Specialized terminology is used on this list. The term
cenotaph includes not only monuments that are "empty tombs" or where the body is buried elsewhere, but also the graves of Congressmen who died in office which are marked by the particular style of cenotaph designed by
Benjamin Latrobe for the Cemetery. "
Congressman" refers to any U.S. senator or representative. A range/site listing, e.g. R31/S44, after a name gives the location of the grave or cenotaph according to the cemetery's location system.
Josiah Evans (1786–1858), Senator South Carolina. R60/S96.
Henry Frick (1795–1844), Representative Pennsylvania. R54/S117.
John Gaillard (1765–1826), Senator – South Carolina. R29/S40.
James Gillespie (1747–1805), Revolutionary War soldier, Representative –
North Carolina, reinterred at Congressional Cemetery 1893 at R60/S58. Cenotaph at R31/S59.
Francis Jacob Harper (1800–1837), Representative Pennsylvania, died before taking office. Reinterred at Congressional Cemetery 1848. R55/S101.
John Edward Bouligny (1824–1864), Representative –
Louisiana; the only member of the Louisiana congressional delegation to retain his seat after the state seceded during the Civil War. Unmarked grave at R37/S104.
Lemuel Jackson Bowden (1815–1864), Senator – Virginia; represented Virginia during the Civil War. R60/S60.
Tom Lantos (1928–2008), Representative –
California; Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the only
Holocaust survivor elected to Congress
Pat Schroeder (1940-2023), Representative -
Colorado; The first woman elected to represent Colorado in Congress.
William Cranch (1769-1855) - 7th Commissioner of the Federal City (1801), Chief Judge of the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia (1806-1855).
Samuel Nicholas Smallwood (1772-1884) - 5th and 7th Mayor of the City of Washington; one of 8 men who helped establish the cemetery, signed the article incorporating it and helped finance and erect a wall around it.
John Quincy AdamsCenotaph shared by Nicholas Begich and Hale BoggsAndrew Butler's cenotaph
John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), President, Senator, and Representative – Massachusetts, cenotaph only and was interred in the Public Vault in 1848. R54/S101.
James C. Alvord (1808–1839), Representative – Massachusetts, cenotaph only. R57/S141.
Simeon H. Anderson (1802–1840), Representative – Kentucky, cenotaph only. R57/S135
Charles Andrews (1814–1852), Representative – Maine, cenotaph only. R54/S161.
Chester Ashley (1791–1848), Senator – Arkansas, cenotaph only. R60/S144.
Nick Begich (1932–1972), Representative Alaska, shares cenotaph with Hale Boggs. They were both lost in a plane crash. R53/S123.
Specialized terminology is used on this list. The term
cenotaph includes not only monuments that are "empty tombs" or where the body is buried elsewhere, but also the graves of Congressmen who died in office which are marked by the particular style of cenotaph designed by
Benjamin Latrobe for the Cemetery. "
Congressman" refers to any U.S. senator or representative. A range/site listing, e.g. R31/S44, after a name gives the location of the grave or cenotaph according to the cemetery's location system.
Josiah Evans (1786–1858), Senator South Carolina. R60/S96.
Henry Frick (1795–1844), Representative Pennsylvania. R54/S117.
John Gaillard (1765–1826), Senator – South Carolina. R29/S40.
James Gillespie (1747–1805), Revolutionary War soldier, Representative –
North Carolina, reinterred at Congressional Cemetery 1893 at R60/S58. Cenotaph at R31/S59.
Francis Jacob Harper (1800–1837), Representative Pennsylvania, died before taking office. Reinterred at Congressional Cemetery 1848. R55/S101.
John Edward Bouligny (1824–1864), Representative –
Louisiana; the only member of the Louisiana congressional delegation to retain his seat after the state seceded during the Civil War. Unmarked grave at R37/S104.
Lemuel Jackson Bowden (1815–1864), Senator – Virginia; represented Virginia during the Civil War. R60/S60.
Tom Lantos (1928–2008), Representative –
California; Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the only
Holocaust survivor elected to Congress
Pat Schroeder (1940-2023), Representative -
Colorado; The first woman elected to represent Colorado in Congress.
William Cranch (1769-1855) - 7th Commissioner of the Federal City (1801), Chief Judge of the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia (1806-1855).
Samuel Nicholas Smallwood (1772-1884) - 5th and 7th Mayor of the City of Washington; one of 8 men who helped establish the cemetery, signed the article incorporating it and helped finance and erect a wall around it.
John Quincy AdamsCenotaph shared by Nicholas Begich and Hale BoggsAndrew Butler's cenotaph
John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), President, Senator, and Representative – Massachusetts, cenotaph only and was interred in the Public Vault in 1848. R54/S101.
James C. Alvord (1808–1839), Representative – Massachusetts, cenotaph only. R57/S141.
Simeon H. Anderson (1802–1840), Representative – Kentucky, cenotaph only. R57/S135
Charles Andrews (1814–1852), Representative – Maine, cenotaph only. R54/S161.
Chester Ashley (1791–1848), Senator – Arkansas, cenotaph only. R60/S144.
Nick Begich (1932–1972), Representative Alaska, shares cenotaph with Hale Boggs. They were both lost in a plane crash. R53/S123.