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• Adams, John [original burial site]   b. October 30, 1735  d. July 4, 1826
  2nd United States President, first United States Vice President, Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Massachusetts, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, and Revolutionary War Patriot. Born the first of two sons to John and Susanna Boylston Adams, he was born in Braintree, Massachusetts (now part of Quincy, MA), where his father was a Puritan farmer, a lieutenant in the militia, a town selectman (town councilman), and a descendant of the first settlers who had arrived in...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
  Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
   
• Adams, John    b. October 30, 1735  d. July 4, 1826
  2nd United States President, first United States Vice President, Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Massachusetts, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, and Revolutionary War Patriot. Born the first of two sons to John and Susanna Boylston Adams, he was born in Braintree, Massachusetts (now part of Quincy, MA), where his father was a Puritan farmer, a lieutenant in the militia, a town selectman (town councilman), and a descendant of the first settlers who had arrived in...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
  Adams Crypt, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
  Plot: Basement crypt
   
• Adams, John Quincy    b. July 11, 1767  d. February 23, 1848
  6th United States President, Presidential Cabinet Secretary, US Congressman. The son of 2nd United States President John Adams, he was born less than 75 feet from the birthplace house of his father in Braintree, Massachusetts. As a youth he was extremely fearful for the life of his father who had signed his name to the Declaration of Independence thusly committing an act of treason against England, an offense punishable by...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
  Cause of death: Stroke
  Adams Crypt, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
  Plot: Basement crypt
   
• Adams, John Quincy [original burial site]    b. July 11, 1767  d. February 23, 1848
  6th United States President, Presidential Cabinet Secretary, US Congressman. The son of 2nd United States President John Adams, he was born less than 75 feet from the birthplace house of his father in Braintree, Massachusetts. As a youth he was extremely fearful for the life of his father who had signed his name to the Declaration of Independence thusly committing an act of treason against England, an offense punishable by...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
  Cause of death: Stroke
  Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
   
• Agnew, Spiro Theodore    b. November 9, 1918  d. September 17, 1996
  39th United States Vice President, Maryland Governor. A Maryland lawyer and executive of Baltimore County, he was elected governor of Maryland in a three-way race in 1966. He served until 1969, having been picked by Richard M. Nixon to be his Vice Presidential running mate in 1968. He was elected with Nixon that year, and reelected in 1972. In 1973 he resigned the Vice Presidential Office after allegations of bribery from...[Read More]
  Cause of death: Leukemia
  Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens, Timonium, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
  Plot: Section 2, Garden of the Last Supper
   
• Arthur, Chester Alan    b. October 5, 1829  d. November 18, 1886
  21st United States President. He was born in Fairfield, Vermont the fifth of eight children to a abolitionist Baptist minister. He was tutored at home until age nine then enrolled at a primary school in then Union Village, now Greenwich, New York. He graduated from Union College then taught school, studied law, admitted to the bar, and while practicing law in New York City met Ellen Herndon. After a...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield (inactive))
  Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, Albany County, New York, USA
  Plot: Section 24, Lot 8
  GPS coordinates: 42.7076416, -73.7338181 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Barkley, Alben William    b. November 24, 1877  d. April 30, 1956
  U.S. Vice President, U.S. Senator, U.S. Congressman, Judge, Attorney. Born in a log cabin near Lowes in Graves County, Kentucky, he attended the public schools and graduated from Marvin College at Clinton, Kentucky in 1897. Barkley began to study law and attended Emory College in Georgia and the University of Virginia Law School which he graduated from in 1901. He was admitted to the bar the same year and practiced as an attorney in Paducah, Kentucky. He became the Prosecuting Attorney of...[Read More] (Bio by: Kevin Guy)
  Mount Kenton Cemetery, Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, USA
  Plot: Section C, Plots 69-72, Space D
   
• Breckinridge, John Cabell    b. January 16, 1821  d. May 17, 1875
  United States Vice-President, Civil War Confederate Major General He was then appointed as President Jefferson Davis's War Secretary till the end of the war in 1865. Breckinridge was one of the outstanding politicians of his day. He served in the Kentucky legislature and the US House of Representatives and Senate. He served as US vice-president from 1857-1861, and was a presidential candidate in the 1860 election. When the War Between the States came, he accepted a Confederate commission and...[Read More]
  Cause of death: Cirrhosis of the liver & lung disease
  Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
  Plot: Section G, Lot 1
   
• Buchanan, James    b. April 23, 1791  d. June 1, 1868
  15th United States President. The only President of the United States from Pennsylvania, he was also the only bachelor president. Buchanan was trained as a lawyer and at Dickinson College was known as a top-notch debater. He served five terms in the House of Representatives, 10 years in the Senate, and was appointed minister to Russia, secretary of state under James K. Polk, and minister to Great Britain under Pierce. Thanks to his absence from the country during growing sectional differences...[Read More] (Bio by: LincolnFan)
  Woodward Hill Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
   
• Burr Jr., Aaron    b. February 6, 1756  d. September 14, 1836
  3rd United States Vice President, Revolutionary War Continental Army Officer.
  Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
   
• Bush, George Herbert Walker [future burial site]    b. June 12, 1924
  41st United States President. The father of the 43rd United States President George W. Bush, he served as United States President from 1989 to 1993. His administration was highlighted by the Gulf War (1990 to 1991) against Iraq for the liberation of Kuwait, and by an economic recession. Born George Herbert Walker Bush in Milton, Massachusetts, his father was US Senator Prescott Bush, and he took on...[Read More]
  Cause of death: Still living
  George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA
   
• Calhoun, John C.    b. March 18, 1782  d. March 31, 1850
  7th United States Vice-President, US Congressman, US Senator, Presidential Cabinet Secretary. One of the earliest and strongest proponent of secession from the Union, he fought hard to preserve slavery. He resigned his position as Vice-President and continued to lead the fight for secession. St. Philips Church has a graveyard on three sides of the church and then additional graves across the street. In order to be buried on the side of the street of the church, one must have been born in...[Read More]
  Saint Philip's Church Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
   
• Calhoun, John C. [cenotaph]    b. March 18, 1782  d. March 31, 1850
  7th United States Vice-President, US Congressman, US Senator, Presidential Cabinet Secretary. One of the earliest and strongest proponent of secession from the Union, he fought hard to preserve slavery. He resigned his position as Vice-President and continued to lead the fight for secession. St. Philips Church has a graveyard on three sides of the church and then additional graves across the street. In order to be buried on the side of the street of the church, one must have been born in...[Read More]
  Congressional Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
  Plot: Range 60, Site 146
   
• Carter Jr.., James Earl 'Jimmy' [future burial site]   b. October 1, 1924
  39th United States President. He served as President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. His single term as President was highlighted with increased emphasis on human rights, a treaty ending US control over the Panama Canal, a treaty establishing peace between Israel and Egypt, a new SALT II Treaty limiting strategic arms between the Soviet Union and the United States, and a significant jump in inflation of the US economy. Born James Earl Carter, Jr. in Plains, Georgia, he grew up on the...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
  Jimmy Carter National Historic Site, Plains, Sumter County, Georgia, USA
   
• Cleveland, Grover (Stephen)    b. March 18, 1837  d. June 24, 1908
  22nd and 24th United States President, New York Governor. A Democrat, he was first elected President in 1884, defeated in 1888, and reelected in 1892, becoming the only United States President to serve two non-consecutive terms. One of nine children of a Presbyterian minister, he was raised in upstate New York, becoming a lawyer in Buffalo. At age 44, he was elected Mayor of Buffalo in 1881, and later became Governor of New York. In 1885, he ran for President, and won with the support of...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
  Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
   
• Cleveland, Grover (Stephen)   b. March 18, 1837  d. June 24, 1908
  22nd and 24th United States President, New York Governor. A Democrat, he was first elected President in 1884, defeated in 1888, and reelected in 1892, becoming the only United States President to serve two non-consecutive terms. One of nine children of a Presbyterian minister, he was raised in upstate New York, becoming a lawyer in Buffalo. At age 44, he was elected Mayor of Buffalo in 1881, and later became Governor of New York. In 1885, he ran for President, and won with the support of...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
  National Museum of Health and Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
  Plot: In storage cabinets within the anatomical collections (not open to the public)
   
• Clinton, George    b. July 26, 1739  d. April 20, 1812
  4th US Vice President, 1st Governor of New York, and Revolutionary War General. He served as the US Vice President under Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, the only person to have ever served in that office under two different presidents other than John C. Calhoun. He was born in Little Britain, New York. He enlisted in the British Army to fight against the French in the French and Indian War (also known as the Seven Years War), and rose to the rank of lieutenant. After the war, he...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad)
  Old Dutch Churchyard, Kingston, Ulster County, New York, USA
   
• Colfax, Schuyler    b. March 23, 1823  d. January 13, 1885
  17th United States Vice President, US Congressman.
  City Cemetery, South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA
   
• Coolidge, Calvin    b. July 4, 1872  d. January 5, 1933
  30th United States President, United States Vice President, Massachusetts Governor. He is often remembered as "Silent Cal," for his dry Yankee wit and frugality of expression. At a dinner party, a young woman once remarked to him that she could get him to speak at least three words, to which he replied with a grin, "You lose”. Born in Plymouth, Vermont, he was the son of a village storekeeper. He graduated from Amherst College with honors, and entered the practice of law in Northampton...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
  Cause of death: Heart Failure
  Plymouth Notch Cemetery, Plymouth, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
   
• Curtis, Charles    b. January 25, 1860  d. February 8, 1936
  Vice President of the United States. Born the son of Orren Curtis and Ellen Pappan, the grand daughter of White Plume, a Kansa-Kaw chief. As a child, Curtis lived for three years on a Kaw reservation and learned to speak French and Kansa before he learned English. After his mother died in 1863 his upbringing was left to his grandparents, dividing time between both Topeka and the Kaw reservation. In 1869 Curtis rode as a jockey in his first race and continued to ride until 1876. He attended...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
  Cause of death: Heart attack
  Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
  Plot: Section 80
  GPS coordinates: 39.0387192, -95.6518326 (hddd.dddd)
   

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