Noah Henry Byington

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.

Madeleine Albright

1937–2022 (age 85)

Oak Hill Cemetery

First female U.S. Secretary of State who served under President Clinton.

Paul J. Pelz

1841–1918 (age 77)

Oak Hill Cemetery

Architect who designed the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building.

Francis G. Newlands

1848–1917 (age 69)

Oak Hill Cemetery

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

Joseph Henry

1797–1878 (age 81)

Oak Hill Cemetery

First Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and pioneering physicist.

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.