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Cemeteries Ranked by Number of Politicians Buried There Before 1850

  1. Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. (62)
  2. Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y. (29)
  3. Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa. (23)
  4. Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y. (16)
  5. Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky. (14)
  6. Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga. (14)
  7. Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. (13)
  8. Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. (12)
  9. Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn. (10)
  10. Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex. (10)
  11. Dutch Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y. (10)
  12. Old Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass. (9)
  13. North Burial Ground, Providence, R.I. (9)
  14. Colonial Cemetery, Savannah, Ga. (9)
  15. Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn. (8)
  16. Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio (8)
  17. St. Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C. (8)
  18. Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md. (7)
  19. St. Mary's Churchyard, Burlington, N.J. (7)
  20. East Cemetery, Litchfield, Conn. (7)
  21. Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Ga. (7)
  22. Old St. Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. (7)
  23. Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. (6)
  24. Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo. (6)
  25. Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. (6)
  26. St. Peter's Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa. (6)
  27. Mt. Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark. (6)
  28. Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn. (5)
  29. Christ Church Cemetery, Dover, Del. (5)
  30. Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. (5)
  31. Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cambridge, Md. (5)
  32. Immanuel Churchyard, New Castle, Del. (5)
  33. St. John's Churchyard, Richmond, Va. (5)
  34. Eastern Cemetery, Portland, Maine (5)
  35. North Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H. (5)
  36. Pine Hill Cemetery, Dover, N.H. (5)
  37. Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va. (5)
  38. Westminster Burying Ground, Baltimore, Md. (5)
  39. Winter Street Cemetery, Exeter, N.H. (5)
  40. St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La. (5)


"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."
Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872
 The Political Graveyard

The Political Graveyard is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. It is the Internet's most comprehensive source for American political biography, listing 180,022 politicians, living and dead.

The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. Web hosting is provided by Paul Haas, of Ypsilanti, Michigan. The site opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on June 16, 2008.