List of people executed by the District of Columbia

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Capital punishment in the District of Columbia has been abolished since 1981. However, a number of executions were carried out under the District's jurisdiction before then.

Before 1973, the District of Columbia was exclusively governed by Congress, which included establishing all local laws. Until 1962, the District of Columbia was the last jurisdiction in the United States with mandatory death sentences for first-degree murder (the last U.S. state with mandatory death sentences for first degree murder was Vermont). Mandatory death sentences were abolished by the HR5143 (PL87-423), signed into law by President John F. Kennedy on March 22, 1962. [1] Rape was also a capital offense. [2]

The D.C. capital punishment law was nullified by the Supreme Court decision in Furman v. Georgia in 1972 and formally repealed by the D.C. Council in 1981.

The first recorded execution in District of Columbia, was the hanging of James McGirk in 1802. Hanging was the method of execution used in the District until 1928, when it was replaced by the electric chair. The last execution under the authority of the District took place in 1957, when Robert Carter was executed. All executions were conducted at the D.C. Jail.

The president of the United States has sole pardoning power in the District.

Listing of non-federal executions in the District of Columbia - 1900-1957

Executed PersonEthnicityAgeSexDate of ExecutionCrimePresidential Administration
Benjamin SnellWhite42MaleJune 29, 1900Executed for the August 6, 1899, razor murder of a 13 year old girl. [3] William McKinley
Nelson ValeBlack59MaleJuly 6, 1900Executed for the January, 1900 shooting murder of a man in Tenleytown. [4]
Frank FunkWhite25MaleNovember 9, 1900Executed for June, 1898 murder of elderly man in his home during robbery. [5]
Elijah ChapmanBlack33MaleMay 23, 1902Executed for January 1, 1902 fatal stabbing of his alleged common-law wife during an argument. [6] Theodore Roosevelt
John St. ClairBlack26MaleJanuary 30, 1903Executed for the April, 1902 shooting murder of a woman during an argument. [7]
Benjamin HillWhite52MaleJuly 24, 1903Executed for the November, 1902 shooting murder of his wife. [8]
John BurleyBlack43MaleAugust 26, 1904Executed for the rape of a four-year-old girl in April, 1903. [9]
Augustus ShafferWhite39MaleFebruary 10, 1905Executed for cutting the throat of his divorced wife in August, 1903. [10]
William HamiltonBlack27MaleFebruary 2, 1906Executed for June, 1904 murder of a woman. [11]
Charles Edward GrantBlack21MaleNovember 16, 1906Executed for the murder his common-law-wife, whom he stabbed with a knife during a quarrel. [12]
William BurgeBlack23MaleApril 23, 1907Executed for the January, 1905 murder of his wife. [13]
Joseph PaolucciWhite31MaleMarch 23, 1908Executed for the September, 1906 shooting of woman who had rejected him for a relationship. [14]
Albert BrownBlack23MaleJune 29, 1908Executed for the murder of his brother Harvey in November, 1907. [15]
Richard GregoryBlack37MaleFebruary 15, 1909Executed for August, 1907 murder of man with a club. [16]
Samuel RauenWhite25MaleFebruary 14, 1913Executed for fatally shooting his wife and his brother in front of his wife's home in March, 1912. [17] William Howard Taft
Nathaniel GreenBlack23MaleJune 9, 1913Executed for the Christmas Day, 1912 rape of a woman. [18] Woodrow Wilson
James AllenBlack36MaleSeptember 12, 1917Executed for the November, 1915 murder of his wife in their home in Georgetown. [19]
James JacksonBlack27MaleMarch 2, 1920Executed for murder of young war worker in January, 1919. [20]
Frank BowmanBlack39MaleOctober 22, 1920Executed for 1916 murder of a paralyzed man. [21]
William CampbellBlack22MaleMarch 11, 1921Executed for murder of woman in her home during burglary in March, 1920. [22] Warren Harding
John McHenryWhite19MaleMarch 17, 1922Executed for the murders of a Washington policeman and an auto accessory dealer. [23]
Earnest ShandsBlack29MaleMarch 9, 1923Executed for August, 1922 murder of his wife with an axe. [24]
George BantonBlack20MaleApril 20, 1923Executed for August, 1922 murder of a grocer during a robbery. [25]
Charles PriceBlack32MaleMay 3, 1923Executed for murdering man in May, 1918 in dispute over bottle of liquor. [26]
George EppsBlack31MaleMay 24, 1923Executed for December, 1921 murders of his wife and her female friend at their home. [27]
Rufus GordonBlack37MaleJune 23, 1923Executed for September, 1919 murder of grocer during a robbery. [28]
Ralph ThomasBlack40MaleJanuary 15, 1925Executed for the murder of his wife, Sadie Thomas, on August 1, 1923. [29] Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Copeland Black50MaleJanuary 22, 1925Executed for murdering two policemen and a deputy sheriff in 1918. Last condemned inmate to be hanged in the District of Columbia. [30]
Philip JacksonBlack30MaleMay 29, 1928Executed for attack on woman on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol. First condemned inmate to be electrocuted in the District of Columbia. [31]
Nicholas EaglesWhite34MaleJune 22, 1928All three were executed for the murder of Washington policeman Leo W. Karl Busch on September 28, 1926.

[32] [33]

Samuel MarenoWhite21Male
John ProctorWhite20Male
Andrew HawkinsBlack31MaleJune 5, 1930Executed for the December, 1928 murder of his sweetheart. [34] Herbert Hoover
Cardoza BellBlack24MaleMarch 6, 1931Executed for August, 1929 shotgun murder of his 25 year old female companion. [35]
Alfred AldridgeBlack21MaleMay 6, 1932Executed for murder of Washington policeman Harry J. McDonald. [36] [37] Franklin D. Roosevelt
John BorumBlack26MaleJune 29, 1932Executed for the murder of Prohibition (ATF) federal agent Lamar Watson York in 1930. [38] [39]
John LoganBlack24Male
Charles MorrisBlack33MaleMarch 12, 1932Executed for the murder of a woman in July, 1930 on C&O Canal Bridge. [40]
William RobinsonBlack20MaleOctober 27, 1933Both men were executed separately for the July 1931 murder of a taxi driver during a hold-up. [41] [42]
Charles WashingtonBlack23MaleNovember 24, 1933
Benjamin MontagueBlack29MaleDecember 1, 1933Executed for the murder of his common-law-wife in June, 1932. [43]
Ralph HolmesBlack25MaleJanuary 12, 1934All three men were executed for the August, 1932 beating death of U.S. Park Police Officer Milo J. Kennedy.

[44] [45]

Joseph JacksonBlack20Male
Irvin MurrayBlack26Male
Ernest BoldenBlack25MaleApril 27, 1934Executed for the July, 1932 murder of his estranged wife. [46]
Joe GoodmanBlack39MaleJune 1, 1934Both men were executed for January, 1933 murder of store owner during robbery of feed store in the Benning area of the District. [47]
George PitmondBlack35Male
Albert PrestonBlack38MaleMarch 20, 1936Executed for February, 1935 fatal shooting of man in dispute over $1.50 gambling debt.

[48]

John CummingsBlack27MaleApril 23, 1937Both men were executed for the March, 1935 fatal shooting of truck driver during robbery. [49]
Willett MarcusBlack21Male
Norman RobinsonBlack29MaleMarch 18, 1938Executed for the September, 1936 murder of lodging house proprietress. [50]
Will KinardBlack38MaleFebruary 2, 1939Executed for the November, 1936 murder of his wife during domestic argument. [51]
William RobinsonBlack36MaleOctober 9, 1942Executed for attack on 15 year old girl near Rock Creek Park in August, 1941. [52]
William MumfordeBlack22MaleDecember 18, 1942Executed for the murder of dress shop owner in February, 1941. [53]
Jarvis Catoe Black36MaleJanuary 15, 1943Executed for the rape and murder of woman, suspected in numerous other similar crimes. [54]
Monroe NeelyBlack37MaleDecember 14, 1945Executed for the murder of Washington DC police officer Charles Johnston in May, 1943. [55] [56] Harry S. Truman
Earl McFarlandWhite25MaleJuly 19, 1946Executed for the rape and murder of 18 year old woman in October, 1944. [57]
William CopelandBlack38MaleDecember 20, 1946Executed for the February, 1944 fatal shooting of his 43 year old sister-in-law. [58]
Julius FisherBlack34MaleDecember 20, 1946Executed for the March, 1944 murder of 37 year old librarian at the Washington National Cathedral. [59]
Joseph MedleyWhite45MaleDecember 20, 1946Executed for murder of 50 year old female acquaintance. [60]
Alfred HawkinsBlack24MaleOctober 31, 1947Executed for murder of 33 year old grocery store clerk during holdup robbery. [61]
Jesse PattonBlack23MaleDecember 10, 1948Both men were executed for the murder of a pharmacist during a June, 1946 robbery of drugstore.

[62]

Reginald WheelerBlack28Male
Shirley HarrisBlack25MaleJanuary 14, 1949Executed for March, 1947 murder of 54 year old man during a holdup. [63]
John HallBlack35MaleFebruary 25, 1949Executed for October, 1946 rape of 8 year old girl. [64]
Theodore HolmesBlack22MaleMarch 15, 1949Executed for March, 1948 rape of 9 year old girl. [65]
George GarnerBlack26MaleJuly 29, 1949Both men were executed for robbery-murder of taxi cab driver in February, 1948. [66]
Lawrence GarnerBlack24Male
Fred PritchettWhite41MaleFebruary 15, 1952Executed for July, 1949 murder of locomotive engineer on railroad property in Washington, DC. [67]
William Tyler Jr.Black20MaleJuly 26, 1952Executed for murder of two night watchmen at Lansburgh's department store in Washington, DC during a burglary in April, 1949. [68]
Albert AllenBlack25MaleMarch 20, 1953Convicted of robbery and murder of co-worker in January, 1950 in Washington, DC. [69] Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert CarterBlack28MaleApril 26, 1957Convicted of July, 1953 robbery and murder of an off-duty Washington D.C. police officer, George Cassels. Last man to be executed in District of Columbia. [70] [71]

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