For other versions of this document, see http://wikileaks.org/wiki/CRS-RS21005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. CRS-2 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. CRS-3 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 CRS-4 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 CRS-5 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 CRS-6 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For other versions of this document, see http://wikileaks.org/wiki/CRS-RS21005