Notable burials · Government
United States senators buried in Illinois
Wikidata records 25 US senators as buried in 20 of the cemeteries we list in Illinois. Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield holds the most, with 3. Illinois has the 19th highest count of any state, out of 1,065 nationally.
People recorded as having served in the United States Senate.
25
US senators
20
cemeteries
1%
of notable burials in Illinois
1870s
the decade with the most deaths (3)
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In order of death
United States senators buried in Illinois
- Ninian Edwards1775-1833American politicianOak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL
- Samuel McRoberts1799-1843American politicianMoore Cemetery, Waterloo, IL
- William Lee D. Ewing1795-1846American politicianOak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL
- Richard Yates1815-187313th Governor of Illinois, U.S. SenatorDiamond Grove Cemetery, South Jacksonville, IL
- William Alexander Richardson1811-1875American politicianWoodland Cemetery, Quincy, IL
- Sidney Breese1800-1878American politicianCarlyle Cemetery, Carlyle, IL
- Orville Hickman Browning1806-1881American politicianWoodland Cemetery, Quincy, IL
- David Davis1815-1886American lawyer, judge, Supreme Court justice, and politicianEvergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, IL
- Lyman Trumbull1813-1896American politicianOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Richard J. Oglesby1824-1899Union Army generalElkhart Cemetery, Williamsville, IL
- John M. Palmer1817-1900Union Army general, politicianCarlinville City Cemetery, Carlinville, IL
- Charles B. Farwell1823-1903American politicianRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom1829-1914American politicianOak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL
- William E. Mason1850-1921American politicianOakwood Cemetery, North Chicago, IL
- Albert J. Hopkins1846-1922American politicianSpring Lake Cemetery, Aurora, IL
- Medill McCormick1877-1925American politicianMiddle Creek Cemetery, Winnebago, IL
- William Lorimer1861-1934U.S. politician born in EnglandCalvary Catholic Cemetery, Evanston, IL
- Charles S. Deneen1863-1940American politicianOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- James M. Slattery1878-1948American politicianCalvary Catholic Cemetery, Evanston, IL
- C. Wayland Brooks1897-1957American politician, IllinoisPleasant View Cemetery, Kewanee, IL
- William H. McMaster1877-1968American politicianOakwood Cemetery, Dixon, IL
- Scott W. Lucas1892-1968American politicianLaurel Hill Cemetery, Havana, IL
- Ralph Tyler Smith1915-1972American politicianSunset Hill Cemetery, Glen Carbon, IL
- Paul Simon1928-2003American politicianRowan Cemetery, Carbondale, IL
- William Proxmire1915-2005American politicianLake Forest Cemetery, Lake Forest, IL
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1830s1
- 1840s2
- 1870s3
- 1880s2
- 1890s2
- 1900s2
- 1910s1
- 1920s3
- 1930s1
- 1940s2
- 1950s1
- 1960s2
- 1970s1
- 2000s2
By recorded year of death, for the 25 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Oak Ridge Cemetery · Springfield, IL3
- Calvary Catholic Cemetery · Evanston, IL2
- Oakwoods Cemetery · Chicago, IL2
- Woodland Cemetery · Quincy, IL2
- Evergreen Memorial Cemetery · Bloomington, IL1
- Rosehill Cemetery · Chicago, IL1
- Lake Forest Cemetery · Lake Forest, IL1
- Oakwood Cemetery · North Chicago, IL1
- Spring Lake Cemetery · Aurora, IL1
- Sunset Hill Cemetery · Glen Carbon, IL1
- Moore Cemetery · Waterloo, IL1
- Oakwood Cemetery · Dixon, IL1
- Pleasant View Cemetery · Kewanee, IL1
- Elkhart Cemetery · Williamsville, IL1
- Diamond Grove Cemetery · South Jacksonville, IL1
- Middle Creek Cemetery · Winnebago, IL1
- Carlyle Cemetery · Carlyle, IL1
- Laurel Hill Cemetery · Havana, IL1
- Rowan Cemetery · Carbondale, IL1
- Carlinville City Cemetery · Carlinville, IL1
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Other notable burials in Illinois
Business leaders265United States representatives260Writers and poets238Baseball players201Musicians and singers191Journalists129Painters, sculptors and photographers94Physicians93American Civil War veterans88Actors80American football players78Architects74World War II veterans71World War I veterans70Scientists66Medal of Honor recipients57Inventors and engineers55Basketball players51Governors31
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.