Notable burials · Government
Governors buried in Pennsylvania
Wikidata records 28 governors as buried in 21 of the cemeteries we list in Pennsylvania. Harrisburg Cemetery in Harrisburg holds the most, with 4. Pennsylvania has the 24th highest count of any state, out of 1,297 nationally.
People recorded as having held a governor's office, such as governor of a US state or territory.
28
governors
21
cemeteries
1%
of notable burials in Pennsylvania
1860s
the decade with the most deaths (3)
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In order of death
Governors buried in Pennsylvania
- Thomas McKean1734-1817American Founding Father and politicianLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Joseph Hiester1752-1832American politicianCharles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA
- George Wolf1777-1840United States politicianHarrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, PA
- William Findlay1768-1846American politicianHarrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, PA
- Samuel W. Black1816-1862American territorial governor of NebraskaAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- David R. Porter1788-1867Ninth Governor of PennsylvaniaHarrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, PA
- Edward Coles1786-18682nd governor of IllinoisThe Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
- William F. Johnston1808-1872American politicianAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- John W. Geary1819-1873Union Army GeneralHarrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, PA
- John B. Page1826-1885American politicianEvergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, PA
- James Pollock1810-1890American politicianMilton Cemetery, Milton, PA
- Henry M. Hoyt1830-1892Union Army general, lawyer, judge, governorForty Fort Cemetery, Swoyersville, PA
- Daniel H. Hastings1849-1903American politicianUnion Cemetery, Bellefonte, PA
- Robert Emory Pattison1850-1904American politicianWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- James Addams Beaver1837-1914American politicianUnion Cemetery, Bellefonte, PA
- Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker1843-1916Governor of Pennsylvania, Union United States Army soldierMorris Cemetery, Phoenixville, PA
- William A. Stone1846-1920American politician, PennsylvaniaWellsboro Cemetery, Wellsboro, PA
- William Cameron Sproul1870-1928American politicianChester Rural Cemetery, Parkside, PA
- Martin Grove Brumbaugh1862-1930Pennsylvania's 26th GovernorValley View Cemetery, McConnellstown, PA
- Edwin Sydney Stuart1853-1937American politicianWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Gifford Pinchot1865-1946American forester and politicianMilford Cemetery, Gold Key Lake, PA
- John Kinley Tener1863-1946American politicianHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- David L. Lawrence1889-1966Governor of PennsylvaniaCalvary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Homestead, PA
- Edward Martin1879-1967PoliticianGreen Mount Cemetery, Waynesburg, PA
- James H. Duff1883-1969American politicianChartiers Cemetery, Carnegie, PA
- Arthur James1883-1973American politicianHanover Cemetery, Plymouth, PA
- Milton Shapp1912-1994American businessman and politicianHar Jehuda Cemetery, Drexel Hill, PA
- Dick Thornburgh1932-2020American politicianHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1810s1
- 1830s1
- 1840s2
- 1860s3
- 1870s2
- 1880s1
- 1890s2
- 1900s2
- 1910s2
- 1920s2
- 1930s2
- 1940s2
- 1960s3
- 1970s1
- 1990s1
- 2020s1
By recorded year of death, for the 28 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Harrisburg Cemetery · Harrisburg, PA4
- Allegheny Cemetery · Bloomfield, PA2
- West Laurel Hill Cemetery · Bala Cynwyd, PA2
- Union Cemetery · Bellefonte, PA2
- Homewood Cemetery · Wilkinsburg, PA2
- Charles Evans Cemetery · Reading, PA1
- The Woodlands · Philadelphia, PA1
- Calvary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum · Homestead, PA1
- Evergreen Cemetery · Gettysburg, PA1
- Laurel Hill Cemetery · Philadelphia, PA1
- Milford Cemetery · Gold Key Lake, PA1
- Chartiers Cemetery · Carnegie, PA1
- Chester Rural Cemetery · Parkside, PA1
- Har Jehuda Cemetery · Drexel Hill, PA1
- Valley View Cemetery · McConnellstown, PA1
- Milton Cemetery · Milton, PA1
- Green Mount Cemetery · Waynesburg, PA1
- Morris Cemetery · Phoenixville, PA1
- Forty Fort Cemetery · Swoyersville, PA1
- Wellsboro Cemetery · Wellsboro, PA1
- Hanover Cemetery · Plymouth, PA1
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Other notable burials in Pennsylvania
United States representatives418Writers and poets236Baseball players193Business leaders188Painters, sculptors and photographers161American Civil War veterans142Scientists118American football players113Journalists99Musicians and singers99Medal of Honor recipients98Physicians94Inventors and engineers90Actors83World War II veterans56Architects55World War I veterans47Mexican-American War veterans36Basketball players30United States senators27Spanish-American War 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.