List of burial places of presidents and vice presidents of the United States facts for kids

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. 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 persons 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	01 December 14, 1799	Mount Vernon	Fairfax County	Virginia
2	John Adams	03 July 4, 1826	United First Parish Church	Quincy	Massachusetts
3	Thomas Jefferson	02 July 4, 1826	Monticello	Charlottesville	Virginia
4	James Madison	05 June 28, 1836	Montpelier	Orange	Virginia
5	James Monroe	04 July 4, 1831	James Monroe Tomb, Hollywood Cemetery	Richmond	Virginia
6	John Quincy Adams	08 February 23, 1848	United First Parish Church	Quincy	Massachusetts
7	Andrew Jackson	07 June 8, 1845	The Hermitage	Nashville	Tennessee
8	Martin Van Buren	12 July 24, 1862	Kinderhook Reformed Church Cemetery	Kinderhook	New York
9	William Henry Harrison	06 April 4, 1841	William Henry Harrison Tomb State Memorial	North Bend	Ohio
10	John Tyler	11 January 18, 1862	Hollywood Cemetery	Richmond	Virginia
11	James K. Polk	09 June 15, 1849	Tennessee State Capitol	Nashville	Tennessee
12	Zachary Taylor	10 July 9, 1850	Zachary Taylor National Cemetery	Louisville	Kentucky
13	Millard Fillmore	16 March 8, 1874	Forest Lawn Cemetery	Buffalo	New York
14	Franklin Pierce	15 October 8, 1869	Old North Cemetery	Concord	New Hampshire
15	James Buchanan	14 June 1, 1868	Woodward Hill Cemetery	Lancaster	Pennsylvania
16	Abraham Lincoln	13 April 15, 1865	Lincoln Tomb, Oak Ridge Cemetery	Springfield	Illinois
17	Andrew Johnson	17 July 31, 1875	Andrew Johnson National Cemetery	Greeneville	Tennessee
18	Ulysses S. Grant	19 July 23, 1885	General Grant National Memorial	New York	New York
19	Rutherford B. Hayes	21 January 17, 1893	Spiegel Grove	Fremont	Ohio
20	James A. Garfield	18 September 19, 1881	James A. Garfield Memorial, Lake View Cemetery	Cleveland	Ohio
21	Chester A. Arthur	20 November 18, 1886	Albany Rural Cemetery	Menands	New York
22/24	Grover Cleveland	24 June 24, 1908	Princeton Cemetery	Princeton	New Jersey
23	Benjamin Harrison	22 March 13, 1901	Crown Hill Cemetery	Indianapolis	Indiana
25	William McKinley	23 September 14, 1901	McKinley National Memorial	Canton	Ohio
26	Theodore Roosevelt	25 January 6, 1919	Youngs Memorial Cemetery	Oyster Bay	New York
27	William Howard Taft	28 March 8, 1930	Arlington National Cemetery	Arlington	Virginia
28	Woodrow Wilson	27 February 3, 1924	Washington National Cathedral	Washington	District of Columbia
29	Warren G. Harding	26 August 2, 1923	Harding Tomb	Marion	Ohio
30	Calvin Coolidge	29 January 5, 1933	Plymouth Notch Cemetery	Plymouth Notch	Vermont
31	Herbert Hoover	32 October 20, 1964	Hoover Presidential Library	West Branch	Iowa
32	Franklin D. Roosevelt	30 April 12, 1945	Springwood	Hyde Park	New York
33	Harry S. Truman	34 December 26, 1972	Truman Presidential Library	Independence	Missouri
34	Dwight D. Eisenhower	33 March 28, 1969	Eisenhower Presidential Center	Abilene	Kansas
35	John F. Kennedy	31 November 22, 1963	Kennedy gravesite, Arlington National Cemetery	Arlington	Virginia
36	Lyndon B. Johnson	35 January 22, 1973	Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park	Stonewall	Texas
37	Richard Nixon	36 April 22, 1994	Nixon Presidential Library	Yorba Linda	California
38	Gerald Ford	38 December 26, 2006	Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum	Grand Rapids	Michigan
40	Ronald Reagan	37 June 5, 2004	Reagan Presidential Library	Simi Valley	California
41	George H. W. Bush	41 November 30, 2018	George Bush Presidential Library	College Station	Texas

Vice presidential burial places

OVP	Vice President	Date of death	Burial place	City	State	Site image
1	John Adams	05 July 4, 1826	United First Parish Church	Quincy	Massachusetts
2	Thomas Jefferson	04 July 4, 1826	Monticello	Charlottesville	Virginia
3	Aaron Burr	06 September 14, 1836	Princeton Cemetery	Princeton	New Jersey
4	George Clinton	01 April 20, 1812	Old Dutch Churchyard	Kingston	New York
5	Elbridge Gerry	02 November 23, 1814	Congressional Cemetery	Washington, D.C.
6	Daniel Tompkins	03 June 11, 1825	St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery	New York City	New York
7	John C. Calhoun	07 March 31, 1850	St. Phillips Churchyard	Charleston	South Carolina
8	Martin Van Buren	11 July 24, 1862	Kinderhook Reformed Church Cemetery	Kinderhook	New York
9	Richard M. Johnson	08 November 19, 1850	Frankfort Cemetery	Frankfort	Kentucky
10	John Tyler	10 January 18, 1862	Hollywood Cemetery	Richmond	Virginia
11	George M. Dallas	12 December 31, 1864	Churchyard of St. Peter's Episcopal Church	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania
12	Millard Fillmore	13 March 8, 1874	Forest Lawn Cemetery	Buffalo	New York
13	William R. King	09 April 18, 1853	Live Oak Cemetery	Selma	Alabama
14	John C. Breckinridge	14 May 17, 1875	Lexington Cemetery	Lexington	Kentucky
15	Hannibal Hamlin	21 July 4, 1891	Mount Hope Cemetery	Bangor	Maine
16	Andrew Johnson	15 July 31, 1875	Andrew Johnson National Cemetery	Greeneville	Tennessee
17	Schuyler Colfax	17 January 13, 1885	City Cemetery	South Bend	Indiana
18	Henry Wilson	16 November 22, 1875	Old Dell Park Cemetery	Natick	Massachusetts
19	William A. Wheeler	20 June 4, 1887	Morningside Cemetery	Malone	New York
20	Chester Arthur	19 November 18, 1886	Albany Rural Cemetery	Menands	New York
21	Thomas A. Hendricks	18 November 25, 1885	Crown Hill Cemetery	Indianapolis	Indiana
22	Levi P. Morton	27 May 16, 1920	Rhinebeck Cemetery	Rhinebeck	New York
23	Adlai Stevenson I	24 June 14, 1914	Evergreen Cemetery	Bloomington	Illinois
24	Garret Hobart	22 November 21, 1899	Cedar Lawn Cemetery	Paterson	New Jersey
25	Theodore Roosevelt	26 January 6, 1919	Youngs Memorial Cemetery	Oyster Bay	New York
26	Charles W. Fairbanks	25 June 4, 1918	Crown Hill Cemetery	Indianapolis	Indiana
27	James S. Sherman	23 October 30, 1912	Forest Hill Cemetery	Utica	New York
28	Thomas R. Marshall	28 June 1, 1925	Crown Hill Cemetery	Indianapolis	Indiana
29	Calvin Coolidge	29 January 5, 1933	Plymouth Notch Cemetery	Plymouth Notch	Vermont
30	Charles G. Dawes	31 April 23, 1951	Rosehill Cemetery	Chicago	Illinois
31	Charles Curtis	30 February 8, 1936	Topeka Cemetery	Topeka	Kansas
32	John Nance Garner	34 November 7, 1967	Uvalde Cemetery	Uvalde	Texas
33	Henry A. Wallace	33 November 18, 1965	Glendale Cemetery	Des Moines	Iowa
34	Harry S. Truman	35 December 26, 1972	Truman Presidential Library	Independence	Missouri
35	Alben W. Barkley	32 April 30, 1956	Mount Kenton Cemetery	Paducah	Kentucky
36	Richard Nixon	39 April 22, 1994	Nixon Presidential Library	Yorba Linda	California
37	Lyndon B. Johnson	36 January 22, 1973	Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park	Stonewall	Texas
38	Hubert Humphrey	37 January 13, 1978	Lakewood Cemetery	Minneapolis	Minnesota
39	Spiro Agnew	40 September 17, 1996	Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens	Timonium	Maryland
40	Gerald Ford	41 December 26, 2006	Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum	Grand Rapids	Michigan
41	Nelson Rockefeller	38 January 26, 1979	Rockefeller Family Cemetery	Sleepy Hollow	New York
42	Walter Mondale	43 April 19, 2021	zzUnknown	zz—
43	George H. W. Bush	42 November 30, 2018	George Bush Presidential Library	College Station	Texas

See also

• State funerals in the United States
• Funeral and burial of Abraham Lincoln
• State funeral of John F. Kennedy
• Death and state funeral of Richard Nixon
• Death and state funeral of Ronald Reagan
• Death and state funeral of Gerald Ford
• Death and state funeral of George H. W. Bush
• Attempted theft of George Washington's skull
• List of burial places of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States