List of people executed in New Hampshire

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Howard Long, the most recent person executed in New Hampshire (1939, 85 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.

#NameAgeDate of executionLocation [1] [2] CrimeRef.
Province of New Hampshire
1 Sarah Simpson December 27, 1739 Portsmouth feloniously concealing death of infant bastard child
2 Penelope Kenny December 27, 1739 Portsmouth feloniously concealing death of infant bastard child
3 Eliphaz Dow 50May 8, 1755 Portsmouth murder
4 Ruth Blay 31December 30, 1768 Portsmouth concealment of an illegitimate stillborn child [3]
State of New Hampshire
5Elisha ThomasJune 3, 1788 Dover (Strafford County) murder [4] [5]
6Thomas Powers19July 28, 1796 Haverhill (Grafton County) rape [6] [7]
7Josiah Burnham63August 12, 1806 Haverhill (Grafton County) murder [8]
8Daniel Farmer28January 3, 1822 Amherst (Hillsborough County) murder [9] [10]
9Abraham Prescott18January 6, 1836 Hopkinton (Merrimack County) rape/murder [11]
10Andrew HowardJuly 8, 1846 Dover (Strafford County) robbery/murder [12]
11Rev. Enos DudleyMay 23, 1849 Haverhill (Grafton County) murder [13]
12Samuel Mills28May 6, 1868 Haverhill (Grafton County) robbery/murder [14]
13Josiah Pike31November 9, 1869 Concord murder [15]
14 Franklin B. Evans 67February 17, 1874 Concord murder [16]
15Elwin Major29January 5, 1877 Concord murder [17]
16 Joseph LaPage 38March 15, 1878 Concord murder [18]
17John Pinkham50March 14, 1879 Concord murder [19]
18Joseph Buzzell42July 10, 1879 Concord accessory to murder [20]
19Thomas Samon36April 17, 1885 Concord murder [21]
20James Palmer21May 1, 1890 Concord murder [22]
21 Frank Almy 35May 16, 1893 Concord murder [23]
22 Oscar Comery 34February 18, 1916 Concord murder [24]
23 Frederick L. Small 51January 15, 1918 Concord murder [25]
24 Howard Long 33July 14, 1939 Concord rape/murder [26]

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