Presidential Grave Sites: Maintenance and Congressional District Locations

Presidential Grave Sites: Maintenance and Congressional District Locations

Order Code RS21005
Updated January 16, 2007
Presidential Grave Sites: Maintenance and
Congressional District Locations
Joseph J. Schwarz
Information Research Specialist
Knowledge Services Group
Summary
This report1 lists all U.S. Presidents, their terms of service, information concerning
their grave sites, such as the address and the congressional districts of the grave sites,
and the names and the telephone numbers of the burial locations or organizations or
groups that maintain the burial sites. Information on presidential wreath laying
ceremonies is also included. This report will be updated as events warrant.
Introduction
Reports of private and state run organizations experiencing financial difficulty in
maintaining the nation’s historic grave sites of former U.S. Presidents have caused
concern in Congress.2 Consequently, legislation was proposed in the 107th Congress, H.R.
2806, to provide federal assistance to help the various federal agencies and private and
state run organizations in maintaining the nation’s presidential grave sites, but it died in
committee. Currently, no legislation has been introduced on this issue in the 110th
Congress.
The grave sites of U.S. Presidents are either maintained by the federal or a state
government or a private organization or foundation. Privately owned presidential grave
sites can be maintained by the descendants of a former President’s family, by a private
association or corporation, or by a church or memorial foundation. Presidential grave
sites, which are not maintained privately, are maintained by the state government, the state
historical society or a federal government agency such as the U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs, the U.S. National Park Service, the U.S. National Archives and Records
Administration, and the U.S. Army.
1 This report originally was authored by Marilyn L. Nelson (retired) and Thomas Coipuram Jr.
2 Doug Pokorski, “Presidents’ Gravesites May Win Federal Funding: Proposals to go Before
Congress,” The State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL), July 27, 2001, p. 13.

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Currently, only 10 of the 37 presidential grave sites are maintained by the federal
government.3 Due to the high number of privately managed presidential grave sites and
the cost involved in maintaining them, federal assistance may be necessary in the upkeep
and preservation of these presidential grave sites.4 One of the costs currently being
absorbed by the U.S. Army is the annual presidential wreath-laying ceremony at the grave
site on the birthday of the deceased President. Thirty wreaths are laid on the grave sites
of 29 Presidents in a formal ceremony as mandated by Army regulations. (One wreath
is laid at the Lincoln Memorial and another at the grave site in Springfield, Illinois.) The
laying of wreaths on presidential grave sites had been a tradition for many years before
it was written into Army Regulation 360-61 of October 15, 1980.5
The table below lists all the U.S. Presidents, their terms of service, information
concerning their grave sites, such as the address and the congressional districts of the
grave sites, and the names and the telephone numbers of the burial locations or
organizations or groups that maintain the burial sites.
Table 1. Presidential Grave Sites
President and Term
Cong.
Burial Site Location
Maintenance
of Office
Dist.
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon
VA
1789-1797
Mount Vernon, VA 22121
Ladies’ Association
8th
Tel. 703-780-2000
John Adams
United First Parish Church
United First Parish
MA
1797-1801
1306 Hancock Street
Church
10th
Quincy, MA 02169
Tel. 617-773-1290
Thomas Jefferson
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
VA
1801-1809
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Memorial Foundation
5th
Tel. 434-984-9822
James Madison
Montpelier
Montpelier
VA
1809-1817
11407 Constitution Highway
Foundation
7th
Montpelier Station, VA 22957
Tel. 540-672-2728
James Monroe
Hollywood Cemetery
Nonprofit
VA
1817-1825
412 South Cherry Street
corporation
3rd
Richmond, VA 23220-6214
Tel. 804-648-8501
3 Jones, Jack B., and Joy E. Jones, On the Trail of the Presidents: An Historical Guide to Burial
Sites and Monuments (San Luis Obispo, CA, J. B. and J. E. Jones, 1994).
4 Kurt Erickson, “U.S. May Shoulder Cost of Presidents’ Graves Upkeep,” The Pantagraph
(Bloomington, IL), July 26, 2001, p. A6.
5 U.S. Department of the Army, Army Public Affairs Program, Army Regulation 360-1. Appendix
I, “Presidential Wreath-Laying Ceremony,” Oct. 15, 2000.

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President and Term
Cong.
Burial Site Location
Maintenance
of Office
Dist.
John Quincy
United First Parish Church
United First Parish
MA
Adams
1306 Hancock Street
Church
10th
1825-1829
Quincy, MA 02169
Tel. 617-773-1290
Andrew Jackson
The Hermitage
Ladies Hermitage
TN
1829-1837
4580 Rachel’s Lane
Association
5th
Nashville, TN 37076
Tel. 615-889-9909
Martin Van Buren
Kinderhook Cemetery
Kinderhook
NY
1837-1841
U.S. Highway 9
Reformed Church
22nd
Kinderhook, NY 12106
Tel. 518-758-6401
William Henry
William Henry Harrison
Ohio Historical
OH
Harrison
Memorial
Society
1st
1841-1841
U.S. Route 50
North Bend, Ohio 45052
Tel. 614-297-2630
John Tyler
Hollywood Cemetery
Nonprofit
VA
1841-1845
412 South Cherry Street
corporation
3rd
Richmond, VA 23220
Tel. 804-648-8501
James Polk
State Capitol Grounds
State of Tennessee
TN
1845-1849
Capitol Hill
5th
Nashville, TN 37243
Tel. 615-741-2901
Zachary Taylor
Zachary Taylor
Department of
KY
1849-1850
National Cemetery
Veterans Affairs
3rd
4701 Brownsboro Road
Louisville, KY 40207
Tel. 502-893-3852
Millard Fillmore
Forest Lawn Group
Private nonprofit
NY
1850-1853
1411 Delaware Avenue
corporation
29th
Buffalo, NY 14209
Tel. 716-885-1600
Franklin Pierce
Old North Cemetery
Old North Cemetery/
NH
1853-1857
Concord, NH 03302
Pierce Manse
2nd
Tel. 603-224-5984
James Buchanan
Woodward Hill Cemetery
Private nonprofit
PA
1857-1861
538 E. Strawberry Street
corporation
16th
Lancaster, PA 17602
Tel. 717-295-7220

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President and Term
Cong.
Burial Site Location
Maintenance
of Office
Dist.
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Tomb
Illinois Historic
IL
1861-1865
State Historic Site
Preservation Agency
20th
Oak Ridge Cemetery
1500 Monument Avenue
Springfield, IL 62702
Tel. 217-782-2717
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson
U.S. National Park
TN
1865-1869
National Cemetery
Service
1st
U.S. Route 411
Greenville, TN 37744
Tel. 423-638-3551
Ulysses S. Grant
General Grant
U.S. National Park
NY
1869-1877
National Memorial
Service
15th
Riverside Drive at W. 122nd
New York, NY 10027
Tel. 212-666-1640
Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford Hayes Home
Rutherford B. Hayes
OH
1877-1881
1337 Hayes Avenue
Presidential Center in
5th
Fremont, OH 43420
conjunction with
Tel. 419-332-2081
Ohio Historical
Society
James A. Garfield
Lake View Cemetery
Private
OH
1881-1881
12316 Euclid Avenue
11th
Cleveland, OH 44106
Tel. 216-421-2665
Chester A. Arthur
Albany Rural Cemetery
Nonprofit
NY
1881-1885
12204 Cemetery Avenue
corporation
21th
Albany, NY 12204
Tel. 518-463-7017
Grover Cleveland
Princeton Cemetery
Nassau Presbyterian
NJ
1885-1889
29 Greenview Avenue
Church
12th
Princeton, NJ 08542
Tel. 609-924-1369
Benjamin Harrison
Crown Hill Cemetery
Nonprofit
IN
1889-1893
700 West 38th Street
corporation
10th
Indianapolis, IN 46208
Tel. 317-925-8231
Grover Cleveland
Princeton Cemetery
Nassau Presbyterian
NJ
1893-1897
29 Greenview Avenue
Church
12th
Princeton, NJ 08542
Tel. 609-924-1369

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President and Term
Cong.
Burial Site Location
Maintenance
of Office
Dist.
William McKinley
McKinley Memorial
Stark Country
OH
1897-1901
Mausoleum
Historical Society
16th
Seventh Street N.W. and
Monument Road
Canton, Ohio 44701
Tel. 330-455-7043
Theodore Roosevelt
Young’s Memorial Cemetery
Private corporation
NY
1901-1909
Cove Road and Oyster Bay
3rd
Oyster Bay, NY 11771
Tel. 516-922-1474
William H. Taft
Arlington National Cemetery
U.S. Army
VA
1909-1913
Fort Myer, VA 22211
8th
Tel. 703-695-3175
Woodrow Wilson
Washington Cathedral
Protestant Episcopal
Wash.
1913-1921
Wisconsin Avenue and
Cathedral Foundation
DC
Woodley Road
Washington, D.C. 20016
Tel. 202-537-5550
Warren G. Harding
Harding Memorial
Ohio Historical
OH
1921-1923
U.S. Route 23 and Vernon
Society
4th
Heights Boulevard
Marion, OH 43302
Tel. 740-387-9630
Calvin Coolidge
Plymouth Notch Cemetery
State of Vermont
VT
1923-1929
South of Route 100A
At large
Plymouth, VT 05056
Tel. 802-672-3773
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover
U.S. National Park
IA
1929-1933
National Historical Site
Service
1st
210 Parkside Drive
West Branch, IA 52358
Tel. 319-643-2541
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U.S. National Park
NY
1933-1945
National Historic Site
Service
22nd
4097 Albany Post Road
Hyde Park, NY 12538
Tel. 914-229-9115
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman
U.S. National
MO
1945-1953
Presidential Museum and
Archives and
6th
Library
Records
500 W. U.S. Route 24
Administration
Independence, MO 64050
Tel. 816-833-1400

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President and Term
Cong.
Burial Site Location
Maintenance
of Office
Dist.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower Center
U.S. National
KS
1953-1961
S.E. Fourth Street
Archives and
1st
Abilene, KS 67410
Records
Tel. 785-263-4751
Administration
John F. Kennedy
Arlington Cemetery
U.S. Army
VA
1961-1963
Fort Myer, VA 22211
8th
Tel. 703-695-3175
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S. National Park
TX
1963-1969
National Historical Park
Service
21st
Johnson City, TX 78671
Tel. 830-868-7128
Richard M. Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
CA
1969-1974
Library and Birthplace
Library and
41st
18001 Yorba Linda Blvd.
Birthplace
Yorba Linda, CA 92886
Foundation
Tel. 714-993-3393
Gerald R. Ford
Gerald R. Ford Museum
Gerald R. Ford
MI
1974-1977
303 Pearl Street NW
Foundation
3rd
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Tel. 616-451-9263
Jimmy Cartera
To be determined
1977-1981
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
U.S. National
CA
1981-1989
Presidential Library
Archives and
23rd
40 Presidential Drive
Records
Simi Valley, CA 93065
Administration
Tel. 800-410-8354
George H. W. Busha
George Bush Presidential
Texas A&M
TX
1989-1993
Library and Museum
University
8th
1000 George Bush Drive W.
College Station, TX 77845
Tel. 979-260-9552
William J. Clintona
To be determined
1993-2001
George W. Bush
To be determined
2001-
Source: Table data compiled by CRS.
a. Living former President.