Notable burials · Government
United States senators buried in District of Columbia
Wikidata records 43 US senators as buried in 7 of the cemeteries we list in District of Columbia. Congressional Cemetery in Washington holds the most, with 18. District of Columbia has the 3rd highest count of any state, out of 1,065 nationally.
People recorded as having served in the United States Senate.
43
US senators
7
cemeteries
3%
of notable burials in District of Columbia
1890s
the decade with the most deaths (5)
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In order of death
United States senators buried in District of Columbia
- James Jackson1757-1806American politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Uriah Tracy1755-1807American politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Abraham Baldwin1754-1807United States politicianRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Francis Malbone1759-1809American politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- James Burrill Jr.1772-1820American politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William A. Trimble1786-1821American politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William Pinkney1764-1822American politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John Gaillard1765-1826American politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- James Noble1785-1831American politician from IndianaCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Elias Kane1794-1835American politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Joseph Anderson1757-1837American soldier, judge, and politician, who served as a United States Senator from TennesseeCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John Forsyth1780-1841American politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Samuel Lewis Southard1787-1842American senator, Secretary of the Navy, and Governor of New JerseyCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Buckner Thruston1763-1845United States federal judgeCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William Upham1792-1853United States Senator from VermontCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John Eaton1790-1856American politician and diplomatOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Richard M. Young1798-1861American politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Lemuel J. Bowden1815-1864American politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Robert J. Walker1801-1869American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John Pool1826-1884American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- David Levy Yulee1810-1886American senatorOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John A. Logan1826-1886American soldier and politicianRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William Windom1827-1891American politicianRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Bishop W. Perkins1841-1894American politicianRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John R. McPherson1833-1897American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Blanche Bruce1841-1898American politicianWoodlawn Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Thomas Tipton1817-1899American politicianRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William N. Roach1840-1902Union Army soldier, politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Arthur Pue Gorman1839-1906American politician and baseball playerOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- James Kimbrough Jones1839-1908American politicianRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Wilkinson Call1834-1910American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Thomas H. Carter1854-1911American politician, MontanaMount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Isidor Rayner1850-1912American politicianRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John Mellen Thurston1847-1916American politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Francis G. Newlands1846-1917American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Edward Douglass White Jr.1845-1921Chief justice of the United States from 1910 to 1921Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Nathan B. Scott1842-1924Union Army soldierRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Edwin F. Ladd1859-1925American politicianThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Blair Lee I1857-1944American politicianRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Burton K. Wheeler1882-1975American politician and lawyerRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Gale W. McGee1915-1992American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Charles H. Percy1919-2011American businessman and U.S. senatorOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- George McGovern1922-2012American historian and politicianRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1800s4
- 1820s4
- 1830s3
- 1840s3
- 1850s2
- 1860s3
- 1880s3
- 1890s5
- 1900s3
- 1910s5
- 1920s3
- 1940s1
- 1970s1
- 1990s1
- 2010s2
By recorded year of death, for the 43 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Congressional Cemetery · Washington, DC18
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Washington, DC11
- Rock Creek Cemetery · Washington, DC11
- Mount Olivet Cemetery · Washington, DC1
- Woodlawn Cemetery · Washington, DC1
- United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery · Washington, DC1
- The Glenwood Cemetery · Washington, DC1
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Other notable burials in District of Columbia
United States representatives176Writers and poets126American Civil War veterans78Journalists78Painters, sculptors and photographers70Scientists44Governors34Physicians32Inventors and engineers29Mexican-American War veterans28Business leaders26Medal of Honor recipients22Actors20War of 1812 veterans20Architects17World War II veterans16
Method
How this list is made
A person is on this list when their Wikidata entry gives a cemetery we list as their place of burial and also carries the statement this list is built on. We do not add anyone by judgment, so the list reflects how complete Wikidata is: some people are missing, and burial places can be disputed.
Names, years and descriptions are shown as Wikidata records them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists.