--- title: Hillary Clinton's Father's Tombstone Knocked Over description: Police say it could be an act of political vandalism canonical: https://time.com/3822447/hillary-clinton-father-tombstone-vandalism/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-15T11:36:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T06:24:30.571Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton's Father's Tombstone Knocked Over in Pennsylvania og:description: Police say it could be an act of political vandalism og:url: https://time.com/3822447/hillary-clinton-father-tombstone-vandalism/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton's Father's Tombstone Knocked Over in Pennsylvania twitter:description: Police say it could be an act of political vandalism twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Hillary Clinton's Father's Tombstone Knocked Over in Pennsylvania ## Video: Hillary Clinton's Top 10 Political Moments [Watch (HLS stream): Hillary Clinton's Top 10 Political Moments](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/L3I0gpwt.m3u8) (1:49)  _Published 2015-04-09. Watch the top 10 moments from Hillary Clinton's career in politics._  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Apr 15, 2015 11:36 AM UTC  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Apr 15, 2015 11:36 AM UTC The tombstone of Hillary Clinton’s father, Hugh Rodham, [was upturned](http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/gravestone-of-hillary-clinton-s-father-toppled-in-scranton-cemetery-1.1863651) in what Pennsylvania police say may have been an act of political vandalism. “I’m not sure how else it would have fallen over,” Scranton Police Chief Carl Graziano told the _Scranton Times-Tribune._ Clinton, who announced her second presidential bid on Sunday, is the Democratic front-runner for the 2016 election. Washburn Street Cemetery caretaker Paul McGloin said the stone had been upright in its proper place on Friday and was fixed by Tuesday afternoon after someone tipped off police about the toppled stone. “I hope this had nothing to do with politics because that’s just wrong,” McGloin said. \[[_Scranton Times-Tribune_](http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/gravestone-of-hillary-clinton-s-father-toppled-in-scranton-cemetery-1.1863651)\] _Read next:_ [_Hillary Clinton’s Van Is Named for Scooby Doo_](http://time.com/3819355/hillary-clinton-scooby-doo-van/?iid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/autoplay/?xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3822447/hillary-clinton-father-tombstone-vandalism/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3822447/hillary-clinton-father-tombstone-vandalism/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton's Father's Tombstone Knocked Over in Pennsylvania","datePublished":"2015-04-15T11:36:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:24:30.571Z","description":"Police say it could be an act of political vandalism","url":"https://time.com/3822447/hillary-clinton-father-tombstone-vandalism/","keywords":["2016 Election","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3822447/hillary-clinton-father-tombstone-vandalism/","name":"Hillary Clinton's Father's Tombstone Knocked Over in Pennsylvania"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Hillary Clinton's Top 10 Political Moments","description":"Watch the top 10 moments from Hillary Clinton's career in politics.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/L3I0gpwt/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-04-09T19:18:36.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/L3I0gpwt.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3822447/hillary-clinton-father-tombstone-vandalism/","duration":"PT1M49S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3822447/hillary-clinton-father-tombstone-vandalism/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```