List of people executed by the United States federal government

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

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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.NameAgeSexDate of executionStateMethodVictim(s)President
1 Timothy James McVeigh 33MJune 11, 2001 Oklahoma Lethal injection 8 federal law enforcement officers [lower-alpha 1] George W. Bush
2 Juan Raul Garza 44MJune 19, 2001 Texas Thomas Albert Rumbo, Gilberto Matos, and Erasmo De La Fuente [lower-alpha 2]
3 Louis Jones Jr. 53MMarch 18, 2003 U.S. Army Private Tracie Joy McBride
4 Daniel Lewis Lee 47MJuly 14, 2020 Arkansas William Frederick Mueller, Nancy Ann Mueller, and Sarah Elizabeth Powell Donald Trump
5 Wesley Ira Purkey 68MJuly 16, 2020 Missouri [lower-alpha 3] Jennifer Long [lower-alpha 4]
6 Dustin Lee Honken 52MJuly 17, 2020 Iowa 5 murder victims [lower-alpha 5]
7 Lezmond Charles Mitchell 38MAugust 26, 2020 Arizona Alyce Slim and Tiffany Lee
8 Keith Dwayne Nelson 45MAugust 28, 2020 Missouri Pamela Butler
9 William Emmett LeCroy Jr. 50MSeptember 22, 2020 Georgia Joann Lee Tiesler
10 Christopher Andre Vialva 40MSeptember 24, 2020 Texas [lower-alpha 6] Todd Bagley and Stacie Bagley
11 Orlando Cordia Hall 49MNovember 19, 2020 Lisa Rene
12 Brandon Anthony Micah Bernard 40MDecember 10, 2020Todd Bagley and Stacie Bagley
13 Alfred Bourgeois 56MDecember 11, 2020Jakaren Harrison
14 Lisa Marie Montgomery 52FJanuary 13, 2021 Missouri Bobbie Jo Stinnett
15 Corey Johnson 52MJanuary 14, 2021 Virginia 7 murder victims [lower-alpha 7]
16 Dustin John Higgs 48MJanuary 16, 2021 Maryland Tamika Black, Tanji Jackson, and Mishann Chinn

Demographics

Race
Black744%
White744%
Hispanic16%
Native American16%
Age
30–39213%
40–49744%
50–59638%
60–6916%
Sex
Male1594%
Female16%
Date of execution
1976–197900%
1980–198900%
1990–199900%
2000–2009319%
2010–201900%
2020–20291381%
Method
Lethal injection 16100%
President (Party)
Gerald Ford (R) 00%
Jimmy Carter (D) 00%
Ronald Reagan (R) 00%
George H. W. Bush (R) 00%
Bill Clinton (D) 00%
George W. Bush (R) 319%
Barack Obama (D) 00%
Donald Trump (R) 1381%
Joe Biden (D) 00%
Total16100%


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.

NameMethodOffenseDate of executionLocationNotePresident
Allen WalkingshieldHangingMurder on an Indian reservation October 24, 1902Minnehaha County Jail, Sioux Falls, South Dakota Killed a woman on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. [4] Theodore Roosevelt
George BearHangingMurder on an Indian reservation December 5, 1902Minnehaha County Jail, Sioux Falls, South Dakota Killed two men on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. [5]
Charles BarrettHangingMurder on an Indian reservation July 17, 1903Federal Jail, McAlester, OklahomaConvicted of robbing and killing an elderly man on Indian territory near Calvin, Oklahoma. [6]
Dora WrightHangingMurder on an Indian reservation July 17, 1903Federal Jail, McAlester, OklahomaConvicted of beating, torturing and mutilating her young stepdaughter, Bessie Williams at their home in Moshulatubbee District located near Wilburton, Oklahoma. [7]
Rufus BinyonHangingMurder on an Indian reservation September 22, 1905Federal Jail, Ardmore, OklahomaConvicted of raping and murdering an eight year old orphan girl in his care at his home in May, 1900 on Indian territory. [8]
Grant WilliamsHangingMurder on an Indian reservation November 3, 1905Federal Jail, McAlester, OklahomaConvicted of murdering railroad paymaster in dispute over paycheck on October 19, 1904 near Ardmore, Oklahoma. [9]
Harry ScottHangingMurder on the high seas July 6, 1906New Hanover County Jail, Wilmington, North CarolinaKilled five crew members during a mutiny aboard the vessel the Harry Berwind. [10]
Robert CottonHangingMurder on an Indian reservation September 4, 1906Federal Jail, Vinita, OklahomaConvicted of fatally stabbing his wife at their home in Vian, Oklahoma on August 6, 1905. [11]
John GoodwinHangingMurder on an Indian reservation May 13, 1913Gila County Jail, Gila County, ArizonaKilled two merchants on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. [12] Woodrow Wilson
William StewartHangingMurder on an Indian reservation May 30, 1914
Henry BrownHangingMurder on federal propertySeptember 1, 1921Baltimore City Jail, Baltimore, MarylandKilled a nurse at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. [13] Warren Harding
Sam GreenhillHangingMurder on federal propertyOctober 9, 1925 Lauderdale County Jail, Florence, AlabamaKilled 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 SujyanmieHangingMurder on military reservationOctober 10, 1925 Fort Whipple, Prescott, ArizonaKilled a man on the grounds of Fort Whipple, Arizona. [16]
James Alderman HangingMurder on the high seas August 17, 1929Coast Guard Base Six, Fort Lauderdale, FloridaKilled two U.S. coastguardsmen and a Secret Service agent. [17] Herbert Hoover
Carl Panzram HangingMurderSeptember 5, 1930 United States Penitentiary (USP), Leavenworth, KansasKilled a federal prison employee. Linked to 4 other murders; claimed to have killed 22 people.
George Barrett HangingMurder of a federal officerMarch 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 HangingKidnappingJune 19, 1936 Oklahoma State Penitentiary, McAlester, OklahomaThe only person executed under the Federal Kidnapping Act in which the victim did not die.
Earl GardnerHangingMurder 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 HangingMurder during a bank robberyJuly 8, 1938 Federal Correctional Institution (FCI), Milan, MichiganThe only person ever to be executed from the State of Michigan since its admission to the Union.
Henry Seadlund ElectrocutionKidnapping and murderJuly 14, 1938 Cook County Jail, Illinois Killed a man during a kidnapping for ransom. [19]
Robert SuhayHangingMurder of a federal officerAugust 12, 1938 United States Penitentiary (USP), Leavenworth, KansasKilled an FBI agent during an attempted arrest. [20] [21]
Glenn ApplegateHangingMurder of a federal officer
James DalhoverElectrocution Bank robbery and murderNovember 18, 1938 Indiana State Prison, Michigan City, IndianaKilled an Indiana State Police trooper during a bank robbery in Logansport, Indiana on May 25, 1937. [22] [23]
Nelson CharlesHangingMurderNovember 10, 1939Federal Jail, Juneau, AlaskaKilled 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 ElectrocutionMurder of a federal officerAugust 14, 1943 Tennessee State Prison, Nashville, TennesseeKilled a federal agent during a moonshine raid.
Henry Ruhl Gas inhalationMurder on a government reservationApril 27, 1945 Wyoming State Penitentiary, Rawlins, Wyoming Killed a war production worker on federal property near Laramie. [25] Harry S. Truman
Austin NelsonHangingMurderMarch 1, 1948Federal Jail, Juneau, AlaskaKilled a Juneau grocery store owner in 1946. [26]
David Joseph Watson ElectrocutionMurder on the high seasSeptember 15, 1948 Florida State Prison, near Raiford, Florida Killed a fellow sailor on board the USS Stribling in 1946. [27]
Samuel Richard Shockley Gas inhalationMurderDecember 3, 1948 California State Penitentiary, San Quentin, California Convicted for their roles in the Battle of Alcatraz.
Miran Edgar Thompson Gas inhalationMurder
Carlos Romero OchoaGas inhalationMurder of a federal officerDecember 10, 1948 California State Penitentiary, San Quentin, California Killed an immigration patrol officer near Indio, California in 1947. [28]
Eugene LaMooreHangingMurderApril 14, 1950Federal Jail, Juneau, AlaskaKilled 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 inhalationKidnapping and murderDecember 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 ElectrocutionMurder of a federal officerAugust 12, 1954 New York State Prison, Sing Sing, Ossining, New YorkKilled an FBI Special Agent.
Arthur Ross BrownGas inhalationKidnapping and murderFebruary 24, 1956 Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, Missouri Kidnapped and murdered Wilma Allen in Kansas City, Missouri. [30]
George Krull ElectrocutionKidnapping and rapeAugust 21, 1957 Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, Georgia Kidnapped and raped a woman from Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Michael Krull
Victor Feguer HangingKidnapping and murderMarch 15, 1963 Iowa State Penitentiary, Fort Madison, Iowa Kidnapped and murdered a physician from Dubuque, Iowa. John F. Kennedy

Military executions

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.

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