List of burial places of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States

Burial places of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are located across 26 states and the District of Columbia. The state with the most U.S. Supreme Court justice burial sites is Virginia with 2014 of which are at Arlington National Cemetery. Since it was established in 1789, 114 persons have served as a justice (associate justice or chief justice) on the Supreme Court; of these, 105 have died. The first death of a justice was that of James Wilson on August 21, 1798, and the most recent was that of David Souter on May 8, 2025. William Howard Taft, who was chief justice from 1921 to 1930 after serving as president of the United States from 1909 to 1913, was the first justice for whom a state funeral has been held; Justice Ginsburg, who served as an associate justice from 1993 to 2020, was the second to receive this honor.

The sortable table below lists each deceased justice's place of burial, along with date of death, and the order of their membership on the Court. Five people served first as associate justices, and later as chief justices, separately: Charles Evans Hughes, William Rehnquist, John Rutledge, Harlan F. Stone, and Edward Douglass White. While having served in two positions, these individuals are listed only once in the table, and their order of justiceship (OJ) represents the overall order in which each began their initial service on the Court as an associate justice.

Supreme Court justice burial places NameDeath DateBurial PlaceCityStateSite image1 Jay Estate CemeteryRyeNew York2 St. Michael's ChurchyardCharlestonSouth Carolina3Cushing CemeteryScituateMassachusetts4Christ Church North GardenPhiladelphiaPennsylvania5Bruton Parish Episcopal Church CemeteryWilliamsburgVirginia6Hayes Plantation CemeteryEdentonNorth Carolina7Mount Olivet CemeteryFrederickMaryland8Albany Rural CemeteryMenandsNew York9Old Saint Paul's CemeteryBaltimoreMaryland10 Palisado CemeteryWindsorConnecticut11Mount Vernon Burial GroundMount VernonVirginia12St. Philip's Church CemeterySmithville TownshipNorth Carolina13 Shockoe Hill CemeteryRichmondVirginia14Unknown for certainCharlestonSouth Carolina15Green-Wood CemeteryBrooklynNew York16Frankfort CemeteryFrankfortKentucky17Marietta Burial GroundsGlenn DaleMaryland18Mount Auburn CemeteryCambridgeMassachusetts19Poughkeepsie Rural CemeteryPoughkeepsieNew York20Paris CemeteryParisKentucky21Spring Grove CemeteryCincinnatiOhio22Greendale CemeteryMeadvillePennsylvania23Laurel Grove CemeterySavannahGeorgia24St. John the Evangelist CemeteryFrederickMaryland25Congressional CemeteryWashingtonDistrict ofColumbia26Mount Olivet CemeteryNashvilleTennessee27Cave Hill CemeteryLouisvilleKentucky28Hollywood CemeteryRichmondVirginia29Lakewood CemeteryCooperstownNew York30Harmony Grove CemeteryPortsmouthNew Hampshire31West Laurel Hill CemeteryBala CynwydPennsylvania32Mount Auburn CemeteryCambridgeMassachusetts33Green Mount CemeteryBaltimoreMaryland34Evergreen CemeteryPortlandMaine35Oak Hill CemeteryWashingtonDistrict ofColumbia36Oakland CemeteryKeokukIowa37Evergreen Memorial CemeteryBloomingtonIllinois38Rock Creek CemeteryWashingtonDistrict ofColumbia39 Spring Grove CemeteryCincinnatiOhio40Charles Evans CemeteryReadingPennsylvania41Mount Pleasant CemeteryNewarkNew Jersey42Forest Hill CemeteryUticaNew York43 Woodlawn CemeteryToledoOhio44Rock Creek CemeteryWashingtonDistrict ofColumbia45Cedar Hill CemeteryNewarkOhio46Spring Grove CemeteryCincinnatiOhio47Mount Auburn CemeteryCambridgeMassachusetts48Green-Wood CemeteryBrooklynNew York49Oxford Memorial CemeteryOxfordMississippi50 Graceland CemeteryChicagoIllinois51Mount Muncie CemeteryLansingKansas52Elmwood CemeteryDetroitMichigan53Allegheny CemeteryPittsburghPennsylvania54Mount Olivet CemeteryNashvilleTennessee55 Oak Hill CemeteryWashingtonDistrict ofColumbia56Albany Rural CemeteryMenandsNew York57Mount Olivet CemeteryWashingtonDistrict ofColumbia58Arlington National CemeteryArlingtonVirginia59West Lawn CemeteryCantonOhio60South Byfield CemeteryGeorgetownMassachusetts61Greenwood CemeteryClarksvilleTennessee62 Woodlawn CemeteryThe BronxNew York63Rock Creek CemeteryWashingtonDistrict ofColumbia64Summerville CemeteryAugustaGeorgia65Evergreen CemeteryMorristownNew Jersey66Glenwood CemeteryElktonKentucky67Louis D. Brandeis School of LawLouisvilleKentucky68Lisbon CemeteryLisbonOhio69 Arlington National CemeteryArlingtonVirginia70Cedar Hill CemeterySuitlandMaryland71Calvary CemeterySaint PaulMinnesota72Greenwood CemeteryKnoxvilleTennessee73 Rock Creek CemeteryWashingtonDistrict ofColumbia74St. Andrew's CemeteryWest Vincent TownshipPennsylvania75Beth Olam CemeteryCypress HillsNew York76Arlington National CemeteryArlingtonVirginia77Maysville CemeteryMaysvilleKentucky78Mount Auburn CemeteryCambridgeMassachusetts79Arlington National CemeteryArlingtonVirginia80Our Lady of Lake Huron Catholic CemeterySand Beach Township(Harbor Beach)Michigan81Trinity Episcopal Cathedral CemeteryColumbiaSouth Carolina82Maple Grove CemeteryFrewsburgNew York83Green Mountain CemeteryBoulderColorado84Highland Park CemeteryHighland HillsOhio85 Pine Hill CemeteryLouisaKentucky86Restland Memorial ParkDallasTexas87Holy Trinity CemeteryNew AlbanyIndiana88 Arlington National CemeteryArlingtonVirginia89Emmanuel Episcopal Church CemeteryWestonConnecticut90Arlington National CemeteryArlingtonVirginia91Forest Hill CemeteryKansas CityMissouri92Arlington National CemeteryArlingtonVirginia93St. Johns CathedralDenverColorado94Arlington National CemeteryArlingtonVirginia95Cedar Hill CemeterySuitlandMaryland96Arlington National CemeteryArlingtonVirginia97 Arlington National CemeteryArlingtonVirginia98Arlington National CemeteryArlingtonVirginia99Hollywood CemeteryRichmondVirginia100 Arlington National CemeteryArlingtonVirginia101Arlington National CemeteryArlingtonVirginia102Lazy B RanchDuncanArizona103Fairfax Memorial ParkFairfaxVirginia105Lakeside CemeteryWakefieldMassachusetts107Arlington National CemeteryArlingtonVirginia

Notes

See also List of burial places of presidents and vice presidents of the United States

References

Further reading

External links

The Supreme Court of the United States and the Federal Judiciary, overview and resource links, Federal Judicial Center, Washington, D.C. Gravesites of the Justices