Grave Sites of Illinois Senators
List compiled 2004, modified 2007+ by Matt Hucke using information from politicalgraveyard.com, findagrave.com, and wikipedia.
Grave Sites of Illinois SenatorsList compiled 2004, modified 2007+ by Matt Hucke using information from politicalgraveyard.com, findagrave.com, and wikipedia. |
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| "CLASS 2" SENATORS | TERM | BURIED | BORN - DIED | LINKS | |
| Jesse B. Thomas (D), (N-R) | 1818-1829 | Mound View, Mt. Vernon OH | 1773-1853 | fg | |
| John McLean (D)1 | 1829-1830 | Westwood, Shawneetown | 02.04.1791-10-14-1830 | fg | |
| David Jewett Baker (D) | 1830 | Alton City Cemetery, Alton | 09.07.1792-08.06.1869 | fg | |
| John McCracken Robinson (D) | 1830-1841 | Old Graveyard, Carmi | 04.10.1795-04.25.1843 | fg- | |
| Samuel McRoberts (D) | 1841-1843 (died) | Moores Cemetery, Waterloo | |||
| James Semple (D) | 1843-1847 | Bellefontaine, St. Louis MO | fg | ||
| Stephen A. Douglas (D) | 1847-1861 (died) | Douglas Moument Park, Chicago | |||
| Orville H. Browning (R) | 1861-1863 | Woodland, Quincy | 02.10.1806-08.10.1881 | fg | |
| William A. Richardson (D) | 1863-1865 | Woodland, Quincy | 01.16.1811-12.27.1875 | fg- | |
| Richard Yates (R) [Gov] | 1865-1871 | Diamond Grove Cem, Jacksonville | |||
| John A. Logan (R)1 | 1871-1877 | Soldiers Home National Cem., Wash. DC Cenotaph: Murphysboro City Cem. |
02.09.1826-12.27.1886 | fg wp | |
| David Davis (Ind) (D) | 1877-1883 | Evergreen, Bloomington | |||
| Shelby Moore Cullom (R) [Gov] | 1883-1913 | Oak Ridge, Springfield | |||
| James Hamilton Lewis (D)1 | 1913-1919 | Abbey Mausoleum, Arlington, Va2 | 05.18.1863-04.09.1939 | wp fg | |
| Joseph Medill McCormick (R) | 1919-1925 | Middlecreek Cem., Byron | 05.15.1877-02.25.1925 | wp fg- | |
| Charles S. Deneen (R) [Gov] | 1925-1931 | Oak Woods, Chicago | |||
| James Hamilton Lewis (D)1 | 1931-1939 (died) | Abbey Mausoleum, Arlington, Va2 | 05.18.1863-04.09.1939 | wp fg | |
| James Michael Slattery (D) | 1939-1940 | Calvary, Evanston | 07.29.1878-08.28.1948 | ||
| Charles W. Brooks (R) | 1940-1949 | Pleasant View, Kewanee | 03.08.1897-01.14.1957 | fg- | |
| Paul Howard Douglas (D) | 1949-1967 | ashes scattered: Jackson Park, Chicago | 03.26.1892-09.24.1976 | wp fg | |
| Charles H. Percy (R) | 1967-1985 | burial location unknown | 09.27.1919-09.17.2011 | wp | |
| Paul Martin Simon (D) | 1985-1997 | Rowan Cem., Makanda | 11.29.1928-12.09.2003 | wp fg | |
| Richard Durbin (D) | 1997-2015 | living | 11.21.1944- | wp | |
| "CLASS 3" SENATORS | TERM | BURIED | BORN - DIED | LINKS | |
| Ninian Edwards (D), (N-R) [Gov] | 1818-1824 | Oak Ridge, Springfield | |||
| John McLean (D)1 | 1824-1825 | Westwood, Shawneetown | 02.04.1791-10-14-1830 | fg | |
| Elias K. Kane (D) | 1825-1835 | Evergreen Cem, Chester | |||
| William Lee Davidson Ewing (D) [Gov] | 1835-1837 | unknown3 | 08.31.1795-03.25.1846 | wp fg | |
| Richard M. Young (D) | 1837-1843 | Congresional Cem., Wash. DC | 02.20.1798-11.28.1861 | fg | |
| Sidney Breese (D) | 1843-1849 | Carlyle Cem., Carlyle | |||
| James Shields (D) | 1849-1855 | St. Mary's, Carrollton MO | 05.10.1810-06.01.1879 | fg | |
| Lyman Trumbull (R) | 1855-1873 | Oak Woods, Chicago | |||
| Richard J. Oglesby (R) [Gov] | 1873-1879 | Elkhart Cemetery, Elkhart | |||
| John A. Logan (R)1 | 1879-1886 (died) | Soldiers Home National Cem., Wash. DC
Cenotaph: Murphysboro City Cem. |
02.09.1826-12.27.1886 | fg wp | |
| Charles B. Farwell (R) | 1887-1891 | Rosehill, Chicago | |||
| John McAuley Palmer (D) [Gov] | 1891-1897 | Carlinville City Cem, Carlinville | |||
| William E. Mason (R) | 1897-1903 | Oakwood, Waukegan | 07.07.1850-06.16.1921 | fg- | |
| Albert J. Hopkins (R) | 1903-1909 | Spring Lake Cem., Aurora [LW-4] | 08.15.1846-08.23.1922 | ||
| William Lorimer (R) | 1909-1912 | Calvary, Evanston | |||
| Lawrence Y. Sherman (R) | 1913-1921 | Faunce Cemetery, Montrose | |||
| William Brown McKinley (R) | 1921-1926 (died) | Mt. Hope, Urbana | |||
| Frank Leslie Smith (R) | 1926-1928 | Oak Lawn, Dwight | 11.24.1867-08.30.1950 | fg | |
| Otis F. Glenn (R) | 1928-1933 | Onekama Cem., Onekama MI | 08.27.1879-03.11.1959 | fg | |
| William H. Dieterich (D) | 1933-1939 | Rushville City Cem., Rushville | 03.31.1876-10.12.1940 | fg | |
| Scott Wike Lucas (D) | 1939-1951 | Laurel Hill Cem., Havana | |||
| Everett McKinley Dirksen (R) | 1951-1969 (died) | Glendale Memorial Gardens, Pekin | 01.04.1896-09.07.1969 | fg | |
| Ralph Tyler Smith (R) | 1969-1970 | Sunset Hill Maus., Edwardsville | 10.06.1915-08.13.1972 | fg | |
| Adlai E. Stevenson, III (D) | 1970-1981 | living (son of Governor Stevenson) | 10.10.1930- | wp | |
| Alan J. Dixon (D) | 1981-1993 | Lake View Memorial Gardens, Fairview Heights | 07.07.1927-07.06.2014 | wp | |
| Carol Moseley-Braun (D) | 1993-1999 | living | 08.16.1947- | wp | |
| Peter G. Fitzgerald (R) | 1999-2005 | living | 10.20.1960- | wp | |
| Barack Obama (D) | 2005-2008 (res) | living. 44th President of the United States | 08.04.1961- | wp | |
| Roland Burris (D) | 2009-2010 | living. Oak Woods, Chicago | 08.03.1937- | wp | |
| Mark Kirk (R) | 2010-2017 | living | wp | ||
1 John McLean, John Logan, James H. Lewis each had nonconsecutive terms
2 James Hamilton Lewis was removed from Abbey Mausoleum (demolished 2001; see 1) and reburied in an unknown location.
3 While some sources claim Senator Ewing is at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, he does not appear on their list of notables, and when visiting the cemetery in March 2004 I asked a member of the office staff to look up his records; no such record could be found.
(D) = Democrat, (R) = Republican, (N-R) = National Republican
(died) = Died while in office
(res) = Resigned