List of people executed by the United States federal government

The following is a list of people executed by the United States federal government.

Post-Gregg executions

Sixteen executions (none of them military) have occurred in the modern post-Gregg era. Since 1963, sixteen people have been executed under federal jurisdiction by the United States federal government. All were executed by lethal injection at USP Terre Haute.

# Executed person Ethnicity Age Sex Date of execution Crime Presiding
President
1 Timothy McVeigh White 33 M June 11, 2001 Murder of eight federal law enforcement officers through the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. The bombing killed 168 people and injured over 680 others. George W. Bush
2 Juan Raul Garza Hispanic 44 M June 19, 2001 Murder of Thomas Albert Rumbo, ordering the murders of Gilberto Matos and Erasmo De La Fuente in conjunction with a drug-smuggling ring. Also a suspect in the murders of Antonio Nieto, Bernabe Sosa, Diana Flores Villareal, Oscar Cantu, and Fernando Escobar Garcia.
3 Louis Jones, Jr. Black 53 M March 18, 2003 Rape and murder of Pvt. Tracie McBride, USA.
4 Daniel Lewis Lee White 47 M July 14, 2020 Murder of William Mueller, his wife, and his 8-year-old step-daughter. Mueller was a local gun dealer and Lee and his co-defendant planned to use stolen merchandise from Mueller to set up a white ethnostate in Spokane, Washington. Donald Trump
5 Wesley Ira Purkey White 68 M July 16, 2020 Kidnap, rape, and murder of 16-year-old Jennifer Long. Purkey then dismembered and burned her body and scattered the remains into a septic pond. He was also convicted of the murder of 80-year-old polio patient, Mary Ruth Bales.
6 Dustin Lee Honken White 52 M July 17, 2020 Murder of five people in Iowa in 1993. He carried out the murders in an attempt to hide his methamphetamine drug dealing operation.
7 Lezmond Charles Mitchell Native American 38 M August 26, 2020 Murder of 63-year-old Alyce Slim and her 9-year-old granddaughter Tiffany Lee on October 28, 2001. He stabbed Slim 33 times to her death and slit Lee's throat before dropping rocks on her head.
8 Keith Dwayne Nelson White 45 M August 28, 2020 Kidnap, rape, and murder of 10-year-old Pamela Butler on October 12, 1999.
9 William Emmett LeCroy, Jr. White 50 M September 22, 2020 Rape and murder of Joann Lee Tiesler on October 7, 2001.
10 Christopher Andre Vialva Black 40 M September 24, 2020 Murder of Todd and Stacie Bagley in 1999 at Fort Hood.
11 Orlando Cordia Hall Black 49 M November 19, 2020 Kidnap, rape, and murder of 16-year-old Lisa Rene in 1994.
12 Brandon Bernard Black 40 M December 10, 2020 Murder of Todd and Stacie Bagley in 1999 at Fort Hood.
13 Alfred Bourgeois Black 56 M December 11, 2020 Sexual assault and murder of his 2-year-old daughter Jakaren Harrison in June 2002 at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi.
14 Lisa Marie Montgomery White 52 F January 13, 2021 Murder of 23-year-old Bobbie Jo Stinnett and removal of Stinnett's daughter from her womb in December 2004.
15 Corey Johnson Black 52 M January 14, 2021 Murder of seven people in Richmond, Virginia, in 1992 as part of a drug-trafficking ring.
16 Dustin John Higgs Black 48 M January 16, 2021 Murder of three women at the Patuxent Research Refuge in 1996.

Earlier non-military executions

From 1790 to 1963, there were 332 Federal, 271 Territorial and 40 Indian Tribunal executions according to the most complete records.[1] One of those was the execution of 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.

Executed person Method of execution Offense Date of execution Location Note Presiding president
James Alderman Hanging Murder on the high seas August 17, 1929 Coast Guard Base Six, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Killed two US coastguardsmen and a Secret Service agent. Herbert Hoover
Carl Panzram Hanging Murder September 5, 1930 United States Penitentiary (USP), Leavenworth, Kansas Killed a Federal Penitentiary employee. Linked to 4 other murders; claimed to have killed 22 people.
George Barrett Hanging Murder March 24, 1936 Marion County Jail, Indiana The first person to receive the death penalty under a congressional act 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 One of three people executed under the federal Lindbergh kidnapping law.
Earl Gardner Hanging Murder July 12, 1936 Coolidge Dam, Gila County, Arizona
Anthony Chebatoris Hanging Attempted bank robbery and murder July 8, 1938 Federal Correctional Institution (FCI), Milan, Michigan Only person ever to be executed from the State of Michigan since its admission to the Union.
Henry Seadlund Electrocution Kidnapping July 14, 1938 Cook County Jail, Illinois
Robert Suhay Hanging Murder August 12, 1938 United States Penitentiary (USP), Leavenworth, Kansas
Glenn Applegate Hanging Murder August 12, 1938 United States Penitentiary (USP), Leavenworth, Kansas
James Dalhover Electrocution Bank robbery and murder November 18, 1938 Indiana State Prison, Michigan City, Indiana

Nelson Charles

 Hanging Murder November 10, 1939 Federal Jail, Juneau, Alaska
Clyde Arwood Electrocution Murder August 14, 1943 Tennessee State Prison, Nashville, Tennessee Convicted of killing a federal agent during a moonshine raid.
Henry Ruhl Gas inhalation Murder on a government reservation April 27, 1945 Wyoming State Penitentiary, Rawlins, Wyoming Harry S. Truman
Austin Nelson Hanging Murder March 1, 1948 Federal Jail, Juneau, Alaska
David Joseph Watson Electrocution Murder on the high seas September 15, 1948 Florida State Prison, near Raiford, Florida
Samuel Richard Shockley Gas inhalation Murder December 3, 1948 California State Penitentiary, San Quentin, California Convicted for their role in the Battle of Alcatraz.
Miran Edgar Thompson Gas inhalation Murder
Carlos Romero Ochoa Gas inhalation Murder December 10, 1948 California State Penitentiary, San Quentin, California
Eugene LaMoore Hanging Murder April 14, 1950 Federal Jail, Juneau, Alaska
Fred Pritchertt Electrocution Murder February 15, 1952 Washington, D.C.
William Tyler Jr. Electrocution Murder July 25, 1952 Washington, D.C.
Albert Allen Electrocution Murder and robbery March 20, 1953 Washington, D.C. Dwight D. Eisenhower
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.
Ethel Rosenberg
Carl Austin Hall Gas inhalation Kidnapping and murder December 18, 1953 Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, Missouri Convicted for the kidnapping and murder of Bobby Greenlease.
Bonnie Brown Heady Murder
Gerhard Puff Electrocution Murder August 12, 1954 New York State Prison, Sing Sing, Ossining, New York Convicted for killing an FBI Special Agent.
Arthur Ross Brown Gas inhalation Kidnapping February 24, 1956 Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, Missouri
Robert Carter Electrocution Murder April 26, 1957 Washington, D.C. Convicted of robbery and murder of an off-duty Washington D.C. police officer who attempted to apprehend Carter after the robbery.
George Krull Electrocution Kidnapping and rape August 21, 1957 Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, Georgia Convicted for the kidnapping and rape of a woman from Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Michael Krull
Victor Feguer Hanging Kidnapping and murder March 15, 1963 Iowa State Penitentiary, Fort Madison, Iowa Convicted for kidnapping and murdering a physician from Dubuque, Iowa. John F. Kennedy

Military executions
Main article: Capital punishment by the United States military
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.

See also

References
  1. 340 Federal, 271 Territorial and 40 Indian Tribunal Executions 1790 to 1963 Archived 2003-04-13 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 20 October 2008.
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