The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Wyoming.
A total of 7 men were executed prior to Wyoming becoming a State on July 10, 1890:
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Executed person
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Date of execution
|
Method
|
Crime
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| 1
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John Boyer
|
April 21, 1871
|
Hanging
|
Murder
|
| 2
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William Tousant Kensler
|
November 19, 1874
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Murder
|
| 3
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Leroy Donovan
|
January 18, 1884
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Murder and robbery
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| 4
|
George Cooke
|
December 12, 1884
|
Murder
|
| 5
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John Owens
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March 5, 1886
|
Murder and robbery
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| 6
|
Benjamin Carter
|
January 26, 1888
|
Murder
|
| 7
|
George Black
|
February 26, 1890
|
Murder
|
18 men were executed by the state of Wyoming between its statehood and the Supreme Court ban on executions in 1972:
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Executed person
|
Date of execution
|
Method
|
Crime
|
| 1
|
Charles Miller
|
April 22, 1892
|
Hanging
|
Murder and robbery
|
| 2
|
Frank Howard
|
December 7, 1894
|
Murder
|
| 3
|
James Keffer
|
September 24, 1902
|
Murder and robbery
|
| 4
|
Thomas Horn
|
November 20, 1903
|
Murder
|
| 5
|
Joseph Seng
|
May 24, 1912
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Murder
|
| 6
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Warren Jenkins
|
November 14, 1913
|
Murder
|
| 7
|
Willard Flanders
|
June 16, 1916
|
Murder
|
| 8
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Wilmer Palmer
|
August 11, 1916
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Murder
|
| 9
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Oscar White
|
October 20, 1916
|
Murder
|
| 10
|
Yee Geow
|
March 11, 1921
|
Murder
|
| 11
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George Brownfield
|
March 10, 1930
|
Murder
|
| 12
|
Charles Aragon
|
May 14, 1930
|
Murder
|
| 13
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Talton Taylor
|
May 11, 1933
|
Murder
|
| 14
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Perry Carroll
|
August 13, 1937
|
Lethal gas
|
Murder
|
| 15
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Stanley Lantzer
|
April 19, 1940
|
Murder
|
| 16
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Cleveland Brown, Jr.
|
November 17, 1944
|
Murder and rape
|
| 17
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Andrew Pixley
|
December 10, 1965
|
Murder and rape
|
Wyoming enacted its post-Furman death penalty statute on February 28, 1977.[1] One man has been executed in the state of Wyoming since then:
One federal execution has taken place in Wyoming:
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