Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC

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Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC

CEMETERY

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

Founding Date:
3-Mar-1849

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Dean Acheson Government 11-Apr-1893 12-Oct-1971 US Secretary of State, 1949-53

Spencer Fullerton Baird Naturalist 3-Feb-1823 19-Aug-1887 History of North American Birds

David K. E. Bruce Diplomat 12-Feb-1898 5-Dec-1977 US Ambassador to England, France, Germany

Margaret O'Neill Eaton Relative 1796 8-Nov-1879 War Secy.'s wife caused cabinet shakeup

Katharine Graham Publisher 16-Jun-1917 17-Jul-2001 Washington Post publisher, 1966-79

Philip L. Graham Publisher 18-Jul-1915 3-Aug-1963 Washington Post publisher, 1947-63

Joseph Henry Physicist 17-Dec-1797 13-May-1878 Discovered electromagnetic induction

Gale W. McGee Politician 17-Mar-1915 9-Apr-1992 US Senator from Wyoming, 1959-77

John Barton Payne Government 26-Jan-1855 24-Jan-1935 Red Cross Chairman, 1921-35

William A. Richardson Politician 2-Nov-1821 19-Oct-1896 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1873-74

Max Robinson Journalist 1-May-1939 20-Dec-1988 Co-Anchor of World News Tonight

Howard K. Smith Journalist 12-May-1914 15-Feb-2002 Face the Nation

Edwin M. Stanton Politician 19-Dec-1814 24-Dec-1869 Secretary of War during the Civil War

Noah H. Swayne Judge 7-Dec-1804 8-Jun-1884 US Supreme Court Justice, 1862-81

Robert J. Walker Politician 23-Jul-1801 11-Nov-1869 Mississippi Senator, Treasury Secretary

Edward Douglass White Judge 3-Nov-1845 19-May-1921 US Chief Justice, 1910-21

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