Public Vault, Congressional Cemetery, DC
- Address: 1801 E St SE
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1832/07/14 | Congress approves an expenditure of $1,000 to erect "a substantial brick or stone vault in the Washington Parish Burial Ground, for the temporary interment of members of Congress." | |||||
| 1834/06/30 | Congress approves an appropriations of $1,600 on 1833 March 2 1833, and $194 on 30 June 1834, to complete the Public Vault. | |||||
| 1841/04/07 | William Henry Harrison | In Memoriam | William H Harrison's funeral car makes a procession to Congressional Cemetery where the coffin is placed in a public vault, a temporary receiving chamber until a more appropriate time to send Harrison's remains home to Ohio. | Death of US President William Harrison | ||
| 1841/06/26 | William Henry Harrison | In Memoriam | The remains of William Henry Harrison are moved from Congressional Cemetery destine for North Bend, Ohio. | |||
| 1848/02/26 | John Quincy Adams | In Memoriam | John Quincy Adams' funeral procession moves to the Congressional Burial-ground in Washington. After the obsequies, Adam's corpse is placed in the Public Vault. | |||
| 1848/03/06 | John Quincy Adams | In Memoriam | The 30 members of the 2nd Committee of Arrangements and John Quincy Adams' remains depart Congressional Cemetery for burial at his family burial ground in Quincy, Massachusetts. | |||
| 1849/07/16 | Zachary Taylor | Mourner | Zachary Taylor attends obsequies for Dolley Madison. | Funeral for Dolley Madison | ||
| 1849/07/16 | Dolley Madison | In Memoriam | The remains of Dolley Madison are interred in the Public Vault at the Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC. | Funeral for Dolley Madison | ||
| 1850/07/13 | Zachary Taylor | In Memoriam | Zachary Taylor's body is temporarily interned at the Public Vault at Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC. | Death of President Zachary Taylor | ||
| 1850/10/26 | Zachary Taylor | In Memoriam | Interred in an air-tight Fisk metallic burial case with a glass window over his face, the remains of Zachary Taylor are removed from Congressional Cemetery to be relocated to the Taylor family plot in Louisville, Kentucky. |
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