# 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 20 – 14 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, 104 have died. The first death of a justice was that of James Wilson on August 21, 1798, and the most recent was that of Sandra Day O'Connor on December 1, 2023. 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

| OJ | Justice | Date of death | Burial place | City | State |
| 1 | $^{CJ}$ John Jay | May 17, 1829 | Jay Estate Cemetery | Rye | New York |
| 2 | $^{CJ}$ John Rutledge | July 23, 1800 | St. Michael's Churchyard | Charleston | South Carolina |
| 3 | William Cushing | September 13, 1810 | Cushing Cemetery | Scituate | Massachusetts |
| 4 | James Wilson | August 21, 1798 | Christ Church North Garden | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania |
| 5 | John Blair | August 31, 1800 | Bruton Parish Episcopal Church Cemetery | Williamsburg | Virginia |
| 6 | James Iredell | October 20, 1799 | Hayes Plantation Cemetery | Edenton | North Carolina |
| 7 | Thomas Johnson | October 26, 1819 | Mount Olivet Cemetery | Frederick | Maryland |
| 8 | William Paterson | September 9, 1806 | Albany Rural Cemetery | Menands | New York |
| 9 | Samuel Chase | June 19, 1811 | Old Saint Paul's Cemetery | Baltimore | Maryland |
| 10 | $^{CJ}$ Oliver Ellsworth | November 26, 1807 | Palisado Cemetery | Windsor | Connecticut |
| 11 | Bushrod Washington | November 26, 1829 | Mount Vernon Burial Ground | Mount Vernon | Virginia |
| 12 | Alfred Moore | October 15, 1810 | St. Philip's Church Cemetery | Smithville Township | North Carolina |
| 13 | $^{CJ}$ John Marshall | July 6, 1835 | Shockoe Hill Cemetery | Richmond | Virginia |
| 14 | William Johnson | August 24, 1834 | Unknown for certain | Charleston | South Carolina |
| 15 | Henry Brockholst Livingston | March 18, 1823 | Green-Wood Cemetery | Brooklyn | New York |
| 16 | Thomas Todd | February 7, 1826 | Frankfort Cemetery | Frankfort | Kentucky |
| 17 | Gabriel Duvall | March 6, 1844 | Marietta Burial Grounds | Glenn Dale | Maryland |
| 18 | Joseph Story | September 10, 1845 | Mount Auburn Cemetery | Cambridge | Massachusetts |
| 19 | Smith Thompson | December 18, 1843 | Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery | Poughkeepsie | New York |
| 20 | Robert Trimble | August 25, 1828 | Paris Cemetery | Paris | Kentucky |
| 21 | John McLean | April 4, 1861 | Spring Grove Cemetery | Cincinnati | Ohio |
| 22 | Henry Baldwin | April 21, 1844 | Greendale Cemetery | Meadville | Pennsylvania |
| 23 | James Moore Wayne | July 5, 1867 | Laurel Grove Cemetery | Savannah | Georgia |
| 24 | $^{CJ}$ Roger B. Taney | October 12, 1864 | St. John the Evangelist Cemetery | Frederick | Maryland |
| 25 | Philip P. Barbour | February 25, 1841 | Congressional Cemetery | Washington | District of Columbia |
| 26 | John Catron | May 30, 1865 | Mount Olivet Cemetery | Nashville | Tennessee |
| 27 | John McKinley | July 19, 1852 | Cave Hill Cemetery | Louisville | Kentucky |
| 28 | Peter Vivian Daniel | May 31, 1860 | Hollywood Cemetery | Richmond | Virginia |
| 29 | Samuel Nelson | December 13, 1873 | Lakewood Cemetery | Cooperstown | New York |
| 30 | Levi Woodbury | September 4, 1851 | Harmony Grove Cemetery | Portsmouth | New Hampshire |
| 31 | Robert Cooper Grier | September 25, 1870 | West Laurel Hill Cemetery | Bala Cynwyd | Pennsylvania |
| 32 | Benjamin Robbins Curtis | September 15, 1874 | Mount Auburn Cemetery | Cambridge | Massachusetts |
| 33 | John Archibald Campbell | March 12, 1889 | Green Mount Cemetery | Baltimore | Maryland |
| 34 | Nathan Clifford | July 25, 1881 | Evergreen Cemetery | Portland | Maine |
| 35 | Noah Haynes Swayne | June 8, 1884 | Oak Hill Cemetery | Washington | District of Columbia |
| 36 | Samuel Freeman Miller | October 13, 1890 | Oakland Cemetery | Keokuk | Iowa |
| 37 | David Davis | June 26, 1886 | Evergreen Memorial Cemetery | Bloomington | Illinois |
| 38 | Stephen Johnson Field | April 9, 1899 | Rock Creek Cemetery | Washington | District of Columbia |
| 39 | $^{CJ}$ Salmon P. Chase | May 7, 1873 | Spring Grove Cemetery | Cincinnati | Ohio |
| 40 | William Strong | August 19, 1895 | Charles Evans Cemetery | Reading | Pennsylvania |
| 41 | Joseph P. Bradley | January 22, 1892 | Mount Pleasant Cemetery | Newark | New Jersey |
| 42 | Ward Hunt | March 24, 1886 | Forest Hill Cemetery | Utica | New York |
| 43 | $^{CJ}$ Morrison Waite | March 23, 1888 | Woodlawn Cemetery | Toledo | Ohio |
| 44 | John Marshall Harlan | October 14, 1911 | Rock Creek Cemetery | Washington | District of Columbia |
| 45 | William Burnham Woods | May 14, 1887 | Cedar Hill Cemetery | Newark | Ohio |
| 46 | Stanley Matthews | March 22, 1889 | Spring Grove Cemetery | Cincinnati | Ohio |
| 47 | Horace Gray | September 15, 1902 | Mount Auburn Cemetery | Cambridge | Massachusetts |
| 48 | Samuel Blatchford | July 7, 1893 | Green-Wood Cemetery | Brooklyn | New York |
| 49 | Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II | January 23, 1893 | Oxford Memorial Cemetery | Oxford | Mississippi |
| 50 | $^{CJ}$ Melville Fuller | July 4, 1910 | Graceland Cemetery | Chicago | Illinois |
| 51 | David Josiah Brewer | March 28, 1910 | Mount Muncie Cemetery | Lansing | Kansas |
| 52 | Henry Billings Brown | September 4, 1913 | Elmwood Cemetery | Detroit | Michigan |
| 53 | George Shiras Jr. | August 2, 1924 | Allegheny Cemetery | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania |
| 54 | Howell Edmunds Jackson | August 8, 1895 | Mount Olivet Cemetery | Nashville | Tennessee |
| 55 | $^{CJ}$ Edward Douglass White | May 19, 1921 | Oak Hill Cemetery | Washington | District of Columbia |
| 56 | Rufus W. Peckham | October 24, 1909 | Albany Rural Cemetery | Menands | New York |
| 57 | Joseph McKenna | November 21, 1926 | Mount Olivet Cemetery | Washington | District of Columbia |
| 58 | Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. | March 6, 1935 | Arlington National Cemetery | Arlington | Virginia |
| 59 | William R. Day | July 9, 1923 | West Lawn Cemetery | Canton | Ohio |
| 60 | William Henry Moody | July 2, 1917 | South Byfield Cemetery | Georgetown | Massachusetts |
| 61 | Horace Harmon Lurton | July 12, 1914 | Greenwood Cemetery | Clarksville | Tennessee |
| 62 | $^{CJ}$ Charles Evans Hughes | August 27, 1948 | Woodlawn Cemetery | The Bronx | New York |
| 63 | Willis Van Devanter | February 8, 1941 | Rock Creek Cemetery | Washington | District of Columbia |
| 64 | Joseph Rucker Lamar | January 2, 1916 | Summerville Cemetery | Augusta | Georgia |
| 65 | Mahlon Pitney | December 9, 1924 | Evergreen Cemetery | Morristown | New Jersey |
| 66 | James Clark McReynolds | August 24, 1946 | Glenwood Cemetery | Elkton | Kentucky |
| 67 | Louis Brandeis | October 5, 1941 | Louis D. Brandeis School of Law | Louisville | Kentucky |
| 68 | John Hessin Clarke | March 22, 1945 | Lisbon Cemetery | Lisbon | Ohio |
| 69 | $^{CJ}$ William Howard Taft | March 8, 1930 | Arlington National Cemetery | Arlington | Virginia |
| 70 | George Sutherland | July 18, 1942 | Cedar Hill Cemetery | Suitland | Maryland |
| 71 | Pierce Butler | November 16, 1939 | Calvary Cemetery | Saint Paul | Minnesota |
| 72 | Edward Terry Sanford | March 8, 1930 | Greenwood Cemetery | Knoxville | Tennessee |
| 73 | $^{CJ}$ Harlan F. Stone | April 22, 1946 | Rock Creek Cemetery | Washington | District of Columbia |
| 74 | Owen Roberts | May 17, 1955 | St. Andrew's Cemetery | West Vincent Township | Pennsylvania |
| 75 | Benjamin N. Cardozo | July 9, 1938 | Beth Olam Cemetery | Cypress Hills | New York |
| 76 | Hugo Black | September 25, 1971 | Arlington National Cemetery | Arlington | Virginia |
| 77 | Stanley Forman Reed | April 2, 1980 | Maysville Cemetery | Maysville | Kentucky |
| 78 | Felix Frankfurter | February 22, 1965 | Mount Auburn Cemetery | Cambridge | Massachusetts |
| 79 | William O. Douglas | January 19, 1980 | Arlington National Cemetery | Arlington | Virginia |
| 80 | Frank Murphy | July 19, 1949 | Our Lady of Lake Huron Catholic Cemetery | Sand Beach Township (Harbor Beach) | Michigan |
| 81 | James F. Byrnes | April 9, 1972 | Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery | Columbia | South Carolina |
| 82 | Robert H. Jackson | October 9, 1954 | Maple Grove Cemetery | Frewsburg | New York |
| 83 | Wiley Blount Rutledge | September 10, 1949 | Green Mountain Cemetery | Boulder | Colorado |
| 84 | Harold Hitz Burton | October 28, 1964 | Highland Park Cemetery | Highland Hills | Ohio |
| 85 | $^{CJ}$ Fred M. Vinson | September 8, 1953 | Pine Hill Cemetery | Louisa | Kentucky |
| 86 | Tom C. Clark | June 13, 1977 | Restland Memorial Park | Dallas | Texas |
| 87 | Sherman Minton | April 9, 1965 | Holy Trinity Cemetery | New Albany | Indiana |
| 88 | $^{CJ}$ Earl Warren | July 9, 1974 | Arlington National Cemetery | Arlington | Virginia |
| 89 | John Marshall Harlan | December 29, 1971 | Emmanuel Episcopal Church Cemetery | Weston | Connecticut |
| 90 | William J. Brennan Jr. | July 24, 1997 | Arlington National Cemetery | Arlington | Virginia |
| 91 | Charles Evans Whittaker | November 26, 1973 | Forest Hill Cemetery | Kansas City | Missouri |
| 92 | Potter Stewart | December 7, 1985 | Arlington National Cemetery | Arlington | Virginia |
| 93 | Byron White | April 15, 2002 | St. Johns Cathedral | Denver | Colorado |
| 94 | Arthur Goldberg | January 19, 1990 | Arlington National Cemetery | Arlington | Virginia |
| 95 | Abe Fortas | April 5, 1982 | Cedar Hill Cemetery | Suitland | Maryland |
| 96 | Thurgood Marshall | January 24, 1993 | Arlington National Cemetery | Arlington | Virginia |
| 97 | $^{CJ}$ Warren E. Burger | June 25, 1995 | Arlington National Cemetery | Arlington | Virginia |
| 98 | Harry Blackmun | March 4, 1999 | Arlington National Cemetery | Arlington | Virginia |
| 99 | Lewis F. Powell Jr. | August 25, 1998 | Hollywood Cemetery | Richmond | Virginia |
| 100 | $^{CJ}$ William Rehnquist | September 3, 2005 | Arlington National Cemetery | Arlington | Virginia |
| 101 | John Paul Stevens | July 16, 2019 | Arlington National Cemetery | Arlington | Virginia |
| 102 | Sandra Day O'Connor | December 1, 2023 | Lazy B Ranch | Duncan | Arizona |
| 103 | Antonin Scalia | February 13, 2016 | Fairfax Memorial Park | Fairfax | Virginia |
| 107 | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | September 18, 2020 | Arlington National Cemetery | Arlington | Virginia |