Peabody Babcock

Katharine Graham

1917–2001 (age 84)

Oak Hill Cemetery

Publisher of The Washington Post who led the newspaper through the Pentagon Papers and Watergate.

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.

Madeleine Albright

1937–2022 (age 85)

Oak Hill Cemetery

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

Joseph Henry

1797–1878 (age 81)

Oak Hill Cemetery

First Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and pioneering physicist.

Paul J. Pelz

1841–1918 (age 77)

Oak Hill Cemetery

Architect who designed the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building.

Adolf Cluss

1825–1905 (age 80)

Oak Hill Cemetery

German-American architect who designed numerous public buildings in Washington, D.C.