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, 40 have died. The state with the most presidential burial sites is Virginia with seven. Since its 1789 establishment, 50 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, 80 people have held either or both offices. Of these, 69 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	December 14, 1799	Mount Vernon	Fairfax County	Virginia
2	John Adams	July 4, 1826	United First Parish Church	Quincy	Massachusetts
3	Thomas Jefferson	July 4, 1826	Monticello	Charlottesville	Virginia
4	James Madison	June 28, 1836	Montpelier	Orange	Virginia
5	James Monroe	July 4, 1831	James Monroe Tomb, Hollywood Cemetery	Richmond	Virginia
6	John Quincy Adams	February 23, 1848	United First Parish Church	Quincy	Massachusetts
7	Andrew Jackson	June 8, 1845	The Hermitage	Nashville	Tennessee
8	Martin Van Buren	July 24, 1862	Kinderhook Reformed Church Cemetery	Kinderhook	New York
9	William Henry Harrison	April 4, 1841	William Henry Harrison Tomb State Memorial	North Bend	Ohio
10	John Tyler	January 18, 1862	Hollywood Cemetery	Richmond	Virginia
11	James K. Polk	June 15, 1849	Tennessee State Capitol	Nashville	Tennessee
12	Zachary Taylor	July 9, 1850	Zachary Taylor National Cemetery	Louisville	Kentucky
13	Millard Fillmore	March 8, 1874	Forest Lawn Cemetery	Buffalo	New York
14	Franklin Pierce	October 8, 1869	Old North Cemetery	Concord	New Hampshire
15	James Buchanan	June 1, 1868	Woodward Hill Cemetery	Lancaster	Pennsylvania
16	Abraham Lincoln	April 15, 1865	Lincoln Tomb, Oak Ridge Cemetery	Springfield	Illinois
17	Andrew Johnson	July 31, 1875	Andrew Johnson National Cemetery	Greeneville	Tennessee
18	Ulysses S. Grant	July 23, 1885	General Grant National Memorial	New York	New York
19	Rutherford B. Hayes	January 17, 1893	Spiegel Grove	Fremont	Ohio
20	James A. Garfield	September 19, 1881	James A. Garfield Memorial, Lake View Cemetery	Cleveland	Ohio
21	Chester A. Arthur	November 18, 1886	Albany Rural Cemetery	Menands	New York
22/24	Grover Cleveland	June 24, 1908	Princeton Cemetery	Princeton	New Jersey
23	Benjamin Harrison	March 13, 1901	Crown Hill Cemetery	Indianapolis	Indiana
25	William McKinley	September 14, 1901	McKinley National Memorial	Canton	Ohio
26	Theodore Roosevelt	January 6, 1919	Youngs Memorial Cemetery	Oyster Bay	New York
27	William Howard Taft	March 8, 1930	Arlington National Cemetery	Arlington	Virginia
28	Woodrow Wilson	February 3, 1924	Washington National Cathedral	Washington, D.C.
29	Warren G. Harding	August 2, 1923	Harding Tomb	Marion	Ohio
30	Calvin Coolidge	January 5, 1933	Plymouth Notch Cemetery	Plymouth Notch	Vermont
31	Herbert Hoover	October 20, 1964	Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum	West Branch	Iowa
32	Franklin D. Roosevelt	April 12, 1945	Springwood	Hyde Park	New York
33	Harry S. Truman	December 26, 1972	Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum	Independence	Missouri
34	Dwight D. Eisenhower	March 28, 1969	Eisenhower Presidential Center	Abilene	Kansas
35	John F. Kennedy	November 22, 1963	Kennedy gravesite, Arlington National Cemetery	Arlington	Virginia
36	Lyndon B. Johnson	January 22, 1973	Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park	Stonewall	Texas
37	Richard Nixon	April 22, 1994	Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum	Yorba Linda	California
38	Gerald Ford	December 26, 2006	Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum	Grand Rapids	Michigan
39	Jimmy Carter	December 29, 2024	Jimmy Carter National Historical Park	Plains	Georgia
40	Ronald Reagan	June 5, 2004	Ronald Reagan Presidential Library	Simi Valley	California
41	George H. W. Bush	November 30, 2018	George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum	College Station	Texas

Vice presidential burial places

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

See also

• State funerals in the United States
• Attempted theft of George Washington's skull
• List of burial places of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States
• Presidential memorials in the United States