The Texas State Cemetery (TSC) is a

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located on about just east of

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, the

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of the U.S. state of

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. Originally the burial place of

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, Texas Revolutionary general and vice-president of the

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, it was expanded into a

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cemetery during the

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. Later it was expanded again to include the graves and

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s of prominent Texans and their spouses. It is a popular tourist attraction and colloquially referred to as the " Arlington of Texas" because of the renown of those interred and proximity to the

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. The cemetery is divided into two sections. The smaller one contains around 900 graves of prominent Texans, while the larger has over 2,000 marked graves of Confederate veterans and widows. There is room for 7,500 interments; the cemetery is about half full, after including plots chosen by people who are eligible for burial.

Burial guidelines

The guidelines on who may be buried within the Texas State Cemetery were first established in 1953, and are currently set by Texas state law. Currently, all persons to be buried in the cemetery must be one of the following: * A former member of the legislature or a member who dies in office. * A former elected state official or an official who dies in office (e.g., Governors of Texas, Lieutenant Governors of Texas, state Attorneys-General and departmental commissioners). * State official appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Legislature who served at least 10 years in the office. After September 1, 2015, this criterion may be used only upon approval of the State Cemetery Committee if it finds the official made a significant contribution to Texas history. * Individual designated by governor's proclamation, concurrent resolution of the Legislature, or order of the State Cemetery Committee; but only after approval of the committee if it finds the individual made a significant contribution to Texas history. The statute as written permits the committee to deny burial under this criterion even if requested by the governor or Legislature. * The spouse of anyone meeting the above criteria. * The child of an eligible member, but only if he or she was dependent on another due to a long-standing physical or mental condition during the lifetime of one of the child's parents.

History

After the death of Edward Burleson in 1851, the

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arranged for his burial on land formerly belonging to

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. In 1854, the Legislature established a monument at Burleson's grave-site for $1,000 and purchased the surrounding land. The burial ground was virtually ignored until the Civil War, when Texas Confederate officers killed in battle were buried there. In 1864 and 1866 more land was purchased for veterans' burials. An area of was also set aside for graves of

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veterans (all but one later removed, to

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). The remaining Union soldier is Antonio Briones, who was left at the request of his family. He is interred alone in the far northwest corner of the cemetery. Because the Texas Confederate Men's Home and the Confederate Women's Home were located in Austin, more than two thousand Confederate veterans and widows are interred at the State Cemetery. Most were buried after 1889. The last Confederate veterans in the Cemetery were reinterred in 1944; the last widow, in 1963. In 1932, the State Cemetery was little known and had no roads. There was a dirt road running through the grounds of the Cemetery linked to what was then called Onion Creek Highway. The road kept its highway status when Texas

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Louis Kemp brought it to the attention of the

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that the road running through the Cemetery should be paved. The roads, which are officially designated as State Highway 165, are dedicated to Kemp, and were for a time known as "Lou Kemp Highway". Kemp was also the driving force behind the reinterment of many early Texas figures in time for the

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in 1936. The cemetery was added to the

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in 1986, but by the early 1990s, the State Cemetery had fallen into disrepair—suffering from vandalism and decay—and was unsafe to visit. In 1994, after noting the condition of the Cemetery,

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initiated a three-year project that added a

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and renovated the cemetery. In 1997, there was a re-dedication and a reopening of the State Cemetery. A three-person Texas State Cemetery committee oversees operations at the cemetery. Thomas N. "Tom" Sellers (appointed by Governor

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) is chairman. James L. Bayless (Speaker's appointment) and Carolyn Hodges (appointee of the lieutenant governor) also serve. Nathan Stephens is the Administrator and the senior historian is Will Erwin. Former Governor and United States President

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announced his intention to be buried in the State Cemetery. However, in August 2018, Bush decided he and his

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will be buried at his presidential center following their deaths.

Statistics

As of 2019, buried in the Texas State Cemetery are:

Davis Guards Medal recipients

* Michael Carr (Section:Confederate Field, Section 2 (D) Row:Q Number:34) * David Fitzgerald (Section:Confederate Field, Section 1 (F) Row:P Number:7) * John Flood (Section:Confederate Field, Section 2 (D) Row:V Number:21) * William Hardin (Section:Confederate Field, Section 1 (F) Row:K Number:15) * Thomas Sullivan (Confederate Field, Section 2 (D) Row:U Number:18)

Battle of San Jacinto veterans

Notable interments

* Joseph Hugh Allen *

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* Moseley Baker *

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(pending) *

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(pending) * Gregory Scott Coleman *

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* Phil Cates *

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* George Christian *

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* Russell B. Cummings * Tony Dale (pending) * Edmund J. Davis * Susanna Dickinson *

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* John Holt Duncan * Alexander Campbell Earle (co-founder of

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(pending) * Ray Farabee * James E. Ferguson * Miriam A. "Ma" Ferguson *

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* Lena Guerrero * James Washington Guinn *

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(pending) * John Hemphill *

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* William Houston Jack *

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* Delwin Jones *

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* L. B. Kubiak (pending) * Edmund Kuempel *

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(cenotaph) *

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* Ray Allen Lemmon (Texas House of Representatives for the 61st and 62nd Legislatures) * Frank Madla *

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* George "Spanky" McFarland * Crawford Martin *

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* William Menefee * Walter Mengden (pending) * James A. Michener (cenotaph) *

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(pending) *

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* Richard Moya * Jose Antonio Navarro * James Robertson Nowlin (pending) *

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* William Neff "Bill" Patman *

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(pending) *

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* George Boyd Pierce (pending) * William C. Powers Jr. * Richard "Cactus" Pryor * Irma Lerma Rangel *

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* Sterling C. Robertson * Joel Walter Robison * Darrell K. Royal * Jerry Sadler *

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(husband interred; pending) * Max Sherman (pending) *

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* E L Short * Edwin "Bud" Shrake * Preston E. Smith * W. E. "Pete" Snelson *

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* Alexander Watkins Terrell * Ernest O. Thompson *

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* Sidney Johnson Thomas *

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(cenotaph) * Joanna Troutman * Byron M. Tunnell * William A. A. "Bigfoot" Wallace * Gary Watkins (cenotaph) *

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* George E. "Buddy" WestTexas State Cemetery
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* Mark White *

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* Will Wilson * Charlie Wilson (Cenotaph) *

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Governors of Texas

* Peter Hansbrough Bell * John Bowden Connally Jr. * Edmund Jackson Davis * Miriam "Ma" Amanda Ferguson * James "Pa" Edward Ferguson *

* Francis Richard Lubbock * Dan Moody Jr. * Ann Willis Richards *

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* Robert Allan Shivers * Preston Earnest Smith * Mark Wells White

Texas Rangers

* Willis Thomas Avery * Jesse Billingsley * Joseph Graves Booth * John Watkins Bracken * Guy Morrison Bryan * Ben Franklin Bryant * George Christopher Brakefield * Edward Burleson * James Hughes Callahan * Walter P. Callaway * William Angelo Dial * Homer Garrison * John Grumbles * Joseph Sidney Fletcher * William Polk Hardeman * John Reynolds Hughes * Ben McCulloch * Charles Edward Miller * Daniel Webster Roberts * James Lambert "Skippy" Rundell * William Read Scurry * Lamartine Pemberton "Lamar" Seeker * William Tom * William Alexander Anderson "Big Foot" Wallace * Eleazar Louis Ripley Wheelock * John Lemon Wilbarger * Robert McAlpin Williamson * Thomas C. Wilson * William Delpard Wilson

Other

* 1

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* 5 Lieutenant Governor of Texas, Lieutenant Governors of Texas * 5 Speaker (politics), Speakers of the Texas House of Representatives * 15 Signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence * 3 United States Senate, U.S. Senators * 6 United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representatives * 5 First Lady, First Ladies of Texas (including planned burial plots for

who are still alive) * 5 authors * 11

veterans * 9

Generals * 3 Medal of Honor recipients * 2 American Revolutionary War veterans * 1 17th-century French sailor (remains discovered in the wreck of René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, La Salle's ship ''La Belle (ship), La Belle'' in 1996) * First Texas Solicitor General * 1 member of the Baseball Hall of Fame * 1 astronaut * 1 president of the University of Texas at Austin * 1 football player * 1 notable supercenterian

Popular culture

*In one Cotton's Plot, episode of ''King of the Hill'', Cotton Hill is awarded a plot in the Texas State Cemetery for his heroism during World War II. However, Cotton is never buried in this plot when he dies in another Death Picks Cotton, episode. Actor Barry Jenner, who appeared in 27 episodes of the 1980s television series ''Dallas (1978 TV series), Dallas'', is also awarded a plot.

Gallery

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References

External links

*
Texas State Cemetery searchable database
One can search by name or by location in the cemetery. *

list of politicians buried in the Texas State Cemetery.
Where They R.I.P.
Site dedicated to finding the burial locations of Texas's elected officials from the Republic Era to statehood. Includes lists of African-American legislators, governors and other elected officials.
Texas State Cemetery
at Find a Grave {{Authority control 1851 establishments in Texas Cemeteries in Austin, Texas Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas Culture of Austin, Texas National Register of Historic Places in Austin, Texas

Burial guidelines

History

Statistics

Davis Guards Medal recipients

Battle of San Jacinto veterans

Notable interments

Governors of Texas

Texas Rangers

Other

Popular culture

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