List of people executed in North Dakota explained

The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of North Dakota from 1885 to 1905.

Capital punishment was abolished in North Dakota in 1973.^[1] Only 8 people were ever executed in North Dakota, all via hanging.^[2]

	Name	Date of Execution	Method	Victim(s)	Governor
1	George Miller	October 30, 1885	Hanging	Abbie Snell and her son Herbert	Gilbert A. Pierce
2	Albert Bomberger	January 19, 1894		Daniel Kreider, his wife Barbara and their children Bernice, Melby, Mary and David	Eli C. D. Shortridge
3	James W. Cole	March 24, 1899		Sophronia Ford	Frederick B. Fancher
4	Hans Thorpe	September 14, 1900		His wife Ida
5	Ira O. Jenkins	September 14, 1900		August Stark
6	Jacob Bassanella	February 20, 1903		Anton Heilinger	Frank White
7	William R. Ross	December 5, 1903		Thomas Walsh	Frank White
8	John Rooney	October 17, 1905		Harold Sweet	Elmore Y. Sarles

See also

Capital punishment in North Dakota
Capital punishment in the United States

Notes and References

http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/north-dakota-0 Death Penalty Information Center
Web site: Capital crimes and criminals executed in northern Dakota Territory and North Dakota, 1885-1905. State of North Dakota Courts. 2019-08-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20181018003058/https://www.ndcourts.gov/court/news/executend.htm. October 18, 2018.