PoliticalGraveyard.com



(or, The Web Site that Tells Where the Dead Politicians are Buried)

Created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum

The Political Graveyard

The Political Graveyard is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 302,477 politicians, living and dead. is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 302,477 politicians, living and dead.

The coverage of the site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1971) postmasters of qualifying places; and (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions. The coverage of the site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1971) postmasters of qualifying places; and (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions.

The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project. The listings are; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.

Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here. Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but isguaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.

The official URL for this page is: The official URL for this page is: http://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html

Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops. Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.

If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the alphabetical index of politicians

If you find any error or omission in The Political Graveyard, or if you have information to share, please see the If you find any error or omission in The Political Graveyard, or if you have information to share, please see the biographical checklist and submission guidelines

Copyright notices: (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see fair use under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site will be honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2019 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see Feist v. Rural Telephone . (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constituteunder applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site will be honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2019 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a Creative Commons License