List of burials at the Congressional Cemetery

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This is a list of notable individuals who were buried at the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C., as well as those who are memorialized by cenotaphs. In particular, many U.S. senators and U.S. representatives are memorialized by cenotaphs at the cemetery.

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Specialized terminology is used on this list. The term cenotaph includes not only monuments that are "empty tombs" or where the body is buried elsewhere, but also the graves of Congressmen who died in office which are marked by the particular style of cenotaph designed by Benjamin Latrobe for the Cemetery. "Congressman" refers to any U.S. senator or representative. A range/site listing, e.g. R31/S44, after a name gives the location of the grave or cenotaph according to the cemetery's location system.

Buried with a cenotaph

Graves of Anna and William Thornton QR CC both Thorntons.JPG
Graves of Anna and William Thornton
William A. Burwell William A. Burwell's grave.jpg
William A. Burwell
Uriah Tracy QR CC Uriah Tracy.JPG
Uriah Tracy

Congress Members buried without a cenotaph

John Brademas Mausoleum at Congressional Cemetery Brademas-Mauseleom-Congressional-Cem.jpg
John Brademas Mausoleum at Congressional Cemetery
Congressman Tom Lantos's grave in Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Tom Lantos grave, Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C..JPG
Congressman Tom Lantos's grave in Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

Senior Union Civil War officers

Army

Navy

Mayors and other Chief Executives of Washington, DC

National Underground Railroad Network honorees

Others

Temporary interments

Cenotaph memorials without interment

John Quincy Adams JQAdams QRc CC.JPG
John Quincy Adams
Cenotaph shared by Nicholas Begich and Hale Boggs Nicholas J. Begich's grave.jpg
Cenotaph shared by Nicholas Begich and Hale Boggs
Andrew Butler's cenotaph Andrew Butler grave.jpg
Andrew Butler's cenotaph
John C. Calhoun CalhounCentaph CC DC.JPG
John C. Calhoun
J. Pinckney Henderson James Pinckney Henderson's grave.jpg
J. Pinckney Henderson
John Linn Latrobe Ceno John Linn.JPG
John Linn
Thaddeus Stevens QR CC Thaddeus Stevens.JPG
Thaddeus Stevens

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