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During its 200 year history, Congressional Cemetery has been the site of numerous "grand" funerals. Below you will find accounts of those funerals we have digitized to date. Please also check the other links provided here for additional information about each individual.
The funerals of three presidents, congressmen, Mexican war heros, civil war generals and prominent citizens vie for the honor of being the most "splendid". And, so too does the funeral of Lieut. J.P. Borden (1842) who died in a naval accident. His funeral procession consisted of 11 barges carrying his remains, the U.S. Marine Corp band, and numerous officers and members of the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy.
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| 1807 |
Maj. Gen. Uriah Tracy |
Senator, Connecticut |
d. 19 Jul 1807 |
| 1808 |
Hon. Ezra Darby |
Representative, New Jersey |
d. 28 Jan 1808 |
| 1809 |
Hon. Francis Malbone |
Senator, Rhode Island |
d. 4 Jun 1809 |
| 1811 |
John Sintlear |
A Good Man |
d. 14 Oct 1811 |
| 1811 |
Francis Clark |
Merchant |
d. 19 Oct 1811 |
| 1812 |
Major General Thomas Blount |
Representative, N. Carolina |
d. 7 Feb 1812 |
| 1812 |
Vice President George Clinton
(See 11 May 1908 for removal) |
U.S. Vice President |
d. 20 Apr 1812 |
| 1812 |
Hon. John S. Smilie |
Representative, Pennsylvania |
d. 30 Dec 1812 |
| 1814 |
Hon. John A. Dawson |
Representative, Virginia |
d. 31 Mar 1814 |
| 1814 |
Hon. Samuel Allyne Otis |
Secretary of the Senate |
d. 22 Apr 1814 |
| 1814 |
Vice President Elbridge Gerry |
U.S. Vice President |
d. 23 Nov 1814 |
| 1816 |
Hon. Elijah Brigham |
Representative, Massachusetts |
d. 22 Feb 1816 |
| 1816 |
Hon. Richard Stanford |
Representative, N. Carolina |
d. 9 Apr 1816 |
| 1818 |
Hon. George Mumford |
Representative, N. Carolina |
d. 31 Dec 1818 |
| 1820 |
Hon. David Walker |
Representative, Kentucky |
d. 1 Mar 1820 |
| 1820 |
Hon. Nathaniel Hazard |
Representative, Rhode Island |
d. 17 Dec 1820 |
| 1820 |
Hon. Jessie Slocumb |
Representative, N. Carolina |
d. 20 Dec 1820 |
| 1820 |
Hon. James Burrill, Jr. |
Senator, Rhode Island |
d. 26 Dec 1820 |
| 1821 |
Hon. William A. Trimble |
Senator, Ohio |
d. 5 Dec 1821 |
| 1822 |
Hon. William Pinkney |
Senator, Maryland |
d. 25 Feb 1822 |
| 1823 |
Baron Frederick Greuhm |
Minister, Prussia |
d. 1 Dec 1823 |
| 1824 |
Hon. William L. Ball |
Representative, Virginia |
d. 29 Feb 1824 |
| 1825 |
Dr. John Harrison |
Surgeon, Navy Yard |
d. 4 Mar 1825 |
| 1826 |
Hon. John Gaillard |
Senator, S. Carolina |
d. 26 Feb 1826 |
| 1828 |
Maj. Gen. Jacob J. Brown |
Chief of the Army |
d. 24 Feb 1828 |
| 1832 |
Hon. Philip Doddridge |
Representative, Virginia |
d. 19 Nov 1832 |
| 1834 |
Hon. Thomas Tyler Bouldin |
Representative, Virginia |
d. 11 Feb 1834 |
| 1834 |
Hon. Littleton Purnell Dennis |
Representative, Maryland |
d. 14 Apr 1834 |
| 1835 |
Hon. Warren Ransom Davis |
Representative, S. Carolina |
d. 29 Jan 1835 |
| 1841 |
Hon. Phillip Pendleton Barbour |
Justice, U.S. Supreme Court |
d. 25 Feb 1841 |
| 1841 |
President William H. Harrison |
U.S. President |
d. 7 Apr 1841 |
| 1841 |
Major Gen. Alexander Macomb |
Chief of the Army |
d. 25 Jun 1841 |
| 1842 |
Hon. Joseph Lawrence |
Representative, Pennsylvania |
d. 17 Apr 1842 |
| 1842 |
Lieutenant J.P. Borden |
U.S. Navy |
d. 24 Apr 1842 |
| 1844 |
Hon. Abel P. Upshur
Hon. Thomas W. Gilmer
Captain Beverly Kennon
Hon. David Gardiner |
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Navy
U.S. Navy
Senator, New York |
d. 28 Feb 1844 |
| 1846 |
Hon. Richard Platt Herrick |
Representative, New York |
d. 20 Jun 1846 |
| 1846 |
Colonel Truman Cross
(Died Mexico. Funeral 9 Nov 1846) |
U.S. Army |
d. 10 Apr 1846 |
| 1846 |
Hon. Alexander Barrow |
Senator, Louisiana |
d. 31 Dec 1846 |
| 1847 |
Robert Coltman |
Warden, U.S. Penitentiary |
d. 22 Nov 1847 |
| 1848 |
Col. William Montrose Graham
(Died Mexico. Funeral 22 Jan 1848) |
U.S. Army |
d. 8 Sep 1847 |
| 1848 |
President John Quincy Adams |
U.S. President |
d. 23 Feb 1848 |
| 1848 |
Lieut. Charles W. Chauncey
(Died Mexico. Funeral 1 Mar 1848) |
U.S. Navy |
d. 10 Aug 1847 |
| 1848 |
Fleet Surgeon John A. Kearney
(Died Mexico. Funeral 1 Mar 1848) |
U.S. Navy |
d. 27 Aug 1847 |
| 1848 |
Capt. Charles Hanson
(Died Mexico. Funeral 20 Mar 1848) |
U.S. Army |
d. 19 Aug 1847 |
| 1848 |
Hon. James A. Black |
Representative, S. Carolina |
d. 3 Apr 1848 |
| 1848 |
Hon. Chester Ashley |
Senator, Arkansas |
d. 29 Apr 1848 |
| 1849 |
Hon. Rudolphus Dickinson |
Representative, Ohio |
d. 20 Mar 1849 |
| 1849 |
Hon. Daniel Duncan |
Representative, Ohio |
d. 18 May 1849 |
| 1849 |
Dolley P. Madison |
First Lady |
d. 12 Jul 1849 |
| 1850 |
Hon. John Caldwell Calhoun |
Senator, S. Carolina |
d. 31 Mar 1850 |
| 1850 |
Hon. Franklin H. Elmore |
Senator, S. Carolina |
d. 31 May 1850 |
| 1850 |
President Zachary Taylor |
U.S. President |
d. 13 Jul 1850 |
| 1851 |
Comm. Lewis Warrington
(Removed to Norfolk, 1852) |
U.S. Navy |
d. 12 Oct 1851 |
| 1852 |
Louisa C. Adams |
First Lady |
d. 18 May 1852 |
| 1852 |
Major General Roger Jones |
U.S. Army |
d. 15 Jul 1852 |
| 1857 |
Hon. Preston Smith Brooks |
Representative, S. Carolina |
d. 27 Jan 1857 |
| 1858 |
Gen. James P. Henderson |
Gov. & Senator, Texas |
d. 4 Jun 1858 |
| 1859 |
Gen. Archibald Henderson |
U.S. Marine Corps |
d. 6 Jan 1859 |
| 1860 |
Maj. Gen. Thomas Jesup
(Removed to Oak Hill, 1862) |
U.S. Army |
d. 10 Jun 1860 |
| 1861 |
Maj. Gen. George C. Gibson |
U.S. Army |
d. 30 Sep 1861 |
| 1864 |
Hon. Lemuel Bowden |
Senator, Virginia |
d. 2 Jan 1864 |
| 1867 |
Alexander Dallas Bache |
U.S. Coast Survey |
d. 17 Feb 1867 |
| 1869 |
General John A. Rawlins |
Secretary of War |
d. 7 Sep 1869 |
| 1908 |
Vice President George Clinton
(Removed to NY - Funeral, 1812) |
U.S. Vice President |
d. 20 Apr 1812 |
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