabody), Essex
County, Mass., July 25,
1850. Interment at King
Cemetery, Peabody, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- Orin Fowler (1791-1852) — of Massachusetts. Born in
Connecticut, 1791.
Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1849-52 (9th District 1849-51,
2nd District 1851-52); died in office 1852. Died in 1852.
Interment at North
Burial Ground, Fall River, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
- James Lockhart (1806-1857) — of Indiana. Born in
Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., February
13, 1806. Democrat. State court judge in Indiana, 1846; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1851-53, 1857; died in
office 1857. Died in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., September
7, 1857. Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
- James Humphrey (1811-1866) — of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y. Born in Connecticut, 1811.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1859-61, 1865-66 (2nd District
1859-61, 3rd District 1865-66); died in office 1866. Died in 1866.
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- John Coffee (1782-1836) — of Georgia. Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., December
3, 1782. Democrat. Member of Georgia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1833-36; died in office
1836. Died near Jacksonville, Telfair
County, Ga., September
25, 1836. Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Telfair County, Ga.; reinterment in
1921 at McRae
City Cemetery, McRae, Ga.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
Coffee County,
Ga. is named for him.
- George L. Kinnard (1803-1836) — of Indiana. Born in
Pennsylvania, 1803.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1827; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1833-36; died in office
1836. Died from injuries received in an explosion on
the steamer
Flora on the Ohio River, November
26, 1836. Interment at Presbyterian
Burying Ground, Cincinnati, Ohio; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
- Jonathan Cilley (1802-1838) — of Thomaston, Knox
County, Maine. Born in Nottingham, Rockingham
County, N.H., July 2,
1802. Nephew of Bradbury
Cilley; brother of Joseph
Cilley. Lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1831-36; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1835-36; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1837-38; died in office
1838. Killed in a duel by
Representative William
J. Graves of Kentucky, on the Marlboro Pike, in Prince
George's County, Md., February
24, 1838. Interment at Elm
Grove Cemetery, Thomaston, Maine; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
- Charles Ogle (1798-1841) — of Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa. Born in Pennsylvania, 1798.
Son of Alexander
Ogle. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1837-41; died in
office 1841. Died in 1841.
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Somerset, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- James Wray Williams (1792-1842) — of Maryland. Born
in Maryland, October
8, 1792. Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1825, 1837-39; Speaker of
the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1839; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1841-42; died in
office 1842. Died in Harford
County, Md., December
2, 1842. Interment at a
private or family graveyard, Harford County, Md.; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery.
- William Soden Hastings (1798-1842) — of
Massachusetts. Born in Mendon, Worcester
County, Mass., June 3,
1798. Son of Seth
Hastings. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1828; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1829-33; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1837-42; died in
office 1842. Died in Red Sulphur Springs, Monroe
County, Va. (now W.Va.), June 17,
1842. Interment at Old
Cemetery, Mendon, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- James Augustus Black (1793-1848) — of South
Carolina. Born near Abbeville, Ninety Six District (now Abbeville
County), S.C., 1793.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1826-28, 1832-35; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1843-48; died in
office 1848. Died in Washington,
D.C., April 3,
1848. Interment at First
Presbyterian Church Graveyard, Columbia, S.C.; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery.
- Alexander Dromgoole Sims (1803-1848) — of South
Carolina. Born in Virginia, 1803.
Nephew of George
Coke Dromgoole. Democrat. Member of South Carolina state
legislature; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1845-48; died in
office 1848. Died in 1848.
Interment at First
Baptist Cemetery, Darlington, S.C.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
- Chester Pierce Butler (1798-1850) — also known as
Chester P. Butler — of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., March 21,
1798. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1832; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1847-50; died in
office 1850. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
5, 1850. Interment at Hollenback
Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- John Henry Harmanson (1803-1850) — also known as
John H. Harmanson — of Simmesport, Avoyelles
Parish, La. Born in Norfolk,
Va., January
15, 1803. Democrat. Member of Louisiana
state senate, 1844; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1845-50; died in
office 1850. Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
24, 1850. Interment at a
private or family graveyard, Pointe Coupee Parish, La.; cenotaph
at Congressional Cemetery.
- Charles Andrews (1814-1852) — of Maine. Born in
Paris, Oxford
County, Maine, February
11, 1814. Democrat. Member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1839-43; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1842; U.S.
Representative from Maine 4th District, 1851-52; died in office
1852. Died in Paris, Oxford
County, Maine, April 30,
1852. Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Paris, Maine; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- Presley Underwood Ewing (1822-1854) — of Kentucky.
Born in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., September
1, 1822. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1848-49; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1851-54; died in
office 1854. Died in Mammoth Cave, Edmonson
County, Ky., September
27, 1854. Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Russellville, Ky.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
- Silas Mainville Burroughs (1810-1860) — also known
as Silas M. Burroughs — of Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y. Born in Ovid, Seneca
County, N.Y., July 16,
1810. Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Orleans County, 1837, 1850-51, 1853; U.S.
Representative from New York 31st District, 1857-60; died in
office 1860. Died in Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y., June 3,
1860. Interment at Boxwood
Cemetery, Medina, N.Y.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- William Wilson Potter (1792-1839) — also known as
William W. Potter — of Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa. Born in Potters Mills (unknown
county), Pa., December
18, 1792. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1837-39; died in
office 1839. Died in Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa., October
28, 1839. Interment at Union
Cemetery, Bellefonte, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton (1808-1845) — of Tennessee.
Born in Tennessee, 1808.
Brother of Balie
Peyton. Member of Tennessee state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1843-45; died in
office 1845. Died in 1845.
Interment at a
private or family graveyard, Sumner County, Tenn.; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery.
- Thomas Lyon Hamer (1800-1846) — of Ohio. Born in Northumberland
County, Pa., 1800.
Uncle of Thomas
Ray Hamer. Democrat. Member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1825; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1833-39; served in the
U.S. Army during the Mexican War. Died in
the military service at Monterrey, Nuevo
León, December
2, 1846. Original interment somewhere
in near Monterrey, Nuevo León; reinterment at Georgetown
Cemetery, Georgetown, Ohio; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- Rodolphus Dickinson (1797-1849) — of Ohio. Born in
Hatfield, Hampshire
County, Mass., December
28, 1797. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1847-49; died in office
1849. Died in Washington,
D.C., March 20,
1849. Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- Charles Denison (1818-1867) — of Pennsylvania. Born
in Wyoming Valley, Luzerne
County, Pa., January
23, 1818. Nephew of George
Denison. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1863-67; died in
office 1867; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1864.
Died in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., June 27,
1867. Interment at Forty
Fort Cemetery, Kingston, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- Elijah Hise (1802-1867) — of Russellville, Logan
County, Ky. Born in Pennsylvania, 1802.
Democrat. U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Guatamala, 1848-49; member of Kentucky state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1866-67; died in
office 1867. Died in 1867.
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Russellville, Ky.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
- Benjamin Franklin Hopkins (1829-1870) — also known
as Benjamin F. Hopkins — of Madison, Dane
County, Wis. Born in New York, 1829.
Republican. Member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1862-63; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1866; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1867-70; died in
office 1870. Died in 1870.
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- James Johnson (1774-1826) — of Kentucky. Born in Orange
County, Va., January
1, 1774. Brother of Richard
Mentor Johnson and John
Telemachus Johnson; uncle of Robert
Ward Johnson. Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state senate, 1808; Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1820;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1825-26; died in
office 1826. Died in Washington,
D.C., August
13, 1826. Interment in private or family graveyard; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery.
- David Dickson (d. 1836) — of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss. Born in Georgia. Physician;
delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1817, 1832;
member of Mississippi
state senate, 1820-21; Lieutenant
Governor of Mississippi, 1821; secretary of
state of Mississippi, 1835; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1835-36; died in office
1836. Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., 1836.
Cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- Alexander Hamilton Buell (1801-1853) — also known as
Alexander H. Buell — of Herkimer
County, N.Y. Born in Fairfield, Herkimer
County, N.Y., July 4,
1801. Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Herkimer County, 1845; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1851-53; died in
office 1853. Died in Washington,
D.C., January
29, 1853. Interment at Episcopal
Cemetery, Fairfield, N.Y.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- George Whitfield Scranton (1811-1861) — of
Pennsylvania. Born in Connecticut, 1811.
Second cousin of Joseph
Augustine Scranton. Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1859-61; died in
office 1861. Died in 1861.
Interment at Dunmore
Cemetery, Dunmore, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- Thomas Estes Noell (1839-1867) — also known as
Thomas E. Noell — of Perryville, Perry
County, Mo. Born in Missouri, 1839.
Son of John
William Noell. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1865-67; died in
office 1867. Died in 1867.
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Perryville, Mo.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
- David Heaton (1823-1870) — of North Carolina. Born
in Ohio, 1823.
Republican. Member of North Carolina state legislature; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1868-70; died in
office 1870. Died in 1870.
Interment at National
Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- Hedge Thompson (1780-1828) — of Salem, Salem
County, N.J. Born in New Jersey, 1780.
Member of New Jersey state legislature, 1805; state court judge in
New Jersey, 1815; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1827-28; died in office
1828. Died July 23,
1828. Interment at St.
John's Protestant Episcopal Churchyard, Salem, N.J.; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery.
- Benjamin F. Deming (1790-1834) — of Vermont. Born in
Danville, Caledonia
County, Vt., 1790.
Probate judge in Vermont, 1821-33; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 5th District, 1833-34; died in office
1834. Died in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., July 11,
1834. Interment at Danville
Green Cemetery, Danville, Vt.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
- Charles Slade (d. 1834) — of Illinois. Born in England.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1820, 1826; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1833-34; died in
office 1834. Died near Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind., July 26,
1834. Cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- Zalmon Wildman (1775-1835) — of Connecticut. Born in
Connecticut, 1775.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1835; died in office
1835. Died in 1835.
Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- James Church Alvord (1808-1839) — of Massachusetts.
Born in Greenwich, Hampshire
County, Mass., April 14,
1808. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1837; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1838; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1839; died in
office 1839. Died in Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass., September
27, 1839. Interment at Federal
Street Cemetery, Greenfield, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
- Simeon H. Anderson (1802-1840) — of Kentucky. Born
near Lancaster, Garrard
County, Ky., March 2,
1802. Father of William
Clayton Anderson. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1828-29, 1832, 1836-38; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1839-40; died in
office 1840. Died near Lancaster, Garrard
County, Ky., August
11, 1840. Interment at a
private or family graveyard, Hart County, Ky.; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery.
- Anson Brown (1800-1840) — of Ballston Spa, Saratoga
County, N.Y. Born in Charlton, Saratoga
County, N.Y., 1800.
Lawyer;
one of the first directors of the Ballston Spa State Bank in
1830; U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1839-40; died in
office 1840. Died in Ballston Spa, Saratoga
County, N.Y., June 14,
1840. Interment at Ballston
Spa Cemetery, Ballston Spa, N.Y.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
- William Sterrett Ramsey (1810-1840) — also known as
William S. Ramsey — of Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa. Born in Pennsylvania, 1810.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1839-40; died in
office 1840. Died October
17, 1840. Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- Henry Black (1783-1841) — of Pennsylvania. Born near
Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., February
25, 1783. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1816-18; county judge in
Pennsylvania, 1820-40; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1841; died in
office 1841. Died in Somerset, Somerset
County, Pa., November
28, 1841. Interment at a
private or family graveyard, Somerset County, Pa.; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery.
- Davis Dimock, Jr. (1801-1842) — of Pennsylvania.
Born in Exeter, Luzerne
County, Pa., September
17, 1801. Democrat. Lawyer; Susquehanna
County Treasurer, 1834; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1841-42; died in
office 1842. Died in Montrose, Susquehanna
County, Pa., January
13, 1842. Interment at Montrose
Cemetery, Montrose, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- John Millen (1804-1843) — of Georgia. Born in
Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., 1804.
First cousin of Richard
Dennis Arnold. Democrat. Member of Georgia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1843; died in office 1843.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1843.
Interment at Laurel
Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
- Heman Allen Moore (1809-1844) — of Ohio. Born in
Plainfield, Washington
County, Vt., August
27, 1809. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1843-44; died in office
1844. Died April 3,
1844. Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
- Samuel Gardiner Wright (1781-1845) — also known as
Samuel G. Wright — of Imlaystown, Monmouth
County, N.J. Born in New Jersey, 1781.
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1845; died in office
1845. Quaker.
Died July 30,
1845. Interment at East
Branch Cemetery, Cox's Corner, N.J.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
- Richard Platt Herrick (1791-1846) — also known as
Richard P. Herrick — of Greenbush (now Rensselaer), Rensselaer
County, N.Y. Born in Greenbush (now Rensselaer), Rensselaer
County, N.Y., March 23,
1791. Member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1839; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1845-46; died in
office 1846. Died in Washington,
D.C., June 20,
1846. Interment at Greenbush
Cemetery, Rensselaer, N.Y.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- John Westbrook Hornbeck (1804-1848) — of
Pennsylvania. Born in New Jersey, 1804.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1847-48; died in
office 1848. Died in 1848.
Interment at Allentown
Cemetery, Allentown, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- John Milton Holley (1802-1848) — of New York. Born
in Connecticut, 1802.
Member of New York state legislature; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1847-48; died in
office 1848. Died in 1848.
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, Lyons, N.Y.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- Amos Eastman Wood (1810-1850) — of Ohio. Born in New
York, 1810.
Democrat. Member of Ohio state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1849-50; died in office
1850. Died in 1850.
Interment at Woodville
Cemetery, Woodville, Ohio; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- Brookins Campbell (1808-1853) — of Tennessee. Born
in Washington
County, Tenn., 1808.
Democrat. Member of Tennessee state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1853; died in office
1853. Died in Washington,
D.C., December
25, 1853. Interment at Providence
Presbyterian Churchyard, Greeneville, Tenn.; cenotaph at
Congressional Cemetery.
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg (1823-1854) — of
Pennsylvania. Born in Pennsylvania, 1823.
Grandson of Joseph
Hiester; son of Henry
Augustus Philip Muhlenberg. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1853-54; died in
office 1854. Died in 1854.
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- John Fryall Snodgrass (1804-1854) — of Virginia.
Born in Berkeley
County, Va. (now W.Va.), March 2,
1804. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 11th District, 1853-54; died in
office 1854. Died suddenly, while arguing a
case in court, in Parkersburg, Wood
County, Va. (now W.Va.), June 5,
1854. Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- John Gallagher Montgomery (1805-1857) — of
Pennsylvania. Born in Northumberland, Northumberland
County, Pa., June 27,
1805. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1855; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1857; died in
office 1857. Presumed to have been deliberately
poisoned
at a banquet during the inauguration of President James
Buchanan, in Washington, D.C., and subsequently died, at
Danville, Montour
County, Pa., April 24,
1857. Interment at Episcopal
Cemetery, Danville, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- Cyrus Spink (1793-1859) — of Ohio. Born in Berkshire
County, Mass., March 24,
1793. Republican. Member of Ohio state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1859; died in office
1859. Died in Wooster, Wayne
County, Ohio, May 31,
1859. Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Wooster, Ohio; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- John Schwartz (1793-1860) — of Pennsylvania. Born in
Pennsylvania, 1793.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1859-60; died in
office 1860. Died in 1860.
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- Goldsmith Fox Bailey (1823-1862) — of Massachusetts.
Born in Westmoreland, Cheshire
County, N.H., July 17,
1823. Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1857; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1858-60; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1861-62; died in
office 1862. Died in Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass., May 8,
1862. Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Fitchburg, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
- Thomas Buchecker Cooper (1823-1862) — of
Pennsylvania. Born in Coopersburg, Lehigh
County, Pa., December
29, 1823. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1861-62; died in
office 1862. Died in Coopersburg, Lehigh
County, Pa., April 4,
1862. Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Coopersburg, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- Luther Hanchett (1825-1862) — of Wisconsin. Born in
Middlebury, Portage
County, Ohio, October
25, 1825. Republican. Member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1856-60; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1861-62; died in
office 1862. Died in Plover, Portage
County, Wis., November
24, 1862. Interment at Plover
Cemetery, Plover, Wis.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton (1821-1867) — of Union
County, Ohio. Born in Gratiot, Muskingum
County, Ohio, January
2, 1821. Republican. Delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Union County,
1850-51; member of Ohio state
senate, 1856-57; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1867; died in office 1867.
Killed
by his insane son, in Marysville, Union
County, Ohio, December
22, 1867. Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Marysville, Ohio; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- James Hinds (1833-1868) — of Arkansas. Born near
Salem, Washington
County, N.Y., December
5, 1833. Republican. U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1868; died in office
1868. Shot
and killed by George A. Clark, who was drunk at the time, near
Indian Bay, Monroe
County, Ark., October
22, 1868. Interment somewhere
in East Norwich, Long Island, N.Y.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery.
- Darwin Abel Finney (1814-1868) — of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa. Born in Shrewsbury, Rutland
County, Vt., August
11, 1814. Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1856-61; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1867-68; died in
office 1868. Died in Brussels, Belgium,
August
25, 1868. Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- Truman Harrison Hoag (1816-1870) — of Ohio. Born in
New York, 1816.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1869-70; died in office
1870. Died in 1870.
Interment at Forest
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
- Nicholas Joseph Begich (1932-1972) — also known as
Nick Begich — of Anchorage,
Alaska. Born in Eveleth, St. Louis
County, Minn., April 6,
1932. Married 1956 to Margaret
Jendro; father of Nicholas
J. Begich, Thomas
Begich and Mark
Begich (who married Deborah
Bonito). Democrat. Member of Alaska
state senate, 1963-71; U.S.
Representative from Alaska at-large, 1971-72; died in office
1972; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alaska, 1972.
Alaska
Native and Croatian
ancestry. Begich Middle School in Anchorage is named for
him. Disappeared
while on a campaign
flight from Anchorage to Juneau, Alaska, October
16, 1972, and presumed dead in a plane
crash, but apparently the wreckage was never
found. Cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.
Connecticut Avenue
Washington, District of Columbia
Politicians who have monuments here:
- George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885) — also known as
George B. McClellan; "Little Mac" — of
New Jersey. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
3, 1826. Son of George McClellan and Elizabeth Steinmetz
(Brinton) McClellan; married to Mary Ellen Marcy (granddaughter of Laban
Marcy; daughter of Gen. Randolph Barnes Marcy (1812-1887));
father of George
Brinton McClellan (1865-1940). Democrat. General in the Union
Army during the Civil War; candidate for President
of the United States, 1864; Governor of
New Jersey, 1878-81. Member, Freemasons;
Loyal
Legion. Died October
29, 1885. Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.; statue erected 1907 at Connecticut
Avenue.
Dumbarton Oaks Rose Garden
Washington, District of Columbia
Politicians buried here:
- Robert Woods Bliss (1875-1962) — of New York; Washington,
D.C. Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August 5,
1875. Son of William Henry Bliss and Annie Louise (Woods) Bliss;
married, April 14,
1908, to Mildred Barnes. U.S. Consul in Venice, 1903; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Sweden, 1923-27; U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1927-33. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Academy of Political and Social Science. One of five retired
diplomats who co-signed a famous 1954 letter protesting U.S. Sen. Joe
McCarthy's attacks on the Foreign Service. Donated his Georgetown
estate, Dumbarton Oaks, to Harvard University in 1940; after the war,
it was the scene of the conference that led to the creation of the
United Nations. Died in Washington,
D.C., April 19,
1962. Cremated; ashes
interred at Dumbarton Oaks Rose Garden.
Garfield Circle
Washington, District of Columbia
Politicians who have monuments here:
- James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) — also known as
James A. Garfield — of Hiram, Portage
County, Ohio. Born in a log
cabin near Orange, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
19, 1831. Married, November
11, 1858, to Lucretia "Crete" Rudolph (1832-1918);
father of James
Rudolph Garfield. Republican. Lawyer; college
professor; president,
Eclectic University (now Hiram College); member of Ohio state
senate, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1863-81; President
of the United States, 1881; died in office 1881. Disciples
of Christ. English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Upsilon. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $20
gold certificate in about 1898-1905. Shot by
Charles J. Guiteau, at the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad
Station in Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881; died from the effects
of the wound and treatment, in Elberon, Monmouth
County, N.J., September
19, 1881. Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; statue erected 1887 at Garfield
Circle; statue at Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif. Garfield counties in Colo., Mont., Neb., Okla., Utah and Wash. are
named for him.
Gate of Heaven Cemetery
Washington, District of Columbia
Politicians buried here:
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara (1895-1975) — also known as
Joseph P. O'Hara — of Glencoe, McLeod
County, Minn. Born in Tipton, Cedar
County, Iowa, January
23, 1895. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1941-59. Died in
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March 4,
1975. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
Georgetown Presbyterian Cemetery
Washington, District of Columbia
Politicians formerly buried here:
- James Gillespie (c.1742-1805) — of North Carolina.
Born in Kenansville, Duplin
County, N.C. Delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1776; member of
North Carolina state legislature, 1779; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1784; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1793-99, 1803-05 (at-large
1793-97, 6th District 1797-99, 5th District 1803-05); died in office
1805. Died in Washington,
D.C., January
11, 1805. Original interment at Georgetown Presbyterian Cemetery;
reinterment at Congressional Cemetery.
Glenwood Cemetery
Washington, District of Columbia
Founded 1854
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- Amos Kendall (1789-1869) — Born in Dunstable, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
16, 1789. U.S.
Postmaster General, 1835-40. Died in Washington,
D.C., November
12, 1869. Interment at Glenwood Cemetery. Kendall County,
Ill. is named for him.
- Edwin Freemont Ladd (1859-1925) — also known as
Edwin F. Ladd — of Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak. Born in Starks, Somerset
County, Maine, December
13, 1859. Son of John Ladd and Rosilla (Locke) Ladd; married, August
16, 1893, to Rizpah Sprogle. Republican. Chemist;
college
professor; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1921-25; died in office 1925. Died in
Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., June 22,
1925. Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
- William Howard Thompson (1871-1928) — also known as
William H. Thompson — of Garden City, Finney
County, Kan. Born in Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind., October
14, 1871. Son-in-law of Andrew
Jackson Felt. Democrat. District judge in Kansas, 1906-13; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1913-19; defeated, 1918; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1916;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1922. Died in 1928.
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
- Thomas Welles Bartley (1812-1885) — also known as
Thomas W. Bartley — of Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio. Born February
11, 1812. Son of Mordecai
Bartley. Democrat. Governor of
Ohio, 1844; U.S.
Attorney for Ohio, 1845-50; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1852-59; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1860.
Died June 20,
1885. Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey (1846-1884) — of
Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C. Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March 8,
1846. Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Orangeburg
County, 1868; Charleston
County Sheriff, 1868-72; delegate to Republican National
Convention from South Carolina, 1872,
1880;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1873, 1877; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1875-76, 1882-84 (2nd
District 1875-76, 1882-83, 7th District 1883-84); died in office
1884. Died in Washington,
D.C., January
27, 1884. Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
- Chester Bidwell Darrall (1842-1908) — of Brashears,
East
Baton Rouge Parish, La. Born near Addison, Somerset
County, Pa., June 24,
1842. Republican. Member of Louisiana state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1869-79, 1881-83.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
1, 1908. Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
- Jesse Johnson Yeates (1829-1892) — of North
Carolina. Born near Murfreesboro, Hertford
County, N.C., May 29,
1829. Democrat. Member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1860-62; served in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1871; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1875-79, 1881.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
5, 1892. Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
- James Rankin Young (1847-1924) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 10,
1847. Son of George Rankin Young and Eliza (Russell) Young;
married 1874
to Mary Barclay; father of James
Barclay Young. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the
Civil War; newspaper
reporter; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1897-1903. Died December
18, 1924. Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
- Vannoy Hartrog Manning (1839-1892) — also known as
Van H. Manning — of Hamburg, Ashley
County, Ark.; Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss. Born near Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., July 26,
1839. Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1860;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1877-83. Died in
Branchville, Prince
George's County, Md., November
2, 1892. Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
- William James Purman (1840-1928) — of Jackson
County, Fla. Born in Pennsylvania, 1840.
Republican. Delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Jackson County,
1868; member of Florida state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1873-77 (at-large 1873-75, 1st
District 1875-77). Died in 1928.
Cremated;
ashes interred at Glenwood Cemetery.
- Alexander Gordon Penn (1799-1866) — of Louisiana.
Born in Virginia, 1799.
Democrat. Member of Louisiana state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1850-53. Died in 1866.
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
- Ransom Hooker Gillet (1800-1876) — of New York. Born
in New York, 1800.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1833-37. Died in 1876.
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
- John Jones Roane (1794-1869) — of Virginia. Born in
Virginia, 1794.
Son of John
Roane. Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 12th District, 1831-33. Died in 1869.
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
- Hiram Walbridge (1821-1870) — of New York. Born in
Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., February
2, 1821. First cousin twice removed of Henry
Sanford Walbridge. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1853-55. Died in 1870.
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
- John Ambler Smith (1847-1892) — of Virginia. Born in
Virginia, 1847.
Republican. Member of Virginia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1873-75. Died in 1892.
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
- William Embre Gaines (1844-1912) — also known as
William E. Gaines — of Burkeville, Nottoway
County, Va. Born near Charlotte Court House, Charlotte
County, Va., August
30, 1844. Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of Virginia
state senate, 1883-87; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1887-89. Died in Washington,
D.C., May 4,
1912. Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
- Selucius Garfielde (1822-1881) — of Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky.; El Dorado
County, Calif.; Seattle, King
County, Wash. Born in Shoreham, Addison
County, Vt., December
8, 1822. Democrat. Delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; member of California
state assembly 12th District, 1853-54; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1856;
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1869-73; defeated,
1860. Died in Washington,
D.C., April 13,
1881. Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
Graceland Cemetery
Washington, District of Columbia
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- Richard Harvey Cain (1825-1887) — also known as
Richard H. Cain — of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C. Born in Greenbrier
County, Va. (now W.Va.), April 12,
1825. Republican. Delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Charleston
County, 1868; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1868-72; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1873-75, 1877-79 (at-large
1873-75, 2nd District 1877-79). Black. Methodist.
Bishop of African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1880-87. Died in Washington,
D.C., January
18, 1887. Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
Hancock Circle
Washington, District of Columbia
Politicians who have monuments here:
- Winfield Scott Hancock (1824-1886) — also known as
Winfield S. Hancock — Born in Montgomery
County, Pa., February
14, 1824. Uncle by marriage of William
Rush Merriam. Democrat. General in the Union Army during the
Civil War; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1868,
1876;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1880. Member, Freemasons;
Loyal
Legion. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $2
silver certificate in the 1880s and early 1890s. Died February
9, 1886. Interment at Montgomery
Cemetery, Norristown, Pa.; statue erected 1896 at Hancock Circle.
Harmony Cemetery
Washington, District of Columbia
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
Judiciary Park
Washington, District of Columbia
Politicians who have monuments here:
- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) — also known as
"Honest Abe"; "Old Abe";
"The Rail-Splitter"; "The Illinois
Baboon" — of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill. Born in a log
cabin, Hardin County (part now in Larue
County), Ky., February
12, 1809. Married, November
4, 1842, to Mary Ann Todd (1818-1882) (grandniece of David
Rittenhouse Porter; sister-in-law of Ninian
Wirt Edwards; half-sister-in-law of N. H.
R. Dawson); father of Robert
Todd Lincoln; fourth cousin twice removed of John
Joseph Lincoln, Sr.. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during
the Black Hawk War; lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1834-41; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1847-49; candidate for
Republican nomination for Vice President, 1856;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1858; President
of the United States, 1861-65; died in office 1865. English
ancestry. His election as president in 1860 precipitated the Civil
War; determined to preserve the Union, he led the North to victory on
the battlefield, freed the slaves in the conquered states, and in
doing this, redefined American nationhood. Shot by
John Wilkes Booth during a play at
Ford's Theater
in Washington,
D.C., April 14, 1865; died at Peterson's Boarding
House, across the street, the following day, April 15,
1865. He was elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appears on the
U.S. penny
(one
cent coin) since 1909, and on the $5
bill since 1913. From the 1860s until 1927, his portrait also
appeared on U.S. notes
and certificates of various denominations from $1
to $500. Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; memorial monument at National Mall; statue erected 1868 at Judiciary
Park. Lincoln counties in Ark., Colo., Idaho, Kan., La., Minn., Miss., Mont., Neb., Nev., N.M., Okla., Ore., Wash., W.Va., Wis. and Wyo. are
named for him.
- Cross-reference: Clement
Claiborne Clay, Jr.; Isham
N. Haynie; William
M. Stone; John
Pitcher; Stephen
Miller; John
T. Stuart; William
H. Seward; Henry
L. Burnett; Judah
P. Benjamin; Robert
Toombs; Richard
Taylor Jacob; George
W. Jones; James
Adams; John
G. Nicolay; Edward
Everett; Stephen
T. Logan; Francis
P. Blair; John
Hay
- See also Porter-Edwards-Lincoln-Todd
family of Illinois
- See also: congressional
biography; Wikipedia
article; NNDB
dossier; Internet
Movie Database profile.
- Books about Abraham
Lincoln: David Herbert Donald, Lincoln;
George Anastaplo, Abraham
Lincoln : A Constitutional Biography; G. S. Boritt, ed., The
Lincoln Enigma : The Changing Faces of an American Icon; Albert
J. Beveridge, Abraham
Lincoln 1809-1858 (out of print); Geoffrey Perret, Lincoln's
War : The Untold Story of America's Greatest President as Commander
in Chief; David Herbert Donald, We
Are Lincoln Men : Abraham Lincoln and His Friends; Edward Steers,
Jr., Blood
on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln; Mario Cuomo,
Why
Lincoln Matters : Today More Than Ever; Michael W. Kauffman, American
Brutus : John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies; Doris
Kearns Goodwin, Team
of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln; Joshua Wolf
Shenk, Lincoln's
Melancholy : How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His
Greatness; John Channing Briggs, Lincoln's
Speeches Reconsidered; Ronald C. White, Jr., The
Eloquent President : A Portrait of Lincoln Through His Words;
Harold Holzer, Lincoln
at Cooper Union : The Speech That Made Abraham Linco ln
President; Michael Lind, What
Lincoln Believed : The Values and Convictions of America's Greatest
President; Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team
of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln; Michael
Burlingame, ed., Abraham
Lincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and John Hay; Thomas
J. Craughwell, Stealing
Lincoln's Body; Roy Morris, Jr., The
Long Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with Stephen
Douglas for the Heart and Soul of America; Karen Judson, Abraham
Lincoln (for young readers)
- Critical books about
Abraham Lincoln: Thomas J. DiLorenzo, The
Real Lincoln : A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an
Unnecessary War
- Fiction about Abraham Lincoln:
Gore Vidal, Lincoln:
A Novel
Lafayette Park
Washington, District of Columbia
Politicians who have monuments here:
- Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) — also known as
"Old Hickory"; "The Farmer of
Tennessee"; "King Andrew the First" —
of Tennessee. Born, in a log
cabin, in The Waxhaws, Lancaster
County, S.C., March 15,
1767. Son of Andrew Jackson and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson;
married to Rachel (Donelson) Robards; uncle of Andrew
Jackson Donelson. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Tennessee, 1790-97; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1796-97; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1797-98, 1823-25; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1798; general in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; Governor of
Florida Territory, 1821; President
of the United States, 1829-37. Presbyterian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Killed Charles Dickinson in a pistol duel,
May 30, 1806; also duelled
with Thomas
Hart Benton. Censured
by the U.S. Senate in 1834 over his removal of federal deposits from
the Bank of the United States. On January 30, 1835, while attending
funeral services at the Capitol Building for Rep. Warren
R. Davis of South Carolina, he was shot
at with two guns -- which both misfired -- by Richard Lawrence, a
house painter (later found not guilty by reason of insanity). Died,
of dropsy (congestive
heart failure), in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 8,
1845. Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1910. His portrait appears on the
U.S. $20
bill; from the 1860s until 1927, his portrait appeared on on U.S.
notes
and certificates of various denominations from $5
to $10,000. In 1861, his portrait appeared on Confederate States
$1,000
notes. Interment at The
Hermitage, Nashville, Tenn.; statue erected 1853 at Lafayette
Park; statue erected 1856 at Jackson
Square, New Orleans, La. Jackson counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Tenn., Tex., W.Va. and Wis., and Hickory County,
Mo., are named for him.
- Cross-reference: Francis
P. Blair
- See also: congressional
biography; Wikipedia
article; NNDB
dossier; Find-A-Grave
page.
- Books about Andrew Jackson: Robert Vincent
Remini, The
Life of Andrew Jackson; Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832; Robert
Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Democracy, 1833-1845; Robert
Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Empire, 1767-1821; Andrew
Burstein, The
Passions of Andrew Jackson; David S. Heidler & Jeanne T. Heidler,
Old
Hickory's War: Andrew Jackson and the Quest for Empire; Donald B.
Cole, The
Presidency of Andrew Jackson; H. W. Brands, Andrew
Jackson : His Life and Times
Mellon Fountain
Washington, District of Columbia
Politicians formerly buried here:
- Andrew William Mellon (1855-1937) — also known as
Andrew W. Mellon — of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa. Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., March 24,
1855. Father of Ailsa Mellon (who married David
Kirkpatrick Este Bruce). Republican. Delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1920,
1924,
1928;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1921-32; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1932-33. Died in Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., August
26, 1937. Original interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.; subsequent interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fauquier County, Va.; reinterment at
Trinity
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Upperville, Va.; memorial monument at
Mellon Fountain.
Meridian Hill Park
Washington, District of Columbia
Politicians formerly buried here:
- James Buchanan (1791-1868) — also known as
"The Sage of Wheatland"; "Buck"
— of Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa. Born in a log
cabin near Mercersburg, Franklin
County, Pa., April 23,
1791. Son of James Buchanan and Elizabeth (Speer) Buchanan;
cousin of James
M. Buchanan. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1814; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1821-31 (3rd District 1821-23,
4th District 1823-31); U.S. Minister to Russia, 1832-33; Great Britain, 1853-56; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1834-45; resigned 1845; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1844,
1848,
1852;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1845-49; President
of the United States, 1857-61. Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died near Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., June 1,
1868. Interment at Woodward
Hill Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa.; memorial monument at Meridian Hill
Park. Buchanan counties in Iowa, Mo. and Va. are named
for him.
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Washington, District of Columbia
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- Joseph McKenna (1843-1926) — of Suisun City, Solano
County, Calif. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
10, 1843. Republican. Member of California
state assembly 19th District, 1875-77; U.S.
Representative from California 3rd District, 1885-92; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1892-97; U.S.
Attorney General, 1897-98; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1898-1925. Catholic.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
21, 1926. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
- Thomas Henry Carter (1854-1911) — also known as
Thomas H. Carter — of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont. Born near Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio, October
30, 1854. Married to Ellen L. Galen. Republican. Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1889; U.S.
Representative from Montana at-large, 1889-91; defeated, 1890; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1892-96; U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1895-1901, 1905-11; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Montana, 1896,
1900,
1904;
Speaker, 1896.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
17, 1911. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Carter County,
Mont. is named for him.
- William Matthew Merrick (1818-1889) — Born near
Faulkner, Charles
County, Md., September
1, 1818. Son of William
Duhurst Merrick. Democrat. Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1854-63; delegate to
Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1870; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1871-73; justice of
District of Columbia supreme court, 1885-89. Died in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 1889. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
- William Franklin Sands (1874-1946) — also known as
William F. Sands — of Washington,
D.C. Born in Washington,
D.C., July 29,
1874. Son of James Hoban Sands (Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy) and Mary
Elizabeth (Meade) Sands; married 1909 to Edith
Gertrude Keating. U.S. Minister to Guatamala, 1909-10. Catholic.
Member, Loyal
Legion. Died in 1946.
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
- William Russell Smith (1815-1896) — of Alabama. Born
in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., March 27,
1815. Mayor
of Tuscaloosa, Ala., 1839; member of Alabama state legislature,
1841-42; state court judge in Alabama, 1850; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1851-57; delegate
to Alabama secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; candidate for
Governor
of Alabama, 1865. Died in Washington,
D.C., February
26, 1896. Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at
Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry (1871-1943) — also known as
Timothy T. Ansberry — of Defiance, Defiance
County, Ohio; Washington,
D.C. Born in Defiance, Defiance
County, Ohio, December
24, 1871. Son of Edmond Ansberry and Elizabeth (Fitzpatrick)
Ansberry; married 1904 to Nelle
Kettenring. Democrat. Lawyer; Defiance
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1895-1903; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1907-15; defeated, 1904;
Judge,
Ohio Court of Appeals, 1915-16; Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1916;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1924
(alternate), 1928;
law partner of Joseph
E. Davies. Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus. Died following a gall
bladder operation complicated by heart
disease, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 5,
1943. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
- Charles Alexander Korbly (1871-1937) — also known as
Charles A. Korbly — of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind. Born in Madison, Jefferson
County, Ind., March 24,
1871. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1909-15. Died July 26,
1937. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
- Joseph Aloysius Conry (1868-1943) — also known as
Joseph A. Conry — of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass. Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., September
12, 1868. U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1901-03; defeated
(National Democratic), 1902. Died June 22,
1943. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
- Ralph Hunter Daughton (1885-1958) — of Norfolk,
Va. Born in Washington,
D.C., September
23, 1885. Married to Susan Taggart. Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1933-44; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1944-47. Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Lions. Died
in Norfolk,
Va., December
22, 1958. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
- Michael Walsh Cluskey (1832-1873) — of Tennessee.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., 1832.
Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65. Died in
Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
13, 1873. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
- Samuel W. Taylor (1833-1892) — of Washington,
D.C.; New York, New York
County, N.Y. Born in Washington,
D.C., February
11, 1833. Merchant;
Prominent in Washington local politics. Died, from apoplexy,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 31,
1892. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Politicians formerly buried here:
- William Duhurst Merrick (1793-1857) — of Maryland.
Born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel
County, Md., October
25, 1793. Father of William
Matthew Merrick. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1832-37, 1856-57; died in office 1857;
U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1838-45; delegate to
Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850. Died in Washington,
D.C., February
5, 1857. Original interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery; reinterment
at St.
Mary's Church Cemetery, Newport, Md.
National Mall
Washington, District of Columbia
Politicians formerly buried here:
- George Washington (1732-1799) — also known as
"Father of His Country" — of Virginia. Born in
Westmoreland
County, Va., February
22, 1732. Son of Augustine Washington and Mary (Ball) Washington;
married, January
6, 1759, to Martha (Dandridge) Custis; uncle of Bushrod
Washington; uncle by marriage of Burwell
Bassett; granduncle of George
Corbin Washington; granduncle by marriage of Charles
Magill Conrad. Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-75; general in the
Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; President
of the United States, 1789-97. Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Society
of the Cincinnati; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences. As the leader of the Revolution, he
could have been King; instead, he served as the first
President and stepped down after two terms. Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appears on the
U.S. quarter
(25
cent coin), and on the $1
dollar bill. His portrait also appeared on various other
denominations of U.S. currency,
and on the Confederate States $50
note during the Civil War. Died, probably from acute bacterial
epiglottitis, at Mt. Vernon, Fairfax
County, Va., December
14, 1799. Entombed at Mt.
Vernon, Mt. Vernon, Va.; statue erected 1860 at Washington Circle; memorial monument at
National Mall. Washington counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Minn., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Pa., R.I., Tenn., Tex., Utah, Vt., Va. and Wis. are
named for him.
- Cross-reference: Henry
Lee; Joshua
Fry; Alexander
Dimitry; Tobias
Lear; David
Matthews; Rufus
Putnam
- See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams
family
- See also: congressional
biography; Wikipedia
article; NNDB
dossier.
- Books about George Washington: Richard
Brookhiser, Founding
Father: Rediscovering George Washington; James Thomas Flexner, Washington:
The Indispensable Man; Willard Sterne Randall, George
Washington : A Life; Richard Norton Smith, Patriarch
: George Washington and the New American Nation; Henry Wiencek,
An
Imperfect God : George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of
America; James MacGregor Burns, George
Washington; Joseph J. Ellis, His
Excellency, George Washington; Gore Vidal, Inventing
A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson; Wendie C. Old, George
Washington (for young readers)
- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) — also known as
"Honest Abe"; "Old Abe";
"The Rail-Splitter"; "The Illinois
Baboon" — of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill. Born in a log
cabin, Hardin County (part now in Larue
County), Ky., February
12, 1809. Married, November
4, 1842, to Mary Ann Todd (1818-1882) (grandniece of David
Rittenhouse Porter; sister-in-law of Ninian
Wirt Edwards; half-sister-in-law of N. H.
R. Dawson); father of Robert
Todd Lincoln; fourth cousin twice removed of John
Joseph Lincoln, Sr.. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during
the Black Hawk War; lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1834-41; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1847-49; candidate for
Republican nomination for Vice President, 1856;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1858; President
of the United States, 1861-65; died in office 1865. English
ancestry. His election as president in 1860 precipitated the Civil
War; determined to preserve the Union, he led the North to victory on
the battlefield, freed the slaves in the conquered states, and in
doing this, redefined American nationhood. Shot by
John Wilkes Booth during a play at
Ford's Theater
in Washington,
D.C., April 14, 1865; died at Peterson's Boarding
House, across the street, the following day, April 15,
1865. He was elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appears on the
U.S. penny
(one
cent coin) since 1909, and on the $5
bill since 1913. From the 1860s until 1927, his portrait also
appeared on U.S. notes
and certificates of various denominations from $1
to $500. Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; memorial monument at National
Mall; statue erected 1868 at Judiciary Park.
Lincoln counties in Ark., Colo., Idaho, Kan., La., Minn., Miss., Mont., Neb., Nev., N.M., Okla., Ore., Wash., W.Va., Wis. and Wyo. are
named for him.
- Cross-reference: Clement
Claiborne Clay, Jr.; Isham
N. Haynie; William
M. Stone; John
Pitcher; Stephen
Miller; John
T. Stuart; William
H. Seward; Henry
L. Burnett; Judah
P. Benjamin; Robert
Toombs; Richard
Taylor Jacob; George
W. Jones; James
Adams; John
G. Nicolay; Edward
Everett; Stephen
T. Logan; Francis
P. Blair; John
Hay
- See also Porter-Edwards-Lincoln-Todd
family of Illinois
- See also: congressional
biography; Wikipedia
article; NNDB
dossier; Internet
Movie Database profile.
- Books about Abraham
Lincoln: David Herbert Donald, Lincoln;
George Anastaplo, Abraham
Lincoln : A Constitutional Biography; G. S. Boritt, ed., The
Lincoln Enigma : The Changing Faces of an American Icon; Albert
J. Beveridge, Abraham
Lincoln 1809-1858 (out of print); Geoffrey Perret, Lincoln's
War : The Untold Story of America's Greatest President as Commander
in Chief; David Herbert Donald, We
Are Lincoln Men : Abraham Lincoln and His Friends; Edward Steers,
Jr., Blood
on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln; Mario Cuomo,
Why
Lincoln Matters : Today More Than Ever; Michael W. Kauffman, American
Brutus : John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies; Doris
Kearns Goodwin, Team
of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln; Joshua Wolf
Shenk, Lincoln's
Melancholy : How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His
Greatness; John Channing Briggs, Lincoln's
Speeches Reconsidered; Ronald C. White, Jr., The
Eloquent President : A Portrait of Lincoln Through His Words;
Harold Holzer, Lincoln
at Cooper Union : The Speech That Made Abraham Linco ln
President; Michael Lind, What
Lincoln Believed : The Values and Convictions of America's Greatest
President; Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team
of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln; Michael
Burlingame, ed., Abraham
Lincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and John Hay; Thomas
J. Craughwell, Stealing
Lincoln's Body; Roy Morris, Jr., The
Long Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with Stephen
Douglas for the Heart and Soul of America; Karen Judson, Abraham
Lincoln (for young readers)
- Critical books about
Abraham Lincoln: Thomas J. DiLorenzo, The
Real Lincoln : A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an
Unnecessary War
- Fiction about Abraham Lincoln:
Gore Vidal, Lincoln:
A Novel
Oak Hill Cemetery
Washington, District of Columbia
Founded 1848
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814-1869) — also known as
Edwin M. Stanton; "The Great Energy" —
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, December
19, 1814. Grandfather of Cora Van Voorhis Stanton (who married Ernest
Lee Jahncke). U.S.
Attorney General, 1860-61; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1862-68. Quaker.
His portrait appeared on the $1
U.S. Treasury Note in the 1880s and 1890s. Died in Washington,
D.C., December
24, 1869. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- Edward Douglass White (1845-1921) — of Louisiana.
Born near Thibodaux, Lafourche
Parish, La., November
3, 1845. Grandson of James
White; son of Edward
Douglass White (1795-1847). Democrat. Served in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1874; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1879-80; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1891-94; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1894-1910; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1910-21; died in office 1921. Catholic.
Died, following unspecified surgery, at Garfield Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., May 19,
1921. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- Robert John Walker (1801-1869) — also known as
Robert J. Walker — of Madisonville (unknown
county), Miss.; Washington,
D.C. Born in Northumberland, Northumberland
County, Pa., July 19,
1801. Son of Jonathan
Hoge Walker and Lucretia (Duncan) Walker; married, April 4,
1825, to Mary Bache (great-granddaughter of Benjamin
Franklin; niece of George
Mifflin Dallas; brother of Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867;
physicist)); father of Mary Walker (who married Benjamin
Harris Brewster). Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1835-45; resigned 1845; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1845-49; Governor of
Kansas Territory, 1857; newspaper
publisher. Died in Washington,
D.C., November
11, 1869. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. Walker County,
Tex. is named for him.
- John Henry Eaton (1790-1856) — also known as John
H. Eaton — of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn. Born near Scotland Neck, Halifax
County, N.C., June 18,
1790. Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1815-16; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1818-21, 1821-29; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1829-31; Governor of
Florida Territory, 1834-36; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1836-40. Member, Freemasons.
Resigned
from Cabinet in 1831 during the scandal
(called the "Petticoat Affair") over past infedelities
of his second wife, Peggy Eaton. Died in Washington,
D.C., November
17, 1856. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. Eaton County,
Mich. is named for him.
- Dean Gooderham Acheson (1893-1971) — also known as
Dean Acheson — Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., April 11,
1893. Son of Edward Campion Acheson and Eleanor (Gooderham)
Acheson; married, May 5,
1917, to Alice Stanley (1895-1996; artist); father of David
Campion Acheson. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World
War I; lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis
D. Brandeis, 1919-21; undersecretary of treasury, 1933; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1949-53. Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Council on
Foreign Relations. Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964; received a Pulitzer
Prize in History, 1970, for his book Present At The Creation:
My Years In The State Department. Died, probably from a heart
attack, over his desk in his study,
Sandy Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., October
12, 1971. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce (1898-1977) — also
known as David K. E. Bruce — of Baltimore,
Md.; Charlotte Court House, Charlotte
County, Va.; Elkridge, Howard
County, Md. Born in Baltimore,
Md., February
12, 1898. Son of William
Cabell Bruce and Louise Este (Fisher) Bruce; brother of James
Bruce; married, May 29,
1926, to Ailsa Mellon (daughter of Andrew
William Mellon); married to Evangeline Bell. Democrat. Served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1924-26; U.S. Vice Consul in Rome, 1926; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1939-42; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1940;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1949-52; Germany, 1957-59; Great Britain, 1961-69; U.S. Liaison to China, 1973-74. Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations. Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1976. Died December
5, 1977. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- William Henry Hunt (1823-1884) — also known as
William H. Hunt — of Louisiana. Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 12,
1823. Father of William
Henry Hunt (1857-1949). Served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; Louisiana
state attorney general, 1876; Judge of
U.S. Court of Claims, 1878; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1881-82; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1882-84, died in office 1884. Died in St. Petersburg,
Russia,
February
27, 1884. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- James Noble Tyner (1826-1904) — of Indiana. Born in
Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind., January
17, 1826. Republican. U.S.
Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1869-75; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1876-77. Died in Washington,
D.C., December
5, 1904. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- John Barton Payne (1855-1935) — of Kingwood, Preston
County, W.Va.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C. Born in Prunty Town, Taylor
County, Va. (now W.Va.), January
26, 1855. Son of Dr. Amos Payne and Elizabeth (Barton) Payne;
married, October
17, 1878, to Kate Bunker; married, May 1,
1913, to Jennie Byrd Bryan (died 1919). Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Preston County Democratic Party, 1877-82; superior court judge in
Illinois, 1893-98; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1920-21. Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association. Died January
24, 1935. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- Arthur Pue Gorman (1839-1906) — of Laurel, Prince
George's County, Md. Born in Woodstock, Howard
County, Md., March 11,
1839. Father-in-law of Richard
A. Johnson. Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1870-72; member of Maryland
state senate, 1876-82; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1881-99, 1903-06; died in office 1906. Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 4,
1906. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- Francis Griffith Newlands (1848-1917) — also known
as Francis G. Newlands — of San
Francisco, Calif.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev. Born near Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., August
28, 1848. Son of James Birney Newlands and Jessie (Barland)
Newlands; married 1874 to Clara
Adelaide Sharon (daughter of William
Sharon); married 1888 to Edith
McAllister. Democrat. Lawyer;
trustee of the estate of U.S. Senator William
Sharon, 1886; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1893-1903; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1903-17; died in office 1917; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1916.
Died December
24, 1917. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery; memorial monument at Chevy Chase Circle.
- David Levy Yulee (1810-1886) — also known as
David Levy; "Father of Florida's Railroads"
— of St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla.; Homosassa, Citrus
County, Fla. Born in St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, June 12,
1810. Son-in-law of Charles
Anderson Wickliffe. Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from St. Johns County,
1838-39; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1841-45; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1845-51, 1855-61. Jewish. Imprisoned
as a Confederate
at Fort Pulaski, Fla. for a time after the Civil War. Died in New
York, New York
County, N.Y., October
10, 1886. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. Levy County,
Fla. is named for him.
- John Rhoderic McPherson (1833-1897) — also known as
John R. McPherson — of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J. Born in New York, 1833.
Democrat. Member of New Jersey
state senate from Hudson County, 1872-74; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1877-95. Died in 1897.
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- Wilkinson Call (1834-1910) — of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla. Born in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., January
9, 1834. Nephew of Richard
Keith Call; cousin of James
David Walker. Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1879-97. Died August
24, 1910. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- Samuel Sprigg (c.1783-1855) — of Maryland. Born in
Washington
County, Md. Son of Joseph Sprigg; married to Violetta Lansdale.
Governor
of Maryland, 1819-22; delegate to
Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850. Episcopalian.
Died in Prince
George's County, Md., April 21,
1855. Original interment at St.
Barnabas Church Cemetery, Upper Marlboro, Md.; reinterment at Oak
Hill Cemetery.
- John Pool (1826-1884) — of North Carolina. Born in
North Carolina, 1826.
Uncle of Walter
Freshwater Pool. Member of North Carolina state legislature; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1868-73. Died in 1884.
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- Benjamin Franklin Rice (1828-1905) — of Little Rock,
Pulaski
County, Ark. Born in New York, 1828.
Republican. Member of Arkansas state legislature; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Arkansas, 1868;
member of Republican
National Committee from Arkansas, 1868-72; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1868-73. Died in 1905.
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- Uriah Forrest (1746-1805) — of Maryland. Born in St. Mary's
County, Md., 1746.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1781-83, 1786-90; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1786-87; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1793-94; member of Maryland
state senate, 1796-1800; state court judge in Maryland,
1799-1800. Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 6,
1805. Original interment at Presbyterian
Burial Ground; reinterment in 1883 at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- Noah Haynes Swayne (1804-1884) — also known as
Noah H. Swayne — of Franklin
County, Ohio. Born in Frederick
County, Va., December
7, 1804. Republican. Member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1830; U.S.
Attorney for Ohio, 1830-39; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1856
(Honorary
Vice-President); Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1862-81. Quaker.
Member, Freemasons.
Died June 8,
1884. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- Samuel Hooper (1808-1875) — of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass. Born in Massachusetts, 1808.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts state legislature; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1861-75 (5th District 1861-63,
4th District 1863-75); died in office 1875. Died in 1875.
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- George Washington Roosevelt (1844-1907) — also known
as George W. Roosevelt — of Pennsylvania. Born in
Chester, Delaware
County, Pa., February
14, 1844. U.S. Consular Agent in Sydney, 1877-78; U.S. Consul in Auckland, 1878-79; SAINT Helena, 1879-80; Matanzas, 1880-81; Bordeaux, 1881-89; Brussels, 1889-1902; U.S. Consul General in Brussels, 1906. Received the Medal
of Honor in 1887 for action at Bull Run, Va., August 30, 1862,
and at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863; severely wounded and lost a
leg. Died in Brussels, Belgium,
April
14, 1907. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- Richard Cutts (1771-1845) — of Pepperell, Middlesex
County, Mass. Born in Saco, York
County, Maine, June 28,
1771. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1801-13 (at-large 1801-05,
14th District 1805-13). Died in Washington,
D.C., April 7,
1845. Original interment at St. John's
Graveyard; reinterment in 1857 at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- George Corbin Washington (1789-1854) — also known as
George C. Washington — of Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md. Born near Oak Grove, Westmoreland
County, Va., August
20, 1789. Grandnephew of George
Washington. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1816-19; U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1827-33, 1835-37 (3rd District
1827-33, 5th District 1835-37); member of Maryland
state executive council, 1834-35. Died in Georgetown, Washington,
D.C., July 17,
1854. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- John Peter Van Ness (1770-1846) — also known as
John P. Van Ness — of New York; Washington,
D.C. Born in Claverly (now Ghent), Columbia
County, N.Y., 1770.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1801-03; mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1830-34. Died in Washington,
D.C., March 7,
1846. Entombed in mausoleum at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- George Peter (1779-1861) — of Darnestown, Montgomery
County, Md. Born in Washington,
D.C., September
28, 1779. Father of George
Peter (1823-1893); grandfather of Arthur
Peter. Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1816-19, 1825-27;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1819, 1823. Episcopalian.
Died near Darnestown, Montgomery
County, Md., June 22,
1861. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller (1808-1876) — of Maine.
Born in Vermont, 1808.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1849-57 (7th District 1849-53, 6th
District 1853-57). Died in 1876.
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- Philip Barton Key (1757-1815) — of Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md. Born near Charlestown, Cecil
County, Md., April 12,
1757. Son of Francis Key and Anne Arnold (Ross) Key; cousin of Philip
Key; married, July 4,
1790, to Ann Plater; uncle of Francis
Scott Key and Anne Phoebe Charlton Key (who married Roger
Brooke Taney); granduncle of Philip
Barton Key (1818-1859). Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1794-99; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1807-13. Died in
Georgetown, Washington,
D.C., July 28,
1815. Original interment at a private or
family graveyard; reinterment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- George Emrick Harris (1827-1911) — of Mississippi.
Born in Orange
County, N.C., January
6, 1827. Republican. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1870-73; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1873-77; Lieutenant
Governor of Mississippi, 1877-79. Died in Washington,
D.C., March 19,
1911. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- John James Hemphill (1849-1912) — also known as
John J. Hemphill — of Chester, Chester
County, S.C. Born in Chester, Chester
County, S.C., August
25, 1849. Nephew of John
Hemphill; cousin of William
Huggins Brawley; granduncle of Robert
Witherspoon Hemphill. Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1876; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1883-93. Died May 11,
1912. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- Joseph Casey (1814-1879) — of New Berlin, Union
County, Pa. Born in Ringgold Manor, Washington
County, Md., December
17, 1814. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1849-51; Judge of
U.S. Court of Claims, 1861. Died February
10, 1879. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens (1803-1864) — of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich. Born in Lima, Livingston
County, N.Y., October
1, 1803. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1853-55. Died in Washington,
D.C., May 7,
1864. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- Ebon Clarke Ingersoll (1831-1879) — also known as
Ebon C. Ingersoll; Clark Ingersoll — of Peoria,
Peoria
County, Ill. Born in Marshall, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
12, 1831. Son of John Ingersoll (1792-1759) and Mary (Livingston)
Ingersoll; married, November
27, 1857, to Mary Carter; brother of Robert
Green Ingersoll; father of John
Carter Ingersoll. Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1857; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1864-71; defeated,
1862. Died in Washington,
D.C., May 31,
1879. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- James Herron Hopkins (1832-1904) — of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1832.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1875-77, 1883-85.
Died in 1904.
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- George Eustis, Jr. (1828-1872) — of Louisiana. Born
in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
28, 1828. Brother of James
Biddle Eustis. U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1855-59. Died March 15,
1872. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- Henry W. Barry (1840-1875) — of Mississippi. Born in
Schoharie
County, N.Y., 1840.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1867; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1868; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 3rd District, 1870-75. Died in Washington,
D.C., June 7,
1875. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- William McKee Dunn (1814-1887) — of Madison, Jefferson
County, Ind. Born in Hanover, Jefferson
County, Ind., December
12, 1814. Son of Williamson
Dunn; nephew of David
Hervey Maxwell, Edward
Russell Maxwell and John
Wilson; brother of Samuel
Campbell Dunn and David
Maxwell Dunn. Republican. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1848-49; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1859-63; colonel in the
Union Army during the Civil War. Died in Dunn Loring, Fairfax
County, Va., July 24,
1887. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- James P. Heath (1777-1854) — of Maryland. Born in
Delaware, December
21, 1777. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1833-35. Died in Washington,
D.C., June 12,
1854. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- Charles Pomeroy (1825-1891) — of Iowa. Born in
Connecticut, 1825.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1869-71. Died in 1891.
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- William Slosson Lincoln (1813-1893) — of New York.
Born in Berkshire (now Newark Valley), Tioga
County, N.Y., August
13, 1813. Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 26th District, 1867-69. Died April 21,
1893. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- William Washington Howes (1887-1962) — also known as
W. W. Howes — of Wolsey, Beadle
County, S.Dak.; Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak. Born in Tomah, Monroe
County, Wis., February
16, 1887. Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Dakota state senate, 1917; candidate for Governor of
South Dakota, 1920; South Dakota
Democratic state chair, 1923; member of Democratic
National Committee from South Dakota, 1924; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1940;
First Assistant U.S. Postmaster General; resigned in protest in 1940
when President Franklin
D. Roosevelt sought an unprecedented third term. W. W. Howes
Airport in Huron, S.D. (now Huron Regional Airport) was named for
him. Died in Washington,
D.C., January
15, 1962. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- John Howard Payne (1791-1852) — also known as
John H. Payne — of New York, New York
County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 9,
1791. Actor;
playwright;
author of the lines which were later adapted as the song "Home Sweet
Home"; U.S. Consul in Tunis, 1842-45, 1851-52, died in office 1852. Inducted into the
Songwriters Hall of
Fame, 1970. Died in Tunis, Tunisia,
April
10, 1852. Original interment at St.
George's Protestant Cemetery, Tunis, Tunisia; reinterment in 1883
at Oak Hill Cemetery; memorial monument at Prospect
Park, Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Hosea Jefferson Dean (1806-1855) — also known as
H. J. Dean — of Spartanburg, Spartanburg District (now
Spartanburg
County), S.C. Born in Spartanburg District (now Spartanburg
County), S.C., July 11,
1806. Grandnephew of Samuel
Farrow; son of John Dean (1776-1852) and Mary (Farrow) Dean
(1780-1830); married, October
14, 1834, to Elizabeth Ellen Mills (1810-1838); married, August 9,
1840, to Mary Stewart Owen (1822-1886). Lawyer;
Spartanburg District Commissioner in Equity, 1832-44; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1850-52; Clerk, South
Carolina House of Representatives, 1853. Baptist.
Died, of heart
disease, in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier
County, Va. (now W.Va.), August 3,
1855. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- Arthur Peter (d. 1943) — of Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md. Grandson of George
Peter (1779-1861); son of George
Peter (1823-1893). Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1904,
1912.
Died October
25, 1943. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
Politicians formerly buried here:
- Salmon Portland Chase (1808-1873) — also known as
Salmon P. Chase; "Old Mr. Greenbacks" —
of Ohio. Born in Cornish, Sullivan
County, N.H., January
13, 1808. Nephew of Dudley
Chase; cousin of Dudley
Chase Denison; father-in-law of William
Sprague. Republican. U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1849-55, 1861; Governor of
Ohio, 1856-60; candidate for Republican nomination for President,
1856,
1860;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1861-64; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1864-73; died in office 1873. Episcopalian.
His portrait appeared on various U.S. currency, including one-dollar
and ten-dollar
notes in the 1860s, and the $10,000
bill from 1918 to 1946. Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 7,
1873. Original interment at Oak Hill Cemetery; reinterment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. Chase County,
Kan. is named for him.
- James Gillespie Blaine (1830-1893) — also known as
James G. Blaine; "The Plumed Knight";
"Belshazzar Blaine"; "Magnetic Man"
— of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine. Born in West Brownsville, Washington
County, Pa., January
31, 1830. Son of Ephraim Blaine and Maria (Gillespie) Blaine;
nephew of Ellen Blaine (who married John
Hoge Ewing); married, June 30,
1850, to Harriet Stonwood; father of Harriet Blaine (who married
Truxtun
Beale). Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maine, 1856;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1859-62; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1861-62; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1863-76; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1869-75; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1876,
1880;
U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1876-81; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1881, 1889-92; candidate for President
of the United States, 1884. Congregationalist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Died in Washington,
D.C., January
27, 1893. Original interment at Oak Hill Cemetery; reinterment in
1920 at Blaine
Memorial Park, Augusta, Maine. Blaine counties in Idaho, Mont., Neb. and Okla. are
named for him.
- Abel Parker Upshur (1790-1844) — of Virginia. Born
in Northampton
County, Va., June 17,
1790. Son of Littleton
Upshur. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1812-13, 1824-27; state court judge in
Virginia, 1826-41; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1841-43; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1843-44; died in office 1844. Episcopalian.
Among those killed in the explosion
when a cannon
burst on board
the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort
Washington, Prince
George's County, Md., February
28, 1844. Originally entombed at Congressional Cemetery; later interred in 1874
at Oak Hill Cemetery. Upshur counties in Tex. and W.Va. are
named for him.
- George Purnell Fisher (1817-1899) — also known as
George P. Fisher — of Dover, Kent
County, Del.; Washington,
D.C. Born in Milford, Sussex
County, Del., October
13, 1817. Republican. Member of Delaware
state house of representatives, 1843-44; secretary of
state of Delaware, 1846; Delaware
state attorney general, 1855-60; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1861-63; defeated, 1862;
justice
of District of Columbia supreme court, 1863-70; U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1870-76; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1880.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
10, 1899. Original interment at Oak Hill Cemetery; reinterment at
Methodist
Cemetery, Dover, Del.
- Henry Baldwin (1780-1844) — of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa. Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., January
14, 1780. Son of Henry Baldwin and Theodora (Wolcott) Baldwin;
half-brother of Abraham
Baldwin. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1817-22; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1830-44; died in office 1844. Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 21,
1844. Original interment at Oak Hill Cemetery; reinterment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
Rawlins Park
Washington, District of Columbia
Politicians who have monuments here:
- John Aaron Rawlins (1831-1869) — Born in Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill., February
13, 1831. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1869; died in office 1869. Died, of consumption
(tuberculosis),
in Washington,
D.C., September
6, 1869. Original interment at Congressional
Cemetery; reinterment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue erected 1874 at Rawlins
Park.
Rock Creek Cemetery
Washington, District of Columbia
Founded 1719
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1977
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- William Windom (1827-1891) — of Winona, Winona
County, Minn. Born in Belmont
County, Ohio, May 10,
1827. Republican. U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1859-69 (at-large 1859-63, 1st
District 1863-69); member of Republican
National Committee from Minnesota, 1866-68; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1870-71, 1871-81, 1881-83; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1880;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1881, 1889-91; died in office 1891. Quaker.
His portrait appeared on the U.S. $2
silver certificate in the 1890s. Died, from heart
disease, at the annual
banquet of the New York Board of Trade and Transportation, just
after finishing a speech, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
29, 1891. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- Harlan Fiske Stone (1872-1946) — also known as
Harlan F. Stone — Born in Chesterfield, Cheshire
County, N.H., October
11, 1872. Lawyer; Dean of
Columbia University Law School; U.S.
Attorney General, 1924-25; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1925-41; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1941-46; died in office 1946. Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 22,
1946. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- Hugh McCulloch (1808-1895) — Born December
7, 1808. U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1865-69. Died May 24,
1895. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- Montgomery Blair (1813-1883) — of Missouri;
Maryland. Born in Franklin
County, Ky., May 10,
1813. Grandson of James
Blair; son of Francis
Preston Blair and Eliza Violet (Gist) Blair (1794-1877); married
1836 to
Caroline Buckner (died 1844); married 1846 to Mary
Elizabeth Woodbury (1821-1887) (daughter of Levi
Woodbury); brother of Francis
Preston Blair, Jr.; father of Gist
Blair. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1840-44; common pleas court judge in
Missouri, 1843-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1844,
1852;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1860;
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1861-64; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1878; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1882. Episcopalian.
Died in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., July 27,
1883. Entombed at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- Daniel Calhoun Roper (1867-1943) — also known as
Daniel C. Roper — of Washington,
D.C. Born in Marlboro
County, S.C., April 1,
1867. Son of John Wesley Roper and Henrietta V. (McLaurin) Roper;
married, December
25, 1889, to Lou McKenzie. Democrat. Lawyer; publicist;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1892-94; U.S.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1917-20; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from District of Columbia, 1924,
1932,
1936;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1933-38; U.S. Minister to Canada, 1939. Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa. Died in Washington,
D.C., April 11,
1943. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- Patricia Roberts Harris (1924-1985) — of Washington,
D.C. Born in Mattoon, Coles
County, Ill., May 31,
1924. Democrat. Presidential Elector for District of Columbia, 1964;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1964;
U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg, 1965-67; U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1977-79; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1979-80; U.S.
Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1980-81. Female. Black. First
African-American woman cabinet member. Died March 23,
1985. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- Livingston Tallmadge Merchant (1903-1976) — also
known as Livingston T. Merchant — of Washington,
D.C. Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
23, 1903. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Canada, 1956-58, 1961-62. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations. Died in 1976.
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- Ural Alexis Johnson (1908-1997) — also known as
U. Alexis Johnson — of Washington,
D.C.; California. Born in Falun, Saline
County, Kan., October
17, 1908. Son of Carl Theodore Johnson and Ellen (Forsse)
Johnson; married, March 21,
1932, to Patricia Ann Tillman. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice
Consul in Seoul, 1938; Rio de Janeiro, 1943; U.S. Consul in Yokohama, 1947; U.S. Consul General in Yokohama, 1949; U.S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1953-58; Thailand, 1958-61; Japan, 1966-69; , 1973-77. Survived a car
bombing at the U.S. Embassy in Vietnam. Died, of pneumonia,
in Rex Convalescent
Center, Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., March 24,
1997. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807) — of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga. Born in North Guilford, Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn., November
2, 1754. Son of Michael Baldwin and Lucy (Dudley) Baldwin;
brother of Ruth Baldwin (who married Joel
Barlow); half-brother of Henry
Baldwin. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1785; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1785, 1787-89; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1789-99; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1799-1807; died in office 1807. Congregationalist.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati. One of the founders, and first president,
of Franklin College, which later became the University of Georgia.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 4,
1807. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery. Baldwin counties in Ala. and Ga. are named
for him.
- George Venable Allen (1903-1970) — also known as
George V. Allen — of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.; Maryland; Washington,
D.C. Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., November
3, 1903. Son of Thomas Ellis Allen and Harriet (Moore) Allen. School teacher
and principal; newspaper
reporter; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Kingston, 1930; Shanghai, 1932; U.S. Consul in Cairo, 1936; U.S. Ambassador to Iran, 1946-48; Yugoslavia, 1949-53; India, 1953-54; Nepal, 1953-54; Greece, 1956-57; director, U.S. Information Agency, 1957-60;
president, Tobacco
Institute. Methodist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Phi; United
World Federalists. Died in Bahama, Durham
County, N.C., July 11,
1970. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- Burton Kendall Wheeler (1882-1975) — also known as
Burton K. Wheeler — of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont. Born in Hudson, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
27, 1882. Married 1907 to Lulu M.
White. Lawyer;
member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1911-13; U.S.
Attorney for Montana, 1913-18; U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1923-47; candidate for Governor of
Montana, 1920; Progressive candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1924; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Montana, 1932,
1936,
1940.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died, from a stroke, in
1975.
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- James Kimbrough Jones (1839-1908) — also known as
James K. Jones — of Washington, Hempstead
County, Ark. Born in Marshall
County, Miss., September
29, 1839. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1873; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1881-85; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1885-1903; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1896-1900. Died June 1,
1908. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- James Kerr Kelly (1819-1903) — also known as
James K. Kelly — of Oregon. Born in Centre
County, Pa., February
16, 1819. Democrat. Member of Oregon
territorial legislature, 1853; member of Oregon
state senate, 1860; U.S.
Attorney for Oregon, 1860-62; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1871-77; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1878-80; chief
justice of Oregon state supreme court, 1878-80. Died September
15, 1903. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- Isidor Rayner (1850-1912) — of Baltimore,
Md. Born in Baltimore,
Md., April 11,
1850. Son of William Solomon Rayner and Amalie (Jacobson) Rayner;
married 1871
to Frances Jane Bevan. Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1878-80; member of Maryland
state senate, 1886-87; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1887-89, 1891-95; Maryland
state attorney general, 1899-1903; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1905-12; died in office 1912; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1912.
Jewish.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
25, 1912. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- William Manning Rountree (1917-1995) — also known as
William M. Rountree — of Maryland; Florida. Born in
Swainsboro, Emanuel
County, Ga., March 28,
1917. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, 1959-62; Sudan, 1962-65; South Africa, 1965-70; Brazil, 1970-73. Died, of cancer, in
Shands Hospital,
Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., 1995.
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- Gerald Augustin Drew (1903-1970) — also known as
Gerald A. Drew — of San
Francisco, Calif. Born in San
Francisco, Calif., June 20,
1903. U.S. Vice Consul in Pará, 1929; Algiers, 1943; Paris, 1944; U.S. Minister to Jordan, 1950; U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia, 1954-57; Haiti, 1957-60. Died in 1970.
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- Stephen Johnson Field (1816-1899) — also known as
Stephen J. Field — of Yuba
County, Calif. Born in Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., November
4, 1816. Uncle of David
Josiah Brewer. Member of California
state assembly 14th District, 1851-52; justice of
California state supreme court, 1857-63; chief
justice of California state supreme court, 1859-63; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1863-97. Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 9,
1899. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- Nathan Bay Scott (1842-1924) — also known as
Nathan B. Scott — of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va. Born near Quaker City, Guernsey
County, Ohio, December
18, 1842. Republican. Member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1883-90; member of Republican
National Committee from West Virginia, 1888-1914; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1899-1911. Died January
2, 1924. Cremated; ashes
interred at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- Waldemar John Gallman (1899-1980) — also known as
Waldemar J. Gallman — of Wellsville, Allegany
County, N.Y. Born in Wellsville, Allegany
County, N.Y., April 27,
1899. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Danzig, 1938; London, 1943; U.S. Ambassador to Poland, 1948-50; South Africa, 1951-54; Iraq, 1954; Director General of the U.S. Foreign Service,
1958-61. Died in Washington,
D.C., June 28,
1980. Cremated; ashes
interred at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- Thomas Weston Tipton (1817-1899) — also known as
Thomas W. Tipton — of Brownville, Nemaha
County, Neb. Born in Ohio, 1817.
Democrat. Member of Ohio state legislature, 1845; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1867-75; candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1880. Died in 1899.
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- Nathan Oakes Murphy (1849-1908) — also known as
Nathan O. Murphy — of Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz. Born in Jefferson, Lincoln
County, Maine, October
14, 1849. Republican. Secretary
of Arizona Territory, 1889; Governor of
Arizona Territory, 1892-93, 1898-1902; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Arizona Territory, 1892;
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1895-97; defeated, 1900.
Died in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., August
22, 1908. Original interment at Masonic
Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.; reinterment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- Robert Stockwell Reynolds Hitt (1876-1938) — also
known as R. S. Reynolds Hitt — of Mt. Morris, Ogle
County, Ill. Born in 1876.
Son of Robert
Roberts Hitt and Sallie A. (Reynolds) Hitt; married, December
23, 1902, to Edith Romeyn Gray. U.S. Minister to Panama, 1909-10; Guatamala, 1910-13. Died in 1938.
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- Francis Preston Blair Lee (1857-1944) — also known
as Blair Lee — of Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md. Born in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., August 9,
1857. Great-grandson of Richard
Henry Lee; married to Anne Clymer Brooke; father of Edward
Brooke Lee; grandfather of Edward
Brooke Lee, Jr. and Blair
Lee III. Democrat. Member of Maryland
state senate, 1906-12; candidate for nomination for Governor of
Maryland, 1911; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1914-17; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Died in Norwood, Montgomery
County, Md., December
25, 1944. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- Thomas Nelson Page (1853-1922) — also known as
Thomas N. Page — of Washington,
D.C. Born in Oakland Plantation, Hanover
County, Va., April 23,
1853. Son of Maj. John Page and Elizabeth Burwell (Nelson) Page;
married 1886
to Anne Seddon Bruce (died 1888); married 1893 to
Florence (Lathrop) Field. Lawyer; author;
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1913-19. Died in Oakland Plantation, Hanover
County, Va., November
1, 1922. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- James Montgomery Beck (1861-1936) — also known as
James M. Beck — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 9,
1861. Son of James Nathan Beck and Margretta C. (Darling) Beck;
married 1890
to Lilla Lawrence Mitchell. Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1896-1900; U.S. Solicitor General,
1921-25; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1927-34 (1st District 1927-33,
2nd District 1933-34); resigned 1934. Member, American
Philosophical Society. Died in Washington,
D.C., April 12,
1936. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- John Gordon Mein (1913-1968) — of Maryland. Born in
Cadiz, Trigg
County, Ky., September
10, 1913. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Guatamala, 1965-68, died in office 1968. Assassinated
in Guatemala,
August
28, 1968. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- Winthrop Gilman Brown (1907-1987) — also known as
Winthrop G. Brown — of Washington,
D.C. Born in Seal Harbor, Hancock
County, Maine, July 12,
1907. Son of William Adams Brown and Helen Gilman (Noyes) Brown;
married, December
28, 1946, to Peggy Ann Bell. Lawyer;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Laos, 1960-62; South Korea, 1964-67. Member, Zeta
Psi. Helped to coordinate the Lend-Lease program during World War
II. Died in 1987.
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- Leland Judd Barrows (1906-1988) — also known as
Leland J. Barrows — Born in Hutchinson, Reno
County, Kan., October
27, 1906. Son of Eugene Barrows and Florence Emma (Judd) Barrows;
married, March 21,
1935, to Mabel Irene Conley (1910-1988). Newspaper
reporter; radio
broadcaster; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Togo, 1960-61; Cameroon, 1960-66. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Council on
Foreign Relations. Died in Washington,
D.C., March 3,
1988. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- John Dewey Hickerson (1898-1989) — also known as
John D. Hickerson; Jack D. Hickerson — of Texas.
Born in Crawford, McLennan
County, Tex., January
26, 1898. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign
Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Rio de Janeiro, 1924; U.S. Consul in Pará, 1925; Ottawa, 1925-26; U.S. Ambassador to Finland, 1955-59; Philippines, 1959-61. While serving as director of the State
Department's Office of European Affairs in 1947-49, he was one of the
main architects of the North Atlantic Treaty, the founding document
of NATO. Died in 1989.
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- Bishop Walden Perkins (1841-1894) — also known as
Bishop W. Perkins — of Oswego, Labette
County, Kan. Born in Kansas, 1841.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1883-91 (at-large 1883-85, 3rd
District 1885-91); U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1892-93. Died in 1894.
Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- Arthur MacArthur (1815-1896) — of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis. Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
January
26, 1815. Grandfather of Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Democrat. Lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1856-58; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1856; circuit judge in Wisconsin 2nd Circuit,
1856-69; justice of
District of Columbia supreme court, 1870. Died August
26, 1896. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- Otis Theodore Wingo (1877-1930) — also known as
Otis Wingo — of De Queen, Sevier
County, Ark. Born in Weakley
County, Tenn., June 18,
1877. Son of Theodore Wingo and Jane Wingo; married, October
15, 1902, to Effie
Gene Locke. Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state senate, 1907-08; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1913-30; died in
office 1930. Died October
21, 1930. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- John Marshall Harlan (1833-1911) — of Kentucky. Born
in Boyle
County, Ky., June 1,
1833. Son of James
Harlan; grandfather of John
Marshall Harlan (1899-1971). County judge in Kentucky, 1858-59;
U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1861-63; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1861-65; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1877-1911. Presbyterian.
Died October
14, 1911. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- Louis Leon Ludlow (1873-1950) — also known as
Louis Ludlow — of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind. Born near Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind., June 24,
1873. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1929-49 (7th District 1929-33, 12th
District 1933-43, 11th District 1943-49). Methodist.
Died November
28, 1950. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw (1894-1956) — also known
as Carl Hinshaw — of Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 28,
1894. Republican. U.S.
Representative from California, 1939-56 (11th District 1939-43,
20th District 1943-56); defeated, 1936; died in office 1956;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1948.
Died, of pneumonia
and congestive
heart failure, in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., August 5,
1956. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- William Raymond Green (1856-1947) — also known as
William R. Green — of Audubon, Audubon
County, Iowa; Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa. Born in Colchester, New London
County, Conn., November
7, 1856. Son of Timothy Franklin Green and Sarah Maria (Raymond)
Green; married 1887 to Luella
Washington Brown. Republican. Lawyer; economist;
district judge in Iowa 15th District, 1894-1911; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 9th District, 1911-28; Judge of
U.S. Court of Claims, 1928-40. Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died in Bellport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 11,
1947. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
- James Dunbar Bell (1911-1979) — of Washington,
D.C.; Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif. Born in Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H., July 1,
1911. Son of Frank Upham Bell and Louise (Dunbar) Bell; married,
December
4, 1934, to Helen Foy Johnstone (divorced 1960); married 1961 to
Stephanie Ann Mathews. Democrat. Foreign Service officer; U.S.
Ambassador to Malaysia, 1964; member of California
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