List of burial places of presidents and vice presidents of the United States

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.

Washington's tomb at the United States Capitol in Washington D.C., originally designed to entomb the body of George Washington.

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

OPPresidentDate of deathBurial placeCityStateSite image
1George Washington[1]December 14, 1799[2]Mount Vernon[B]Fairfax CountyVirginia
2John Adams[4]July 4, 1826[5][C]United First Parish Church[D]QuincyMassachusetts
3Thomas Jefferson[6]July 4, 1826[7][C]MonticelloCharlottesvilleVirginia
4James Madison[9]June 28, 1836MontpelierOrangeVirginia
5James Monroe[10]July 4, 1831James Monroe Tomb,[E] Hollywood CemeteryRichmondVirginia
6John Quincy Adams[11]February 23, 1848United First Parish Church[F]QuincyMassachusetts
7Andrew Jackson[12]June 8, 1845The HermitageNashvilleTennessee
8Martin Van Buren[13]July 24, 1862Kinderhook Reformed Church CemeteryKinderhookNew York
9William Henry Harrison[14]April 4, 1841[15][G]William Henry Harrison Tomb State Memorial[H]North BendOhio
10John Tyler[17]January 18, 1862Hollywood CemeteryRichmondVirginia
11James K. Polk[18]June 15, 1849Tennessee State Capitol[I]NashvilleTennessee
12Zachary Taylor[19]July 9, 1850[G]Zachary Taylor National Cemetery[J]LouisvilleKentucky
13Millard Fillmore[20]March 8, 1874Forest Lawn CemeteryBuffaloNew York
14Franklin Pierce[21]October 8, 1869Old North CemeteryConcordNew Hampshire
15James Buchanan[22]June 1, 1868Woodward Hill CemeteryLancasterPennsylvania
16Abraham Lincoln[23]April 15, 1865[G]Lincoln Tomb,[K] Oak Ridge CemeterySpringfieldIllinois
17Andrew Johnson[24]July 31, 1875Andrew Johnson National CemeteryGreenevilleTennessee
18Ulysses S. Grant[25]July 23, 1885General Grant National Memorial[L]New YorkNew York
19Rutherford B. Hayes[26]January 17, 1893Spiegel Grove[M]FremontOhio
20James A. Garfield[27]September 19, 1881[28][G]James A. Garfield Memorial,[N] Lake View CemeteryClevelandOhio
21Chester A. Arthur[30]November 18, 1886Albany Rural CemeteryMenandsNew York
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Grover Cleveland[31]June 24, 1908Princeton CemeteryPrincetonNew Jersey
23Benjamin Harrison[32]March 13, 1901Crown Hill CemeteryIndianapolisIndiana
25William McKinley[33]September 14, 1901[G]McKinley National Memorial[P]CantonOhio
26Theodore Roosevelt[34]January 6, 1919Youngs Memorial CemeteryOyster BayNew York
27William Howard Taft[35]March 8, 1930Arlington National CemeteryArlingtonVirginia
28Woodrow Wilson[36]February 3, 1924Washington National CathedralWashington, D.C.
29Warren G. Harding[37]August 2, 1923[G]Harding Tomb[Q]MarionOhio
30Calvin Coolidge[38]January 5, 1933Plymouth Notch CemeteryPlymouth NotchVermont
31Herbert Hoover[39]October 20, 1964Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and MuseumWest BranchIowa
32Franklin D. Roosevelt[40]April 12, 1945[G]SpringwoodHyde ParkNew York
33Harry S. Truman[41]December 26, 1972Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and MuseumIndependenceMissouri
34Dwight D. Eisenhower[42]March 28, 1969Eisenhower Presidential CenterAbileneKansas
35John F. Kennedy[43]November 22, 1963[G]Kennedy gravesite,[R] Arlington National CemeteryArlingtonVirginia
36Lyndon B. Johnson[45]January 22, 1973Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical ParkStonewallTexas
37Richard Nixon[46]April 22, 1994Richard Nixon Presidential Library and MuseumYorba LindaCalifornia
38Gerald Ford[47]December 26, 2006Gerald R. Ford Presidential MuseumGrand RapidsMichigan
40Ronald Reagan[48]June 5, 2004Ronald Reagan Presidential LibrarySimi ValleyCalifornia
41George H. W. Bush[49]November 30, 2018George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and MuseumCollege StationTexas

Notes

Map showing burial sites of U.S. presidents

Vice presidential burial places

OVPVice PresidentDate of deathBurial placeCityStateSite image
1John Adams[50]July 4, 1826[5][a]United First Parish Church[b]QuincyMassachusetts
2Thomas Jefferson[51]July 4, 1826[7][a]MonticelloCharlottesvilleVirginia
3Aaron Burr[52]September 14, 1836Princeton CemeteryPrincetonNew Jersey
4George Clinton[53]April 20, 1812[c]Old Dutch Churchyard[d]KingstonNew York
5Elbridge Gerry[54]November 23, 1814[c]Congressional CemeteryWashington, D.C.
6Daniel Tompkins[55]June 11, 1825St. Mark's Church in-the-BoweryNew York CityNew York
7John C. Calhoun[56]March 31, 1850St. Phillips ChurchyardCharlestonSouth Carolina
8Martin Van Buren[57]July 24, 1862Kinderhook Reformed Church CemeteryKinderhookNew York
9Richard M. Johnson[58]November 19, 1850Frankfort CemeteryFrankfortKentucky
10John Tyler[59]January 18, 1862Hollywood CemeteryRichmondVirginia
11George M. Dallas[60]December 31, 1864Churchyard of St. Peter's Episcopal ChurchPhiladelphiaPennsylvania
12Millard Fillmore[61]March 8, 1874Forest Lawn CemeteryBuffaloNew York
13William R. King[62]April 18, 1853[c]Live Oak Cemetery[e]SelmaAlabama
14John C. Breckinridge[64]May 17, 1875Lexington CemeteryLexingtonKentucky
15Hannibal Hamlin[65]July 4, 1891Mount Hope CemeteryBangorMaine
16Andrew Johnson[66]July 31, 1875Andrew Johnson National CemeteryGreenevilleTennessee
17Schuyler Colfax[67]January 13, 1885City CemeterySouth BendIndiana
18Henry Wilson[68]November 22, 1875[c]Old Dell Park CemeteryNatickMassachusetts
19William A. Wheeler[69]June 4, 1887Morningside CemeteryMaloneNew York
20Chester Arthur[70]November 18, 1886Albany Rural CemeteryMenandsNew York
21Thomas A. Hendricks[71]November 25, 1885[c]Crown Hill CemeteryIndianapolisIndiana
22Levi P. Morton[72]May 16, 1920Rhinebeck CemeteryRhinebeckNew York
23Adlai Stevenson I[73]June 14, 1914Evergreen CemeteryBloomingtonIllinois
24Garret Hobart[74]November 21, 1899[c]Cedar Lawn CemeteryPatersonNew Jersey
25Theodore Roosevelt[75]January 6, 1919Youngs Memorial CemeteryOyster BayNew York
26Charles W. Fairbanks[76]June 4, 1918Crown Hill CemeteryIndianapolisIndiana
27James S. Sherman[77]October 30, 1912[c]Forest Hill CemeteryUticaNew York
28Thomas R. Marshall[78]June 1, 1925Crown Hill CemeteryIndianapolisIndiana
29Calvin Coolidge[79]January 5, 1933Plymouth Notch CemeteryPlymouth NotchVermont
30Charles G. Dawes[80]April 23, 1951Rosehill CemeteryChicagoIllinois
31Charles Curtis[81]February 8, 1936Topeka CemeteryTopekaKansas
32John Nance Garner[82]November 7, 1967Uvalde CemeteryUvaldeTexas
33Henry A. Wallace[83]November 18, 1965Glendale Cemetery[84]Des MoinesIowa
34Harry S. Truman[85]December 26, 1972Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and MuseumIndependenceMissouri
35Alben W. Barkley[86]April 30, 1956Mount Kenton CemeteryPaducahKentucky
36Richard Nixon[87]April 22, 1994Richard Nixon Presidential Library and MuseumYorba LindaCalifornia
37Lyndon B. Johnson[88]January 22, 1973Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical ParkStonewallTexas
38Hubert Humphrey[89]January 13, 1978Lakewood CemeteryMinneapolisMinnesota
39Spiro AgnewSeptember 17, 1996Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens[90]TimoniumMaryland
40Gerald Ford[91]December 26, 2006Gerald R. Ford Presidential MuseumGrand RapidsMichigan
41Nelson RockefellerJanuary 26, 1979Rockefeller Family Cemetery[92][93]Sleepy HollowNew York
42Walter MondaleApril 19, 2021zzUnknownzz
43George H. W. BushNovember 30, 2018George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and MuseumCollege StationTexas

Notes

Map showing burial sites of U.S. vice presidents

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