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.[1] Since 1976, 16 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]

No. Name Race Age Sex Date of execution Federal District Method Victim(s) President
1 Timothy James McVeigh White 33 M June 11, 2001 Western District of Oklahoma Lethal injection 8 federal law enforcement officers[a] George W. Bush
2 Juan Raul Garza Hispanic 44 June 19, 2001 Southern District of Texas Thomas Albert Rumbo, Gilberto Matos, and Erasmo De La Fuente[b]
3 Louis Jones Jr. Black 53 March 18, 2003 Northern District of Texas U.S. Army Private Tracie Joy McBride
4 Daniel Lewis Lee White 47 July 14, 2020 Eastern District of Arkansas William Frederick Mueller, Nancy Ann Mueller, and Sarah Elizabeth Powell Donald Trump
5 Wesley Ira Purkey 68 July 16, 2020 Western District of Missouri Jennifer Long[c]
6 Dustin Lee Honken 52 July 17, 2020 Northern District of Iowa 5 murder victims[d]
7 Lezmond Charles Mitchell Native American 38 August 26, 2020 District of Arizona Alyce Slim and Tiffany Lee
8 Keith Dwayne Nelson White 45 August 28, 2020 Western District of Missouri Pamela Butler
9 William Emmett LeCroy Jr. 50 September 22, 2020 Northern District of Georgia Joann Lee Tiesler
10 Christopher Andre Vialva Black 40 September 24, 2020 Western District of Texas Todd Bagley and Stacie Bagley
11 Orlando Cordia Hall 49 November 19, 2020 Northern District of Texas Lisa Rene
12 Brandon Anthony Micah Bernard 40 December 10, 2020 Western District of Texas Todd Bagley and Stacie Bagley
13 Alfred Bourgeois 56 December 11, 2020 Southern District of Texas Jakaren Harrison
14 Lisa Marie Montgomery White 52 F January 13, 2021 Western District of Missouri Bobbie Jo Stinnett
15 Corey Johnson Black 52 M January 14, 2021 Eastern District of Virginia 7 murder victims[e]
16 Dustin John Higgs 48 January 16, 2021 District of Maryland Tamika Black, Tanji Jackson, and Mishann Chinn

Demographics

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)
Gerald Ford (R) 0 0%
Jimmy Carter (D) 0 0%
Ronald Reagan (R) 0 0%
George H. W. Bush (R) 0 0%
Bill Clinton (D) 0 0%
George W. Bush (R) 3 19%
Barack Obama (D) 0 0%
Donald Trump (R) 13 81%
Joe Biden (D) 0 0%
Total 16 100%

Earlier non-military executions, 1900 to 1963

From 1790 to 1963, there were at least 332 Federal, 271 Territorial and 40 Indian Tribunal executions according to the most complete records.[3] The youngest person sentenced to death and subsequently executed was James Arcene, who was executed at the age of 23 on June 18, 1885, for his role in a robbery and murder committed when he was 10 years old.

Name Race Age Sex Date of execution Offense Location Method Victim(s) President
Allen Walkingshield Native American M October 24, 1902 Murder on an Indian reservation[f] Minnehaha County Jail, Sioux Falls, South Dakota Hanging Mrs Ghost-Faced Bear, Native American[4] Theodore Roosevelt
George Bear December 5, 1902 C Edward Tayloe and John Shaw[5]
Charles Barrett White July 17, 1903 Murder on an Indian reservation Federal Jail, McAlester, Oklahoma John Hennessey, elderly, white[6]
Dora Wright Black 31 F July 17, 1903 Bessie Williams, 7, black (stepdaughter)[6]
Rufus Binyon M September 22, 1905 Mary Hawthorne, 8, black[7]
Grant Williams November 3, 1905 Edward Dolan, white[8]
Henry Scott July 6, 1906 Murder on the high seas New Hanover County Jail, Wilmington, North Carolina Five people[9][g]
Robert Cotton September 4, 1906 Murder on an Indian reservation Federal Jail, Vinita, Oklahoma Female, black (wife)[10]
John Goodwin White 27 May 13, 1913 Murder on an Indian reservation[h] Gila County Jail, Gila County, Arizona Fred Kibbe and Alfred Hillpot, white[11] Woodrow Wilson
William Stewart 28 May 30, 1914
William Turner Black 50 June 24, 1921 Murder on federal property Henrico County Jail, Henrico County, Virginia T. Morgan Moore, white[12] Warren Harding
Henry Brown 19 September 1, 1921 Murder on federal property[i] Baltimore City Jail, Baltimore, Maryland Harriet M. Kavanaugh, white[13]
Sam Greenhill 36 October 9, 1925 Murder on federal property Lauderdale County Jail, Florence, Alabama Harry Sleeth White, 35, white (police officer)[14][15] Calvin Coolidge
George Sujynamie Native American 26 October 10, 1925 Murder on military reservation Fort Whipple, Prescott, Arizona Arthur Mark Cavell, 62, white[16]
James Alderman White 45 August 17, 1929 Murder on the high seas Coast Guard Base Six, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Victor A. Lamby and Sidney C. Sanderlin, 26, and 30, white (U.S. coastguardsmen)[j][17] Herbert Hoover
Carl Panzram 39 September 5, 1930 Murder United States Penitentiary (USP), Leavenworth, Kansas Robert George Warnke, 47, white (guard)[k]
George Barrett 49 March 24, 1936 Murder of a federal employee[l] Marion County Jail, Indiana Nelson B. Klein Sr., 37, white (FBI agent) Franklin D. Roosevelt
Arthur Gooch 27 June 19, 1936 Kidnapping[m] Oklahoma State Penitentiary, McAlester, Oklahoma R.N. Baker and H.R. Marks, white (police officers)
Earl Gardner Native American 29 July 12, 1936 Murder on an Indian reservation[n] Coolidge Dam, Gila County, Arizona Hanging[o] Alicia Gardner and Edward Gardner, 21 and 27 days, Native American (wife and son)[18][19]
Anthony Chebatoris White 40 July 8, 1938 Murder during a bank robbery Federal Correctional Institution (FCI), Milan, Michigan[p] Hanging Henry Porter, 50, white
Henry Seadlund 27 July 14, 1938 Kidnapping and murder Cook County Jail, Illinois Electrocution Charles Sherman Ross, 72, white[q][20]
Glenn Applegate 46 August 12, 1938 Murder of a federal employee United States Penitentiary (USP), Leavenworth, Kansas Hanging Wimberly W. Baker, 27, white (FBI agent)[21][22]
Robert Suhay 25
James Dalhover 32 November 18, 1938 Bank robbery and murder Indiana State Prison, Michigan City, Indiana Electrocution Paul Vincent Minneman, 33, white (state trooper)[23][24]
Nelson Charles Native American 38 November 10, 1939 Murder Federal Jail, Juneau, Alaska Hanging Cecelia Johnson, 58, Native American[25]
Herbert Hans Haupt White 22 August 8, 1942 Espionage and attempted sabotage as unlawful combatants for Nazi Germany[r] D.C. Jail, Washington, D.C. Electrocution N/A
Richard Quirin 35
Heinrich Heinck 34
Edward Kerling 33
Herman Neubauer 32
Werner Thiel 35
Clyde Arwood 41 August 14, 1943 Murder of a federal employee Tennessee State Prison, Nashville, Tennessee William Milton Pugh, 49, white (federal agent)[s]
Henry Ruhl 36 April 27, 1945 Murder on a government reservation Wyoming State Penitentiary, Rawlins, Wyoming Gas inhalation Matt Katmo, 44, white[26] Harry S. Truman
Austin Nelson Black 29 March 1, 1948 Murder Federal Jail, Juneau, Alaska Hanging Jim Ellen, 52, white[27]
David Joseph Watson 24 September 15, 1948 Murder on the high seas[t] Florida State Prison, near Raiford, Florida Electrocution Benjamin Leroy Hobbs, 19, black[28]
Samuel Richard Shockley White 39 December 3, 1948 Murder of a federal employee[u] California State Penitentiary, San Quentin, California Gas inhalation William A. Miller, 43, white (guard)
Miran Edgar Thompson 30
Carlos Romero Ochoa Hispanic 29 December 10, 1948 Murder of a federal employee Anthony L. Oneto, 30, white (immigration patrol officer)[29]
Eugene LaMoore Black 46 April 14, 1950 Murder Federal Jail, Juneau, Alaska Hanging Jim Ellen, 52, white[27]
Julius Rosenberg White 35 June 19, 1953 Espionage[v] New York State Prison, Sing Sing, Ossining, New York Electrocution N/A Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ethel Rosenberg 37 F
Carl Austin Hall 34 M December 18, 1953 Kidnapping and murder Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, Missouri Gas inhalation Bobby Greenlease, 6, white
Bonnie Emily Heady 41 F
Gerhard Puff 40 M August 12, 1954 Murder of a federal employee New York State Prison, Sing Sing, Ossining, New York Electrocution Joseph John Brock, 44, white (FBI agent)
Arthur Ross Brown 30 February 24, 1956 Kidnapping and murder Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, Missouri Gas inhalation Wilma Frances Allen, 34, white[30]
George Krull 36 August 21, 1957 Rape Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, Georgia Electrocution Sunie Jones, 52, white
Michael Krull 33
Victor Feguer 27 March 15, 1963 Kidnapping and murder Iowa State Penitentiary, Fort Madison, Iowa Hanging Dr. Edward Roy Bartels, 34, white John F. Kennedy

Military executions

Between 1942 and 1961, a total of 160 soldiers convicted of criminal offences were executed by the U.S. military, most of them during World War II.[31] This figure does not include individuals executed by the U.S. military for varied contraventions of the laws of war during wartime.[32][33][34] 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. On January 31, 1945, Private Eddie Slovik was the last American soldier to be executed for the military offence of desertion.[35][36][37]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ McVeigh was also responsible for the killing of 160 additional people and injuring over 680 others through the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
  2. ↑ The jury also found beyond a reasonable doubt that Garza was responsible for the murders of Antonio Nieto, Bernabe Sosa, Diana Flores Villareal, Oscar Cantu, and Fernando Escobar Garcia.
  3. ↑ Purkey was also responsible for the murder of Mary Ruth Bales.
  4. ↑ The 5 victims were: Greg Nicholson, Lori Ann Duncan, Kandace Duncan, Amber Duncan, and Terry DeGeus.
  5. ↑ The 7 victims were: Louis Johnson, Bobby Long, Anthony Carter, Dorothy Armstrong, Curtis Thorne, Linwood Chiles, and Peyton Johnson.
  6. ↑ Rosebud Indian Reservation
  7. ↑ Killed five crew members (4 white, 1 black) during a mutiny aboard the vessel the Harry Berwind.
  8. ↑ San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation
  9. ↑ U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis.
  10. ↑ Also murdered Secret Service agent Robert K. Webster (48, white).
  11. ↑ Serial killer, linked to 4 other murders and claimed to have murdered 21 people.
  12. ↑ First person to be executed under a law that made it a federal crime to kill a federal agent.
  13. ↑ Seriously injured one of the victims, making the kidnappings a capital offense.
  14. ↑ San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation.
  15. ↑ After Gardner's execution was botched. Congress passed a law stating that all federal executions would be carried out using the method used in the state. Previously, all federal executions had to be carried out by hanging on federal territory.
  16. ↑ The only person ever to be executed in Michigan since its admission to the Union.
  17. ↑ Also murdered his accomplice in the kidnapping, James Atwood Gray.
  18. ↑ Tried by a military tribunal for their roles in Operation Pastorius.
  19. ↑ Previously convicted of murdering a sheriff's deputy in Tennessee and served roughly 8 years in prison.
  20. ↑ Killed a fellow sailor on board the USS Stribling.
  21. ↑ Convicted for their roles in the Battle of Alcatraz.
  22. ↑ Convicted for spying on behalf of the Soviet Union and leaking American military secrets, including nuclear weapons designs.

References

  1. ↑ "BOP: Federal Executions". Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Executions Under the Federal Death Penalty". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "Died with Joke on His Lips". Dayton (Ohio) Herald. October 24, 1902. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  5. ↑ "George Bear Meets Death with Stoicism". The Black Hills (South Dakota) Union. December 12, 1902. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  6. 1 2 "First Death Sentences Ever Passed in Central District". The McAlester Capital. June 11, 1903. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Murderer Hanged - Rufus Binyon, Child Murderer, Pays Penalty of Crime Committed in May 1900". Faxon (OK) Weekly Star. September 29, 1905. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Williams to Hang - Jury Verdict in Murder Case Will Likely Bring Grant Williams to the Scaffold". The McAlester Capital. January 21, 1904. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Sailor to Hang - Convicted of Mutiny on the High Seas". Topeka (Kansas) Daily Herald. July 6, 1906. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Murderer Hangs - Robert Cotton, Wife Murderer, Executed in Federal Jail at Vinita Tuesday". The Tuttle Times. September 7, 1906. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Hanged by the U.S. Government". The Muscatine (Iowa) Journal. May 16, 1913. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Article clipped from Evening star". Evening star. June 24, 1921. p. 2. Retrieved October 8, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Slayer of Buffalo Nurse Pays Penalty". The Buffalo News. September 1, 1921. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Negro Slayer of Shoals Guard Hanged by Federal Government". Nashville Tennessean. October 10, 1925. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Police Officer Harry S. White". Officer Down Memorial Page. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  16. ↑ "Indian Slayer Jokes as He Goes to His Death". Sioux City (Iowa) Journal. October 11, 1925. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  17. ↑ "Alderman Dies Upon Gallows, Prayer on Lips". Miami (Florida) Daily News. August 17, 1929. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  18. ↑ O'Brien, Pat (July 13, 1936). "Armed Deputies on Guard at Coolidge Dam for Execution". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  19. ↑ Lofquist, Bill (March 5, 2021). "Earl Gardner". The Federal Death Penalty Project. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  20. ↑ "Seadlund Executed for Ross Killing". Richmond (Indiana) Item. July 14, 1938. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  21. ↑ "U.S. Government Hangs Two New York Gunmen in Kansas for Murder of an Officer". Muncie Evening Press. August 12, 1938. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  22. ↑ "Wimberly W. Baker". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  23. ↑ "Dalhover Dies for Slaying - 21 Witnesses See Gangster Walk to Chair". South Bend (Indiana) Tribune. November 18, 1938. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  24. ↑ "Trooper Paul Vincent Minneman". Officer Down Memorial Page. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  25. ↑ "Alaska to Hang Man, First Killer Since 1901". Camden (New Jersey) Courier-Post. November 8, 1939. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  26. ↑ "Goes to Death in Gas Chamber". The Billings Gazette. April 28, 1945. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  27. 1 2 "Nelson Hangs This Morning". Daily Sitka Sentinel. March 1, 1948. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  28. ↑ "Negro Slayer Was Executed at Raiford". Miami (Florida) Herald. September 16, 1948. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  29. ↑ "Anthony L. Oneto". U.S. Customs and Border Protection. October 24, 1940. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  30. ↑ "Dies in the Gas Chamber - Arthur Ross Brown, Kidnap-Slayer of Mrs. Wilma Allen Is Pronounced Dead Eleven Minutes After Midnight". Kansas City Times. February 24, 1956. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  31. ↑ Snell, Tracy L. (November 2023). "Capital Punishment, 2021 – Statistical Tables p. 26" (PDF). U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics.
  32. ↑ "German commandos captured in American uniform are prepared for execution, 1944 - Rare Historical Photos". January 27, 2017.
  33. ↑ "The Execution Of The Teenage Hitler Youth Spies". The Untold Past. March 26, 2023. Retrieved July 20, 2025.
  34. ↑ Dougherty, Kevin (August 25, 2004). "Memorial honors victims of WWII mob". Stars and Stripes. Retrieved July 20, 2025.
  35. ↑ Simmons, Zena (August 25, 1999). "The Execution of Pvt. Eddie Slovik". The Detroit News. Retrieved April 18, 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  36. ↑ "The Execution of Private Slovik". The Army Lawyer: A History of the Judge Advocate General's Corps, 1775-1975 (Reprint of the US Army ed.). Honolulu: University Press of the Pacific. 1993. ISBN 978-0-89941-845-2. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
  37. ↑ Glass, Charles (2013). Deserter : the last untold story of the Second World War. London: HarperPress. ISBN 978-0-00-734592-2. OCLC 818449638.
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