Federal Executions 1927-1963
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|
Name |
Method of Execution |
Race |
Offense |
Age |
Date of Execution |
Place of Execution |
|
Aldermon, James |
Hanging |
U |
Murder |
U |
08/17/27 |
Broward County Jail Ft. Lauderdale, Florida |
|
Panzaran, Carl |
Hanging |
W |
Murder of Laundry Foreman |
36 |
09/05/30 |
USP Leavenworth, Kansas |
|
Barrett, George |
Electrocution |
W |
Murder of N.B. Klein, FBI Man |
U |
03/24/36 |
Marion County Jail, Indiana |
|
Gooch, Arthur |
Hanging |
W |
Kidnapping |
27 |
06/19/36 |
Oklahoma State Prison McAlesner, Oklahoma |
|
Gardner, Earl |
Hanging |
I |
Murder (Wife and Infant Son) |
30 |
07/12/36 |
Gila County Jail, Arizona |
|
Chebatoris, Anthony |
Hanging |
W |
National Bank Robbery (Killed) |
39 |
07/08/38 |
FCI Milan, Michigan |
|
Seadlund, Henry |
Hanging |
W |
Kidnapping (Chas. Ross) |
27 |
07/14/38 |
Cook County Jail, Illinois |
|
Suhay, Robert |
Hanging |
W |
Murder (Agent Baker) |
25 |
08/12/38 |
USP Leavenworth, Kansas |
|
Applegate, Glenn |
Hanging |
W |
Murder (Agent Baker) |
34 |
08/12/38 |
USP Leavenworth, Kansas |
|
Dalhover, James |
Electrocution |
W |
Bank Robbery and Murder (Brady Gang) |
32 |
11/18/38 |
Indiana State Penitentiary, Michigan City, Indiana |
|
Charles, Nelson |
Hanging |
I |
Murder (Mother-in-Law) |
37 |
11/10/39 |
Federal Jail Juneau, Alaska |
|
Haupt, Herbert 1 |
Electrocution |
W |
Sabotage |
22 |
08/08/42 |
D.C. Jail |
|
Heinck, Heinrichı |
Electrocution |
W |
Sabotage |
U |
08/08/42 |
D.C. Jail |
|
Keiling, Edwardı |
Electrocution |
W |
Sabotage |
U |
08/08/42 |
D.C. Jail |
|
Neubauer, Hermanı |
Electrocution |
W |
Sabotage |
U |
08/08/42 |
D.C. Jail |
|
Quirin, Richardı |
Electrocution |
W |
Sabotage |
U |
08/08/42 |
D.C. Jail |
|
Thiel, Wernerı |
Electrocution |
W |
Sabotage |
U |
08/08/42 |
D.C. Jail |
|
Arwood, Clyde |
Electrocution |
W |
Murder of a Federal Employee |
24 |
08/14/43 |
Tennessee State Penitentiary Nashville, Tennessee |
|
Ruhl, Henry |
Gas Chamber |
W |
Murder on a Government Reservation |
36 |
04/27/45 |
Wyoming State Penitentiary Rawling, Wyoming |
|
Nelson, Austin |
Hanging |
B |
First Degree Murder of a Merchant |
28 |
03/01/48 |
Juneau U.S. Jail Juneau, Alaska |
|
Watson, David Joseph |
Electrocution |
B |
Murder on the High Seas |
23 |
09/15/48 |
State Prison Raiford, Florida |
|
Shockley, Samuel Richard |
Gas Chamber |
W |
Murder |
36 |
12/03/48 |
State Penitentiary San Quentin, California |
|
Thompson, Meran Edgar |
Gas Chamber |
W |
Murder First Degree |
31 |
12/03/48 |
State Penitentiary San Quentin, California |
|
Ochoa, Carlos Romero |
Gas Chamber |
W |
Murder |
27 |
12/10/48 |
State Penitentiary San Quentin, California |
|
Lamoore, Eugene |
Hanging |
B |
First Degree Murder of a Merchant |
U |
04/14/50 |
Juneau U.S. Jail Alaska |
|
Rosenberg, Julius |
Electrocution |
W |
Espionage |
35 |
06/19/53 |
Sing Sing Prison New York |
|
Rosenberg, Ethel (Female) |
Electrocution |
W |
Espionage |
37 |
06/19/53 |
Sing Sing Prison New York |
|
Hall, Carl Austin |
Gas Chamber |
W |
Kidnapping and Murder |
34 |
12/18/53 |
Missouri State Penitentiary Jefferson City, Missouri |
|
Heady, Bonnie Brown |
Gas Chamber |
W |
Murder |
41 |
12/18/53 |
Missouri State Penitentiary Jefferson City, Missouri |
|
Puff, Gerhard A. |
Electrocution |
W |
Murder of an FBI Agent |
39 |
08/12/54 |
Sing Sing Prison New York |
|
Brown, Arthur Ross |
Gas Chamber |
W |
Kidnapping (Victim Nor Released Unharmed) |
30 |
02/24/56 |
Missouri State Penitentiary Jefferson City, Missouri |
|
Krull, George |
Electrocution |
W |
Rape |
34 |
08/21/57 |
Georgia State Prison Reidsville, Georgia |
|
Krull, Michael |
Electrocution |
W |
Rape |
32 |
08/21/57 |
Georgia State Prison Reidsville, Georgia |
|
Feguer, Victor |
Hanging |
W |
Kidnapping |
28 |
03/15/63 |
Iowa State Penitentiary Fort Madison, Iowa |
1 Tried by a military commission appointed by president Roosevelt on July 8, 1942
