Politician Graves & Memorials
1,400+ memorials
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.
Francis G. Newlands
1848–1917 (age 69)
Oak Hill Cemetery
U.S. Senator and Congressman from Nevada who championed irrigation and conservation.
Edwin M. Stanton
1814–1869 (age 55)
Oak Hill Cemetery
U.S. Secretary of War under Presidents Lincoln and Johnson during the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Edward Bates
1793–1869 (age 76)
Bellefontaine Cemetery
United States Attorney General under President Abraham Lincoln.
Thomas Hart Benton
1782–1858 (age 76)
Bellefontaine Cemetery
Prominent U.S. Senator who championed western expansion and the Homestead Act.
James B. Bowlin
1804–1874 (age 70)
Bellefontaine Cemetery
U.S. Representative of Missouri.
William Webb Ferguson
1857–1910 (age 53)
Elmwood Cemetery
First African-American man elected to the Michigan House of Representatives.
George Baker
1872–1953 (age 81)
Rose Hills Memorial Park
American politician.
Nathan Hale
1860–1941 (age 81)
Rose Hills Memorial Park
American politician.
Goodwin Knight
1896–1970 (age 74)
Rose Hills Memorial Park
American politician and Governor of California.
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ
1930–2011 (age 81)
Rose Hills Memorial Park
Vietnamese Air Force officer and Prime Minister of South Vietnam.
Dương Văn Minh
1916–2001 (age 85)
Rose Hills Memorial Park
Vietnamese general and President of South Vietnam.
Washington Bartlett
1824–1887 (age 63)
Mountain View Cemetery
Mayor of San Francisco and Governor of California.
Coles Bashford
1816–1878 (age 62)
Mountain View Cemetery
Governor of Wisconsin and Arizona Territory politician.
Warren English
Mountain View Cemetery
US Representative from California.
John Felton
Mountain View Cemetery
Mayor of Oakland from 1869 to 1870.
William Gwin
Mountain View Cemetery
One of California's first U.S. Senators.
Henry Haight
Mountain View Cemetery
Governor of California from 1867 to 1871.
William Knowland
Mountain View Cemetery
U.S. Senator and Publisher of the Oakland Tribune.
Samuel Merritt
Mountain View Cemetery
Early Mayor of Oakland.
Romualdo Pacheco
1831–1899 (age 68)
Mountain View Cemetery
Governor of California in 1875.
George Pardee
1857–1941 (age 84)
Mountain View Cemetery
Governor of California from 1903 to 1907.
George Perkins
1862–1940 (age 78)
Mountain View Cemetery
Governor of California and U.S. Senator.
Richard Hammond
Mountain View Cemetery
Speaker of the California State Assembly and former U.S. Army Major.
Francis Shattuck
Mountain View Cemetery
Prominent in the politics and early development of Alameda County, Oakland and Berkeley.
William Robinson Jr.
1785–1868 (age 83)
Allegheny Cemetery
Politician, businessman, and militia general.
Abraham Baldwin
1754–1807 (age 53)
Rock Creek Cemetery
U.S. Senator, signer of the U.S. Constitution, and first president of the University of Georgia.
Joseph Bray Bennett
1833–1913 (age 80)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Wisconsin state senator and appointments clerk at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Montgomery Blair
1813–1883 (age 70)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Abraham Lincoln's Postmaster General.
Camille Chautemps
1885–1963 (age 78)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Prime minister of France during the Third Republic.
Martin F. Conway
1827–1882 (age 55)
Rock Creek Cemetery
U.S. congressman from Kansas and consul to France.
S. Wallace Dempsey
1862–1949 (age 87)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Republican politician in early 20th century America.
Matthew Gault Emery
1818–1901 (age 83)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Mayor of Washington, D.C., from 1870 to 1871.
Charles S. Fairfax
1829–1869 (age 40)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Virginia-born California politician entitled to the British title 10th Lord Fairfax of Cameron.
Peter Force
1790–1868 (age 78)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Politician, newspaper editor, archivist, and twelfth mayor of Washington, D.C.
Israel Moore Foster
1873–1950 (age 77)
Rock Creek Cemetery
Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Frank Hatton
1846–1894 (age 48)
Rock Creek Cemetery
U.S. postmaster general and editor of the Washington Post.
Samuel Billingsley Hill
1875–1958 (age 83)
Rock Creek Cemetery
U.S. representative from Washington and member of the United States Board of Tax Appeals.
Francis Lewis
1713–1802 (age 89)
Trinity Church Cemetery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Hugh Williamson
1735–1802 (age 67)
Trinity Church Cemetery
American politician and signer of the Constitution of the United States.
John Francis Mercer
1759–1821 (age 62)
Philadelphia
Virginia planter and politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Richard Dobbs Spaight
1758–1802 (age 44)
Craven County
Richard Dobbs Spaight was a New Bern resident who lived from 1758 to 1802.
David Howell
1747–1824 (age 77)
North Burial Ground
David Howell was a Morristown resident who lived from 1747 to 1824.
Thomas Blount
1759–1812 (age 53)
Congressional Cemetery
Thomas Blount was a North Carolina politician from Pitt County who served in Congress during the early 19th century.
William Lee Ball
1781–1824 (age 43)
Congressional Cemetery
William Lee Ball was a Virginia congressman from Lancaster County who served in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Benjamin G. Orr
1762–1822 (age 60)
Congressional Cemetery
Benjamin G. Orr was a Virginia politician and military officer during the early American republic.
Richard Clough Anderson, Jr.
1788–1826 (age 38)
Cave Hill Cemetery
Richard Clough Anderson, Jr. was a Kentucky politician and diplomat who served as U.S. Minister to Colombia.
Cuthbert Bullitt
1774–1825 (age 51)
Cave Hill Cemetery
Cuthbert Bullitt was a Virginia politician and prominent figure in Kentucky's early settlement and development.
Joseph Alston
1779–1816 (age 37)
Murrells Inlet
Joseph Alston was a South Carolina planter and politician who served as governor and married Theodosia Burr.
George Washington Adams
1801–1829 (age 28)
Hancock Cemetery
George Washington Adams was the son of U.S. President John Quincy Adams.