Question: senators who have laid in state at capitol
Answer: 1852 -- Henry Clay , long - serving Senator and Representative , Secretary of State , Speaker of the House , and three - time presidential candidate 1865 -- President Abraham Lincoln , assassinated in office 1868 -- Thaddeus Stevens , Representative from Pennsylvania 1874 -- Charles Sumner , Senator from Massachusetts 1875 -- Vice President Henry Wilson , served under Grant , died in office 1881 -- President James Garfield , assassinated in office 1886 -- John A. Logan , Senator from Illinois 1901 -- President William McKinley , assassinated while in office 1909 -- Pierre L'Enfant -- although he died in 1825 , his remains were disinterred ; he was honored by lying in state before reinterment at Arlington National Cemetery 1917 -- Admiral George Dewey , Admiral of the Navy 1921 -- The Unknown Soldier for World War I 1923 -- President Warren Harding , died in office 1930 -- President William Howard Taft , President 1909 -- 1913 , also Chief Justice 1921 -- 1930 1948 -- Gene