Mary Chase Barney

Herman Hollerith

1860–1929 (age 69)

Oak Hill Cemetery

Inventor of the electric tabulating machine that revolutionized census data processing.

Dean Acheson

1893–1971 (age 78)

Oak Hill Cemetery

U.S. Secretary of State under President Truman who played a key role in Cold War foreign policy.

Peggy Eaton

1799–1879 (age 80)

Oak Hill Cemetery

Wife of Secretary of War John Eaton whose social status sparked the Petticoat Affair scandal.

Francis G. Newlands

1848–1917 (age 69)

Oak Hill Cemetery

U.S. Senator and Congressman from Nevada who championed irrigation and conservation.

Myrtilla Miner

1815–1864 (age 49)

Oak Hill Cemetery

Founder of the Institution for the Education of Colored Youth in Washington, D.C.

James G. Blaine

1830–1893 (age 63)

Oak Hill Cemetery

U.S. Secretary of State and Speaker of the House who was a leading Republican figure in the Gilded Age.