CEMETERY

Official Website:
http://www.congressionalcemetery.org/

Location:
Washington, DC

Founding Date:
1807

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Alexander Dallas Bache	Physicist	19-Jul-1806	17-Feb-1867	First President, National Academy of Sciences
Philip Pendleton Barbour	Judge	25-May-1783	25-Feb-1841	US Supreme Court Justice, 1836-41
Hale Boggs	Politician	15-Feb-1914	16-Oct-1972	Congressman from Louisiana, 1941-72
Mathew Brady	Photographer	15-Jan-1823	15-Jan-1896	Civil War photographer
Isaac Chauncey	Military	20-Feb-1772	27-Feb-1840	US Naval commander, War of 1812
John Forsyth	Politician	22-Oct-1780	21-Oct-1841	US Secretary of State, 1834-41
Elbridge Gerry	Politician	17-Jul-1744	23-Nov-1814	Patron saint of Gerrymandering
J. Edgar Hoover	Government	1-Jan-1895	2-May-1972	Director of the FBI, 1924-72
Tom Lantos	Politician	1-Feb-1928	11-Feb-2008	Congressman from California, 1981-2008
Belva Lockwood	Activist	24-Oct-1830	19-May-1917	Feminist
Robert Mills	Architect	12-Aug-1781	3-Mar-1855	Washington Monument
Stephen Solarz	Politician	12-Sep-1940	29-Nov-2010	Congressman from New York, 1975-93
John Philip Sousa	Composer	6-Nov-1854	6-Mar-1932	Stars and Stripes Forever
Samuel L. Southard	Politician	9-Jun-1787	26-Jun-1842	US Senator from New Jersey, 1833-42
William Thornton	Architect	20-May-1759	28-Mar-1828	First architect of the US Capitol
Clyde Tolson	Government	22-May-1900	14-Apr-1975	J. Edgar Hoover's 40-year companion
Abel P. Upshur	Attorney	17-Jun-1790	28-Feb-1844	US Secretary of the Navy, 1841-43
William Wirt	Attorney	8-Nov-1772	18-Feb-1834	US Attorney General, 1817-29

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