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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

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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
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[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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Interred at this site on October 7, 1837, after initially being interred in the "old tomb", also at Mount Vernon.[3]
  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]
  4. ^ Interred at this site in 1828, after initially being interred in the Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Massachusetts.
  5. ^ Interred at this site on July 5, 1858, after initially being interred in the New York City Marble Cemetery.
  6. ^ Interred at this site in 1852, after initially being interred in the Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C., and then at Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Massachusetts.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h Died in office.
  8. ^ Interred at this site on July 7, 1841, after initially being interred in the Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.[16]
  9. ^ Interred at this site in 1893, after initially being interred in the Nashville City Cemetery, and then at Polk Place, also in Nashville, Tennessee.
  10. ^ Interred at this site in October 1850, after initially being interred in the Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C..
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Interred at this site on April 17, 1897, after initially being interred in Riverside Park, New York City.
  13. ^ Interred at this site on April 3, 1915, after initially being interred in Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio.
  14. ^ Interred at this site on May 19, 1890, after initially being interred in a temporary vault, also at Lake View Cemetery.[29]
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ Interred at this site in September 1907, after initially being interred in West Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio.
  17. ^ Interred at this site in 1927, after initially being interred in Marion Cemetery Receiving Vault, Marion, Ohio.
  18. ^ 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

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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 zzUnknown zz—
43 George H. W. Bush November 30, 2018 George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum College Station Texas

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died on July 4, 1826; Jefferson's death occurred approximately five hours before Adams's.[8]
  2. ^ Interred at this site in 1828, after initially being interred in the Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Massachusetts.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Died in office.
  4. ^ Interred at this site in 1908, after initially being interred in the Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C..
  5. ^ 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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References

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  1. ^ George Washington's Mount Vernon
  2. ^ "George Washington". The White House. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
  3. ^ Washington, George; Jefferson, Thomas; Peters, Richard (1847). Knight, Franklin (ed.). Letters on Agriculture. Washington, The editor; Philadelphia, W. S. Martien. pp. 177–180. OCLC 3347675. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
  4. ^ United First Parish Church
  5. ^ a b "John Adams". The White House. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
  6. ^ Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
  7. ^ a b "Thomas Jefferson". The White House. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
  8. ^ a b Glass, Andrew (July 3, 2016). "Jefferson and Adams die hours apart, July 4, 1826". Arlington County, Virginia: Politico. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  9. ^ Madison Family Cemetery
  10. ^ The American Nation
  11. ^ Getty Images
  12. ^ Andrew Jackson's Hermitage Gardens
  13. ^ National Park Service: Martin van Buren
  14. ^ Ohio History Connection
  15. ^ "William Henry Harrison". The White House. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
  16. ^ "President William Henry Harrison". Association for the Preservation of Historic Congressional Cemetery. Archived from the original on 2014-10-12. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
  17. ^ The Robinson Library[usurped]
  18. ^ Smithsonian Magazine
  19. ^ National Cemetery Administration
  20. ^ Forest Lawn Cemetery
  21. ^ NewHampshire.com
  22. ^ Penn Live
  23. ^ Illinois Natural Resources: Historic Preservation Division
  24. ^ Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
  25. ^ General Grant National Memorial
  26. ^ Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums
  27. ^ Lake View Cemetery
  28. ^ "James Garfield". The White House. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
  29. ^ Peskin, Allan (1978). Garfield: A Biography. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press. p. 608. ISBN 0-87338-210-2.
  30. ^ Albany Rural Cemetery
  31. ^ A Princeton Companion
  32. ^ Government of Indiana
  33. ^ William McKinley Tomb
  34. ^ The Robinson Library[usurped]
  35. ^ Arlington National Cemetery
  36. ^ Washington National Cathedral
  37. ^ Ohio History Connection
  38. ^ Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation
  39. ^ Gravesite of President & Mrs Hoover
  40. ^ FDR Gravesite
  41. ^ Truman Library
  42. ^ Ike Eisenhower Foundation
  43. ^ Arlington National Cemetery
  44. ^ Levy, Claudia (March 16, 1967). "Kennedy's Body Moved to Final Grave". Washington Post.
  45. ^ Johnson Family Cemetery
  46. ^ Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb
  47. ^ Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum
  48. ^ The Guardian
  49. ^ "George H.W. Bush Presidential Library Center". Archived from the original on 2019-02-06. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
  50. ^ Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb
  51. ^ Persons buried at the Monticello Graveyard
  52. ^ Princeton Alumni Weekly
  53. ^ NNDB
  54. ^ National Governors Association
  55. ^ Vice Presidential Profiles
  56. ^ Charleston Footprints
  57. ^ Biography.com
  58. ^ United States Senate
  59. ^ Hollywood Cemetery
  60. ^ NNDB
  61. ^ C-SPAN
  62. ^ Ruraol Southwest Alabama
  63. ^ Bennett, Jim (April 2014). "Alabamians With National Aspirations". JCHA Newsletter. Birmingham, Alabama: Jefferson County Historical Association. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  64. ^ National Park Service
  65. ^ National Governors Association
  66. ^ Andrew Johnson National Cemetery
  67. ^ South Bend Tribune
  68. ^ Waymarking
  69. ^ NNDB
  70. ^ All Over Albany
  71. ^ NNDB
  72. ^ NNDB
  73. ^ Pantagraph
  74. ^ NNDB
  75. ^ Theodore Roosevelt's Gravesite
  76. ^ NNDB
  77. ^ Vice Presidents: A Biographical Dictionary
  78. ^ Crown Hill Cemetery
  79. ^ Vermont Historical Society
  80. ^ NNDB
  81. ^ Curtis Memorial Gardens
  82. ^ Waymarking
  83. ^ Biographical Dictionary of Iowa
  84. ^ "Wallace, Henry Agard, (1888 – 1965)". Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress 1774 – Present. Washington, D.C.: United States Congress. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  85. ^ National Park Service
  86. ^ ExploreKYHistory
  87. ^ Yorba Linda History
  88. ^ Portal to Texas History
  89. ^ NNDB
  90. ^ "AGNEW, Spiro Theodore, (1918 – 1996)". Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress 1774 – Present. Washington, D.C.: United States Congress. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
  91. ^ New York Times
  92. ^ New York Times
  93. ^ "Rockefeller, Nelson Aldrich, (1908 – 1979)". Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress 1774 – Present. Washington, D.C.: United States Congress. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
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