• Source: List of burials at Oak Hill Cemetery

This is a list of notable burials at Oak Hill Cemetery, Northwest, Washington, D.C.




A


Alice Acheson (1895–1996), painter
Dean Acheson (1893–1971), Secretary of State under President Harry Truman
Alvey A. Adee (1842–1924), assistant Secretary of State for 38 years
John Adlum (1759–1836), pioneering viticulturalist, Revolutionary War soldier, judge
Frederick Aiken (1832–1878), attorney for Lincoln assassination co-conspirator Mary Surratt
Ethel Armes (1876–1945), journalist and author
Conway Hillyer Arnold (1848–1917), rear admiral of the U.S. Navy




B


Gamaliel Bailey (1807–1859), physician, abolitionist journalist, editor, publisher
Marcellus Bailey (1840–1921), patent attorney who worked with Alexander Graham Bell
Margaret Lucy Shands Bailey (1812–1888), anti-slavery writer, newspaper editor/publisher, poet, lyricist
Theodorus Bailey (1805–1877), rear admiral of the U.S. Navy
Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823–1887), founder of the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and second secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
George Ellis Baker (1816–1887), member of New York State Assembly
Stephen Bloomer Balch (1747–1833), Presbyterian minister and educator
Amzi L. Barber (1843–1909), pioneer of the asphalt industry
Joseph Barnes (1817–1883), physician and U.S. Surgeon General of the U.S. Army
Henry W. Barry (1840–1875), Brevet Brigadier General in the Union Army and Representative from Mississippi
George Beall (1729–1807), landowner in Maryland and Georgetown
Charles Milton Bell (1848–1893), portrait photographer known for his work with Native Americans
Alice Birney (1858–1907), co-founder of the National Parent-Teacher Association
William Birney (1819–1907), Union Army general, professor, lawyer, author
Walker Blaine (1855–1890), assistant Secretary of State, solicitor of the Department of State
James H. Blake (1768–1819), physician and mayor of Washington, D.C.
Benjamin C. Bradlee (1921–2014), executive editor for The Washington Post
Glenn Brenner (1948–1992), Washington, D.C., sportscasting legend
Frederick H. Brooke (1876–1960), architect
Alfred Hulse Brooks (1871–1924), geologist and namesake for Brooks Range in Alaska
Obadiah Bruen Brown (1779–1852), Baptist clergyman, chaplain of U.S. House of Representatives and Senate
David K. E. Bruce (1898–1977), ambassador to France, Germany, and the United Kingdom
Evangeline Bruce (1914–1995), society hostess and writer
Charles Page Bryan, lawyer, politician, and diplomat
Daniel Bryan, politician, abolitionist, lawyer, poet, and postmaster
Thomas Barbour Bryan, businessman, lawyer, and politician
Wiley T. Buchanan Jr. (1913–1986), Chief of Protocol of the United States and U.S. Ambassador to Luxeumbourg and Austria




C


Wilkinson Call (1834–1910), Senator from Florida
Horace Capron (1804–1885), founder of Laurel, Maryland, Union Army officer, United States Commissioner of Agriculture
Frances Carpenter (1890–1972), photographer and writer
Samuel S. Carroll (1832–1893), U.S.Army general
Samuel P. Carter (1819–1891), naval officer in American Civil War, rear admiral in U.S. Navy
Joseph Casey (1814–1879), Representative from Pennsylvania
Sylvester Churchill (1783–1862), journalist and officer in the Regular Army
Robert E. Clary (1805–1890), U.S. Army soldier in the Civil War
Adolf Cluss (1825–1905), architect
John H. C. Coffin (1815–1890), American astronomer and educator
George Radcliffe Colton (1865–1916), governor of Puerto Rico
Henry D. Cooke (1825–1881), first territorial governor of the District of Columbia
Thomas Corcoran, mayor of Georgetown, District of Columbia
William Wilson Corcoran (1798–1888), banker and philanthropist
Henry K. Craig (1791–1869), U.S. Army officer in Mexican-American War and Civil War
Mary Mayo Crenshaw (1875–1951), civil servant and author
Richard Cutts (1771–1845), Representative from Massachusetts, Comptroller of the Treasury




D


Jean Margaret Davenport (1829–1903), actress; her married name was Lander
F. Elwood Davis (1915–2012), lawyer and philanthropist
Alexander de Bodisco (1786–1853), Russian Minister to the United States
Sophie Radford de Meissner (1854–1857), author, socialite and spiritualist
Josiah Dent (1817–1899), third president of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia
John Watkinson Douglass (1827–1909), president of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia and Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Lorenzo Dow (1777–1834), frontier minister and writer
William M. Dunn (1814–1887), Representative from Indiana, Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army
Betty Duvall (1845–1891), Confederate spy




E


Mary Henderson Eastman (1818–1887), historian and novelist who wrote about Native American life
Seth Eastman (1808–1875), U.S. Army general, illustrator, painter
John Eaton (1790–1856), Senator from Tennessee, Secretary of War
Margaret "Peggy" Eaton (1899–1879), wife of John Eaton, confidant of Andrew Jackson and subject of Petticoat Affair
Campbell Dallas Emory (1839–1878), U.S. military officer, served as aide de camp of Major General George Meade during the American Civil War
Lydia S. English (1802–1866), founder of Georgetown Female Seminary
George Eustis Jr. (1828–1872), Representative from Louisiana
William Corcoran Eustis (1862–1921), U.S. Army captain, personal assistant to General John J. Pershing during World War I




F


David E. Finley Jr. (1890–1977), director of National Gallery of Art, led the Roberts Commission
Antonia Willard Ford (1838–1871), Confederate spy
Uriah Forrest (1746–1805), Continental Congressman and Representative from Maryland
Judith Ellen Foster (1840–1910), American lecturer, temperance worker and lawyer
Thomas J. D. Fuller (1808–1876), Representative from Maine
Jacob Fussell (1819–1912), American manufacturer




G


John Garland (1793–1861), general in the Regular Army
James Melville Gilliss (1811–1865), U.S. Navy officer, astronomer and founder of the United States Naval Observatory
Charles C. Glover (1846–1936), banker and philanthropist
Jane Cocking Glover (1789–1876), socialite and poet
George Brown Goode (1851–1896), museum administrator at the Smithsonian Institution
Arthur Pue Gorman (1839–1906), Senator from Maryland
Arthur Pue Gorman Jr. (1873–1919), Maryland state senator
Katharine Graham (1917–2001), president of The Washington Post
Phil Graham (1915–1963), publisher and co-owner of The Washington Post
Charles Griffin (1825–1867), Union general in the American Civil War




H


Alexander Burton Hagner (1826–1915), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Peter V. Hagner (1815–1893), U.S. Army officer
William Wister Haines (1908–1989), author, screenwriter and playwright
George E. Harris (1827–1911), U.S. Representative from Mississippi
John Harris (1793–1864), U.S. Marine Corps colonel and sixth Commandant of the Marine Corps
James P. Heath (1777–1854), Representative from Maryland
John J. Hemphill (1849–1912), Representative from South Carolina
Joseph Henry (1797–1878), first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
David Higgins (1789–1873), Ohio politician and judge
Herman Hollerith (1860–1929), statistician and inventor
Samuel Hooper (1808–1875), Representative from Massachusetts
James Herron Hopkins (1831–1904), Representative from Pennsylvania
George Horton (1859–1942), U.S. Consul General at Smyrna, writer
Henry L. Howison (1837–1914), rear admiral of the U.S. Navy
Sandy Hume (1969–1998), journalist for The Hill
William H. Hunt (1823–1884), Secretary of the Navy




I


Ebon C. Ingersoll (1831–1879), Representative from Illinois
O.H. Irish (1830–1886), Chief, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, United States Department of the Treasury




J


Thomas S. Jesup (1788–1860), Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army from 1818 to 1860
Alice Johnson (1860–1914), Broadway actress and singer
Nancy Johnson (1794–1890), inventor of the first Ice cream maker
John A. Joyce (1842–1915), officer in the Union Army, poet and writer




K


Beverley Kennon (1793–1844), officer in U.S. Navy
Philip Barton Key (1757–1815), Representative from Maryland
Philip Barton Key II (1818–1859), U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia and murder victim
John Jay Knox Jr. (1828–1892), Comptroller of the Currency, author of Coinage Act of 1873




L


Tolbert Lanston (1844–1913), American inventor
William S. Lincoln (1813–1893), Representative from New York




M


Lily Mackall (1839–1861), Confederate spy
William B. Magruder (1810–1869), physician and mayor of Washington City, District of Columbia
Van H. Manning (1861–1932), director of U.S. Bureau of Mines
William Marbury (1762–1835), one of the Midnight Judges appointed by President John Adams, plaintiff of Marbury v. Madison
Alexander Macomb Mason (1841–1897), Confederate States Navy officer, explorer, diplomat
Henry E. Maynadier (died 1868), U.S. Army officer known for the Raynolds Expedition and setting up peace talks with the Oglala and Brulé tribes
Marshall McDonald (1835–1895), commissioner of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries
Gale W. McGee (1915–1992), Senator from Wyoming, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States
Henrietta McKenney (1825–1887), painter
John E. McMahon (1860–1920), U.S. Army officer in World War I
William McMurtrie (1851–1913), chemist who launched sugar beet industry
John R. McPherson (1833–1897), Senator from New Jersey
Livingston T. Merchant (1903–1976), U.S. diplomat and ambassador
Mary Virginia Merrick (1866–1955), Catholic social reformer
Richard T. Merrick (1828–1885), lawyer
William Matthews Merrick (1818–1889), judge and U.S. Representative from Maryland
Myrtilla Miner (1815–1864), educator and abolitionist in Washington, D.C.
Charles Eli Mix (1810–1878), commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
Richard Mohun (1864–1915), explorer and diplomat
George Washington Montgomery (1804–1841), writer, translator and diplomat
John B. Montgomery (1794–1872), U.S. Navy officer during Mexican–American War and the American Civil War
Charles Morris (1784–1856), Commodore, U.S. Navy, an officer from 1799 to 1847, during Quasi-War, First Barbary War, Second Barbary War and War of 1812




N


Francis G. Newlands (1846–1917), Representative and Senator from Nevada, white supremacist
John George Nicolay (1832–1901), private secretary to President Abraham Lincoln




O


Herbert Gouverneur Ogden (1846–1906), geographer, topographer, cartographer
Štefan Osuský (1889–1973), Slovak diplomat
James F. Oyster (1851–1925), member of the D.C. Board of Commissioners




P


William Tyler Page (1868–1942), public servant at U.S. Capitol, author of American Creed
Edwin P. Parker Jr. (1891–1983), U.S. Army officer in World War II
Carlile Pollock Patterson (1816–1881), fourth superintendent of the United States Coast Survey
Jennie Byrd Bryan Payne (1857–1919), philanthropist, artist, and society figure
John Barton Payne (1855–1935), politician, lawyer, and judge and United States Secretary of the Interior
John Howard Payne (1791–1852), composer of "Home! Sweet Home!"
Henry Pellew (1828–1923), 6th Viscount Exmouth
Paul J. Pelz (1841–1918), architect of the Library of Congress
Charles H. Percy (1919–2011), U.S. senator from Illinois and president of Bell & Howell
George Peter (1779–1861), Representative from Maryland
George Peter (1829–1893), Maryland politician, son of George Peter (1779–1861)
Seth Ledyard Phelps (1824–1885), U.S. Navy officer, Minister to Peru, president of the DC Board of Commissioners
Albert Pike (1809–1891), American attorney, Confederate officer, writer, and Freemason
William Pinkney (1810–1883), fifth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland
Benjamin F. Pleasants (1795–1879), acting Solicitor of the U.S. Treasury
Charles Pomeroy (1825–1891), Representative from Iowa
John Pool (1826–1884), Senator from North Carolina
Charles Henry Poor (1808–1882), rear admiral of the U.S. Navy
Levin M. Powell (1798–1885), rear admiral of the U.S. Navy known for developing riverine warfare techniques
Robert E. Preston (1836–1911), director of the United States Mint




R


William Radford (1808–1890), Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy
George D. Ramsay (1802–1882), Chief of Ordnance of the U.S. Army
Jesse L. Reno (1823–1862), U.S. Army officer from Virginia
Zalmon Richards (1811–1899), Educator and first president of the National Education Association
Benjamin F. Rice (1828–1905), U.S. senator from Arkansas
William Adams Richardson (1821–1896), U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, chief justice of the U.S. Court of Claims
John Rodgers (1812–1882), U.S. navy admiral
William Ledyard Rodgers (1860–1944), U.S. Navy admiral, and naval and military historian
George W. Roosevelt (1843–1907), Medal of Honor recipient in American Civil War
Stephen Clegg Rowan (1808–1890), vice admiral of the U.S. Navy




S


Gustavus H. Scott (1812–1882), United States Navy rear admiral (exhumed in 1896 and reburied at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia)
Thomas Sewall (1786–1845), American physician known for getting convicted for body snatching
Willis Shapley (1917–2005), NASA executive
William Shubrick (1790–1874), rear admiral of the U.S. Navy
Lorenzo Sitgreaves (1810–1888), U.S. Army officer who led Sitgreaves Expedition
Walter T. Skallerup Jr. (1921–1987), lawyer who worked for the U.S. Department of Defense and as General Counsel of the Navy
Howard K. Smith (1914–2002), CBS and ABC newscaster; war correspondent; film star
Joseph Smith (1790–1877), United States Navy rear admiral
Joseph B. Smith (1826–1862), United States Navy officer killed in action in the American Civil War
E. D. E. N. Southworth (1819–1899), novelist
Samuel Spencer (1847–1906), railroad executive
Samuel Spencer (1910–1997), president of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia
Samuel Sprigg (c. 1783 – 1855), governor of Maryland
Fabius Stanly (1815–1882), rear admiral of the U.S. Navy
Edwin M. Stanton (1814–1869), Attorney General under President James Buchanan, Secretary of War under President Abraham Lincoln
Hestor L. Stevens (1803–1864), Representative from Michigan
Cornelius Stribling (1796–1880), United States Navy rear admiral, United States Naval Academy Superintendent
Noah Haynes Swayne (1804–1884), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States




T


Charles C. Tansill (1890–1964), professor of history and author
Joseph Pannell Taylor (1796–1864), U.S. Army and Union Army general, brother of President Zachary Taylor
Lorenzo Thomas (1804–1875), Adjutant General of the U.S. Army, acting Secretary of War under President Andrew Johnson
Theodore Timby (1822–1909), inventor of the revolving turret first introduced on the Civil War ship USS Monitor, and many other inventions.
Charles Henry Tompkins (1830–1915), brevet Brigadier General of the U.S. Army during the American Civil War. Recipient of the Medal of Honor.
Robin Toner (1954–2008), journalist and New York Times political correspondent
Nathan Towson (1784–1854), U.S. Army general in War of 1812 and Mexican-American War
Charles R. Train (1879–1967), rear admiral of the U.S. Navy
James True (1880–1946) Washington DC journalist
James Noble Tyner (1826–1904), Representative from Indiana, Postmaster General under President Ulysses S. Grant




U


Henry Ulke (1821–1910), portrait painter, photographer, entomologist; painted more than 100 portraits of high government officials
Abel P. Upshur (1790–1844), Secretary of State and Secretary of the Navy under President John Tyler; originally buried at the Congressional Cemetery




V


Cornelius P. Van Ness (1782–1852), governor of Vermont and diplomat to Spain
John Peter Van Ness (1769–1846), U.S. Representative from New York and mayor of Washington, D.C.
Marcia Van Ness (1782–1832), American socialite




W


Robert J. Walker (1801–1869), Secretary of the Treasury, Senator from Mississippi
Richard Wallach (1816–1881), mayor of the City of Washington, D.C.
Howard Wall (1854–1909), professional baseball player
George Corbin Washington (1789–1854), Representative from Maryland, grand-nephew of George Washington
William Benning Webb (1825–1896), police superintendent and president of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia
Aristides Welch (1811–1890), race horse breeder
Henry Litchfield West (1859–1940), journalist and member of the D.C. board of commissioners
Edward Douglass White (1844–1921), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and Chief Justice of the United States
John Brewer Wight (1853–1923), president of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia
Cadmus M. Wilcox (1824–1890), U.S. Army officer who served in the Mexican–American War; Confederate general during the American Civil War
John A. Wilcox (1819–1864), U.S. Representative from Mississippi, Confederate Congress member
Joseph Edward Willard (1865–1924), U.S. ambassador to Spain and Virginia politician
William Orton Williams (1839–1863), Confederate officer during the American Civil War, executed as spy
Gilbert C. Wiltse (1838–1893), naval officer in command at the 1893 Hawaiian Kingdom overthrow
William W. W. Wood (1818–1882), engineer in the U.S. Navy
Daniel Phineas Woodbury (1812–1864), U.S. soldier and energy; monument only
Maxwell Van Zandt Woodhull (1843–1921), Union Army Officer during American Civil War
Andrew Wylie (1814–1905), associate justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Robert H. Wyman (1822–1882), rear admiral in the U.S. Navy




Y


Ammi B. Young (1798–1874), architect known for his Greek Revival and Neo-Renaissance styles
David Levy Yulee (1810–1886), Senator from Florida, first Jew to serve in the U.S. Senate




Notes






References


Dodge, Andrew R. (2005). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: 1774–2005. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. ISBN 978-0160731761.




External links


Notable figures — Oak Hill Cemetery Historic Preservation Foundation
Burial records — Oak Hill Cemetery Historic Preservation Foundation
Oak Hill Cemetery at BillionGraves
Oak Hill Cemetery at Find a Grave
Oak Hill Cemetery at The Political Graveyard

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