List of people executed by the United States federal government

The following is a list of people executed by the United States federal government.

Post-Gregg executions

Sixteen executions (none of them military) have occurred in the modern post-Gregg era.[1] Since 1976, sixteen people have been executed under federal jurisdiction by the United States federal government. All were executed by lethal injection at the United States Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana.[2]

No. Name Age Sex Date of execution State Method Victim(s) President
1 Timothy James McVeigh 33 M June 11, 2001 Oklahoma Lethal injection 8 federal law enforcement officers[a] George W. Bush
2 Juan Raul Garza 44 M June 19, 2001 Texas Thomas Albert Rumbo, Gilberto Matos, and Erasmo De La Fuente[b]
3 Louis Jones Jr. 53 M March 18, 2003 U.S. Army Private Tracie Joy McBride
4 Daniel Lewis Lee 47 M July 14, 2020 Arkansas William Frederick Mueller, Nancy Ann Mueller, and Sarah Elizabeth Powell Donald Trump
5 Wesley Ira Purkey 68 M July 16, 2020 Missouri[c] Jennifer Long[d]
6 Dustin Lee Honken 52 M July 17, 2020 Iowa 5 murder victims[e]
7 Lezmond Charles Mitchell 38 M August 26, 2020 Arizona Alyce Slim and Tiffany Lee
8 Keith Dwayne Nelson 45 M August 28, 2020 Missouri Pamela Butler
9 William Emmett LeCroy Jr. 50 M September 22, 2020 Georgia Joann Lee Tiesler
10 Christopher Andre Vialva 40 M September 24, 2020 Texas[f] Todd Bagley and Stacie Bagley
11 Orlando Cordia Hall 49 M November 19, 2020 Lisa Rene
12 Brandon Anthony Micah Bernard 40 M December 10, 2020 Todd Bagley and Stacie Bagley
13 Alfred Bourgeois 56 M December 11, 2020 Jakaren Harrison
14 Lisa Marie Montgomery 52 F January 13, 2021 Missouri Bobbie Jo Stinnett
15 Corey Johnson 52 M January 14, 2021 Virginia 7 murder victims[g]
16 Dustin John Higgs 48 M January 16, 2021 Maryland Tamika Black, Tanji Jackson, and Mishann Chinn

Demographics

Race
Black 7 44%
White 7 44%
Hispanic 1 6%
Native American 1 6%
Age
30–39 2 13%
40–49 7 44%
50–59 6 38%
60–69 1 6%
Sex
Male 15 94%
Female 1 6%
Date of execution
1976–1979 0 0%
1980–1989 0 0%
1990–1999 0 0%
2000–2009 3 19%
2010–2019 0 0%
2020–2029 13 81%
Method
Lethal injection 16 100%
President (Party)
Gerald Ford (R) 0 0%
Jimmy Carter (D) 0 0%
Ronald Reagan (R) 0 0%
George H. W. Bush (R) 0 0%
Bill Clinton (D) 0 0%
George W. Bush (R) 3 19%
Barack Obama (D) 0 0%
Donald Trump (R) 13 81%
Joe Biden (D) 0 0%
Total 16 100%


Earlier non-military executions, 1900 to 1963

From 1790 to 1963, there were 332 Federal, 271 Territorial and 40 Indian Tribunal executions according to the most complete records.[3] The youngest person executed was James Arcene on June 18, 1885, at the age of 23 for his role in a robbery and murder committed when he was 10 years old.

Name Method Offense Date of execution Location Note President
Allen Walkingshield Hanging Murder on an Indian reservation October 24, 1902 Minnehaha County Jail, Sioux Falls, South Dakota Killed a woman on the Rosebud Indian Reservation.[4] Theodore Roosevelt
George Bear Hanging Murder on an Indian reservation December 5, 1902 Minnehaha County Jail, Sioux Falls, South Dakota Killed two men on the Rosebud Indian Reservation.[5]
Charles Barrett Hanging Murder on an Indian reservation July 17, 1903 Federal Jail, McAlester, Oklahoma Convicted of robbing and killing an elderly man on Indian territory near Calvin, Oklahoma.[6]
Dora Wright Hanging Murder on an Indian reservation July 17, 1903 Federal Jail, McAlester, Oklahoma Convicted of beating, torturing and mutilating her young stepdaughter, Bessie Williams at their home in Moshulatubbee District located near Wilburton, Oklahoma. [7]
Rufus Binyon Hanging Murder on an Indian reservation September 22, 1905 Federal Jail, Ardmore, Oklahoma Convicted of raping and murdering an eight year old orphan girl in his care at his home in May, 1900 on Indian territory. [8]
Grant Williams Hanging Murder on an Indian reservation November 3, 1905 Federal Jail, McAlester, Oklahoma Convicted of murdering railroad paymaster in dispute over paycheck on October 19, 1904 near Ardmore, Oklahoma. [9]
Harry Scott Hanging Murder on the high seas July 6, 1906 New Hanover County Jail, Wilmington, North Carolina Killed five crew members during a mutiny aboard the vessel the Harry Berwind.[10]
Robert Cotton Hanging Murder on an Indian reservation September 4, 1906 Federal Jail, Vinita, Oklahoma Convicted of fatally stabbing his wife at their home in Vian, Oklahoma on August 6, 1905. [11]
John Goodwin Hanging Murder on an Indian reservation May 13, 1913 Gila County Jail, Gila County, Arizona Killed two merchants on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation.[12] Woodrow Wilson
William Stewart Hanging Murder on an Indian reservation May 30, 1914
Henry Brown Hanging Murder on federal property September 1, 1921 Baltimore City Jail, Baltimore, Maryland Killed a nurse at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis.[13] Warren Harding
Sam Greenhill Hanging Murder on federal property October 9, 1925 Lauderdale County Jail, Florence, Alabama Killed a War Department police officer who had apprehended him poaching near the Nitrate Plant No. 1 at the federal reservation in Muscle Shoals.[14][15] Calvin Coolidge
George Sujyanmie Hanging Murder on military reservation October 10, 1925 Fort Whipple, Prescott, Arizona Killed a man on the grounds of Fort Whipple, Arizona.[16]
James Alderman Hanging Murder on the high seas August 17, 1929 Coast Guard Base Six, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Killed two U.S. coastguardsmen and a Secret Service agent.[17] Herbert Hoover
Carl Panzram Hanging Murder September 5, 1930 United States Penitentiary (USP), Leavenworth, Kansas Killed a federal prison employee. Linked to 4 other murders; claimed to have killed 22 people.
George Barrett Hanging Murder of a federal officer March 24, 1936 Marion County Jail, Indiana The first person to be executed under a law that made it a capital offense to kill a federal agent. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Arthur Gooch Hanging Kidnapping June 19, 1936 Oklahoma State Penitentiary, McAlester, Oklahoma The only person executed under the Federal Kidnapping Act in which the victim did not die.
Earl Gardner Hanging Murder on an Indian reservation July 12, 1936 Coolidge Dam, Gila County, Arizona Killed his wife and son on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation.[18]
Anthony Chebatoris Hanging Murder during a bank robbery July 8, 1938 Federal Correctional Institution (FCI), Milan, Michigan The only person ever to be executed in the State of Michigan since its admission to the Union.
Henry Seadlund Electrocution Kidnapping and murder July 14, 1938 Cook County Jail, Illinois Killed a man during a kidnapping for ransom.[19]
Robert Suhay Hanging Murder of a federal officer August 12, 1938 United States Penitentiary (USP), Leavenworth, Kansas Killed an FBI agent during an attempted arrest.[20][21]
Glenn Applegate Hanging Murder of a federal officer
James Dalhover Electrocution Bank robbery and murder November 18, 1938 Indiana State Prison, Michigan City, Indiana Killed an Indiana State Police trooper during a bank robbery in Logansport, Indiana on May 25, 1937.[22][23]
Nelson Charles Hanging Murder November 10, 1939 Federal Jail, Juneau, Alaska Killed his mother-in-law in the Alaska federal territory.[24]
Herbert Hans Haupt Electrocution Espionage and attempted sabotage as unlawful combatants for Nazi Germany August 8, 1942 D.C. Jail, Washington, D.C. Tried on July 8, 1942, by a military tribunal for their role in Operation Pastorius during World War II.
Richard Quirin
Heinrich Heinck
Edward Kerling
Herman Neubauer
Werner Thiel
Clyde Arwood Electrocution Murder of a federal officer August 14, 1943 Tennessee State Prison, Nashville, Tennessee Killed a federal agent during a moonshine raid.
Henry Ruhl Gas inhalation Murder on a government reservation April 27, 1945 Wyoming State Penitentiary, Rawlins, Wyoming Killed a war production worker on federal property near Laramie.[25] Harry S. Truman
Austin Nelson Hanging Murder March 1, 1948 Federal Jail, Juneau, Alaska Killed a Juneau grocery store owner in 1946.[26]
David Joseph Watson Electrocution Murder on the high seas September 15, 1948 Florida State Prison, near Raiford, Florida Killed a fellow sailor on board the USS Stribling in 1946.[27]
Samuel Richard Shockley Gas inhalation Murder December 3, 1948 California State Penitentiary, San Quentin, California Convicted for their roles in the Battle of Alcatraz.
Miran Edgar Thompson Gas inhalation Murder
Carlos Romero Ochoa Gas inhalation Murder of a federal officer December 10, 1948 California State Penitentiary, San Quentin, California Killed an immigration patrol officer near Indio, California in 1947.[28]
Eugene LaMoore Hanging Murder April 14, 1950 Federal Jail, Juneau, Alaska Killed a Juneau grocery store owner in 1946.[29]
Julius Rosenberg Electrocution Espionage June 19, 1953 New York State Prison, Sing Sing, Ossining, New York Convicted for spying on behalf of the Soviet Union and leaking American military secrets, including nuclear weapons designs. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ethel Rosenberg
Carl Austin Hall Gas inhalation Kidnapping and murder December 18, 1953 Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, Missouri Convicted of the kidnapping and murder of Bobby Greenlease.
Bonnie Emily Heady Kidnapping and murder
Gerhard Puff Electrocution Murder of a federal officer August 12, 1954 New York State Prison, Sing Sing, Ossining, New York Killed an FBI Special Agent.
Arthur Ross Brown Gas inhalation Kidnapping and murder February 24, 1956 Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, Missouri Kidnapped and murdered Wilma Allen in Kansas City, Missouri.[30]
George Krull Electrocution Kidnapping and rape August 21, 1957 Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, Georgia Kidnapped and raped a woman from Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Michael Krull
Victor Feguer Hanging Kidnapping and murder March 15, 1963 Iowa State Penitentiary, Fort Madison, Iowa Kidnapped and murdered a physician from Dubuque, Iowa. John F. Kennedy

Military executions

Main article: Capital punishment by the United States military
Main article: List of people executed by the United States military

The United States military has executed 135 people since 1916. The most recent person to be executed by the military is U.S. Army Private John A. Bennett, executed on April 13, 1961, for rape and attempted murder. Since the end of the Civil War in 1865, only one person has been executed for a purely military offense: Private Eddie Slovik, who was executed on January 31, 1945, after being convicted of desertion.[31][32][33]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ McVeigh was also responsible for the killing of 160 additional people and injuring over 680 others through the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
  2. ^ The jury also found beyond a reasonable doubt that Garza was responsible for the murders of Antonio Nieto, Bernabe Sosa, Diana Flores Villareal, Oscar Cantu, and Fernando Escobar Garcia.
  3. ^ One of the victims was kidnapped from Missouri, but murdered in Kansas.
  4. ^ Purkey was also responsible for the murder of Mary Ruth Bales.
  5. ^ The 5 victims were: Greg Nicholson, Lori Ann Duncan, Kandace Duncan, Amber Duncan, and Terry DeGeus.
  6. ^ Orlando Cordia Hall's victim, Lisa Rene, was murdered in Arkansas.
  7. ^ The 7 victims were: Louis Johnson, Bobby Long, Anthony Carter, Dorothy Armstrong, Curtis Thorne, Linwood Chiles, and Peyton Johnson.

References

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  2. ^ "Executions Under the Federal Death Penalty". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
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  4. ^ "Died with Joke on His Lips". Dayton (Ohio) Herald. 24 October 1902. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  5. ^ "George Bear Meets Death with Stoicism". The Black Hills (South Dakota) Union. 12 December 1902. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  6. ^ "First Death Sentences Ever Passed in Central District". The McAlester Capital. 11 June 1903. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  7. ^ "First Death Sentences Ever Passed in Central District". The McAlester Capital. 11 June 1903. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Murderer Hanged - Rufus Binyon, Child Murderer, Pays Penalty of Crime Committed in May 1900". Faxon (OK) Weekly Star. 29 September 1905. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Williams to Hang - Jury Verdict in Murder Case Will Likely Bring Grant Williams to the Scaffold". The McAlester Capital. 21 January 1904. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Sailor to Hang - Convicted of Mutiny on the High Seas". Topeka (Kansas) Daily Herald. 6 July 1906. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  11. ^ "Murderer Hangs - Robert Cotton, Wife Murderer, Executed in Federal Jail at Vinita Tuesday". The Tuttle Times. 7 September 1906. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Hanged by the U.S. Government". The Muscatine (Iowa) Journal. 16 May 1913. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  13. ^ "Slayer of Buffalo Nurse Pays Penalty". The Buffalo News. 1 September 1921. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  14. ^ "Negro Slayer of Shoals Guard Hanged by Federal Government". Nashville Tennessean. 10 October 1925. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  15. ^ "Police Officer Harry S. White". Officer Down Memorial Page. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  16. ^ "Indian Slayer Jokes as He Goes to His Death". Sioux City (Iowa) Journal. 11 October 1925. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  17. ^ "Alderman Dies Upon Gallows, Prayer on Lips". Miami (Florida) Daily News. 17 August 1929. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  18. ^ O'Brien, Pat (13 July 1936). "Armed Deputies on Guard at Coolidge Dam for Execution". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  19. ^ "Seadlund Executed for Ross Killing". Richmond (Indiana) Item. 14 July 1938. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  20. ^ "U.S. Government Hangs Two New York Gunmen in Kansas for Murder of an Officer". Muncie Evening Press. 12 August 1938. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  21. ^ "Wimberly W. Baker". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  22. ^ "Dalhover Dies for Slaying - 21 Witnesses See Gangster Walk to Chair". South Bend (Indiana) Tribune. 18 November 1938. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  23. ^ "Trooper Paul Vincent Minneman". Officer Down Memorial Page. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  24. ^ "Alaska to Hang Man, First Killer Since 1901". Camden (New Jersey) Courier-Post. 8 November 1939. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  25. ^ "Goes to Death in Gas Chamber". The Billings Gazette. 28 April 1945. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  26. ^ "Nelson Hangs This Morning". Daily Sitka Sentinel. 1 March 1948. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  27. ^ "Negro Slayer Was Executed at Raiford". Miami (Florida) Herald. 16 September 1948. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  28. ^ "Anthony L. Oneto". U.S._Customs_and_Border_Protection. 24 October 1940. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  29. ^ "Lamoore Hanged". Daily Sitka (Alaska) Sentinel. 14 April 1950. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  30. ^ "Dies in the Gas Chamber - Arthur Ross Brown, Kidnap-Slayer of Mrs. Wilma Allen Is Pronounced Dead Eleven Minutes After Midnight". Kansas City Times. 24 February 1956. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  31. ^ Simmons, Zena (August 25, 1999). "The Execution of Pvt. Eddie Slovik". The Detroit News. Archived from the original on May 25, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
  32. ^ The Execution of Private Slovik. Honolulu: University Press of the Pacific. 1993. ISBN 978-0-89941-845-2. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved April 20, 2011. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
  33. ^ Glass, Charles (2013). Deserter : the last untold story of the Second World War. London: HarperPress. ISBN 978-0-00-734592-2. OCLC 818449638.