United States senators buried in North Carolina
Wikidata records 16 US senators as buried in 14 of the cemeteries we list in North Carolina. Riverside Cemetery in Asheville holds the most, with 3. North Carolina has the 28th highest count of any state, out of 1,065 nationally.
People recorded as having served in the United States Senate.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
United States senators buried in North Carolina
- William Henry Haywood Jr.1801-1852American politicianCity Cemetery, Raleigh, NC
- John Branch1782-1863American politicianElmwood Cemetery, Enfield, NC
- David Settle Reid1813-1891American politicianGreenview Cemetery, Reidsville, NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance1830-1894Confederate military officer in the American Civil WarRiverside Cemetery, Asheville, NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman1812-1897Confederate Army general and politicianRiverside Cemetery, Asheville, NC
- Lee Slater Overman1854-1930American politicianChestnut Hill Cemetery, Salisbury, NC
- Cameron A. Morrison1869-1953American politicianElmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, NC
- Clyde R. Hoey1877-1954American politicianSunset Cemetery, Shelby, NC
- William H. Smathers1891-1955American politicianGreen Hill Cemetery, Waynesville, NC
- W. Kerr Scott1896-1958American politicianHawfields Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Mebane, NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds1884-1963American politicianRiverside Cemetery, Asheville, NC
- Frank Porter Graham1886-1972Historian and politicianOld Chapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, NC
- B. Everett Jordan1896-1974American politicianPine Hill Cemetery, Burlington, NC
- Sam Ervin1896-1985United States Senator and juristForest Hill Cemetery, Morganton, NC
- Alton Lennon1906-1986American politicianOakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, NC
- Kay Hagan1953-2019American politicianGreen Hill Cemetery, Greensboro, NC
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1850s1
- 1860s1
- 1890s3
- 1930s1
- 1950s4
- 1960s1
- 1970s2
- 1980s2
- 2010s1
By recorded year of death, for the 16 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Riverside Cemetery · Asheville, NC3
- Old Chapel Hill Cemetery · Chapel Hill, NC1
- Hawfields Presbyterian Church Cemetery · Mebane, NC1
- Elmwood Cemetery · Charlotte, NC1
- Sunset Cemetery · Shelby, NC1
- Forest Hill Cemetery · Morganton, NC1
- Pine Hill Cemetery · Burlington, NC1
- City Cemetery · Raleigh, NC1
- Green Hill Cemetery · Waynesville, NC1
- Green Hill Cemetery · Greensboro, NC1
- Greenview Cemetery · Reidsville, NC1
- Chestnut Hill Cemetery · Salisbury, NC1
- Elmwood Cemetery · Enfield, NC1
- Oakdale Cemetery · Wilmington, NC1
Other notable burials in North Carolina
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.