List of people executed in Maryland

This is a list of at least 311 people executed in Maryland, United States, between 1638 and 2005. ^{[1] [2]}

Capital punishment in Maryland was abolished in 2013.

1638–1699: 16 executions

Name	Age	Race	Sex	Occupation	Crime	Method	Date of Execution	County
Thomas Smith	?	White	Male	Seaman	Sedition, Piracy, Murder [3]	Hanging	1638-06-20	St. Mary's
Edward Beckler	?	White	Male	Seaman	Sedition, Piracy, Murder [3]	Hanging	1638-06-20	St. Mary's
Richard Ingle	43	White	Male	Seaman	Piracy	Hanging	1653-??-??	St. Mary's
William Eltonhead	?	White	Male	?	?	Hanging	1655-??-??	Anne Arundel
William Lewis	?	White	Male	?	?	Hanging	1655-??-??	Anne Arundel
John Leggatt	?	White	Male	?	?	Hanging	1655-??-??	Anne Arundel
John Pedro	?	White	Male	?	?	Hanging	1655-??-??	Anne Arundel
John Dandy	?	White	Male	Gunsmith	Murder	Hanging	1657-01-03	Calvert
Jacob [slave of Utee]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1665-01-04	St. Mary's
Anatchcom	?	Native American	Male	?	Murder	Shooting	1669-05-08	St. Mary's
John [unknown surname]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1671-04-14	St. Mary's
James Sall	?	White	Male	Servant	Murder	Hanging	1671-04-14	St. Mary's
Robert Spear	?	White	Male	Servant	Murder	Hanging	1671-04-14	St. Mary's
Robert Warry	?	White	Male	Servant	Murder	Hanging	1671-04-14	St. Mary's
Isabella Yousley	?	White	Female	?	Murder	Hanging	1671-04-17	St. Mary's
Rebecca Fowler	?	White	Female	Housewife	Witchcraft	Hanging	1685-01-09	Calvert

1700–1799: 73 executions

Name	Age	Race	Sex	Occupation	Crime	Method	Date of Execution	County
Tom [4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1728-11-15	Cecil
Jupiter Jack [4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	?	Hanging	1728-12-16	Charles
Pompey [4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	?	Hanging	1728-12-16	Charles
Parraway [slave of John Aldridge] [4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Gibbeting	1729-04-18	Prince George's
Corra [slave of Aquilla Hall] [4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Gibbeting	1729-05-16	Baltimore
Babb [4]	?	Black	Female	Slave	?	Hanging	1729-06-17	Kent
Coacko [4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	?	Hanging	1730-11-25	Prince George's
Ben [4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	?	Hanging	1732-11-10	Prince George's
Stepney [4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	?	Gibbeting	1733-05-16	Charles
Tom [4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	?	Hanging	1733-10-03	Anne Arundel
Harry [4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	?	Hanging	1733-11-14	Prince George's
Michael Aley [5]	?	White	Male	?	?	Hanging	1735-01-16	Queen Anne's
Anthony [4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	?	Hanging	1736-11-10	St. Mary's
Kildare [4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	?	Hanging	1736-11-10	Anne Arundel
Sam [4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	?	Hanging	1736-11-10	Prince George's
Sambo/Sango [4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	?	Hanging	1736-11-10	Prince George's
Jack [slave of Leonard Holliday] [4]	?	Native American	Male	Slave	?	Hanging	1737-05-27	Prince George's
Cloe [4]	?	Black	Female	Slave	?	Hanging	1737-05-27	Anne Arundel
Iago [4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	?	Hanging	1737-05-27	Anne Arundel
Jack [4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	?	Hanging	1737-05-27	Anne Arundel
Jack [4]	?	Black	Male	Slave	?	Hanging	1737-06-01	Charles
Henry Murphy [5]	?	White	Male	?	?	Hanging	1737-11-16	Charles
Bess [slave of John Beale]	?	Black	Female	Slave	Conspiracy to Murder by Poison	Hanging	1738-06-07	Prince George's
Charles [slave of Richard Hellen] [5]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1738-12-12	Calvert
[Unknown]	?	Black	Male	Slave	?	Hanging	1738-??-??	Anne Arundel
[Unknown]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1738-??-??	Anne Arundel
[Unknown]	?	White	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	1738-??-??	Anne Arundel
[Unknown]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Rape	Hanging	1739-??-??	Anne Arundel
[Unknown]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Slave Revolt	Hanging	1739-??-??	Prince George's
[Unknown]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	1739-??-??	Anne Arundel
[Unknown]	?	Black	?	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1742-??-??	?
[Unknown]	?	Black	?	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1742-??-??	?
[Unknown]	?	Black	?	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1742-??-??	?
[Unknown]	?	Black	?	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1742-??-??	?
[Unknown]	?	Black	?	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1742-??-??	?
[Unknown]	?	Black	?	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1742-??-??	?
[Unknown]	?	Black	?	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1742-??-??	?
Jack [slave of Phillip Hammond] [5]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	1743-07-22	Anne Arundel
Frank [slave of Phillip Hammond] [5]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	1743-07-22	Anne Arundel
[Unknown]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Gibbeting	1743-??-??	?
[Unknown]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Gibbeting	1743-??-??	?
Esther Anderson	?	White	Female	?	Murder	Burning	1746-05-13	Kent
Hector Grant	?	White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1746-05-13	Kent
James Horney	?	White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1746-05-13	Kent
Thomas Lamb [6]	?	?	Male	Servant	Murder	Hanging	1747-05-13 [6]	Prince George's [6]
York [unknown first name]	?	Black	Male	Slave [4]	Horse Stealing	Hanging	1747-12-09 [4]	Anne Arundel [4]
John Murphy	?	White	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	1749-12-13	Frederick
Martha Bassett	?	White	Female	Servant	Murder	Hanging	1752-01-10	Baltimore
Mary Powell	?	White	Female	Servant	Murder	Hanging	1752-01-10	Baltimore
John Berry	?	White	Male	Servant	Murder	Gibbeting [5]	1752-01-10	Baltimore
Key [unknown first name]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1755-??-??	St. Mary's
[Unknown]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1755-??-??	?
Stephen [slave of Ennals]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Theft	Hanging	1762-??-??	Dorchester
Richard Crosby	?	White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1762-05-26	Frederick
Michael Peck	?	White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1762-10-08	Frederick
Toby [5]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	1767-06-26	Dorchester
John Stinson [5]	?	White	Male	?	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	1769-10-20	Baltimore
Tom [5]	?	Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1770-05-02	Somerset
John Jones		White	Male	?	Slave stealing/Murder	Hanging	1770-10-12	Kent
[Unknown]	?	?	Male	Convict	Murder	Hanging	1773-01-22	Frederick
[Unknown]	?	?	Male	Convict	Murder	Hanging	1773-01-22	Frederick
[Unknown]	?	?	Male	Convict	Murder	Hanging	1773-01-22	Frederick
[Unknown]	?	?	Male	Convict	Murder	Hanging	1773-01-22	Frederick
[Unknown]	?	White	Male	?	Treason	?	1781-07-25	Frederick
[Unknown]	?	White	Male	?	Treason	?	1781-07-25	Frederick
[Unknown]	?	White	Male	?	Treason	?	1781-07-25	Frederick
Robert Conaway	?	White	Male	?	?	Hanging	1783-11-05	Baltimore
John Lee	?	White	Male	?	?	Hanging	1783-11-05	Baltimore
Francis Piers	?	Latino	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1783-11-05	Baltimore
Donnelly [unknown first name]	?	White	Male	?	Robbery	Hanging	1788-??-??	Baltimore City
Murray [unknown first name]	?	White	Male	?	Robbery	Hanging	1788-??-??	Baltimore City
Patrick Cassidy	?	White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1788-??-??	Baltimore City
John Webb	?	White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1788-??-??	Baltimore City

1800–1899: 139 executions

Name	Age	Race	Sex	Occupation	Crime	Method	Date of Execution	County
Sam [slave of Harding]		Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1803-03-30	Frederick
William Morris		White	Male	Escaped Prisoner	Murder	Hanging	1808-04-22	Baltimore City
William Robinson		White	Male	Escaped Prisoner	Murder	Hanging	1808-04-22	Baltimore City
Daniel Dougherty		White	Male	Escaped Prisoner	Murder	Hanging	1808-04-22	Baltimore City
Caleb Dougherty		Black	Male	Escaped Prisoner	Murder	Hanging	1808-04-22	Baltimore City
John Riggin		White	Male	Escaped Convict	Housebreaking/Burglary	Hanging	1808-04-22	Worcester
Frank Johnston		Black	Male	?	Accessory to Murder	Hanging	1808-11-25	Montgomery
Peregrine [slave of Rochester]		Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1810-??-??	Queen Anne's
John Armstrong		Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1811-11-06	Queen Anne's
Jonathan [slave of Owings]		Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1813-01-26	Frederick
Harry [slave of Owings]		Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1813-01-26	Frederick
Nimrod [slave of Owings]		Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1813-01-26	Frederick
Solomon [slave of Owings]		Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1813-01-26	Frederick
Dick [unknown surname]		Black	Male	Slave	Rape	Hanging	1817-??-??	Anne Arundel
Joseph Hare		White	Male	Highwayman	Robbery	Hanging	1818-09-10	Baltimore City
John Alexander		White	Male	Highwayman	Robbery	Hanging	1818-09-10	Baltimore City
John Cotterill		White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1820-02-25	Montgomery
William Cotterill		White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1820-02-25	Montgomery
William Cotterill, Jr.		White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1820-02-25	Montgomery
John Ferguson		?	Male	Seaman	Piracy	Hanging	1820-04-13	Baltimore City
Israel Denny		?	Male	Seaman	Piracy	Hanging	1820-04-13	Baltimore City
Peregrine Hutton	28	White	Male	Stagecoach Driver	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1820-07-14	Baltimore City
Morris Hull	20	White	Male	Druggist	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1820-07-14	Baltimore City
Peter [slave of Baker]		Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1821-03-02	Frederick
Kitty [slave of Baker]		Black	Female	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1821-03-02	Frederick
George [unknown surname]		Black	Male	Slave	Rape	Hanging	1824-01-29	Baltimore
Henry [unknown surname]		Black	Male	Slave	Rape	Hanging	1824-01-29	Baltimore
Shelby Jump		?	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1829-??-??	Caroline
George Swearingen	29	White	Male	Sheriff	Murder	Hanging	1829-01-02	Allegany
Henny [slave of Insley]		Black	Female	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1831-06-??	Dorchester
John Markley		White	Male	Ex-Convict	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1831-06-24	Frederick
Nelson Wallis		Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1833-12-20	Baltimore City
Aurelia Chase		Black	Female	Slave	Poisoning	Hanging	1833-12-20	Baltimore City
William Adams		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1835-05-29	Baltimore City
[Unknown]		?	?	?	?	Hanging	1844-??-??	St. Mary's
Adam Horn		White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1844-01-12	Baltimore City
Henry McCurry		White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1845-06-27	Baltimore City
Joseph Alexander		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1847-02-26	Baltimore City
Charles [unknown surname]		Black	Male	Slave	Rape	Hanging	1847-06-04	St. Mary's
Tom [unknown surname]		Black	Male	Slave	Rape	Hanging	1848-??-??	Anne Arundel
Conrad Vinter		White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1849-07-21	Baltimore City
Nicholas Murphy		White	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1851-08-08	Kent
William Shelton		White	Male	Laborer	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1851-08-08	Kent
Abraham Taylor		White	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1851-08-08	Kent
David [unknown surname]		Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1852-??-??	Anne Arundel
David Johnson		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1853-01-07	Anne Arundel
Thomas Connor	19	White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1853-08-05	Baltimore City
Robert Swift		?	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1855-04-20	Cecil
Frederick Miller	25	White	Male	Peddler	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1856-01-03	Allegany
Saul [unknown surname]		Black	Male	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1856-02-27	Queen Anne's
Phillip Hawkins		Black	Male	Freedman	Murder	Hanging	1858-01-07	Frederick
Marion Crop	23	White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1859-04-08	Baltimore City
Henry Gambrill	25	White	Male	Saloon Keeper	Murder	Hanging	1859-04-08	Baltimore City
John Cyphus	34	Black	Male	Drayman	Murder	Hanging	1859-04-08	Baltimore City
Peter Corrie	26	White	Male	Butcher	Murder	Hanging	1859-04-08	Baltimore City
[Unknown]		Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1860-11-??	Prince George's
[Unknown]		Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1860-11-??	Prince George's
[Unknown]		Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1860-11-??	Prince George's
[Unknown]		Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1860-11-??	Prince George's
Henry Kennard		Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1861-??-??	Baltimore
Joseph Kuhns		White	Male	Soldier	Murder	Hanging	1862-03-07	Baltimore City
Mary Naylor		Black	Female	Slave	Murder	Hanging	1863-??-??	Anne Arundel
William Richardson		White	Male	?	Espionage	Hanging	1863-07-05	Frederick
Andrew Laypole		White	Male	?	Espionage	Hanging	1864-05-23	Baltimore City
George McDonald		White	Male	Soldier	Desertion	Shooting	1864-09-27	Baltimore City
Thomas Davis		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1866-11-02	Prince George's
William James		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1866-11-02	Prince George's
Henry Luckett		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1866-11-02	Prince George's
William Plater		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1866-11-02	Prince George's
Lucy Purnell		Black	Female	?	Murder	Hanging	1868-02-28	Worcester
[Unknown]		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1869-03-05	Somerset
[Unknown]		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1869-03-05	Somerset
[Unknown]		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1869-03-05	Somerset
[Unknown]		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1869-03-05	Somerset
George Truman		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1869-05-28	Frederick
Nimrod Richards		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1870-08-12	Prince George's
John Rice		Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1870-09-16	Calvert
John Martin	21	Black	Male	Farm Laborer	Rape	Hanging	1871-02-10	Frederick
John Howard		White	Male	Canal Boat Worker	Murder	Hanging	1871-02-10	Allegany
Mary Wallis	17	Black	Female	Domestic Servant	Murder	Hanging	1871-02-10	Prince George's
Fred Lawrence		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1871-07-??	Talbot
William Pritchard		Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1871-09-29	Baltimore
William Craig		Black	Male	Farm Laborer	Rape	Hanging	1873-01-10	Allegany
Thomas Jackson	49	Black	Male	Merchant	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1873-07-11	St. Mary's
Albert Sanders	23	Black	Male	Ex-Convict	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1873-07-11	Calvert
Thomas Hollohan		White	Male	Laborer	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1873-08-01	Baltimore City
Joshua Nicholson		White	Male	Laborer	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1873-08-01	Baltimore City
James West		Black	Male	Laborer	Murder	Hanging	1873-08-23	Baltimore City
Levan Palmer		Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1873-08-23	Baltimore
Ernest Smith		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1874-08-??	Talbot
George Wheeler	23	Black	Male	Farm Hand	Murder	Hanging	1875-03-12	Talbot
[Unknown]		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1875-03-12	?
Jenkins Howell		Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1876-08-12	Worcester
Charles Simpson		Black	Male	?	?	Hanging	1877-02-09	Charles
Martin Henry		Black	Male	?	?	Hanging	1877-02-09	Charles
James Hawkins	20	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1877-11-23	Baltimore
Henry Norfolk		White	Male	Farmer	Murder	Hanging	1877-12-21	Anne Arundel
Edward Costley	19	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1878-06-21	Frederick
Hiram Fooks		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1878-07-21	Somerset
Medford Walters	18	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1879-12-05	Cecil
John Gothard	53	Black	Male	Farm Hand	Murder	Hanging	1881-04-29	Baltimore
Felix Munschor	32	White	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1881-11-11	Frederick
Arthur Preston	21	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1883-01-19	Harford
George Lake		Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1883-06-29	Dorchester
John Smith	40	Black	Male	Railroad Worker	Murder	Hanging	1883-11-16	Garrett
Frederick Cephas		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1884-08-01	Dorchester
Charles Williams		Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1886-01-08	Dorchester
Jim Stevens		Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1887-02-25	Somerset
John Ross		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1887-09-09	Baltimore City
John Biscoe		Black	Male	Sailor	Murder	Hanging	1888-04-27	St. Mary's
Melvin Garlitz	25	White	Male	Railroad Worker	Murder	Hanging	1889-08-30	Allegany
Ernest Forbes		Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1891-04-03	Anne Arundel
William Blaney		?	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1891-06-12	Baltimore City
Thomas Thompson		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1892-01-29	Kent
Buck Brooks		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1893-01-13	Kent
Moses Brown		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1893-01-13	Kent
Frisbie Comegys		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1893-01-13	Kent
Fletcher Williams		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1893-01-13	Kent
Alfred Stout		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1893-01-27	Cecil
William Bond	25	Black	Male	Farm Hand	Murder-Rape	Hanging	1893-04-14	Montgomery
William Pinkney		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1893-06-30	Prince George's
Daniel Barber		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1893-06-30	Prince George's
Arthur Courtney		Black	Male	Seaman	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1893-12-15	Somerset
Henry Taylor		Black	Male	Seaman	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1893-12-15	Somerset
William Leonard		White	Male	Laborer	Murder	Hanging	1894-02-16	Frederick
Horace Cooper		Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1895-06-21	Cecil
James Smith		Black	Male	Waiter	Murder-Rape	Hanging	1896-12-18	Prince George's
George Matthews		White	Male	Oyster Dredger	Murder	Hanging	1897-03-12	Charles
Peter Monahan	74	White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1897-08-13	Baltimore City
Sommerfield Dennis	16	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1898-08-12	Worcester
Joseph Wright	21	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1899-03-24	Kent
John Berry	16	Black	Male	Odd Jobs	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1899-06-16	Prince George's
Cornelius Gardiner	23	Black	Male	Porter	Rape	Hanging	1899-07-28	Baltimore City
Charles James	21	Black	Male	Waiter	Rape	Hanging	1899-07-28	Baltimore City
John Myers	19	Black	Male	Messenger	Rape	Hanging	1899-07-28	Baltimore City
Joseph Bryan	32	Black	Male	Barber	Murder	Hanging	1899-07-28	Baltimore City
Armistead Taylor		Black	Male	Farm Hand	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1899-08-18	Montgomery
John Brown		Black	Male	Farm Hand	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1899-08-18	Montgomery
Samuel Johnson	22	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1899-12-08	Washington

1900–1961: 112 executions

Maryland's final execution before the nationwide death penalty moratorium caused by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Furman v. Georgia (1972) occurred in 1961.

Name	Age	Race	Sex	Occupation	Crime	Method	Date of Execution	County
Amos Smith	?	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1900-08-03	Baltimore City
William Black	?	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1900-08-31	Baltimore City
Charles Overs	28	Black	Male	Railroad Worker	Murder	Hanging	1901-04-19	Frederick
Wiley Kirk	18	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1901-05-31	Baltimore
John Butler	?	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1901-08-23	Baltimore City
Frank Jones	?	Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1902-06-20	Howard
John Johnson	?	Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1902-06-20	Howard
Asbury Dixon	?	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1902-08-29	Worcester
John Devine	?	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1902-09-19	Baltimore City
Henry Hardy	37	Black	Male	Fisherman	Murder	Hanging	1905-07-07	Wicomico
John Burch	?	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1905-07-07	Baltimore City
John Simpers	?	?	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1905-01-20	Cecil
Isaac Winder	?	Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1906-03-30	Baltimore
William Lee	17	Black	Male	Odd Jobs	Rape	Hanging	1906-07-26	Somerset
Frisbie Gibbs	40	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1907-05-10	Baltimore City
Edward Wilson	?	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1908-02-28	Baltimore City
Andrew Taylor	27	Black	Male	Farm Hand	Murder	Hanging	1912-08-09	Anne Arundel
Wesley Mills	?	Black	Male	Laborer	Rape	Hanging	1912-12-06	Somerset
Philip Gibson	?	Black	Male	Laborer	Murder	Hanging	1913-01-03	Baltimore City
James Jacobs	?	Black	Male	?	?	Hanging	1913-01-10	Anne Arundel
Wish Shepard	18	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1915-08-27	Caroline
Frank Grano	?	White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1915-11-26	Worcester
John Brown	?	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1916-06-30	Washington
John Snowden	?	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1919-02-28	Anne Arundel
Isaiah Fountain	?	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1920-07-23	Talbot
Charles Robinson	?	?	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1921-02-25	Frederick
Charles Lewis	?	Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1921-03-18	Baltimore City
William Davis	?	Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1921-03-18	Baltimore City
Guy Thompson	41	White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1921-04-15	Montgomery
Henry Brown (federal execution)	?	Black	Male	Navy Deserter	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1921-09-01	Baltimore City
Samuel Smith	?	Black	Male	Chauffeur	Attempted Rape	Hanging	1922-02-24	Baltimore
William Stultz	?	White	Male	Plumber	Murder	Hanging	1922-11-10	Frederick
Bishop Hawkins	?	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1923-04-06	Baltimore City
George Chelton [2]	21	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1923-06-08	Somerset
Carroll Gibson	18	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1925-02-13	Talbot
Isaac Benson	37	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1926-07-23	Baltimore City
Richard Whittemore	27	White	Male	Escaped Convict	Murder	Hanging	1926-08-13	Baltimore City
William Henry Ross	23	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1927-09-09	Washington
Arthur Swann	20	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1927-09-09	Frederick
Ottie Simmons	19	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1927-09-09	Frederick
Alfred Simms	19	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1927-11-11	Prince George's
Benjamin F. Spragins	28	White	Male	Convict	Murder	Hanging	1928-08-03	Baltimore
Charles P. Carey	28	White	Male	Convict	Murder	Hanging	1928-08-03	Baltimore City
Hopkins Watkins	27	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1928-11-16	Baltimore
John Orestus Marsh [2]	51	White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1929-08-09	Carroll
John Jackson	55	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1930-01-31	Baltimore City
Lorenzo Price	32	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1931-06-12	Baltimore
Thomas Blackson	42	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1932-01-15	Worcester
Walter F. Wright	28	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1932-04-08	Baltimore City
Euel Lee	60	Black	Male	Farm Laborer	Murder	Hanging	1933-01-27	Baltimore
Page Jupiter	46	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1934-02-02	Charles
James A. Gross	25	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1935-04-19	Prince George's
Gordon Dent	30	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1935-04-19	Prince George's
James Poindexter	27	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1935-06-28	Montgomery
William Harold	45	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1935-06-28	Montgomery
Willie Williams	25	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1936-06-12	Baltimore City
Augusto Perez	22	White	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1936-06-12	Baltimore City
James Irvin Howard	20	Black	Male	Laborer	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1937-07-09	Anne Arundel
Richard Hammond	31	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1938-08-28	Baltimore City
James Albert Turner	25	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1938-08-29	Montgomery
Fred L. Brown	44	White	Male	Farmer	Murder	Hanging	1939-03-19	Dorchester
Alvin Kenton	23	White	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1940-03-15	Talbot
Thomas C. Sanchez	40	White	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1940-03-15	Talbot
Otis Harrell	23	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1940-05-10	Baltimore City
William T. Sorrell	28	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1940-05-10	Baltimore City
Alexander Williams	33	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1940-06-28	Anne Arundel
Arthur H. Collick	27	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1940-09-13	Baltimore
Wilson Knott	33	White	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1941-01-10	Anne Arundel
French White	23	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1941-06-27	Montgomery
James Miller	29	White	Male	Farm Laborer	Murder	Hanging	1941-09-26	Allegany
Earl Loveless	22	White	Male	Farm Laborer	Murder	Hanging	1941-09-26	Allegany
James Baker	38	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1941-12-19	Dorchester
Wilbur Pritchett	37	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1942-05-08	Dorchester
Frank Haywood	32	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1942-06-05	Prince George's
Andrew Henry	54	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1942-07-10	Dorchester
Edward Woffard	27	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1942-07-24	Baltimore
Charles J. Benjamin	23	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1942-07-24	Baltimore City
James Gilliam	39	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1943-01-15	Worcester
James Ford	32	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1943-03-12	Baltimore
Freeman Holton	21	Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1943-06-04	Baltimore City
Frank Williams	23	Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1943-06-04	Baltimore City
John Lampkin	19	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1943-08-13	Baltimore City
William Charles Holsey [2]	33	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1944-02-25	Carroll
Martin Smith	20	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1944-03-31	Baltimore City
John Hinton	25	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1944-06-16	Dorchester
Calvin William Watkins [2]	24	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1944-11-17	Baltimore City
Patrick Murphy	40	White	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1945-07-20	Prince George's
Luther McClam	28	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1945-08-17	Baltimore City
Donald Brooks	31	White	Male	Truck Driver	Murder-Burglary	Hanging	1945-11-30	Baltimore City
John Henry Fields [2]	38	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1945-12-28	Worcester
William Tasker	21	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1946-01-18	Anne Arundel
Lloyd Walker	22	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1946-08-09	Baltimore City
William Demby	22	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1946-01-04	Baltimore City
Roy Nathan Peters [2]	22	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1946-01-04	Baltimore City
Jack Lester Barnes [2]	25	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1946-12-13	Prince George's
Charles Lee Carmen [2]	19	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1947-01-17	Cecil
William Copper	20	Black	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1947-06-27	Cecil
Ross J. Abbott	24	White	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1947-08-01	Dorchester
Weldon Jones, Jr.	20	Black	Male	Oyster Picker	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1947-08-01	Wicomico
Roy Lee Lathco [2]	39	White	Male	?	Rape	Hanging	1948-04-30	Baltimore
Henry T. Jackson	32	Black	Male	?	Murder	Hanging	1948-04-30	Worcester
Ollie Smith, Jr.	22	Black	Male	Farm Hand	Rape	Hanging	1948-04-30	Dorchester
Howard A. Fram	31	White	Male	Unemployed	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1949-07-08	Baltimore City
Eugene James	31	Black	Male	Janitor	Murder-Rape	Hanging	1949-08-12	Baltimore City
John Knowles	26	Black	Male	Merchant Marine	Murder	Hanging	1949-08-12	Baltimore City
Lott Glover	31	Black	Male	?	Murder-Robbery	Hanging	1953-08-25	Prince George's
George Grammer	35	White	Male	Office Manager	Murder	Hanging	1954-06-11	Baltimore City
William C. Thomas	32	Black	Male	Ex-Convict	Murder-Rape-Robbery	Hanging	1955-06-10	Baltimore City
Eddie Lee Daniels [2]	29	Black	Male	Laborer	Murder-Robbery	Gas Chamber	1957-06-28	Montgomery
Carl Daniel Kier [2]	23	Black	Male	Handyman	Murder-Rape-Robbery	Gas Chamber	1959-01-23 [2] [7]	Baltimore
Leonard M. Shockley	17	Black	Male	Unemployed	Murder-Robbery	Gas Chamber	1959-04-10	Dorchester
Nathaniel Lipscomb	33	Black	Male	?	Murder-Rape	Gas Chamber	1961-06-09	Baltimore City

1994–2005: 5 executions

Between the United States Supreme Court's Gregg v. Georgia decision upholding the use of the death penalty in the United States in 1976, and Maryland's abolition of the death penalty in 2013, a total of five people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Maryland. All were executed by lethal injection.

No.	Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	Method	Victim(s)	Governor
1	John Frederick Thanos	White	45	Male	May 17, 1994	Lethal injection	Billy Winebrenner, Gregory Allen Taylor, and Melody Pistorio	William Donald Schaefer
2	Flint Gregory Hunt	Black	38	Male	July 2, 1997		Baltimore police officer Vincent Adolfo	Parris Glendening
3	Tyrone Delano Gilliam Jr.	Black	32	Male	November 16, 1998		Christine Doerfler
4	Steven Howard Oken	White	42	Male	June 17, 2004		Dawn Marie Garvin, Patricia Hirt, and Lori Ward	Robert Ehrlich
5	Wesley Eugene Baker	Black	47	Male	December 5, 2005		Jane Tyson

See also

• Capital punishment in Maryland

References

1. "The Espy Files" (PDF). Death Penalty Information Center . 2002. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 5, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
2. "Capital Punishment History – Persons Executed in Maryland since 1923". Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services . Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
3. Vallar, Cindy (2014). "Pirates' Deaths" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on November 8, 2023. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
4. "Hanged Slaves by Date, 1726–1775" (PDF). Maryland State Archives. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 7, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
5. "Hanged After Reprieve – All Classes by Name – 1726–1775" (PDF). Maryland State Archives. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 7, 2023. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
6. Ellefson, C. Ashley (2010). "The Private Punishment of Servants and Slaves in Eighteenth-Century Maryland" (PDF). Maryland State Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 7, 2023.
7. "Kier Dies In Gas Chamber For Murder Of Mrs. Bopst". The Baltimore Sun . January 24, 1959. p. 26. Retrieved November 8, 2023– via Newspapers.com.