Notable burials · Government
Where Supreme Court justices are buried
Wikidata records 79 Supreme Court justices as buried in 52 of the cemeteries we list, across 22 states. Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA, holds the most, with 14.
Chief Justices and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.
79
Supreme Court justices
52
cemeteries
22
states
1910s
the decade with the most deaths (7)
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In order of death
Supreme Court justices and where they rest
- John Blair Jr.1732-1800American politician, Founding Father and juristBruton Parish Episcopal Church Cemetery, Williamsburg, VA
- John Rutledge1739-1800Chief justice of the United States in 1795St. Michael's Churchyard, Charleston, SC
- William Paterson1745-1806Governor of New JerseyAlbany Rural Cemetery, Menands, NY
- Oliver Ellsworth1745-1807Chief justice of the United States from 1796 to 1800Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, CT
- Samuel Chase1741-1811American lawyer and politician, signatory of the Declaration of IndependenceOld Saint Pauls Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- Thomas Johnson1732-1819U.S. Supreme Court Justice and governor;Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, MD
- Henry Brockholst Livingston1757-1823United States federal judge and American Revolutionary War officerGreen - Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
- Thomas Todd1765-1826United States federal judgeFrankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, KY
- Robert Trimble1776-1828United States federal judgeMount Olive Cemetery, Paris, KY
- John Marshall1755-1835Chief justice of the United States from 1801 to 1835,Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- Philip Pendleton Barbour1783-1841U.S. Congressman from Virginia and an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme CourtCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Smith Thompson1768-1843United States federal judgePoughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, NY
- Henry Baldwin1780-1844United States federal judgeRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Joseph Story1779-1845American jurist (1779-1845); US Supreme Court justice from 1812 to 1845Mount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- John McKinley1780-1852Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United StatesCave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
- Peter Vivian Daniel1784-1860United States federal judgeHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- John McLean1785-1861American jurist and politicianSpring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Finneytown, OH
- Roger B. Taney1777-1864Chief justice of the United States from 1836 to 1864Saint John's Catholic Cemetery, Frederick, MD
- John Catron1786-1865United States federal judgeMount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, TN
- James Moore Wayne1790-1867American politicianLaurel Grove South Cemetery, Savannah, GA
- Salmon P. Chase1808-1873American politician and lawyerSpring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Finneytown, OH
- Samuel Nelson1792-1873American judgeLakewood Cemetery, Cooperstown, NY
- Benjamin Robbins Curtis1809-1874American judgeMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Nathan Clifford1803-1881American politicianEvergreen Cemetery, Portland, ME
- Noah Haynes Swayne1804-1884American jurist (1804-1884); US Supreme Court justice from 1862 to 1881Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Ward Hunt1810-1886American politicianForest Hill Cemetery, Utica, NY
- David Davis1815-1886American lawyer, judge, Supreme Court justice, and politicianEvergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, IL
- John Archibald Campbell1811-1889American politician and juristGreen Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- Stanley Matthews1824-1889US Supreme Court justice from 1881 to 1889Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Finneytown, OH
- Samuel Freeman Miller1816-1890American judgeOakland Cemetery, Keokuk, IA
- Joseph P. Bradley1813-1892Associate Justice of the US Supreme CourtMount Pleasant Cemetery, Kearny, NJ
- Samuel Blatchford1820-1893American jurist (1820-1893); US Supreme Court justice from 1882 to 1893Green - Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
- Howell Edmunds Jackson1832-1895American jurist and politicianMount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, TN
- William Strong1808-1895Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United StatesCharles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA
- Stephen Johnson Field1816-1899US Supreme Court justice from 1863 to 1897Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Horace Gray1828-1902American judgeMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Rufus W. Peckham1838-1909US Supreme Court justice from 1896 to 1909Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, NY
- David Josiah Brewer1837-1910US Supreme Court justice from 1890 to 1910Mount Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, KS
- Melville Fuller1833-1910Chief justice of the United States from 1888 to 1910Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- John Marshall Harlan1833-1911US Supreme Court justice from 1877 to 1911Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Henry Billings Brown1836-1913US Supreme Court justice from 1891 to 1906Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, MI
- Horace Harmon Lurton1844-1914Confederate Army soldier, lawyer, judge and politicianGreenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, TN
- Joseph Rucker Lamar1857-1916American Supreme Court JusticeSummerville Cemetery, Augusta, GA
- William Henry Moody1853-1917US Supreme Court justice from 1906 to 1910South Byfield Cemetery, Rowley, MA
- Edward Douglass White Jr.1845-1921Chief justice of the United States from 1910 to 1921Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William R. Day1849-1923US Supreme Court justice from 1903 to 1922Westlawn Cemetery, Canton, OH
- George Shiras, Jr.1832-1924US Supreme Court justice from 1892 to 1903Allegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- Mahlon Pitney1858-1924American politician and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme CourtEvergreen Cemetery, Morristown, NJ
- Joseph McKenna1843-1926US Supreme Court justice from 1898 to 1925Mount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Edward Terry Sanford1865-1930US Supreme Court justice from 1923 to 1930Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, TN
- William Howard Taft1857-193027th President of the United States from 1909 to 1913Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Oliver Wendell Holmes1841-1935American jurist (1841-1935); US Supreme Court justice from 1902 to 1932Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Willis Van Devanter1859-1941Associate Justice of the United States Supreme CourtRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- George Sutherland1862-1942Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, United States Senator, member of the United States House of RepresentativesCedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, MD
- John Hessin Clarke1857-1945Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United StatesLisbon Cemetery, Leetonia, OH
- James Clark McReynolds1862-1946United States federal judge and Supreme Court JusticeGlenwood Cemetery, Elkton, KY
- Harlan F. Stone1872-1946Chief justice of the United States from 1941 to 1946Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Charles Evans Hughes1862-1948American jurist; Chief Justice of the United States from 1930 to 1941Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, NY
- Wiley Rutledge1894-1949American Supreme Court justiceGreen Mountain Cemetery, Boulder, CO
- Harold Hitz Burton1888-1964United States federal judgeHighland Park Cemetery, Shaker Heights, OH
- Sherman Minton1890-1965US Supreme Court justice from 1949 to 1956Holy Trinity Cemetery, New Albany, IN
- Felix Frankfurter1882-1965Former Associate Justice of the United States Supreme CourtMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Hugo Black1886-1971U.S. Supreme Court justiceArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Charles Evans Whittaker1901-1973American judgeCalvary Cemetery, Kansas City, MO
- Earl Warren1891-1974Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1953 to 1969Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Thomas Campbell Clark1899-1977Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United StatesRestland Memorial Park, Richardson, TX
- William O. Douglas1898-1980US Supreme Court justice from 1939 to 1975Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Potter Stewart1915-1985US Supreme Court justice from 1958 to 1981Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Arthur Goldberg1908-1990American lawyer, politician and civil servantArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Thurgood Marshall1908-1993Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 to 1991Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Warren E. Burger1907-1995Chief justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- William J. Brennan1906-1997U.S. Supreme Court justice from 1956 to 1990Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Lewis F. Powell Jr.1907-1998American jurist (1907-1998); US Supreme Court justice from 1972 to 1987Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- Harry Blackmun1908-1999US Supreme Court justice from 1970 to 1994Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- William Rehnquist1924-2005Chief justice of the United States from 1986 to 2005Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Antonin Scalia1936-2016Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1986 to 2016Fairfax Memorial Park, Kings Park West, VA
- John Paul Stevens1920-2019United States Supreme Court justiceArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg1933-2020American lawyer and juristArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- David Souter1939-2025American lawyer and juristLakeside Cemetery, Wakefield, MA
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1800s4
- 1810s2
- 1820s3
- 1830s1
- 1840s4
- 1850s1
- 1860s5
- 1870s3
- 1880s6
- 1890s6
- 1900s2
- 1910s7
- 1920s5
- 1930s3
- 1940s7
- 1960s3
- 1970s4
- 1980s2
- 1990s6
- 2000s1
- 2010s2
- 2020s2
By recorded year of death, for the 79 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Arlington National Cemetery · Arlington, VA14
- Rock Creek Cemetery · Washington, DC5
- Mount Auburn Cemetery · North Brighton, MA4
- Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum · Finneytown, OH3
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Washington, DC2
- Hollywood Cemetery · Richmond, VA2
- Albany Rural Cemetery · Menands, NY2
- Green - Wood Cemetery · Brooklyn, NY2
- Mount Olivet Cemetery · Nashville, TN2
- Green Mount Cemetery · Baltimore, MD1
- Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery · Poughkeepsie, NY1
- Charles Evans Cemetery · Reading, PA1
- Congressional Cemetery · Washington, DC1
- Mount Olivet Cemetery · Washington, DC1
- Cave Hill Cemetery · Louisville, KY1
- Evergreen Memorial Cemetery · Bloomington, IL1
- Fairfax Memorial Park · Kings Park West, VA1
- Graceland Cemetery · Chicago, IL1
- Elmwood Cemetery · Detroit, MI1
- Laurel Grove South Cemetery · Savannah, GA1
- Greenwood Cemetery · Clarksville, TN1
- Old Saint Pauls Cemetery · Baltimore, MD1
- Woodlawn Cemetery · The Bronx, NY1
- Evergreen Cemetery · Portland, ME1
- Saint John's Catholic Cemetery · Frederick, MD1
Top 25 of 52 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
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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.