List of people executed in New Hampshire

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Howard Long, the most recent person executed in New Hampshire (1939, 86 years ago) Howard Long.jpg
Howard Long, the most recent person executed in New Hampshire (1939, 86 years ago)

The following is a list of people executed in New Hampshire. Between 1739 and 1939, during which New Hampshire was first the Province of New Hampshire and then became a U.S. state, 24 people were so punished. The method used was hanging.

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Capital punishment in New Hampshire was abolished on May 30, 2019; however, the abolition was not retroactive and one inmate, Michael K. Addison, remains on the state's death row. Should the state carry out his execution, it would be by lethal injection, with hanging as an alternative should lethal injection be ruled unconstitutional or found inefficient, or if the inmate so requested.

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New Hampshire had public executions through 1868, which were held (after becoming a U.S. state) at county seats. [1] Executions then moved to the state capital, Concord, held at the state prison.

NameAgeRaceDate of executionLocation [1] [2] CrimeRef.
Sarah Simpson 27WhiteDecember 27, 1739 Portsmouth Concealing the death of an infant bastard child
Penelope Kenny 20White Portsmouth
Eliphaz Dow 50WhiteMay 8, 1755 Portsmouth Murder
Ruth Blay 31WhiteDecember 30, 1768 Portsmouth Concealing the death of an infant bastard child [3]
Elisha ThomasWhiteJune 3, 1788 Dover (Strafford County)Murder [4] [5]
Thomas Powers19BlackJuly 28, 1796 Haverhill (Grafton County)Rape [6] [7]
Josiah Burnham63WhiteAugust 12, 1806 Haverhill (Grafton County)Murder [8]
Daniel Farmer28WhiteJanuary 3, 1822 Amherst (Hillsborough County)Murder [9] [10]
Abraham Prescott18WhiteJanuary 6, 1836 Hopkinton (Merrimack County)Murder-Rape [11]
Andrew HowardWhiteJuly 8, 1846 Dover (Strafford County)Murder-Robbery [12]
Rev. Enos DudleyWhiteMay 23, 1849 Haverhill (Grafton County)Murder [13]
Samuel Mills28WhiteMay 6, 1868 Haverhill (Grafton County)Murder-Robbery [14]
Josiah Pike31WhiteNovember 9, 1869 Concord Murder [15]
Franklin B. Evans 67WhiteFebruary 17, 1874 Concord Murder [16]
Elwin Major29WhiteJanuary 5, 1877 Concord Murder [17]
Joseph LaPage 38WhiteMarch 15, 1878 Concord Murder [18]
John Pinkham50WhiteMarch 14, 1879 Concord Murder [19]
Joseph Buzzell42WhiteJuly 10, 1879 Concord Murder [20]
Thomas Samon36WhiteApril 17, 1885 Concord Murder [21]
James Palmer21WhiteMay 1, 1890 Concord Murder [22]
Frank Almy 35WhiteMay 16, 1893 Concord Murder [23]
Oscar Comery 34WhiteFebruary 18, 1916 Concord Murder [24]
Frederick L. Small 51WhiteJanuary 15, 1918 Concord Murder [25]
Howard Long 33WhiteJuly 14, 1939 Concord Murder-Rape [26]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Executions in New Hampshire". The Portsmouth Herald . Portsmouth, New Hampshire. November 15, 1924. p. 5. Retrieved October 12, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ Shea, Lois R. (September 7, 1997). "Execution records in state go back to 1739". The Boston Globe . p. 8. Retrieved October 12, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Ruth Blay Hanged Here in 1768". SeacoastNH.com.
  4. ↑ "Portsmouth". The Country Journal and the Poughkeepsie Advertiser . Poughkeepsie, New York. May 20, 1788. p. 2. Retrieved October 12, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Mahoney, William (September 16, 1952). "Strafford County's First Execution Ranks Among the Saddest". The Portsmouth Herald . Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Foster's Daily Democrat. p. 10. Retrieved October 12, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "New Hampshire". Spooner's Vermont Journal. Windsor, Vermont. June 10, 1796. p. 3. Retrieved October 12, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Thomas Powers". Spooner's Vermont Journal. Windsor, Vermont. August 5, 1796. p. 3. Retrieved October 12, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Burnham executed". Weekly Wanderer. Randolph, Vermont. August 18, 1806. p. 3. Retrieved October 12, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Hadley, George (1924). History of the Town of Goffstown, 1733-1820. Vol. 1. Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Press. pp. 540–542 – via HathiTrust.
  10. ↑ "Execution". American Repertory. Burlington, Vermont. January 15, 1822. p. 3. Retrieved October 12, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Public Executions". Vermont Chronicle. Bellows Falls, Vermont. January 21, 1836. p. 3. Retrieved October 12, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Execution of Andrew Howard at Dover". Voice of Freedom. Brandon, Vermont. July 16, 1846. p. 3. Retrieved October 12, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Execution of Enos G. Dudley". Aurora of the Valley. Newbury, Vermont. June 9, 1849. p. 62. Retrieved October 12, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Execution at Haverhill, N.H." The Springfield Daily Republican . Springfield, Massachusetts. May 7, 1868. p. 4. Retrieved October 12, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ "Hanging of Pike at Concord". The Springfield Daily Republican . Springfield, Massachusetts. November 10, 1869. p. 5. Retrieved October 12, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  16. ↑ "EVANS HANGED". New York Herald . February 18, 1874. p. 3.
  17. ↑ "Execution of Elwin W. Major at Concord". The Boston Globe . January 6, 1877. p. 5. Retrieved October 12, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  18. ↑ "Justice At Last: Joseph LaPage Expiates His Awful Crimes on the Gallows". Burlington Weekly Free Press. March 22, 1878. p. 1.
  19. ↑ "Execution of Pinkham". Boston Evening Transcript . March 14, 1879. p. 8. Retrieved October 12, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  20. ↑ "Buzzell Hung". The Boston Globe . July 10, 1879. p. 1. Retrieved October 12, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  21. ↑ "Thomas Samon Expiates His Terrible Crime". The Boston Globe . April 17, 1885. p. 1. Retrieved October 12, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  22. ↑ "Murderer Palmer Met Death". The Boston Globe . May 1, 1890. p. 8. Retrieved October 12, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  23. ↑ "Into Eternity". Fall River Globe. Fall River, Massachusetts. May 16, 1893. p. 1. Retrieved October 11, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  24. ↑ "Comery, Wife Slayer, Hanged at Concord". The Boston Globe . February 18, 1916. p. 3. Retrieved October 12, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  25. ↑ "Small Hanged for Murder of His Wife". The Boston Globe . January 15, 1918. p. 1. Retrieved October 10, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  26. ↑ Donovan, John J. (July 14, 1939). "Howard Long Is Hanged At Concord". The Boston Globe . p. 1. Retrieved October 12, 2024– via newspapers.com.

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