United States representatives buried in Texas
Wikidata records 106 US representatives as buried in 59 of the cemeteries we list in Texas. Texas State Cemetery in Austin holds the most, with 17. Texas has the 17th 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 Texas
- Robert Potter1799-1842Legislator, cabinet member, and signer of the Texas Declaration of IndependenceTexas State Cemetery, Austin, TX
- David S. Kaufman1813-1851U.S. Representative from TexasTexas State Cemetery, Austin, TX
- Franklin Welsh Bowdon1817-1857American politicianHenderson City Cemetery, Henderson, TX
- Timothy Pilsbury1789-1858American politicianHenderson City Cemetery, Henderson, TX
- Rice Garland1795-1861American politicianBrownsville City Cemetery, Brownsville, TX
- Sam Houston1793-1863American statesman, politician, and soldierOakwood Cemetery, Huntsville, TX
- George W. Smyth1803-1866American politicianTexas State Cemetery, Austin, TX
- Robert Treat Paine1812-1872American politician and enslaver 1812-1872Prairie Lea Cemetery, Brenham, TX
- James Love1795-1874American politicianEpiscopal Cemetery, Galveston, TX
- Andrew Jackson Hamilton1815-1875American politicianOakwood Cemetery, Austin, TX
- George W. Whitmore1824-1876American politicianOakwood Cemetery, Tyler, TX
- Gustav Schleicher1823-1879German-born Democratic United States Representative from TexasSan Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, TX
- Edward Degener1809-1890German American politicianCity Cemetery Number 1, San Antonio, TX
- Alexander White1816-1893American politicianGreenwood Cemetery, Dallas, TX
- John Hancock1824-1893American judge and politician from TexasOakwood Cemetery, Austin, TX
- James W. Throckmorton1825-1894American politicianPecan Grove Cemetery, McKinney, TX
- Charles Stewart1836-1895U.S. Representative from TexasGlenwood Cemetery, Houston, TX
- William H. Crain1848-1896American politicianHillside Cemetery, Cuero, TX
- Constantine B. Kilgore1835-1897American politicianWhite Rose Cemetery, Wills Point, TX
- William Harrison Martin1822-1898American politician, TexasHillsboro City Cemetery, Hillsboro, TX
- Peter Hansborough Bell1810-1898American military officer and politician who served as the third Governor of TexasTexas State Cemetery, Austin, TX
- Asa H. Willie1829-1899American politicianEpiscopal Cemetery, Galveston, TX
- David B. Culberson1830-1900American politicianOakwood Cemetery, Jefferson, TX
- Guy M. Bryan1821-1901American politicianTexas State Cemetery, Austin, TX
- Robert E. Burke1847-1901American politicianGreenwood Cemetery, Dallas, TX
- Christopher C. Upson1829-1902American politicianCity Cemetery Number 1, San Antonio, TX
- John Levi Sheppard1852-1902American politicianRose Hill Cemetery, Texarkana, TX
- William S. Herndon1835-1903American politicianOakwood Cemetery, Tyler, TX
- Dewitt Clinton Giddings1827-1903United States Congressman from TexasPrairie Lea Cemetery, Brenham, TX
- George Washington Jones1828-1903United States Congressman from TexasFairview Cemetery, Bastrop, TX
- James H. Jones1830-1904American politicianHenderson City Cemetery, Henderson, TX
- Silas Hare1827-1908American politicianWest Hill Cemetery, Sherman, TX
- Charles Henderson Yoakum1849-1909American politicianMyrtle Cemetery, Ennis, TX
- Roger Q. Mills1832-1911Confederate Army officer and politicianOakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, TX
- George C. Pendleton1845-1913American politicianHillcrest Cemetery, Temple, TX
- Edwin Le Roy Antony1852-1913American politicianOakland Cemetery, Dallas, TX
- Charles K. Bell1853-1913American politicianOakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, TX
- Poindexter Dunn1834-1914American politicianRose Hill Cemetery, Texarkana, TX
- William Crawford Sherrod1835-1918Confederate Army officerRiverside Cemetery, Wichita Falls, TX
- Samuel B. Cooper1850-1918American politicianMagnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, TX
- Gordon J. Russell1859-1919American congressman for TexasOakwood Cemetery, Tyler, TX
- Walter Gresham1841-1920American lawyer and politicianLakeview Cemetery, Galveston, TX
- Miles Crowley1859-1921American politicianCalvary Cemetery, Galveston, TX
- Robert B. Hawley1849-1921American politicianLakeview Cemetery, Galveston, TX
- Martin Dies, Sr.1870-1922American politicianGlenwood Cemetery, Houston, TX
- John B. Long1843-1924American politicianCedar Hill Cemetery, Rusk, TX
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson1842-1924American politicianGlenwood Cemetery, Houston, TX
- Rudolph Kleberg1847-1924American politicianOakwood Cemetery, Austin, TX
- William P. McLean1836-1925American politicianMount Olivet Cemetery, Haltom City, TX
- Joseph D. Sayers1841-1929American politicianFairview Cemetery, Bastrop, TX
- James Andrew Beall1866-1929American politicianOakland Cemetery, Dallas, TX
- Robert Lee Henry1864-1931American politicianRose Hill Cemetery, Texarkana, TX
- Harry M. Wurzbach1874-1931American politicianSan Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, TX
- Daniel E. Garrett1869-1932American politicianForest Park Cemetery, Houston, TX
- Sterling P. Strong1862-1936American politicianOak Cliff Cemetery, Dallas, TX
- James P. Buchanan1867-1937American politicianPrairie Lea Cemetery, Brenham, TX
- Albert Sidney Burleson1863-1937American politicianOakwood Cemetery, Austin, TX
- John Matthew Moore1862-1940American rancher and politicianMorton Cemetery, Richmond, TX
- Morris Sheppard1875-1941United States Senator from TexasHillcrest Cemetery, Texarkana, TX
- Rufus Hardy1855-1943American politicianOakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, TX
- Joseph Weldon Bailey, Jr.1892-1943American politicianSparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, TX
- Thomas Henry Ball1859-1944American politicianForest Park Cemetery, Houston, TX
- Choice B. Randell1857-1945American politicianWest Hill Cemetery, Sherman, TX
- Oscar Callaway1872-1947American politicianOakwood Cemetery, Comanche, TX
- Jesse Martin Combs1889-1953United States RepresentativeMagnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, TX
- Maury Maverick1895-1954American politicianSan Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, TX
- Oliver H. Cross1868-1960American politicianNorwood Cemetery, Hearne, TX
- John J. Bell1910-1963American politicianHillside Cemetery, Cuero, TX
- Luther Alexander Johnson1875-1965United States Congressman from TexasOakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, TX
- Charles L. South1892-1965American politicianColeman City Cemetery, Coleman, TX
- Fritz G. Lanham1880-1965American politicianGreenwood Cemetery, Weatherford, TX
- Brady P. Gentry1896-1966American politicianRose Hill Cemetery, Tyler, TX
- Albert Thomas1898-1966American politicianHouston National Cemetery, Houston, TX
- Joe R. Pool1911-1968American politicianLaurel Land Memorial Park, Duncanville, TX
- Martin Dies, Jr.1900-1972American politicianGarden of Memories Cemetery, Lufkin, TX
- Lyndon B. Johnson1908-1973President of the United States from 1963 to 1969Johnson Cemetery, Johnson City, TX
- Earle Cabell1906-1975American politicianRestland Memorial Park, Richardson, TX
- John Marvin Jones1882-1976American politicianLlano Cemetery, Amarillo, TX
- Lindley Beckworth1913-1984American politicianRose Hill Cemetery, Tyler, TX
- Robert R. Casey1915-1986American politician in TexasMemorial Oaks Cemetery, Mission Bend, TX
- Abraham Kazen1919-1987American politicianCalvary Catholic Cemetery, Laredo, TX
- William Robert Poage1899-1987Texas politicianOakwood Cemetery, Waco, TX
- Mickey Leland1944-1989American politicianOak Park Cemetery, Houston, TX
- Wingate Hezekiah Lucas1908-1989American politicianGrapevine Cemetery, Grapevine, TX
- James M. Collins1916-1989American politicianRestland Memorial Park, Richardson, TX
- Ed Gossett1902-1990American politicianRestland Memorial Park, Richardson, TX
- Omar Truman Burleson1906-1991American politicianMount Hope Cemetery, Anson, TX
- Lera Millard Thomas1900-1993American politicianOak Grove Cemetery, Nacogdoches, TX
- Homer Thornberry1909-1995American politicianTexas State Cemetery, Austin, TX
- Barbara Jordan1936-1996American politicianTexas State Cemetery, Austin, TX
- Frank Tejeda1945-1997United States MarineFort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, TX
- Joe M. Kilgore1918-1999American politicianTexas State Cemetery, Austin, TX
- Robert C. Eckhardt1913-2001American politicianAustin Memorial Park Cemetery, Austin, TX
- John Emmett Lyle, Jr.1910-2003American politicianTexas State Cemetery, Austin, TX
- Bob Price1927-2004American politicianFairview Cemetery, Pampa, TX
- J. J. Pickle1913-2005American politician, Democratic congressman from TexasTexas State Cemetery, Austin, TX
- Dan Kuykendall1924-2008American politicianKuykendall Cemetery, San Saba, TX
- William Neff Patman1927-2008Texas lawyer and politicianTexas State Cemetery, Austin, TX
- Jim Mattox1943-2008American politicianTexas State Cemetery, Austin, TX
- Robert Gammage1938-2012American politicianTexas State Cemetery, Austin, TX
- Jack English Hightower1926-2013American politician and lawyerTexas State Cemetery, Austin, TX
- Jim Wright1922-201520th-century American politician from TexasGreenwood Cemetery, Weatherford, TX
- Sam Johnson1930-2020American politician; U.S. Representative for TexasRestland Memorial Park, Richardson, TX
- Joseph P. Wyatt, Jr.1941-2022American politicianTexas State Cemetery, Austin, TX
- Bob Krueger1935-2022American politicianTexas State Cemetery, Austin, TX
- Eddie Bernice Johnson1934-2023American politicianTexas State Cemetery, Austin, TX
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1840s1
- 1850s3
- 1860s3
- 1870s5
- 1890s10
- 1900s11
- 1910s8
- 1920s10
- 1930s6
- 1940s7
- 1950s2
- 1960s8
- 1970s4
- 1980s7
- 1990s7
- 2000s7
- 2010s3
- 2020s4
By recorded year of death, for the 106 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Texas State Cemetery · Austin, TX17
- Oakwood Cemetery · Austin, TX4
- Restland Memorial Park · Richardson, TX4
- Glenwood Cemetery · Houston, TX3
- Oakwood Cemetery · Corsicana, TX3
- Prairie Lea Cemetery · Brenham, TX3
- Henderson City Cemetery · Henderson, TX3
- Rose Hill Cemetery · Texarkana, TX3
- Oakwood Cemetery · Tyler, TX3
- Fairview Cemetery · Bastrop, TX2
- San Antonio National Cemetery · San Antonio, TX2
- West Hill Cemetery · Sherman, TX2
- Rose Hill Cemetery · Tyler, TX2
- Episcopal Cemetery · Galveston, TX2
- Oakland Cemetery · Dallas, TX2
- Magnolia Cemetery · Beaumont, TX2
- Greenwood Cemetery · Dallas, TX2
- Greenwood Cemetery · Weatherford, TX2
- City Cemetery Number 1 · San Antonio, TX2
- Forest Park Cemetery · Houston, TX2
- Hillside Cemetery · Cuero, TX2
- Lakeview Cemetery · Galveston, TX2
- Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery · San Antonio, TX1
- Houston National Cemetery · Houston, TX1
- Calvary Catholic Cemetery · Laredo, TX1
Top 25 of 59 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
Other notable burials in Texas
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.