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 [[Christ Church, Washington Parish|Christ Church]], an [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal church]], owns the cemetery. The [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. government]] has purchased 806 burial plots, which are administered by the [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs|Department of Veterans Affairs]]. Located about a mile and a half (2.4&nbsp;km) to the southeast of the [[U.S. Capitol Building]], the cemetery is historically associated with the [[U.S. Congress]].<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/lots/Congressional.asp |title = Congressional Cemetery Government Lots |access-date = 2024-07-17 |date = 2023-03-09 |website = National Cemetery Administration |publisher = U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs}}</ref> The cemetery still sells plots, and is an active burial ground. It is three blocks east of the [[Potomac Avenue (WMATA station)|Potomac Avenue Metro station]] and two blocks south of the [[Stadium-Armory (WMATA station)|Stadium-Armory Metro station]].
-Many members of Congress who died while Congress was in session are interred at Congressional Cemetery. Other burials include early landowners and speculators, the builders and architects of early Washington, D.C., [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] diplomats, [[Mayor of Washington, D.C.|Washington, D.C. mayors]], [[American Civil War]] veterans, and 19th century Washington, D.C., families unaffiliated with the federal government.
+Many members of Congress who died while Congress was in session are interred at Congressional Cemetery. Other burials include early landowners and speculators, the builders and architects of early Washington, D.C., [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] diplomats, [[Mayor of Washington, D.C.|Washington, D.C. mayors]], American Civil War veterans, and 19th century Washington, D.C., families unaffiliated with the federal government.
 The cemetery is the resting place of one [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]], one [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court justice]], six [[Cabinet of the United States|Cabinet]] members, nineteen [[United States Senate|senators]], 71 [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representatives]], including a former [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|speaker of the House]], veterans from every American war, and [[J. Edgar Hoover]], the first [[Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI director]].<ref name="congressional cemetery website">{{cite web |title=Congressional Cemetery Website |url=http://www.congressionalcemetery.org/ |access-date=2004-12-29 |archive-date=2021-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502170459/https://congressionalcemetery.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref>