United States representatives buried in Rhode Island
Wikidata records 42 US representatives as buried in 12 of the cemeteries we list in Rhode Island. Swan Point Cemetery in Pawtucket holds the most, with 16. Rhode Island has the 33rd 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 Rhode Island
- Benjamin Bourne1755-1808American politicianJuniper Hill Cemetery, Bristol, RI
- Phanuel Bishop1739-1812American politicianNewman Cemetery, East Providence, RI
- John Linscom Boss, Jr.1780-1819American politicianCommon Ground Cemetery, Newport, RI
- Isaac Wilbour1763-1837American politicianSeaconnet Cemetery, Newport East, RI
- Richard Jackson1764-1838U.S. Representative from Rhode IslandNorth Burial Ground, Providence, RI
- Samuel Eddy1769-1839American politicianNorth Burial Ground, Providence, RI
- Christopher Grant Champlin1768-1840American politicianCommon Ground Cemetery, Newport, RI
- Joseph L. Tillinghast1790-1844American politicianNorth Burial Ground, Providence, RI
- Dutee Jerauld Pearce1789-1849American politicianCommon Ground Cemetery, Newport, RI
- Albert Gallup1796-1851American politicianSwan Point Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
- Lemuel Hastings Arnold1792-1852American politicianSwan Point Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
- Tristam Burges1770-1853American politicianNorth Burial Ground, Providence, RI
- William Sprague III1799-1856American Governor of Rhode IslandSwan Point Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
- Henry Y. Cranston1789-1864American politicianIsland Cemetery, Newport, RI
- George Gordon King1807-1870American politicianCommon Ground Cemetery, Newport, RI
- Robert B. Cranston1791-1873American politicianIsland Cemetery, Newport, RI
- Thomas Jenckes1818-1875American politicianSwan Point Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
- George H. Browne1818-1885American politicianSwan Point Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
- Christopher Robinson1806-1889American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Woonsocket, RI
- William Almy Pirce1824-1891American politicianSwan Point Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
- Thomas Davis1806-1895Irish-American manufacturer, politician and abolitionistSwan Point Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
- Latimer Whipple Ballou1812-1900American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Woonsocket, RI
- Benjamin T. Eames1818-1901American politicianSwan Point Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
- William Paine Sheffield Sr.1820-1907American politicianIsland Cemetery, Newport, RI
- Daniel L. D. Granger1852-1909American politicianSwan Point Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
- Melville Bull1854-1909American politicianIsland Cemetery, Newport, RI
- Adin B. Capron1841-1911American politicianSwan Point Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
- Charles H. Page1843-1912American politicianSwan Point Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
- Nelson W. Aldrich1841-1915American politicianSwan Point Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
- Henry J. Spooner1839-1918American politicianSwan Point Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
- William Paine Sheffield, Jr.1857-1919American politicianIsland Cemetery, Newport, RI
- Walter Russell Stiness1854-1924American politicianSwan Point Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
- Oscar Lapham1837-1926American politicianSwan Point Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
- George F. O'Shaunessy1868-1934American politicianSaint Francis Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
- John Matthew O'Connell1872-1941American politicianSaint Sebastian Cemetery, Westerly, RI
- Richard Steere Aldrich1884-1941American politicianSwan Point Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
- Charles Risk1897-1943American politicianSaint Francis Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
- Perry Belmont1851-1947American politicianIsland Cemetery, Newport, RI
- Clark Burdick1868-1948American politicianSaint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard, Middletown, RI
- Harry Sandager1887-1955American politicianSaint Francis Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
- Jeremiah E. O'Connell1883-1964American politicianSaint Francis Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
- Francis Condon1891-1965American politicianMount Saint Mary Cemetery, Pawtucket, RI
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1800s1
- 1810s2
- 1830s3
- 1840s3
- 1850s4
- 1860s1
- 1870s3
- 1880s2
- 1890s2
- 1900s5
- 1910s5
- 1920s2
- 1930s1
- 1940s5
- 1950s1
- 1960s2
By recorded year of death, for the 42 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Swan Point Cemetery · Pawtucket, RI16
- Island Cemetery · Newport, RI6
- Common Ground Cemetery · Newport, RI4
- Saint Francis Cemetery · Pawtucket, RI4
- North Burial Ground · Providence, RI4
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Woonsocket, RI2
- Saint Sebastian Cemetery · Westerly, RI1
- Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard · Middletown, RI1
- Seaconnet Cemetery · Newport East, RI1
- Newman Cemetery · East Providence, RI1
- Mount Saint Mary Cemetery · Pawtucket, RI1
- Juniper Hill Cemetery · Bristol, RI1
Other notable burials in Rhode Island
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.