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Washington's tomb at the
United States Capitol in Washington D.C., originally designed to entomb the body of
George Washington .
Burial places of presidents and vice presidents of the United States are located across 23
states and the
District of Columbia . Since the office was established in 1789, 45 people have served as
President of the United States .
[A] Of these, 39 have died. The state with the most presidential burial sites is
Virginia with seven. Since its 1789 establishment, 49 people have served as
Vice President of the United States . Of these, 43 have died. The state with the most vice-presidential burial sites is
New York with 10. Fifteen people have served as both president and as vice president. Of these, 14 have died, and each is listed in both tables. Altogether, 79 people have held either or both offices. Of these, 68 have died.
The first table below lists each deceased president's place of burial, along with the date of death, and the order of their presidency. The second table lists each deceased vice president's place of burial, along with the date of death, and the order of their vice presidency.
Presidential burial places
OP
President
Date of death
Burial place
City
State
Site image
1
George Washington
[1]
December 14, 1799
[2]
Mount Vernon
[B]
Fairfax County
Virginia
2
John Adams
[4]
July 4, 1826
[5]
[C]
United First Parish Church
[D]
Quincy
Massachusetts
3
Thomas Jefferson
[6]
July 4, 1826
[7]
[C]
Monticello
Charlottesville
Virginia
4
James Madison
[9]
June 28, 1836
Montpelier
Orange
Virginia
5
James Monroe
[10]
July 4, 1831
James Monroe Tomb ,
[E]
Hollywood Cemetery
Richmond
Virginia
6
John Quincy Adams
[11]
February 23, 1848
United First Parish Church
[F]
Quincy
Massachusetts
7
Andrew Jackson
[12]
June 8, 1845
The Hermitage
Nashville
Tennessee
8
Martin Van Buren
[13]
July 24, 1862
Kinderhook Reformed Church Cemetery
Kinderhook
New York
9
William Henry Harrison
[14]
April 4, 1841
[15]
[G]
William Henry Harrison Tomb State Memorial
[H]
North Bend
Ohio
10
John Tyler
[17]
January 18, 1862
Hollywood Cemetery
Richmond
Virginia
11
James K. Polk
[18]
June 15, 1849
Tennessee State Capitol
[I]
Nashville
Tennessee
12
Zachary Taylor
[19]
July 9, 1850
[G]
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery
[J]
Louisville
Kentucky
13
Millard Fillmore
[20]
March 8, 1874
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Buffalo
New York
14
Franklin Pierce
[21]
October 8, 1869
Old North Cemetery
Concord
New Hampshire
15
James Buchanan
[22]
June 1, 1868
Woodward Hill Cemetery
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
16
Abraham Lincoln
[23]
April 15, 1865
[G]
Lincoln Tomb ,
[K]
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Springfield
Illinois
17
Andrew Johnson
[24]
July 31, 1875
Andrew Johnson National Cemetery
Greeneville
Tennessee
18
Ulysses S. Grant
[25]
July 23, 1885
General Grant National Memorial
[L]
New York
New York
19
Rutherford B. Hayes
[26]
January 17, 1893
Spiegel Grove
[M]
Fremont
Ohio
20
James A. Garfield
[27]
September 19, 1881
[28]
[G]
James A. Garfield Memorial ,
[N]
Lake View Cemetery
Cleveland
Ohio
21
Chester A. Arthur
[30]
November 18, 1886
Albany Rural Cemetery
Menands
New York
22/24
[O]
Grover Cleveland
[31]
June 24, 1908
Princeton Cemetery
Princeton
New Jersey
23
Benjamin Harrison
[32]
March 13, 1901
Crown Hill Cemetery
Indianapolis
Indiana
25
William McKinley
[33]
September 14, 1901
[G]
McKinley National Memorial
[P]
Canton
Ohio
26
Theodore Roosevelt
[34]
January 6, 1919
Youngs Memorial Cemetery
Oyster Bay
New York
27
William Howard Taft
[35]
March 8, 1930
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington
Virginia
28
Woodrow Wilson
[36]
February 3, 1924
Washington National Cathedral
Washington, D.C.
29
Warren G. Harding
[37]
August 2, 1923
[G]
Harding Tomb
[Q]
Marion
Ohio
30
Calvin Coolidge
[38]
January 5, 1933
Plymouth Notch Cemetery
Plymouth Notch
Vermont
31
Herbert Hoover
[39]
October 20, 1964
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
West Branch
Iowa
32
Franklin D. Roosevelt
[40]
April 12, 1945
[G]
Springwood
Hyde Park
New York
33
Harry S. Truman
[41]
December 26, 1972
Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum
Independence
Missouri
34
Dwight D. Eisenhower
[42]
March 28, 1969
Eisenhower Presidential Center
Abilene
Kansas
35
John F. Kennedy
[43]
November 22, 1963
[G]
Kennedy gravesite ,
[R]
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington
Virginia
36
Lyndon B. Johnson
[45]
January 22, 1973
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
Stonewall
Texas
37
Richard Nixon
[46]
April 22, 1994
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
Yorba Linda
California
38
Gerald Ford
[47]
December 26, 2006
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
Grand Rapids
Michigan
40
Ronald Reagan
[48]
June 5, 2004
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
Simi Valley
California
41
George H. W. Bush
[49]
November 30, 2018
George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum
College Station
Texas
Notes
^ While by the conventional numbering of U.S. presidents there have been 46 presidents, only 45 individuals have held the office, as
Grover Cleveland , the only one to serve non-consecutive terms, is counted twice – as the 22nd and the 24th president.
^ Interred at this site on October 7, 1837, after initially being interred in the "old tomb", also at Mount Vernon.
[3]
^
a
b Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died on July 4, 1826; Jefferson's death occurred approximately five hours before Adams's.
[8]
^ Interred at this site in 1828, after initially being interred in the
Hancock Cemetery , Quincy, Massachusetts.
^ Interred at this site on July 5, 1858, after initially being interred in the
New York City Marble Cemetery .
^ Interred at this site in 1852, after initially being interred in the Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C., and then at Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Massachusetts.
^
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h Died in office.
^ Interred at this site on July 7, 1841, after initially being interred in the
Congressional Cemetery ,
Washington, D.C.
[16]
^ Interred at this site in 1893, after initially being interred in the
Nashville City Cemetery , and then at
Polk Place , also in Nashville, Tennessee.
^ Interred at this site in October 1850, after initially being interred in the Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C..
^ Between May 4, 1865, when it first arrived at Oak Ridge Cemetery, and September 26, 1901, Lincoln's casket was
moved 17 times , and opened on five occasions.
^ Interred at this site on April 17, 1897, after initially being interred in
Riverside Park , New York City.
^ Interred at this site on April 3, 1915, after initially being interred in
Oakwood Cemetery , Fremont, Ohio.
^ Interred at this site on May 19, 1890, after initially being interred in a temporary vault, also at Lake View Cemetery.
[29]
^ Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms in office, and due to this is counted as the nation's 22nd president and its 24th president.
^ Interred at this site in September 1907, after initially being interred in
West Lawn Cemetery , Canton, Ohio.
^ Interred at this site in 1927, after initially being interred in
Marion Cemetery Receiving Vault , Marion, Ohio.
^ Interred at this site on March 14, 1967, after initially being interred in a temporary grave, also at Arlington National Cemetery.
[44]
Map showing burial sites of U.S. presidents
Vice presidential burial places
OVP
Vice President
Date of death
Burial place
City
State
Site image
1
John Adams
[50]
July 4, 1826
[5]
[a]
United First Parish Church
[b]
Quincy
Massachusetts
2
Thomas Jefferson
[51]
July 4, 1826
[7]
[a]
Monticello
Charlottesville
Virginia
3
Aaron Burr
[52]
September 14, 1836
Princeton Cemetery
Princeton
New Jersey
4
George Clinton
[53]
April 20, 1812
[c]
Old Dutch Churchyard
[d]
Kingston
New York
5
Elbridge Gerry
[54]
November 23, 1814
[c]
Congressional Cemetery
Washington, D.C.
6
Daniel Tompkins
[55]
June 11, 1825
St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery
New York City
New York
7
John C. Calhoun
[56]
March 31, 1850
St. Phillips Churchyard
Charleston
South Carolina
8
Martin Van Buren
[57]
July 24, 1862
Kinderhook Reformed Church Cemetery
Kinderhook
New York
9
Richard M. Johnson
[58]
November 19, 1850
Frankfort Cemetery
Frankfort
Kentucky
10
John Tyler
[59]
January 18, 1862
Hollywood Cemetery
Richmond
Virginia
11
George M. Dallas
[60]
December 31, 1864
Churchyard of St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
12
Millard Fillmore
[61]
March 8, 1874
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Buffalo
New York
13
William R. King
[62]
April 18, 1853
[c]
Live Oak Cemetery
[e]
Selma
Alabama
14
John C. Breckinridge
[64]
May 17, 1875
Lexington Cemetery
Lexington
Kentucky
15
Hannibal Hamlin
[65]
July 4, 1891
Mount Hope Cemetery
Bangor
Maine
16
Andrew Johnson
[66]
July 31, 1875
Andrew Johnson National Cemetery
Greeneville
Tennessee
17
Schuyler Colfax
[67]
January 13, 1885
City Cemetery
South Bend
Indiana
18
Henry Wilson
[68]
November 22, 1875
[c]
Old Dell Park Cemetery
Natick
Massachusetts
19
William A. Wheeler
[69]
June 4, 1887
Morningside Cemetery
Malone
New York
20
Chester Arthur
[70]
November 18, 1886
Albany Rural Cemetery
Menands
New York
21
Thomas A. Hendricks
[71]
November 25, 1885
[c]
Crown Hill Cemetery
Indianapolis
Indiana
22
Levi P. Morton
[72]
May 16, 1920
Rhinebeck Cemetery
Rhinebeck
New York
23
Adlai Stevenson I
[73]
June 14, 1914
Evergreen Cemetery
Bloomington
Illinois
24
Garret Hobart
[74]
November 21, 1899
[c]
Cedar Lawn Cemetery
Paterson
New Jersey
25
Theodore Roosevelt
[75]
January 6, 1919
Youngs Memorial Cemetery
Oyster Bay
New York
26
Charles W. Fairbanks
[76]
June 4, 1918
Crown Hill Cemetery
Indianapolis
Indiana
27
James S. Sherman
[77]
October 30, 1912
[c]
Forest Hill Cemetery
Utica
New York
28
Thomas R. Marshall
[78]
June 1, 1925
Crown Hill Cemetery
Indianapolis
Indiana
29
Calvin Coolidge
[79]
January 5, 1933
Plymouth Notch Cemetery
Plymouth Notch
Vermont
30
Charles G. Dawes
[80]
April 23, 1951
Rosehill Cemetery
Chicago
Illinois
31
Charles Curtis
[81]
February 8, 1936
Topeka Cemetery
Topeka
Kansas
32
John Nance Garner
[82]
November 7, 1967
Uvalde Cemetery
Uvalde
Texas
33
Henry A. Wallace
[83]
November 18, 1965
Glendale Cemetery
[84]
Des Moines
Iowa
34
Harry S. Truman
[85]
December 26, 1972
Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum
Independence
Missouri
35
Alben W. Barkley
[86]
April 30, 1956
Mount Kenton Cemetery
Paducah
Kentucky
36
Richard Nixon
[87]
April 22, 1994
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
Yorba Linda
California
37
Lyndon B. Johnson
[88]
January 22, 1973
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
Stonewall
Texas
38
Hubert Humphrey
[89]
January 13, 1978
Lakewood Cemetery
Minneapolis
Minnesota
39
Spiro Agnew
September 17, 1996
Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens
[90]
Timonium
Maryland
40
Gerald Ford
[91]
December 26, 2006
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
Grand Rapids
Michigan
41
Nelson Rockefeller
January 26, 1979
Rockefeller Family Cemetery
[92]
[93]
Sleepy Hollow
New York
42
Walter Mondale
April 19, 2021
zz Unknown
zz —
43
George H. W. Bush
November 30, 2018
George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum
College Station
Texas
Notes
^
a
b Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died on July 4, 1826; Jefferson's death occurred approximately five hours before Adams's.
[8]
^ Interred at this site in 1828, after initially being interred in the
Hancock Cemetery , Quincy, Massachusetts.
^
a
b
c
d
e
f
g Died in office.
^ Interred at this site in 1908, after initially being interred in the
Congressional Cemetery , Washington, D.C..
^ Interred at this site in 1882, after initially being interred at Chestnut Hill, his plantation near Selma, Alabama.
[63]
Map showing burial sites of U.S. vice presidents
See also
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