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 1963, sixteen people have been executed under federal jurisdiction by the United States federal government. All were executed by lethal injection at USP Terre Haute. [2]

No.NameRaceAgeSexDate of executionCrimePresident
1 Timothy McVeigh White33MJune 11, 2001Murder of eight federal law enforcement officers through the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. The bombing killed 168 people and injured over 680 others. George W. Bush
2 Juan Raul Garza Hispanic44MJune 19, 2001Murder of Thomas Albert Rumbo, Gilberto Matos, and Erasmo De La Fuente in conjunction with a drug-smuggling ring in the early 1990s. The jury also found beyond a reasonable doubt that he was responsible for the murders of Antonio Nieto, Bernabe Sosa, Diana Flores Villareal, Oscar Cantu, and Fernando Escobar Garcia.
3 Louis Jones Jr. Black53MMarch 18, 2003Kidnapping, rape, and murder of 19-year-old U.S. Army Private Tracie McBride on February 18, 1995.
4 Daniel Lewis Lee White47MJuly 14, 2020Racketeering-related murders of William Mueller, his wife, and his 8-year-old stepdaughter on January 11, 1996. Mueller was a local gun dealer and Lee and his co-defendant, Chevie Kehoe, planned to use stolen merchandise from Mueller to set up a white ethnostate in Spokane, Washington. Donald Trump
5 Wesley Ira Purkey White68MJuly 16, 2020Kidnapping, rape, and murder of 16-year-old Jennifer Long in 1998. Purkey then dismembered and burned her body and scattered the remains into a septic pond. He was also convicted of the murder of 80-year-old polio patient, Mary Ruth Bales, in state court.
6 Dustin Lee Honken White52MJuly 17, 2020 Murder of five people in Iowa in 1993. Honken, who was aided by his girlfriend, Angela Johnson, committed the murders to eliminate witnesses against his drug dealing operation.
7 Lezmond Charles Mitchell Native American38MAugust 26, 2020Carjacking, kidnapping, robbery, and murder of 63-year-old Alyce Slim and her 9-year-old granddaughter Tiffany Lee on October 28, 2001. He stabbed Slim 33 times to her death and slit Lee's throat before dropping rocks on her head. Lezmond's co-defendant, 16-year-old Johnny Orsinger, received a life sentence since he was too young to be executed.
8Keith Dwayne NelsonWhite45MAugust 28, 2020Kidnapping, rape, and murder of 10-year-old Pamela Butler on October 12, 1999.
9 William Emmett LeCroy Jr. White50MSeptember 22, 2020Carjacking, rape, and murder of Joann Lee Tiesler on October 7, 2001.
10 Christopher Andre Vialva Black40MSeptember 24, 2020Carjacking, kidnapping, robbery, and murder of Todd and Stacie Bagley on June 21, 1999 at Fort Hood.
11 Orlando Cordia Hall Black49MNovember 19, 2020Kidnapping, rape, and murder of 16-year-old Lisa Rene in 1994.
12 Brandon Bernard Black40MDecember 10, 2020Carjacking, kidnapping, robbery, and murder of Todd and Stacie Bagley in 1999 at Fort Hood.
13Alfred BourgeoisBlack56MDecember 11, 2020Sexual assault, abuse, torture, and murder of his 2-year-old daughter Jakaren Harrison in June 2002 at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi.
14 Lisa Marie Montgomery White52FJanuary 13, 2021Murder of 23-year-old Bobbie Jo Stinnett and kidnapping of Stinnett's daughter from her womb on December 16, 2004.
15Corey JohnsonBlack52MJanuary 14, 2021Murder of seven people in Richmond, Virginia, in 1992 as part of a drug-trafficking ring.
16 Dustin John Higgs Black48MJanuary 16, 2021Kidnapping and murder of three women on the Patuxent Research Refuge on January 27, 1996.

Earlier non-military executions

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 Walkingshield HangingMurder 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 Bear HangingMurder on an Indian reservation December 5, 1902Minnehaha County Jail, Sioux Falls, South Dakota Killed two men on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. [5]
Harry Scott HangingMurder 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. [6]
John Goodwin HangingMurder on an Indian reservation May 13, 1913Gila County Jail, Gila County, ArizonaKilled two merchants on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. [7] Woodrow Wilson
William Stewart HangingMurder on an Indian reservation May 30, 1914
Henry Brown HangingMurder on federal propertySeptember 1, 1921Baltimore City Jail, Baltimore, MarylandKilled a nurse at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. [8] Warren Harding
Sam Greenhill HangingMurder 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. [9] [10] Calvin Coolidge
George Sujyanmie HangingMurder on military reservationOctober 10, 1925 Fort Whipple, Prescott, ArizonaKilled a man on the grounds of Fort Whipple, Arizona. [11]
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. [12] 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. [13]
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. [14]
Robert Suhay HangingMurder of a federal officerAugust 12, 1938 United States Penitentiary (USP), Leavenworth, KansasKilled an FBI agent during an attempted arrest. [15] [16]
Glenn Applegate HangingMurder of a federal officer
James Dalhover Electrocution 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. [17] [18]

Nelson Charles

HangingMurderNovember 10, 1939Federal Jail, Juneau, AlaskaKilled his mother-in-law in the Alaska federal territory. [19]
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. [20] Harry S. Truman
Austin Nelson HangingMurderMarch 1, 1948Federal Jail, Juneau, AlaskaKilled a Juneau grocery store owner in 1946. [21]
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. [22]
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 Ochoa Gas inhalationMurder of a federal officerDecember 10, 1948 California State Penitentiary, San Quentin, California Killed an immigration patrol officer near Indio, California in 1947. [23]
Eugene LaMoore HangingMurderApril 14, 1950Federal Jail, Juneau, AlaskaKilled a Juneau grocery store owner in 1946. [24]
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 Brown Gas inhalationKidnapping and murderFebruary 24, 1956 Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, Missouri Kidnapped and murdered Wilma Allen in Kansas City, Missouri. [25]
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. [26] [27] [28]

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