The following is a list of people executed by the United States federal government.
Sixteen executions (none of them military) have occurred in the modern post-Gregg era.[1] Since 1976, sixteen people have been executed under federal jurisdiction by the United States federal government. All were executed by lethal injection at the United States Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana.[2]
| Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | State | Method | Victim(s) | President | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | White | 33 | M | June 11, 2001 | Oklahoma | Lethal injection | 8 federal law enforcement officers | George W. Bush | |
| 2 | Hispanic | 44 | M | June 19, 2001 | Texas | Thomas Albert Rumbo, Gilberto Matos, and Erasmo De La Fuente | |||
| 3 | Black | 53 | M | March 18, 2003 | U.S. Army Private Tracie Joy McBride | ||||
| 4 | White | 47 | M | July 14, 2020 | Arkansas | William Frederick Mueller, Nancy Ann Mueller, and Sarah Elizabeth Powell | Donald Trump | ||
| 5 | White | 68 | M | July 16, 2020 | Missouri | Jennifer Long | |||
| 6 | White | 52 | M | July 17, 2020 | Iowa | 5 murder victims | |||
| 7 | Native American | 38 | M | August 26, 2020 | Arizona | Alyce Slim and Tiffany Lee | |||
| 8 | White | 45 | M | August 28, 2020 | Missouri | Pamela Butler | |||
| 9 | White | 50 | M | September 22, 2020 | Georgia | Joann Lee Tiesler | |||
| 10 | Black | 40 | M | September 24, 2020 | Texas | Todd Bagley and Stacie Bagley | |||
| 11 | Black | 49 | M | November 19, 2020 | Lisa Rene | ||||
| 12 | Black | 40 | M | December 10, 2020 | Todd Bagley and Stacie Bagley | ||||
| 13 | Black | 56 | M | December 11, 2020 | Jakaren Harrison | ||||
| 14 | White | 52 | F | January 13, 2021 | Missouri | Bobbie Jo Stinnett | |||
| 15 | Black | 52 | M | January 14, 2021 | Virginia | 7 murder victims | |||
| 16 | Black | 48 | M | January 16, 2021 | Maryland | Tamika Black, Tanji Jackson, and Mishann Chinn |
| Race | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 7 | 44% | |
| White | 7 | 44% | |
| Hispanic | 1 | 6% | |
| Native American | 1 | 6% | |
| Age | |||
| 30–39 | 2 | 13% | |
| 40–49 | 7 | 44% | |
| 50–59 | 6 | 38% | |
| 60–69 | 1 | 6% | |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 15 | 94% | |
| Female | 1 | 6% | |
| Date of execution | |||
| 1976–1979 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1980–1989 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1990–1999 | 0 | 0% | |
| 2000–2009 | 3 | 19% | |
| 2010–2019 | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020–2029 | 13 | 81% | |
| Method | |||
| Lethal injection | 16 | 100% | |
| President (Party) | |||
| 0 | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0% | ||
| George H. W. Bush (R) | 0 | 0% | |
| Bill Clinton (D) | 0 | 0% | |
| 3 | 19% | ||
| Barack Obama (D) | 0 | 0% | |
| Donald Trump (R) | 13 | 81% | |
| Joe Biden (D) | 0 | 0% | |
| Total | 16 | 100% | |
From 1790 to 1963, there were 332 Federal, 271 Territorial and 40 Indian Tribunal executions according to the most complete records.[3] The youngest person executed was James Arcene on June 18, 1885, at the age of 23 for his role in a robbery and murder committed when he was 10 years old.
| Name | Method | Offense | Date of execution | Location | Note | President | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Walkingshield | Hanging | Murder on an Indian reservation | October 24, 1902 | Minnehaha County Jail, Sioux Falls, South Dakota | Killed a woman on the Rosebud Indian Reservation.[4] | Theodore Roosevelt | |
| George Bear | Hanging | Murder on an Indian reservation | December 5, 1902 | Minnehaha County Jail, Sioux Falls, South Dakota | Killed two men on the Rosebud Indian Reservation.[5] | ||
| Charles Barrett | Hanging | Murder on an Indian reservation | July 17, 1903 | Federal Jail, McAlester, Oklahoma | Convicted of robbing and killing an elderly man on Indian territory near Calvin, Oklahoma.[6] | ||
| Dora Wright | Hanging | Murder on an Indian reservation | July 17, 1903 | Federal Jail, McAlester, Oklahoma | Convicted of beating, torturing and mutilating her young stepdaughter, Bessie Williams at their home in Moshulatubbee District located near Wilburton, Oklahoma. [7] | ||
| Rufus Binyon | Hanging | Murder on an Indian reservation | September 22, 1905 | Federal Jail, Ardmore, Oklahoma | Convicted of raping and murdering an eight year old orphan girl in his care at his home in May, 1900 on Indian territory. [8] | ||
| Grant Williams | Hanging | Murder on an Indian reservation | November 3, 1905 | Federal Jail, McAlester, Oklahoma | Convicted of murdering railroad paymaster in dispute over paycheck on October 19, 1904 near Ardmore, Oklahoma. [9] | ||
| Harry Scott | Hanging | Murder on the high seas | July 6, 1906 | New Hanover County Jail, Wilmington, North Carolina | Killed five crew members during a mutiny aboard the vessel the Harry Berwind.[10] | ||
| Robert Cotton | Hanging | Murder on an Indian reservation | September 4, 1906 | Federal Jail, Vinita, Oklahoma | Convicted of fatally stabbing his wife at their home in Vian, Oklahoma on August 6, 1905. [11] | ||
| John Goodwin | Hanging | Murder on an Indian reservation | May 13, 1913 | Gila County Jail, Gila County, Arizona | Killed two merchants on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation.[12] | Woodrow Wilson | |
| William Stewart | Hanging | Murder on an Indian reservation | May 30, 1914 | ||||
| Henry Brown | Hanging | Murder on federal property | September 1, 1921 | Baltimore City Jail, Baltimore, Maryland | Killed a nurse at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis.[13] | Warren Harding | |
| Sam Greenhill | Hanging | Murder on federal property | October 9, 1925 | Lauderdale County Jail, Florence, Alabama | Killed a War Department police officer who had apprehended him poaching near the Nitrate Plant No. 1 at the federal reservation in Muscle Shoals.[14] [15] | Calvin Coolidge | |
| George Sujyanmie | Hanging | Murder on military reservation | October 10, 1925 | Fort Whipple, Prescott, Arizona | Killed a man on the grounds of Fort Whipple, Arizona.[16] | ||
| James Alderman | Hanging | Murder on the high seas | August 17, 1929 | Coast Guard Base Six, Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Killed two U.S. coastguardsmen and a Secret Service agent.[17] | Herbert Hoover | |
| Carl Panzram | Hanging | Murder | September 5, 1930 | United States Penitentiary (USP), Leavenworth, Kansas | Killed a federal prison employee. Linked to 4 other murders; claimed to have killed 22 people. | ||
| George Barrett | Hanging | Murder of a federal officer | March 24, 1936 | Marion County Jail, Indiana | The first person to be executed under a law that made it a capital offense to kill a federal agent. | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
| Arthur Gooch | Hanging | Kidnapping | June 19, 1936 | Oklahoma State Penitentiary, McAlester, Oklahoma | The only person executed under the Federal Kidnapping Act in which the victim did not die. | ||
| Earl Gardner | Hanging | Murder on an Indian reservation | July 12, 1936 | Coolidge Dam, Gila County, Arizona | Killed his wife and son on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation.[18] | ||
| Anthony Chebatoris | Hanging | Murder during a bank robbery | July 8, 1938 | Federal Correctional Institution (FCI), Milan, Michigan | The only person ever to be executed from the State of Michigan since its admission to the Union. | ||
| Henry Seadlund | Electrocution | Kidnapping and murder | July 14, 1938 | Cook County Jail, Illinois | Killed a man during a kidnapping for ransom.[19] | ||
| Robert Suhay | Hanging | Murder of a federal officer | August 12, 1938 | United States Penitentiary (USP), Leavenworth, Kansas | Killed an FBI agent during an attempted arrest.[20] [21] | ||
| Glenn Applegate | Hanging | Murder of a federal officer | |||||
| James Dalhover | Electrocution | Bank robbery and murder | November 18, 1938 | Indiana State Prison, Michigan City, Indiana | Killed an Indiana State Police trooper during a bank robbery in Logansport, Indiana on May 25, 1937.[22] [23] | ||
| Nelson Charles | Hanging | Murder | November 10, 1939 | Federal Jail, Juneau, Alaska | Killed his mother-in-law in the Alaska federal territory.[24] | ||
| Herbert Hans Haupt | Electrocution | Espionage and attempted sabotage as unlawful combatants for Nazi Germany | August 8, 1942 | D.C. Jail, Washington, D.C. | Tried on July 8, 1942, by a military tribunal for their role in Operation Pastorius during World War II. | ||
| Richard Quirin | |||||||
| Heinrich Heinck | |||||||
| Edward Kerling | |||||||
| Herman Neubauer | |||||||
| Werner Thiel | |||||||
| Clyde Arwood | Electrocution | Murder of a federal officer | August 14, 1943 | Tennessee State Prison, Nashville, Tennessee | Killed a federal agent during a moonshine raid. | ||
| Henry Ruhl | Gas inhalation | Murder on a government reservation | April 27, 1945 | Wyoming State Penitentiary, Rawlins, Wyoming | Killed a war production worker on federal property near Laramie.[25] | Harry S. Truman | |
| Austin Nelson | Hanging | Murder | March 1, 1948 | Federal Jail, Juneau, Alaska | Killed a Juneau grocery store owner in 1946.[26] | ||
| David Joseph Watson | Electrocution | Murder on the high seas | September 15, 1948 | Florida State Prison, near Raiford, Florida | Killed a fellow sailor on board the USS Stribling in 1946.[27] | ||
| Samuel Richard Shockley | Gas inhalation | Murder | December 3, 1948 | California State Penitentiary, San Quentin, California | Convicted for their roles in the Battle of Alcatraz. | ||
| Miran Edgar Thompson | Gas inhalation | Murder | |||||
| Carlos Romero Ochoa | Gas inhalation | Murder of a federal officer | December 10, 1948 | California State Penitentiary, San Quentin, California | Killed an immigration patrol officer near Indio, California in 1947.[28] | ||
| Eugene LaMoore | Hanging | Murder | April 14, 1950 | Federal Jail, Juneau, Alaska | Killed a Juneau grocery store owner in 1946.[29] | ||
| Julius Rosenberg | Electrocution | Espionage | June 19, 1953 | New York State Prison, Sing Sing, Ossining, New York | Convicted for spying on behalf of the Soviet Union and leaking American military secrets, including nuclear weapons designs. | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
| Ethel Rosenberg | |||||||
| Carl Austin Hall | Gas inhalation | Kidnapping and murder | December 18, 1953 | Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, Missouri | Convicted of the kidnapping and murder of Bobby Greenlease. | ||
| Bonnie Emily Heady | Kidnapping and murder | ||||||
| Gerhard Puff | Electrocution | Murder of a federal officer | August 12, 1954 | New York State Prison, Sing Sing, Ossining, New York | Killed an FBI Special Agent. | ||
| Arthur Ross Brown | Gas inhalation | Kidnapping and murder | February 24, 1956 | Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, Missouri | Kidnapped and murdered Wilma Allen in Kansas City, Missouri.[30] | ||
| George Krull | Electrocution | Kidnapping and rape | August 21, 1957 | Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, Georgia | Kidnapped and raped a woman from Chattanooga, Tennessee. | ||
| Michael Krull | |||||||
| Victor Feguer | Hanging | Kidnapping and murder | March 15, 1963 | Iowa State Penitentiary, Fort Madison, Iowa | Kidnapped and murdered a physician from Dubuque, Iowa. | John F. Kennedy |
See main article: Capital punishment by the United States military.
See main article: List of people executed by the United States military. The United States military has executed 135 people since 1916. The most recent person to be executed by the military is U.S. Army Private John A. Bennett, executed on April 13, 1961, for rape and attempted murder. Since the end of the Civil War in 1865, only one person has been executed for a purely military offense: Private Eddie Slovik, who was executed on January 31, 1945, after being convicted of desertion.[31] [32] [33]