List of people executed in Kentucky (pre-1972)

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The following is a list of people executed in the U.S. state of Kentucky before 1972, when capital punishment was briefly abolished by the Supreme Court's decision in Furman v. Georgia . For people executed after the restoration of capital punishment by the Supreme Court's decision in Gregg v. Georgia (1976), see List of people executed in Kentucky. [1] [2]

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Background

Historically, all executions in Kentucky were carried out locally by hanging. In 1910, the state's execution method was switched to electrocution, with all executions legally mandated to take place within the state penitentiary in Eddyville. [3] Kentucky partially reverted to hangings in 1920 after the electrocution of Will Lockett for the rape and murder of a young girl, with a new law stating that death sentences for rape would be locally carried out by hanging in county jail yards with at least 50 witnesses present. Executions for rape returned to electrocution with the repeal of this law in 1938. [4]

The consecutive electrocutions of seven men on July 13, 1928, constitute the most judicially authorized executions within a single day in recent U.S. history. [5]

List of executions

  Local hangings for rape
NameRaceAgeDate of executionCountyCrimeVictim(s)Governor
James BucknerBlack18July 8, 1911 Marion MurderJohn A. Robey, white (Lebanon policeman) [6] Willson
Sandy PenmanBlack35August 5, 1911 Lincoln RapeNancy Jane Rankin, 11, white
Oliver LocksBlack51August 22, 1911 Jefferson MurderFemale, black (wife) [7]
Matthew KellyBlack37September 28, 1911 Jefferson MurderPearl Evans (lover) and Clara Hamilton, black [8] [a]
Charles HowardBlack22January 31, 1912 Franklin MurderEdward Rice, white [9] McCreary
Willard RichardsonWhite29April 19, 1912 Carlisle MurderJohn Violet, white [10] [b]
Cal MiracleWhite34August 31, 1912 Bell MurderDulcie Partin, white [11]
James SmithBlack23September 27, 1912 Mason Murder"Ed", black [12] [c]
Charles SmithBlack25
James EllisWhite28November 22, 1912 Pulaski MurderA. J. Beattie and W. F. Heath, white (magistrate and constable) [13]
Silas WilliamsBlack17March 21, 1913 Woodford Murder-RapeMrs. Lee Moffett, white [14]
William WilsonBlack27March 24, 1913 Jefferson MurderGerhard Henry Heuermann, 54, white
John BowmanWhite22April 11, 1913 Marion RapeMinnie Lamb, white [15]
Isom TaliaferroBlack31April 18, 1913 Todd RapeMrs. Robertson, race unknown [16]
James BrownBlack27April 25, 1913 Clark MurderGeorge M. Hart, white (deputy sheriff) [17]
Tom LawsonBlack19June 20, 1913 Shelby MurderHardin Inghram, 19, white [18]
Tom MartinBlack23
General MayWhite43June 27, 1913 Laurel MurderMrs. Belle Meredith, white [19] [d]
Will LaneBlack25July 30, 1915 Bell MurderFemale, black (wife) [20]
Turner GrahamWhite24 Hardin MurderR. T. McMurtry, white (sheriff) [21] [e]
Wallace SmothersBlack41September 3, 1915 Clark RapeFemale, 7, white [22]
John HenryBlack24November 19, 1915 Boyd MurderJoseph C. Gibson, 34, white
Harry GarrisonBlack19November 17, 1916 Campbell RapeTwo females, race unknown [23] [f] Stanley
John H. BlueBlack48August 10, 1917 Jefferson MurderAdam Oster, white [24]
Pat KearneyWhite32February 21, 1919 Kenton Murder-RobberyJohn Rehm and Andrew Nordmeyer, white [25]
James LawlerWhite32
Lewis HarrisBlack25June 6, 1919 Mason MurderFemale, black (wife) [26] Black
James HowardBlack20 McCracken MurderWilliam Romaine, white (Paducah patrolman) [27]
Melvin CollinsWhite21July 12, 1919 Carter Murder
Lube MartinBlack34July 25, 1919 Calloway MurderGuthrie Diuguid, white (deputy constable) [28]
Charles MusicWhite24March 10, 1920 Boyd MurderCharles W. Hatfield, white (Ashland policeman) [29] Morrow
Will Lockett Black23March 11, 1920 Fayette Murder-RapeGeneva Hardman, 10, white [30] [g]
Lee EllisonBlack45January 31, 1921 Hopkins MurderRichard Scott Hunter, white (sheriff) [31] [h]
Dave BrownWhite27November 16, 1922 Pike MurderJim Brumfield, white [32]
Benny BibbsBlack28January 26, 1923 Christian Murder
Tom NicholsBlack29
Henry S. BanksBlack22May 15, 1923 Scott Murder-BurglaryMr. Arnold, white [33]
James PowersWhite23June 18, 1923 Kenton Murder-RobberyMaurice Lee, 26, white [34]
Will ChambersBlack20March 7, 1924 Barren Murder-RobberyCharley Bybee, white [35] Fields
Charles MillerBlack25May 9, 1924 Breckinridge Murder-RobberySam Maycraft and Ed Sago (railroad detective), white [36]
George WeickWhite51 Jefferson MurderWilliam Oelke, white [37]
Frank ThomasWhite71MurderE. H. Powell, white (police captain) [38] [i]
Leonard GriffinBlack24March 20, 1925 Harlan MurderJ. V. Gross, white (constable) [39]
Sid DavisBlack38 Fayette Murder
George FarrellWhite24June 26, 1925 Bourbon Murder-RobberyFrank Buchanan, white [40]
Richard NewhouseWhite22
Elmer HallWhite25
Harry ArmandBlack24July 3, 1925 Jefferson Murder-RobberyA. K. Witten, white [41]
Ray RossBlack25August 28, 1925 Fayette RapeFemale, 9, black [42]
Ed HarrisBlack42March 5, 1926 Fayette RapeMrs. Clarence Bryant, white [43] [j]
John BakerBlack34May 28, 1926 Jefferson MurderMaria Baker, black (wife) [44] [k]
Edward LakeWhite32MurderMary Murphy Smith, white [45] [l]
Elisha SloanWhite30 Perry MurderDr. Marvin Kingins, white [46]
Smokey HarrisBlack35December 17, 1926 Christian Murder
Roger BrannonWhite22 Fayette Murder-RobberyWilliam Nelson Fant, white [47] [48]
Raymond DavisWhite28September 16, 1927 Fayette Murder-Robbery
Nathan BardBlack31November 25, 1927 Hopkins RapeKatherine Breithaupt, 16, white [49] [m]
Bunyan FlemingBlack32
Clarence McQueenBlack38July 13, 1928 Harrison MurderLewis Williams, black [50]
James HowardBlack22 Jefferson MurderLucy Buckner, black (common-law wife) [51]
Willie MooreBlack45MurderAnnie Eslick, black [52]
Orlando SeymourWhite21Murder-RobberyWilliam Schanzenbacher, white [53]
Charles P. MitraWhite23Murder-RobberyMarion George, white [54]
Milford LawsonWhite35 Knox MurderJohn Stansberry, white [55] [n]
Hascue DockeryWhite21 Harlan MurderMrs. Bradley Howard, white [56] [o]
Ivan HutsellWhite27September 13, 1929 Oldham MurderJesse Ditchler, white [57] [p]
Carl HoardWhite22 Jefferson Murder-RobberyMarion George, white [54]
Richard EdmondsBlack36June 13, 1930 Jefferson Murder-RobberyHarry S. Long, 55, white [58]
Ballard RatcliffeWhite41Murder-RobberyWilliam A. Muse, white [59]
Walter Holmes Black31April 29, 1932 Hardin MurderThomas Tillery, white [60] Laffoon
Charles RodgersBlack23
A. B. CookseyBlack23 Hopkins MurderJohn H. Ashby, white (Madisonville police chief) [60]
Sam JenningsBlack38June 17, 1932 Breckinridge RapeMabel Downs, 23, white [61]
Jeff CovingtonBlack30December 17, 1932 Madison MurderJames Turner, white (railroad detective) [62] [q]
Sam McGeeBlack31April 7, 1933 McCracken Murder-RobberyCharles Clark, 19, white [63]
Frank CarsonWhite19 Nelson Murder-RobberyC. B. James, white [64]
John YoungWhite37April 14, 1933 Jefferson MurderEdward Parr and William Mulligan, white (Louisville police captain and detective sergeant) [65]
Kermit R. PopeBlack33MurderFemale, 27, black (wife) [66]
Richard GainesBlack25 Caldwell MurderBud Wilson, black [67]
Harve BurtonWhite46November 3, 1933 Elliott MurderFemale, white (wife) [68]
Ishmael ScottWhite40 Floyd MurderMartin Stephens, white [69]
William WatersWhite36 Montgomery MurderStanley Helton, white (Menifee County deputy sheriff) [69] [r]
Walter DewberryBlack22November 10, 1933 Hardin MurderThomas Tillery, white [70]
Will ChaneyBlack49August 24, 1934 Jefferson MurderGeorge Bottoms, 21, black [71]
George W. TincherWhite37 Scott Murder-RobberyBen Kennon, white [72]
Francis GlendayWhite29December 7, 1934
Wiley GravesBlack29February 22, 1935 Fayette MurderCharles W. Taylor, white [73] [s]
Charlie WilliamsBlack27March 1, 1935 Christian Murder
William T. DeBoeWhite22April 19, 1935 Livingston RapeFemale, white [74] [t]
James SmithBlack30May 24, 1935 Fayette MurderLeslie Poyntz, white [75]
Bill YoungWhite23June 28, 1935 Harlan MurderJoe Cawood, white [76]
Eulie LotheridgeWhite26December 6, 1935 Carroll Murder-RobberyTheodore Fitschen, 52, white [77]
Neal BowmanWhite33January 10, 1936 Mercer Murder-RobberyFour persons, white [78] [u] Chandler
Willard HallWhite33January 17, 1936 Jefferson Murder-RobberyJ. B. Schoering, 64, white [79]
Calvin TateWhite21
James MatthewsWhite19January 31, 1936 McCreary Murder-RobberyCleve Spradlin, white [80]
Bennie LeeBlack27February 21, 1936 Bell Murder-RobberyJames Towns, black [81]
Erleon WhiteheadWhite34March 20, 1936 Barren Murder-RobberyJohn Allen, black [82] [v]
Alfred DrakeBlack30May 15, 1936 Jefferson MurderJames Edward Simpson, black (Louisville merchant policeman) [83]
Roy SimmonsBlack22 McCracken MurderRichard Kelly, white (railroad detective) [84]
James R. WoodfordBlack22May 29, 1936 Fayette Murder-RobberyJ. M. Anderson, 62, white [85]
Homer YoungBlack39June 5, 1936 Bell MurderEnoch Beeler, white [86]
Rainey Bethea Black22August 14, 1936 Daviess Rape [w] Elza Edwards, white [87]
George B. UnderwoodWhite23February 19, 1937 Bullitt MurderWallace Van Fleet, white [88]
Sam FranklinBlack24March 19, 1937 Jefferson RobberyJ. C. O'Connor, white [89]
Arnold CliftWhite24July 16, 1937 Laurel Murder-RobberyMr. and Mrs. Reed Taylor, white [90]
Perry MarionWhite27November 12, 1937
John MontjoyBlack24December 17, 1937 Kenton RapeFemale, white [91]
Troy TriplettWhite22May 20, 1938 Letcher MurderDolphy Hall, 13, white [92]
Harold VenisonBlack36June 3, 1938 Kenton RapeEleanor Nieberling, 25, white [93] [x]
Parkie DennyWhite43September 2, 1938 Madison MurderEthel Yates, 51, white (wife) [94]
Leonard MosleyBlack43October 28, 1938 Meade Rape
Sylvester WarnerWhite29February 10, 1939 Casey Murder-RobberyJohn and Clay White, white [95]
Bonnie GriffinWhite24March 3, 1939 Estill Murder-RobberyMarion and Martha Short, 75 and 40, white [96]
Arnold PowellWhite23
Willie WatersBlack46March 24, 1939 Jefferson MurderFemale, black (wife) [97]
Arvil RiceWhite20July 7, 1939 Bell Murder-RobberyWalter Dorfman, white [98]
Charles H. SmithWhite40July 14, 1939 Lyon MurderClayton Sloan, 23, white (cellmate) [99] [y]
Jack DavisWhite47July 21, 1939 Leslie MurderAbram Combs, white [100]
Edward HigginsBlack26July 25, 1939 Mercer RapeMollie Cunningham, 76, white [101] [z]
Henry PhillipsBlack41July 26, 1940 Jefferson MurderElla Williamson, 46, black (common-law wife) [102] Johnson
Ernest HoustonBlack20August 30, 1940 Jefferson Murder-RobberyArnold Smith, white [103]
Columbus RichardsonBlack27January 20, 1941 McCracken MurderTom McNary, 63, black [104]
Grover ChismWhite49July 4, 1941 Hardin MurderSchuyler McClune, 68, white [105]
Bill SmiddyWhite35August 29, 1941 Whitley MurderFemale, 17, white (wife) [106]
James SatterfieldBlack35February 20, 1942 Jefferson MurderJohn Bell, race unknown [107]
Eugene BurnamBlack18March 27, 1942 Fayette RapeFemale, 22, white [108] [aa]
Robert WilliamsBlack23June 5, 1942 Fayette Rape-RobberyVirgie Wigginton, white [109]
James Lee RobertsonBlack26August 7, 1942 Fayette Murder-RapeBertha Lehman, 26, white [110] [ab]
Otis Peter SmithBlack30August 28, 1942 Jefferson Murder-RobberyEdward B. Hite, 55, white [111]
Jess SandersBlack56MurderKatrina Sanders, black (ex-wife) [112]
Burnett SextonWhite17January 15, 1943 Perry Murder-RobberyRobert McIntyre, white [113]
McCoy CombsWhite20
Ernest TrentWhite26February 26, 1943 Breathitt MurderHiram Smith, 45, white (constable) [114]
Raymond S. BaxterWhite28 Fayette Murder-BurglaryElsa and Marion Miley, 26 (Marion), white [115]
Thomas PenneyWhite32
Robert AndersonWhite36
Archie SimpsonBlack20June 25, 1943 Fayette Murder-RobberyByrd Taulbee, 66, white [116]
William Carson GrayBlack17
Thomas BassBlack25March 16, 1945 Jefferson Murder-RobberyThomas Brown, 60, white [117] Willis
Tommy NelsonWhite35 Pike MurderFrelin Estepp, 55, white
Carl FoxBlack17April 6, 1945 Campbell RapeFemale, white [118]
Ed HambrickBlack26May 25, 1945
Anderson AdkinsWhite33March 15, 1946 Pike MurderMrs. Tom Johnson, 50, white [119]
Arthur JonesBlack16March 22, 1946 Mason Murder-RobberyOliver Greenlee, 80, white [120]
Thomas Earl WarnerBlack19
Edward CalhounWhite22March 24, 1946 Garrard MurderHarold Hollars, 21, white [121]
Earl L. TungettWhite25July 11, 1947 Lyon MurderL. R. Gumm, white (deputy warden) [122] [ac]
Luther WilliamsBlack27February 27, 1948 Pulaski Murder-Rape-RobberyAda Hughes, 55, white [123] Clements
Jasper NeaseWhite23July 30, 1948 Jefferson RobberyVernon L. Hodge, 26, white [124] [ad]
Daniel T. McPeakWhite21November 5, 1948
Charlie PoolBlack44January 28, 1949 Christian Murder-RapeVirginia Harris, white [125]
Herbert H. WorkmanWhite18March 4, 1949 Jefferson RobberyVernon L. Hodge, 26, white [124] [ae]
Lawrence B. LightfootWhite27June 24, 1949 Campbell Murder-RobberyHarvey Childers, 84, white [126]
Raymond EllisonWhite39February 24, 1950 Muhlenberg MurderImogene Sims, ~13, white (wife) [127] [af]
Columbus WebbWhite42June 16, 1950 Martin Murder-RobberyElijah Davis, white [128]
Albert ShelkelsBlack20June 8, 1951 Jefferson Murder-RobberyMilton Zimmerman, 30, white [129] Wetherby
James I. RobinsonWhite31January 18, 1952 Jefferson Murder-RapeJoyce Joan Shouse, 3, white [130]
Earl D. BirchamWhite49February 1, 1952 Jefferson MurderJohn Tennyson, white (Louisville patrolman) [131]
Jessie Lee QuarlesBlack27April 4, 1952 Christian Murder-RobberyEverett Grady, white [132]
Roosevelt SpearsBlack47February 27, 1953 Campbell MurderCharles Edward Thompson, black [133]
Thomas William ReedBlack45June 4, 1954 Jefferson MurderLouise Young, black (common-law wife) [134] [ag]
Leonard TarranceWhite26March 18, 1955 Jefferson MurderFrancis J. McCormack, white [135]
Roy TarranceWhite49
Ed MilamBlack25September 16, 1955 Christian Murder-RobberyStephen Farmer, white [136]
David NicholsBlack55December 23, 1955 Jefferson MurderMary Georgia Roberts, 38, black (common-law wife) [137] Chandler
Chester MerrifieldWhite34MurderAlvin Keown, white (policeman) [138]
Robert Lee ShecklesBlack22November 30, 1956 Jefferson RapeFemale, 28, white [139]
Charles C. DeBerryBlack20Murder-BurglaryRichard V. Eddins, white [140]
James F. BowmanBlack44Murder-RapeRoberta Busby, 72, white [141]
Kelly MossWhite47March 2, 1962 Henderson MurderCharles Abbitt, 74, white (stepfather) [142] Combs

See also

Notes

  1. Given a life sentence for killing his wife in 1902, but pardoned by state governor in 1909.
  2. Confessed to two other murders in Texas, both of which he was a suspect but not convicted of.
  3. Unidentified.
  4. Also killed her husband and given a life sentence for his killing. Claimed to have killed up to eight people.
  5. Also killed James Wood prior to this murder.
  6. Second victim reportedly robbed.
  7. Confessed to four other crimes shortly before his execution: the attempted assault of a white woman in Todd County in 1907, the murder of Grace Rogers (white) in Carmi, Illinois in 1912, the murder of an unnamed black woman in Evansville, Indiana in 1917, and the murder of another unnamed black woman in Camp Taylor the same year. The last three victims were all raped and strangled.
  8. Claimed by his wife to have also killed two policemen in Alabama and another in Cairo, Illinois earlier that same year.
  9. Superior officer of Thomas, a county patrolman.
  10. Also murdered her two children, 8-year-old Ethel and 5-year-old Wilburn, and attempted to murder Mrs. Bryant.
  11. Also killed his first wife in Kansas City, Missouri in 1915 and did a one-year sentence in the penitentiary.
  12. Also killed his estranged wife, Mabel, and given a life sentence for her murder.
  13. Members of a three-man gang who committed three attempted rapes against teenage girls in March 1926 prior to this crime.
  14. Suspected of several other murders, but not charged due to lack of evidence.
  15. Also killed Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jenkins, his in-laws, during the same crime.
  16. Also killed her husband, John Ditchler.
  17. Also killed two other black men, Howard Smith and Phil Owens, prior to this murder. Turner had previously arrested Covington for stealing coal.
  18. Also killed deputy sheriff Marion Stapleton during this crime. Reportedly killed up to ten people.
  19. Killed another black man in 1930 but acquitted.
  20. Also charged with the rape of a 68-year-old woman from Dyer County, Tennessee.
  21. George and Will Kaufman, 17-year-old Comer Franklin (gang member, shot for wanting to leave), and Paul Hammond.
  22. First documented case in state history of a white person being executed for killing a black victim.
  23. Also murdered victim.
  24. Previously charged with two shootings (unknown if fatal), serving 110 days in New Albany, Indiana for one and acquitted of the other.
  25. Prisoner on life sentence at state penitentiary, had two previous murders on record. Sloan was serving three years for horse theft.
  26. Also attempted to rape 23-year-old Mrs. Garnett Leonard (white) shortly before this attack.
  27. Attempted two unsuccessful rapes prior tho this one.
  28. Previously convicted of killing Sam Kaynor and raping a woman who was with him in March 1941.
  29. Serving life sentence for a murder in Louisville, shot Gumm during an escape attempt.
  30. Charged separately for Hodge's murder in Perry County, but never brought to trial.
  31. Charged separately for Hodge's murder in Perry County, but never brought to trial.
  32. Charged with having carnal knowledge of Sims in 1947 when she was ~12, and married her to avoid potential execution if convicted.
  33. Also murdered his second common-law wife, Lena Lewis. Young and Lewis were buried under the coal house behind Reed's home and their skeletal remains were found by a plumber's helper in 1948.

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  7. Documentation for the execution of Oliver Locks , August 22, 1911
  8. Summary of the execution of Matthew Kelly , September 28, 1911
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  11. Documentation for the execution of Cal Miracle , August 31, 1912
  12. Documentation for the execution of Charles Smith, James Smith , September 27, 1912
  13. Summary of the execution of James Ellis , November 22, 1912
  14. Summary of the execution of Silas Williams , March 21, 1913
  15. Documentation for the execution of John Bowman , April 11, 1913
  16. Documentation for the execution of Isom Taliaferro , April 18, 1913
  17. Summary of the execution of James Brown , April 25, 1913
  18. Documentation for the execution of Tom Lawson, Tom Martin , June 20, 1913
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  21. Documentation for the execution of Turner Graham , July 30, 1915
  22. Summary of the execution of Wallace Smothers , September 3, 1915
  23. Documentation for the execution of Harry Garrison , November 17, 1916
  24. Summary of the execution of John Blue , August 10, 1917
  25. Summary of the execution of Pat Kearney, James Lawler , February 21, 1919
  26. Documentation for the execution of Lewis Harris , June 6, 1919
  27. Documentation for the execution of James Howard , June 6, 1919
  28. Documentation for the execution of Lube Martin , July 25, 1919
  29. Summary of the execution of Charles Music , March 10, 1920
  30. Summary of the execution of Will Lockett , March 11, 1920
  31. Documentation for the execution of Lee Ellison , January 31, 1921
  32. Documentation for the execution of Dave Brown , November 16, 1912
  33. Documentation for the execution of Henry Banks , May 15, 1923
  34. Summary of the execution of James Powers , June 18, 1923
  35. Documentation for the execution of Will Chambers , March 7, 1924
  36. Summary of the execution of Charles Miller , May 9, 1924
  37. Summary of the execution of George Weick , May 9, 1924
  38. Documentation for the execution of Frank Thomas , May 9, 1924
  39. Documentation for the execution of Leonard Griffin , March 20, 1925
  40. Documentation for the execution of Elmer Hall, Richard Newhouse, George Farrell , June 26, 1925
  41. Documentation for the execution of Harry Armand , July 3, 1925
  42. Summary of the execution of Ray Ross , August 28, 1925
  43. Summary of the execution of Ed Harris , March 5, 1926
  44. Summary of the execution of John Baker , May 28, 1926
  45. Summary of the execution of Edward Lake , May 28, 1926
  46. Summary of the execution of Elisha Sloan , May 28, 1926
  47. Summary of the execution of Roger Brannon , December 17, 1926
  48. Summary of the execution of Raymond Davis , September 16, 1927
  49. Summary of the execution of Nathan Bard, Bunyan Fleming , November 25, 1927
  50. Summary of the execution of Clarence McQueen , July 13, 1928
  51. Summary of the execution of James Howard , July 13, 1928
  52. Summary of the execution of Willie Moore , July 13, 1928
  53. Summary of the execution of Orlando Seymour , July 13, 1928
  54. 1 2 Summary of the execution of Carl Hoard , September 13, 1929
  55. Summary of the execution of Milford Lawson , July 13, 1928
  56. Documentation for the execution of Hascue Dockery , July 13, 1928
  57. Documentation for the execution of Ivan Hutsell , September 13, 1929
  58. Summary of the execution of Richard Edmonds , June 13, 1930
  59. Summary of the execution of Ballard Ratcliffe , June 13, 1930
  60. 1 2 Documentation for the execution of Walter Dewberry, Walter Holmes, Charles Rodgers , November 10, 1933
  61. Summary of the execution of Sam Jennings , June 17, 1932
  62. Summary of the execution of Jeff Covington , December 17, 1932
  63. Summary of the execution of Sam McGee , April 7, 1933
  64. Documentation for the execution of Frank Carson , April 7, 1933
  65. Summary of the execution of John Young , April 14, 1933
  66. Documentation for the execution of Kermit Pope , April 14, 1933
  67. Documentation for the execution of Richard Gaines , April 14, 1933
  68. Documentation for the execution of Harve Burton , November 11, 1933
  69. 1 2 Documentation for the execution of Ishmael Scott , November 3, 1933
  70. Documentation for the execution of Walter Dewberry, Walter Holmes, Charles Rodgers , November 10, 1933
  71. Summary of the execution of Will Chaney , August 24, 1934
  72. Summary of the execution of George Tincher , August 24, 1934
  73. Summary of the execution of Wiley Graves , February 22, 1935
  74. Summary of the execution of William Deboe , April 19, 1935
  75. Summary of the execution of James Smith , September 27, 1912
  76. Documentation for the execution of Bill Young , June 28, 1935
  77. Summary of the execution of Eulie Lotheridge , December 6, 1935
  78. Summary of the execution of Neal Bowman , January 10, 1936
  79. Summary of the execution of Willard Hall, Calvin Tate , January 17, 1936
  80. Documentation for the execution of James Matthews , January 31, 1936
  81. Documentation for the execution of Bennie Lee , February 21, 1936
  82. Documentation for the execution of Erleon Whitehead , March 20, 1936
  83. Summary of the execution of Alfred Drake , May 15, 1936
  84. Summary of the execution of Roy Simmons , May 15, 1936
  85. Summary of the execution of James Woodford , May 29, 1936
  86. Summary of the execution of Homer Young , June 5, 1936
  87. Documentation for the execution of Rainey Bethea , August 14, 1936
  88. Documentation for the execution of George Underwood , February 19, 1937
  89. Summary of the execution of Sam Franklin , March 19, 1937
  90. Summary of the execution of Arnold Clift , July 16, 1937
  91. Summary of the execution of John Montjoy , December 17, 1937
  92. Documentation for the execution of Troy Triplett , May 20, 1938
  93. Summary of the execution of Harold Venison , June 3, 1938
  94. Summary of the execution of Parkie Denny , September 2, 1939
  95. Documentation for the execution of Sylvester Warner , February 10, 1939
  96. Documentation for the execution of Bonnie Griffin, Arnold Powell , March 3, 1939
  97. Documentation for the execution of Willie Waters , March 24, 1939
  98. Documentation for the execution of Arvil Rice , July 7, 1939
  99. Documentation for the execution of Charles Smith , July 14, 1939
  100. Documentation for the execution of Jack Davis , July 21, 1939
  101. Summary of the execution of Edward Higgins , July 25, 1939
  102. Summary of the execution of Henry Phillips , July 26, 1940
  103. Summary of the execution of Ernest Houston , August 30, 1940
  104. Documentation for the execution of Columbus Richardson , January 20, 1941
  105. Documentation for the execution of Grover Chism , July 4, 1941
  106. Documentation for the execution of Bill Smiddy , August 29, 1941
  107. Summary of the execution of James Satterfield , February 20, 1942
  108. Summary of the execution of Eugene Burnam , March 27, 1942
  109. Summary of the execution of Robert Williams , June 5, 1942
  110. Summary of the execution of James Robertson , August 7, 1942
  111. Summary of the execution of Otis Smith , August 28, 1942
  112. Summary of the execution of Jess Sanders , August 28, 1942
  113. Documentation for the execution of McCoy Combs, Burnett Sexton , January 15, 1943
  114. Documentation for the execution of Ernest Trent , February 26, 1943
  115. Summary of the execution of Raymond Baxter, Thomas Penney, Robert Anderson , February 26, 1943
  116. Summary of the execution of Archie Simpsom, William Gray , June 25, 1943
  117. Summary of the execution of Thomas Bass , March 16, 1945
  118. Documentation for the execution of Carl Fox, Ed Hambrick , April 6, 1945
  119. Documentation for the execution of Anderson Adkins , March 15, 1946
  120. Documentation for the execution of Arthur Jones, Thomas Warner , March 22, 1946
  121. Documentation for the execution of Edward Calhoun , March 24, 1946
  122. Documentation for the execution of Earl Tungett , July 11, 1947
  123. Summary of the execution of Luther Williams , February 27, 1948
  124. 1 2 Documentation for the execution of Daniel McPeak, Jasper Nease, Herbert Workman , November 5, 1948
  125. Documentation for the execution of Charlie Pool , January 28, 1949
  126. Documentation for the execution of Lawrence Lightfoot , June 24, 1949
  127. Summary of the execution of Raymond Ellison , February 24, 1950
  128. Documentation for the execution of Columbus Webb , June 16, 1950
  129. Summary of the execution of Albert Shelkels , June 8, 1951
  130. Summary of the execution of James Robinson , January 18, 1952
  131. Summary of the execution of Earl Bircham , February 1, 1952
  132. Documentation for the execution of Jessie Quarles , April 4, 1952
  133. Documentation for the execution of Roosevelt Spears , February 27, 1953
  134. Summary of the execution of Thomas Reed , June 4, 1954
  135. Summary of the execution of Leonard Tarrance, Roy Tarrance , March 18, 1955
  136. Documentation for the execution of Ed Milam , September 16, 1955
  137. Summary of the execution of David Nichols , December 23, 1955
  138. Summary of the execution of Chester Merrifield , December 23, 1955
  139. Summary of the execution of Robert Sheckles , November 30, 1956
  140. Summary of the execution of Charles DeBerry , November 30, 1956
  141. Summary of the execution of James Bowman , November 30, 1956
  142. Summary of the execution of Kelly Moss , March 2, 1962