List of people executed in Iowa

The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Iowa from 1834 to 1963.

Capital punishment was abolished in Iowa in 1965.[1] 45 people were executed in Iowa from 1834-1963, all by hanging.[2] In 2020, a man from Iowa, Dustin Lee Honken, was federally executed at USP Terre Haute by lethal injection.[3]

List of people executed in Iowa

State executions

Name Race Sex Date of Execution Method Crime(s)
Patrick O’Connor White M June 30, 1834 Hanging Murder
William McCauley May 13, 1845 Murder
William Hodge July 15, 1845 Robbery and Murder
Stephen Hodge Robbery and Murder
William Hinkle August 13, 1858 Murder
F. Gillick April 27, 1860 Murder
N. A. Johnson May 18, 1860 Robbery and Murder
Daniel Clifford June 19, 1860 Robbery and Murder
Benjamin McComb February 17, 1865 Murder
Chester Bellows December 16, 1887 Murder
Henry Schmidt January 15, 1888 Murder
James Dooley January 19, 1894 Rape and Murder
Jacob Cumberland February 8, 1895 Murder
Joseph Smith Black April 20, 1906 Murder
John Junkins July 29, 1910 Robbery and Murder
Stanley Grammell July 5, 1918 Rape
Robert Johnson Rape
Fred Allen Rape
Ira Pavey White September 8, 1922 Murder
Eugene Weeks September 15, 1922 Robbery and Murder
Orrie Cross November 24, 1922 Robbery and Murder
Earl Throst March 9, 1923 Murder
William Olander September 7, 1923 Robbery and Murder
Roy Maupin Black January 18, 1924 Murder
Archie Burris January 2, 1925 Murder
Harland Simmons White November 16, 1925 Robbery and Murder
J. A. R. Altringer November 6, 1931 Murder
Elmer Brewer June 5, 1935 Murder
Pat Griffin Murder
Reginald Tracy November 29, 1935 Murder
Allen Wheaton January 24, 1938 Robbery and Murder
John Mercer Murder
Franz Jacobson April 19, 1938 Murder
Marlo Heinz Murder
Walter Rhodes May 7, 1940 Murder
Ivan Sullivan November 12, 1941 Murder
Stanley Kaster December 29, 1944 Robbery and Murder
William Jarrett February 23, 1945 Murder
William Heincy March 29, 1946 Robbery and Murder
Philip Heincy Robbery and Murder
Corliss Bruntlett July 6, 1949 Robbery and Murder
Edward James Beckwith August 4, 1952 Rape and Murder
Charles Noel Brown July 24, 1962 Robbery and Murder
Charles Edwin Kelley September 6, 1962 Robbery and Murder

Federal executions

Main article: List of people executed by the United States federal government
Name Race Sex Date of Execution Place of Execution Method Crime(s)
Victor Feguer White M March 15, 1963 Iowa State Penitentiary Hanging Kidnapping (victim killed)
Dustin Lee Honken July 17, 2020 USP Terre Haute Lethal injection Murder

See also

References

  1. ^ "Abolition of capital punishment in Iowa". statelaws.findlaw.com. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Executions in Iowa, from 1834-1963". deathpenaltyusa.org. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Dustin Lee Honken executed". apnews.com. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2021.