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Buried from the Capitol A Review of States in the Rotunda
The article recounts the long history of national figures laid in state at the Capitol, from John Quincy Adams in 1848 to William McKinley in 1901. It notes the famous Lincoln bier used for multiple figures, the dramatic crowds, and the ceremonial path from the Capitol to burial in Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Cannon
Capitol
John Quincy Adams
William McKinley
Adams
House of Repreeta
Earth
John C. Calhoun
Senate
Suprem Court
South Carolina
Henry Clay
Abraham Lincoln
White House
Great Dome
Lincoln
Rotunda
Springfield
Thaddeus Stevens
Chase
Charles Sumner
Wilson
Sumner
Senate Chamber
Garfield
John A. Logan
Waite
Philadelphia
Henry S. Lane
Indiana
John C. Fremont
Rockies
William. .L. Dayton
New Jersey
Baltiore
William Dennison
Wit Provernor
Ohio
Parson Brownlow
Tennessee
Andrew Johnson
Crosby
Opera House
Chicago
Carl Schurz
Wisconsin
Alinoty
Massachusetts
Cincinnati
Edward McPherson
Pennsylvania
Rutherford
B. Lidges
William Wheeler
New York
Robert J. Ingersoll
James G. Blaine
Blaine
House of Representatives
Col. Ingersoll
Jamies
American Congress
Chiago
Exposition
Levimate
Rogece Conkling
General Grant
Garfielld
John Shennan
James F. Joy
Michigan
Corant
James A. Garfield
Conkling
Chester A. Arthur
Theodore Roosevelt
New York State
John A. Losin
Ilinois
Iss
Gresham
Sherman
Benjamin Harrison
Levi P. Alertos
ASOD
Minneapoli
Dli
Thomas DB
Teed