Notable burials · Government
United States representatives buried in Illinois
Wikidata records 260 US representatives as buried in 114 of the cemeteries we list in Illinois. Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago holds the most, with 18. Illinois has the 5th highest count of any state, out of 5,331 nationally.
People recorded as having served in the United States House of Representatives.
260
US representatives
114
cemeteries
7%
of notable burials in Illinois
1900s
the decade with the most deaths (29)
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Best documented
United States representatives buried in Illinois
- Abraham Lincoln1809-1865President of the United States from 1861 to 1865Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL
- Adlai Stevenson I1835-1914American politician (1835-1914); Vice President of the United States from 1893 to 1897Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, IL
- Ralph Metcalfe1910-1978American athlete and politician
- Elihu B. Washburne1816-1887American politician and diplomatGreenwood Cemetery, Galena, IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon1836-1926American politicianSpringhill Cemetery, Danville, IL
- Paul Simon1928-2003American politicianRowan Cemetery, Carbondale, IL
- Henry Hyde1924-2007American member of the United States House of RepresentativesAssumption Cemetery, Winfield, IL
- William Alexander Richardson1811-1875American politicianWoodland Cemetery, Quincy, IL
- Harold Washington1922-1987American politician, former Mayor of the city of ChicagoOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Joseph Duncan1794-1844American politicianDiamond Grove Cemetery, South Jacksonville, IL
- Richard Yates1815-187313th Governor of Illinois, U.S. SenatorDiamond Grove Cemetery, South Jacksonville, IL
- Owen Lovejoy1811-1864American politicianOakland Cemetery, Princeton, IL
- Dan Rostenkowski1928-2010American politician
- Shelby Moore Cullom1829-1914American politicianOak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL
- Lane Evans1951-2014American congressman, attorney, MarineRock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, IL
- John Alexander McClernand1812-1900Union United States Army generalOak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL
- Winnifred Sprague Mason Huck1882-1936American politicianOakwood Cemetery, North Chicago, IL
- Frank Leslie Smith1867-1950American politicianOak Lawn Cemetery, Dwight, IL
- Katie Hall1938-2012American congresswoman for IndianaWashington Memory Gardens Cemetery, Thornton, IL
- Lorenzo Brentano1813-1891United States journalist and politicianGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Albert J. Hopkins1846-1922American politicianSpring Lake Cemetery, Aurora, IL
- Edward Rell Madigan1936-1994American politicianHoly Cross Cemetery, Lincoln, IL
- John Reynolds1788-1865Illinois politicianWalnut Hill Cemetery, Belleville, IL
- Robert H. Michel1923-2017American politicianParkview Cemetery, North Peoria, IL
- Frank Orren Lowden1861-1943American politicianGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Gus Savage1925-2015American politicianAbraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood, IL
- William Lorimer1861-1934U.S. politician born in EnglandCalvary Catholic Cemetery, Evanston, IL
- William Henry Bissell1811-1860American politicianOak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL
- William E. Mason1850-1921American politicianOakwood Cemetery, North Chicago, IL
- Medill McCormick1877-1925American politicianMiddle Creek Cemetery, Winnebago, IL
- Scott W. Lucas1892-1968American politicianLaurel Hill Cemetery, Havana, IL
- Carter Harrison III1825-1893American politician (1825-1893); mayor of Chicago 1879-1887 & 1893Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- George W. Murray1853-1926American politicianLincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, IL
- John Wentworth1815-1888American newspaper editor and politicianRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- John Lourie Beveridge1824-1910American politicianRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Charles B. Farwell1823-1903American politicianRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- James Robert Mann1856-1922American politician and attorneyOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Abner Mikva1926-2016American politician, jurist and law professorRosemont Park Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Richard Yates1860-1936American politician, judge and lawyerDiamond Grove Cemetery, South Jacksonville, IL
- Thomas L. Harris1816-1858American soldier and politicianRose Hill Cemetery, Petersburg, IL
- Melvin Price1905-1988American politicianMount Carmel Cemetery, Fairview Heights, IL
- Oscar Stanton De Priest1871-1951American politician and civil rights advocateGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- William Grant Stratton1914-2001Illinois governor, Illinois treasurer, and U.S. CongressmanRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- James Hutchinson Woodworth1804-1869American politicianOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Robert R. Hitt1834-1906American politicianOakwood Cemetery, Mount Morris, IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell1881-1974American politicianEast Lawn Cemetery, Salem, IL
- John C. Black1839-1915United States Army Medal of Honor recipientSpringhill Cemetery, Danville, IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon1893-1959American politician
- Jack Davis1935-2018American politicianCamp Butler National Cemetery, Springfield, IL
- Adolph J. Sabath1866-1952American politicianForest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
- John Blake Rice1809-1874American politicianRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Edwin V. Champion1890-1976American politicianSpringdale Cemetery, Peoria, IL
- Charles A. Hill1833-1902American politicianOakwood Cemetery, Ingalls Park, IL
- Stephen A. Hurlbut1815-1882Union Army generalBelvidere Cemetery, Belvidere, IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller1849-1926American politicianBelvidere Cemetery, Belvidere, IL
- William F. L. Hadley1847-1901American politicianWoodlawn Cemetery, Edwardsville, IL
- Charles McGavin1874-1940U.S. RepresentativeMount Auburn Memorial Cemetery, Stickney, IL
- John F. Farnsworth1820-1897Union Army GeneralNorth Cemetery, St. Charles, IL
- Martin Barnaby Madden1855-1928American politicianCass Cemetery, Darien, IL
- Frank H. Funk1869-1940American politicianFunks Grove Cemetery, Bloomington, IL
- Bradford N. Stevens1813-1885American politicianMount Bloom Cemetery, Princeton, IL
- Charles M. Harris1821-1896American politician, IllinoisOquawka Cemetery, Oquawka, IL
- Edward E. Denison1873-1953American politicianMaplewood Cemetery, Marion, IL
- Frank Annunzio1915-2001American politicianQueen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, IL
- Norman B. Judd1815-1878American politicianGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- John F. Finerty1846-1908Union United States Army soldierCalvary Catholic Cemetery, Evanston, IL
- Marguerite S. Church1892-1990American politicianMemorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, IL
- Ralph Edwin Church1883-1950American politicianMemorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, IL
- Daniel Pope Cook1794-1827American politicianOak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL
- John T. Stuart1807-1885American politicianOak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL
- James Carroll Robinson1823-1886American politicianOak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL
- Morgan F. Murphy1932-2016United States Marine, lawyer, and politicianAll Saints Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Des Plaines, IL
- Edward Rowan Finnegan1905-1971American politicianAll Saints Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Des Plaines, IL
- Thomas Leonard Owens1897-1948American politicianAll Saints Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Des Plaines, IL
- Michael L. Igoe1885-1967American politicianAll Saints Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Des Plaines, IL
- Jesse Olds Norton1812-1875American politicianOakwood Cemetery, Ingalls Park, IL
- Zeno J. Rives1874-1939American politicianGraceland Cemetery, Decatur, IL
- William H. Hinrichsen1850-1907American politicianDiamond Grove Cemetery, South Jacksonville, IL
- Reuben Ellwood1821-1885American politicianElmwood Cemetery, Sycamore, IL
- Frank R. Reid1879-1945American politicianSpring Lake Cemetery, Aurora, IL
- William H. Wheat1879-1944American politicianMaplewood Cemetery, Rantoul, IL
- Carl R. Chindblom1870-1956American politicianRidgewood Memorial Cemetery, Des Plaines, IL
- James McMahon Graham1852-1945American politicianCalvary Cemetery, Springfield, IL
- Edward Kimble Valentine1843-1916Union Army officerUnion Ridge Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- John C. Martin1880-1952American politician, IllinoisEast Lawn Cemetery, Salem, IL
- James Stewart Martin1826-1907American politicianEast Lawn Cemetery, Salem, IL
- Andrew J. Hunter1831-1913American politicianEdgar Cemetery, Paris, IL
- John M. Crebs1830-1890American politicianMaple Ridge Cemetery, Carmi, IL
- George E. Shipley1927-2003American politicianOakridge Cemetery, Effingham, IL
- Benjamin F. Marsh1839-1905American politicianOakland Cemetery, Warsaw, IL
- Charles A. Karch1875-1932American politicianMount Hope Cemetery, Fairview Heights, IL
- George M. O'Brien1917-1986American politicianResurrection Cemetery, Romeoville, IL
- Elmer J. Hoffman1899-1976American politicianSaint Michaels Cemetery, Wheaton, IL
- William B. Anderson1830-1901American politicianOakwood Cemetery, Mount Vernon, IL
- Rolla Coral McMillen1880-1961American politicianGreenwood Cemetery, Decatur, IL
- Claude U. Stone1879-1957American politicianParkview Cemetery, North Peoria, IL
- Edwin M. Schaefer1887-1950American politicianWalnut Hill Cemetery, Belleville, IL
- Leslie C. Arends1895-1985American politicianMelvin Cemetery, Gibson City, IL
- Edwin B. Brooks1868-1933American politicianRiverside Cemetery, Newton, IL
- Bennett M. Stewart1912-1988Democratic U.S. Representative from IllinoisElmwood Cemetery and Mausoleum, River Grove, IL
- Niels Juul1859-1929American politicianMount Olive Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Anthony Michalek1878-1916American politician
- Roman Pucinski1919-2002American politicianSaint Joseph Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleums, River Grove, IL
- Stanley Henry Kunz1864-1946American politician
- William E. Hull1866-1942American politician from IllinoisOak Hill Cemetery, Lewistown, IL
- Lynden Evans1858-1926American politicianGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- George Edmund Foss1863-1936American politicianGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- George E. Sangmeister1931-2007American politicianAbraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood, IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien1878-1964American politicianQueen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, IL
- P. H. Moynihan1869-1946American politicianMount Olivet Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Isaac Newton Arnold1815-1884American politicianGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Francis Wayland Palmer1827-1907American politicianGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Frank S. Dickson1876-1953American politicianCamp Butler National Cemetery, Springfield, IL
- James Hugh Ward1853-1916American politicianCalvary Catholic Cemetery, Evanston, IL
- Alexander J. Resa1887-1964American politicianCalvary Catholic Cemetery, Evanston, IL
- William F. Mahoney1856-1904American politician from IllinoisCalvary Catholic Cemetery, Evanston, IL
- Thomas Cusack1858-1926American politicianCalvary Catholic Cemetery, Evanston, IL
- James McAndrews1862-1942American politician from IllinoisCalvary Catholic Cemetery, Evanston, IL
- Frederick Lundin1868-1947American politicianForest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
- William A. Rowan1882-1961American politician
- William T. Murphy1899-1978American politician, Illinois
- Emmet Byrne1896-1974American politician
- Burton C. Cook1819-1894American politicianOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- William Aldrich1820-1885U.S. Representative, WisconsinRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Edward D. Cooke1849-1897American politicianRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Charles A. Boyle1907-1959American politicianAll Saints Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Des Plaines, IL
- James Bowler1875-1957American politician from IllinoisAll Saints Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Des Plaines, IL
- James T. McDermott1872-1938American politicianAll Saints Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Des Plaines, IL
- Thomas Gallagher1850-1930American politicianSaint Boniface Catholic Cemetery, Lincolnwood, IL
- John H. Lewis1830-1929U.S. Representative from IllinoisKnoxville Cemetery, Knoxville, IL
- Herman W. Snow1836-1914American politicianMound Grove Cemetery / Saint Rose Cemetery, Bradley, IL
- Fred Ernst Busbey1895-1966Politician and United States Army soldierMount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Ira Clifton Copley1864-1947American publisher, politician, and utility tycoonSpring Lake Cemetery, Aurora, IL
- Charles S. Wharton1875-1939U.S. RepresentativeMount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Ransom W. Dunham1838-1896American politicianMount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Edward A. Kelly1892-1969American politicianSaint Mary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleums, Evergreen Park, IL
- Meredith Mallory1781-1855American politicianWest Batavia Cemetery, Batavia, IL
- Joseph B. Crowley1858-1931American politicianOld Robinson Cemetery, Robinson, IL
- William J. Graham1872-1937American politician from IllinoisAledo Cemetery, Aledo, IL
- Thomas J. Turner1815-1874American politicianFreeport City Cemetery, Freeport, IL
- Isaac Clements1837-1909American politicianSpringhill Cemetery, Danville, IL
- Edward Halsey Jenison1907-1996Illinois politician and newspaper publisherEdgar Cemetery, Paris, IL
- Lewis Steward1824-1896American politicianLittle Rock Township Cemetery, Plano, IL
- Martin D. Foster1861-1919American politicianHaven Hill Cemetery, Olney, IL
- Finis E. Downing1846-1936American politicianWalnut Ridge Cemetery, Virginia, IL
- James R. Williams1850-1923American politicianMaple Ridge Cemetery, Carmi, IL
- Orlando Burrell1826-1921American politicianMaple Ridge Cemetery, Carmi, IL
- Timothy R. Young1811-1898American politicianMarshall Cemetery, Marshall, IL
- John James McDannold1851-1904American politicianMount Sterling City Cemetery, Mount Sterling, IL
- Anthony Thornton1814-1904American politicianGlenwood Cemetery, Shelbyville, IL
Showing the 150 with the most Wikipedia language editions, of 260. Cemetery pages list everyone recorded there.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1820s1
- 1840s2
- 1850s2
- 1860s6
- 1870s8
- 1880s15
- 1890s20
- 1900s29
- 1910s22
- 1920s25
- 1930s22
- 1940s26
- 1950s20
- 1960s16
- 1970s14
- 1980s10
- 1990s5
- 2000s9
- 2010s8
By recorded year of death, for the 260 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Rosehill Cemetery · Chicago, IL18
- Graceland Cemetery · Chicago, IL15
- Calvary Catholic Cemetery · Evanston, IL14
- Oak Ridge Cemetery · Springfield, IL13
- All Saints Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum · Des Plaines, IL9
- Saint Adalbert Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleums · Niles, IL8
- Evergreen Memorial Cemetery · Bloomington, IL7
- Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum · Alsip, IL7
- Oakwoods Cemetery · Chicago, IL6
- Mount Olivet Cemetery · Chicago, IL5
- Spring Lake Cemetery · Aurora, IL5
- Springdale Cemetery · Peoria, IL4
- Resurrection Cemetery · Justice, IL4
- Mount Hope Cemetery · Chicago, IL4
- Diamond Grove Cemetery · South Jacksonville, IL4
- Forest Home Cemetery · Forest Park, IL3
- Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleums · Evergreen Park, IL3
- Queen of Heaven Cemetery · Hillside, IL3
- Memorial Park Cemetery · Skokie, IL3
- Chippiannock Cemetery · Rock Island, IL3
- Woodland Cemetery · Quincy, IL3
- Maple Ridge Cemetery · Carmi, IL3
- Oakwood Cemetery · Ingalls Park, IL3
- Greenwood Cemetery · Canton, IL3
- East Lawn Cemetery · Salem, IL3
Top 25 of 114 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
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Other notable burials in Illinois
Business leaders265Writers and poets238Baseball players201Musicians and singers191Journalists129Painters, sculptors and photographers94Physicians93American Civil War veterans88Actors80American football players78Architects74World War II veterans71World War I veterans70Scientists66Medal of Honor recipients57Inventors and engineers55Basketball players51Governors31United States senators25
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.