This is a list of people executed in Tennessee. The state took over executions in 1913; prior to that time they were carried out at the county level. [1]
There have been a total of 16 executions in North Carolina, under the current statute, since it was adopted in 1977. All of the people executed were convicted of murder. Of the 16 people executed, all were male. 10 were executed via lethal injection and 6 via electrocution. [2]
| No. | Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | County | Method | Victim(s) | Governor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Glen Coe | White | 44 | M | April 19, 2000 | Weakley | Lethal injection | Cary Ann Medlin | Don Sundquist |
| 2 | Sedley Alley | White | 50 | M | June 28, 2006 | Shelby | U. S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Suzanne Marie Collins | Phil Bredesen | |
| 3 | Philip Ray Workman | White | 53 | M | May 9, 2007 | Memphis Police Lieutenant Ronald Oliver | |||
| 4 | Daryl Keith Holton | White | 45 | M | September 12, 2007 | Bedford | Electrocution | 4 murder victims [a] | |
| 5 | Steve Henley | White | 55 | M | February 4, 2009 | Jackson | Lethal injection | Fred Stafford and Edna Stafford | |
| 6 | Cecil C. Johnson Jr. | Black | 53 | M | December 2, 2009 | Davidson | Bobby Bell Jr., James Moore, and Charles House [b] | ||
| 7 | William Ray "Billy" Irick | White | 59 | M | August 9, 2018 | Knox | Paula Kay Dyer | Bill Haslam | |
| 8 | Edmund George Zagorski | White | 63 | M | November 1, 2018 | Robertson | Electrocution | John Dale Dotson and James Wayne Porter | |
| 9 | David Earl Miller | White | 61 | M | December 6, 2018 | Knox | Lee Standifer | ||
| 10 | Donnie Edward Johnson | White | 68 | M | May 16, 2019 | Shelby | Lethal injection | Connie Johnson | Bill Lee |
| 11 | Stephen Michael West | White | 56 | M | August 15, 2019 | Union | Electrocution | Wanda Lou Romines and Sheila Ann Romines | |
| 12 | Leroy Hall Jr. | White | 53 | M | December 5, 2019 | Hamilton | Traci Latrice Crozier | ||
| 13 | Nicholas Todd Sutton | White | 58 | M | February 20, 2020 | Morgan | Carl Isaac Estep [c] | ||
| 14 | Oscar Franklin Smith | White | 75 | M | May 22, 2025 | Davidson | Lethal injection | Judith Lynn Smith, Chad Altmon Burnett, and Jason Don Burnett | |
| 15 | Byron Lewis Black | Black | 69 | M | August 5, 2025 | Angela Clay, Latoya Clay, and Lakeisha Clay [d] | |||
| 16 | Harold Wayne Nichols | White | 64 | M | December 11, 2025 | Hamilton | Karen Elise Pulley |
| Race | ||
|---|---|---|
| White | 14 | 88% |
| Black | 2 | 13% |
| Age | ||
| 40–49 | 2 | 13% |
| 50–59 | 8 | 50% |
| 60–69 | 5 | 31% |
| 70–79 | 1 | 6% |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 16 | 100% |
| Date of execution | ||
| 1976–1979 | 0 | 0% |
| 1980–1989 | 0 | 0% |
| 1990–1999 | 0 | 0% |
| 2000–2009 | 6 | 38% |
| 2010–2019 | 6 | 38% |
| 2020–2029 | 4 | 25% |
| Method | ||
| Lethal injection | 10 | 63% |
| Electrocution | 6 | 38% |
| Governor (Party) | ||
| Ray Blanton (D) | 0 | 0% |
| Lamar Alexander (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Ned McWherter (D) | 0 | 0% |
| Don Sundquist (R) | 1 | 6% |
| Phil Bredesen (D) | 5 | 31% |
| Bill Haslam (R) | 3 | 19% |
| Bill Lee (R) | 7 | 44% |
| Total | 16 | 100% |
| Name | Date of execution |
|---|---|
| Julius Morgan | July 13, 1916 |
| J. D. Williams | July 8, 1918 |
| Eddie Alsup | |
| Frank Ewing | May 31, 1919 |
| Winfred Walker | January 8, 1920 |
| Lorenzo Young | September 3, 1920 |
| Cyre Mus Jackson | August 3, 1921 |
| Taylor Neal | |
| Hamp Gholston | August 17, 1921 |
| Chesley Graham | |
| Will Allen | |
| John Green | February 17, 1922 |
| Asbury Fields | February 18, 1922 |
| Tom Christmas | March 1, 1922 |
| Charles Petree | |
| John McClure | |
| Otto Stephens | |
| Maurice Mays | March 15, 1922 |
| Granville Bunch | April 11, 1922 |
| William Dwight | July 25, 1922 |
| Austin Harris | August 15, 1922 |
| Jim McElroy | |
| Bin Burchfield | January 14, 1925 |
| Robert Tate | November 5, 1925 |
| Charles Barr | August 20, 1926 |
| John F. Webb | May 20, 1927 |
| John H. Wallace | May 25, 1927 |
| Herman Coggins | November 10, 1927 |
| Ben Fowler | January 25, 1928 |
| Will Terrell | June 19, 1929 |
| "Henry" | August 22, 1929 |
| John Jones | February 14, 1930 |
| Carey Gune | March 14, 1930 |
| J. T. Harris | January 22, 1931 |
| John T. Shaw | July 3, 1931 |
| Oscar Bevins | September 7, 1933 |
| Andrew Wilcoxson | |
| Willie Jones | October 30, 1933 |
| Jim Allen | January 5, 1934 |
| Joe Emmory | February 5, 1934 |
| James Swann | |
| Louis Fain | |
| Percy Smith | April 4, 1934 |
| Frank Mays | |
| Jasper Graham | |
| James Pillow | September 1, 1934 |
| John Deal | |
| Bill Lee | January 2, 1936 |
| Walter Kennedy | |
| Louis Willis | |
| Ernest Womack | April 1, 1936 |
| E. K. Harris | May 22, 1936 |
| Curley Ballard | August 11, 1936 |
| James Smith | |
| James Clark | |
| Elmer Barrett | November 13, 1936 |
| James Turner | March 5, 1937 |
| James Taylor | March 15, 1937 |
| Anderson Berry | March 17, 1937 |
| Tom Franklin | March 18, 1937 |
| Gus McCoig | April 3, 1937 |
| Roy Wilburn Eatmon | April 16, 1937 |
| William Farmer | April 30, 1937 |
| Howard Dunn | |
| Jimmie L. Parrish | August 9, 1937 |
| Fred Ritchie | August 10, 1937 |
| Gus McKinney | April 15, 1938 |
| Arthur Mosby | July 25, 1938 |
| White Miller Tollett | January 11, 1939 |
| Ernest Stanley | January 19, 1939 |
| Frank Murray | March 28, 1939 |
| Hyman Johnson | |
| Hubert Harris | April 4, 1939 |
| J. O. Martin | April 10, 1939 |
| Joe McKay | |
| Willie J. Smith | |
| Harley Evans | August 28, 1939 |
| Clyde Willis | January 10, 1940 |
| A.C. Mobley | March 15, 1940 |
| James Goodin | September 4, 1940 |
| William Henry | |
| Van Gilmore | April 18, 1941 |
| Walter Reed | July 18, 1941 |
| Willie L. Porter | July 24, 1941 |
| Carl Cole | |
| Lawrence West | July 30, 1941 |
| Roy Walden | February 13, 1942 |
| John Dockery | February 14, 1942 |
| Ernest Dixon | |
| Clarence May | March 20, 1942 |
| John H. Goods | |
| William Headen | March 30, 1943 |
| Robert Cannon | |
| James Tucker | July 15, 1943 |
| Marshall Spigner | |
| Robert Hall | December 15, 1943 |
| George Hambrick | |
| Billy Dixon | July 16, 1945 |
| Thomas Walker | March 1, 1946 |
| Johnnie Outlaw | |
| George Douglas | July 5, 1946 |
| John H. Luffman | August 30, 1946 |
| Alvin Hicks | |
| Albert Duboise | April 11, 1947 |
| John Hodge | June 19, 1947 |
| Fred Jackson | August 11, 1947 |
| James Sandusky | April 22, 1948 |
| John Kelley | |
| William C. Turner | August 31, 1948 |
| James M. Scribner | |
| Tommy H. Taylor | |
| Barney Thompson | February 17, 1949 |
| Edward Watson | June 10, 1949 |
| Paul Lacey | November 25, 1949 |
| Clyde Steel | January 24, 1950 |
| Samuel L. Voss | April 15, 1955 |
| Harry Kirkendall | August 1, 1955 |
| Charlie Sullins | |
| Robert Crenshaw | September 15, 1955 |
| Robert Allen | March 15, 1957 |
| Billy T. Gibbs | May 6, 1957 |
| Thomas Rutledge | June 15, 1959 |
| William Tines | November 7, 1960 |