United States representatives buried in Iowa
Wikidata records 88 US representatives as buried in 54 of the cemeteries we list in Iowa. Aspen Grove Cemetery in Burlington holds the most, with 8. Iowa has the 22nd highest count of any state, out of 5,331 nationally.
People recorded as having served in the United States House of Representatives.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
United States representatives buried in Iowa
- Isaac Parrish1804-1860American politician from OhioCalhoun Cemetery, Logan, IA
- Bernhart Henn1817-1865American politicianEvergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, IA
- Isaac Leffler1788-1866American politicianAspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, IA
- Samuel Curtis1805-1866American Union Army generalOakland Cemetery, Keokuk, IA
- John Parsons Cook1817-1872American politicianOakdale Cemetery, Davenport, IA
- John Flournoy Henry1793-1873American politicianAspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, IA
- Shepherd Leffler1811-1879American politicianAspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, IA
- Rush Clark1834-1879American politicianOakland Cemetery, Iowa City, IA
- James Lisle Gillis1792-1881American politicianForest Home Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, IA
- Marsena E. Cutts1833-1883American politicianForest Cemetery, Oskaloosa, IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering1827-1887American politicianOsage Cemetery, Osage, IA
- William Loughridge1827-1889American politicianForest Cemetery, Oskaloosa, IA
- George W. McCrary1835-1890American politicianOakland Cemetery, Keokuk, IA
- Madison Miner Walden1836-1891American politicianOakland Cemetery, Albia, IA
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell1821-1891American politicianHazelwood Cemetery, Grinnell, IA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy1835-1893American politicianCalvary Cemetery, Davenport, IA
- Benton Jay Hall1835-1894American politicianAspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, IA
- James W. McDill1834-1894American politicianGraceland Cemetery, Creston, IA
- Hiram Y. Smith1843-1894American politicianWoodland Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
- Daniel F. Miller1814-1895American politicianOakland Cemetery, Keokuk, IA
- James F. Wilson1828-1895American politicianEvergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, IA
- George W. Jones1804-1896American politician, judge and diplomatMount Olivet Cemetery, Dubuque, IA
- Theodore Weld Burdick1836-1898American politicianPhelps Cemetery, Decorah, IA
- Albert R. Anderson1837-1898American lawyer and politicianSidney Cemetery, Sidney, IA
- John H. Gear1825-1900American politicianAspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, IA
- Samuel M. Clark1842-1900American politicianOakland Cemetery, Keokuk, IA
- Hiram Price1814-1901American politicianOakdale Cemetery, Davenport, IA
- Joseph Champlin Stone1829-1902American politicianAspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, IA
- Lucien Lester Ainsworth1831-1902U.S. RepresentativeWest Union Cemetery, West Union, IA
- Adoniram J. Holmes1842-1902American politician and lawyerLinwood Park Cemetery, Boone, IA
- David B. Henderson1840-1906American politicianLinwood Cemetery, Dubuque, IA
- William G. Donnan1834-1908American politicianOakwood Cemetery, Independence, IA
- William B. Allison1829-1908American politician and Iowa SenatorLinwood Cemetery, Dubuque, IA
- Henry J. B. Cummings1831-1909Union United States Army officerWinterset Cemetery, Winterset, IA
- Thomas Updegraff1834-1910American politicianPleasant Grove Cemetery, Monona, IA
- John A. Kasson1822-1910Member of U.S House of Representatives and an AmbassadorWoodland Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
- William George Thompson1830-1911Union Army officer, lawyer, judge, Iowa politicianOakshade Cemetery, Marion, IA
- James B. Weaver1833-1912American politicianWoodland Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
- John F. Lacey1841-1913Union Army officerForest Cemetery, Oskaloosa, IA
- Luman Hamlin Weller1833-1914American politicianGreenwood Cemetery, Nashua, IA
- Smith McPherson1848-1915United States federal judgeEvergreen Cemetery, Red Oak, IA
- Henry Thomas Helgesen1857-1917American politicianPhelps Cemetery, Decorah, IA
- Benjamin P. Birdsall1858-1917American politicianEvergreen Cemetery, Clarion, IA
- Joseph Henry Sweney1845-1918United States generalOsage Cemetery, Osage, IA
- William E. Fuller1846-1918American politicianWest Union Cemetery, West Union, IA
- Edward H. Gillette1840-1918Iowa politicianGlendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
- Thomas Hedge1844-1920American politicianAspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, IA
- Thomas J. Steele1853-1920American politicianGraceland Park Cemetery, Sioux City, IA
- James Wilson1835-1920Scotland-born United States politicianBuckingham Cemetery, Traer, IA
- Frederick Edward White1844-1920American politicianSigourney East Cemetery, Sigourney, IA
- John C. Cook1846-1920American politicianRiverview Cemetery, Algona, IA
- George Martin Curtis1844-1921American politicianSpringdale Cemetery, Clinton, IA
- Maurice Connolly1877-1921PoliticianMount Olivet Cemetery, Dubuque, IA
- James Perry Conner1851-1924American politicianOakland Cemetery, Denison, IA
- Robert E. Evans1856-1925American politicianGraceland Park Cemetery, Sioux City, IA
- John Taylor Hamilton1843-1925Member of the U.S. House of RepresentativesOak Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, IA
- Solomon F. Prouty1854-1927American politicianGlendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
- James William Good1866-1929American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, IA
- John Joseph Seerley1852-1931American politicianAspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, IA
- Henry Otis Pratt1838-1931American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, IA
- Joseph R. Lane1858-1931American politicianOakdale Cemetery, Davenport, IA
- William D. Boies1857-1932American politicianEast Lawn Cemetery, Sheldon, IA
- Daniel W. Hamilton1861-1936American politicianSixteen Cemetery, Sigourney, IA
- Bernhard M. Jacobsen1862-1936American politicianSpringdale Cemetery, Clinton, IA
- Horace Mann Towner1855-1937American politicianWalnut Grove Cemetery, Corning, IA
- William F. Kopp1869-1938American politicianForest Home Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, IA
- Cassius C. Dowell1864-1940American politicianGlendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
- Hubert Utterback1880-1942American politicianMasonic Cemetery, Urbandale, IA
- Christian William Ramseyer1875-1943American politicianBloomfield IOOF Cemetery, Bloomfield, IA
- Edward C. Eicher1878-1944American politicianWoodlawn Cemetery, Washington, IA
- George Cromwell Scott1864-1948American politicianGraceland Park Cemetery, Sioux City, IA
- Albert F. Dawson1872-1949American politicianPreston Cemetery, Preston, IA
- William S. Jacobsen1887-1955American politicianSpringdale Cemetery, Clinton, IA
- Burton E. Sweet1867-1957American politicianHarlington Cemetery, Waverly, IA
- Thomas J. B. Robinson1868-1958American politician from IowaHampton Cemetery, Hampton, IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham1890-1961American politicianMasonic Cemetery, Urbandale, IA
- F. Dickinson Letts1875-1965United States federal judgeAinsworth Cemetery, Washington, IA
- Fred Biermann1884-1968American politicianPhelps Cemetery, Decorah, IA
- L. J. Dickinson1873-1968American politicianRiverview Cemetery, Algona, IA
- Ed H. Campbell1882-1969American politicianMount Hope Cemetery, Ida Grove, IA
- Lloyd Thurston1880-1970American politicianMaple Hill Cemetery, Osceola, IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte1887-1972American politicianCorydon Cemetery, Corydon, IA
- John R. Hansen1901-1974American politicianManning Cemetery, Manning, IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven1895-1980American politicianNassau Township Cemetery, Alton, IA
- Fred Schwengel1906-1993American politicianDavenport Memorial Park, Davenport, IA
- Bert Bandstra1922-1995American politicianOak Wood Cemetery, Pella, IA
- T. Cooper Evans1924-2005American politicianRosehill Cemetery, Grundy Center, IA
- Virginia D. Smith1911-2006American politicianRose Hill Cemetery, Shenandoah, IA
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1860s4
- 1870s4
- 1880s4
- 1890s12
- 1900s10
- 1910s12
- 1920s12
- 1930s8
- 1940s6
- 1950s3
- 1960s5
- 1970s3
- 1980s1
- 1990s2
- 2000s2
By recorded year of death, for the 88 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Aspen Grove Cemetery · Burlington, IA8
- Oakland Cemetery · Keokuk, IA4
- Glendale Cemetery · Des Moines, IA3
- Woodland Cemetery · Des Moines, IA3
- Oakdale Cemetery · Davenport, IA3
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Cedar Rapids, IA3
- Phelps Cemetery · Decorah, IA3
- Forest Cemetery · Oskaloosa, IA3
- Graceland Park Cemetery · Sioux City, IA3
- Springdale Cemetery · Clinton, IA3
- Masonic Cemetery · Urbandale, IA2
- Mount Olivet Cemetery · Dubuque, IA2
- Osage Cemetery · Osage, IA2
- Linwood Cemetery · Dubuque, IA2
- Evergreen Cemetery · Fairfield, IA2
- West Union Cemetery · West Union, IA2
- Forest Home Cemetery · Mount Pleasant, IA2
- Riverview Cemetery · Algona, IA2
- Hazelwood Cemetery · Grinnell, IA1
- Calvary Cemetery · Davenport, IA1
- Oakland Cemetery · Iowa City, IA1
- Hampton Cemetery · Hampton, IA1
- Oak Wood Cemetery · Pella, IA1
- Oakshade Cemetery · Marion, IA1
- Oakwood Cemetery · Independence, IA1
Top 25 of 54 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
Other notable burials in Iowa
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.