SettingsPeople executed by the United States federal government
Albert W. Hicks
Albert W. Hicks (c. 1820 – July 13, 1860), also known as William Johnson, John Hicks and 'Pirate Hicks', was the name of the last person executed for piracy in the United States (though the exec...
Albert W. Hicks (c. 1820 – July 13, 1860), also known as William Johnson, John Hicks and 'Pirate Hicks', was the name of the last person executed for piracy in the United States (though the exec...
Arthur Gooch (criminal)
Arthur Gooch (died June 19, 1936) was an American criminal, who is notable for being the only person ever be executed under the federal Lindbergh kidnapping law.
Arthur Gooch (died June 19, 1936) was an American criminal, who is notable for being the only person ever be executed under the federal Lindbergh kidnapping law.
Capital punishment by the United States federal government
This is a list of individuals executed by the United States.
This is a list of individuals executed by the United States.
Charles Gibbs
Charles Gibbs (November 5, 1798 – April 22, 1831) was an American pirate (real name James D. Jeffers) who was one of the last active in the Caribbean during the early-19th century and was ...
Charles Gibbs (November 5, 1798 – April 22, 1831) was an American pirate (real name James D. Jeffers) who was one of the last active in the Caribbean during the early-19th century and was ...
Charles J. Guiteau
Charles Julius Guiteau (September 8, 1841 – June 30, 1882) was an American lawyer who assassinated U.S. President James A. Garfield.
Charles Julius Guiteau (September 8, 1841 – June 30, 1882) was an American lawyer who assassinated U.S. President James A. Garfield.
Clyde Arwood
Clyde Arwood was the only person ever executed by the United States Federal Government in Tennessee.
Clyde Arwood was the only person ever executed by the United States Federal Government in Tennessee.
Crawford Goldsby
Crawford Goldsby (February 8, 1876 – March 17, 1896) was a 19th-century American outlaw, known by the alias Cherokee Bill.
Crawford Goldsby (February 8, 1876 – March 17, 1896) was a 19th-century American outlaw, known by the alias Cherokee Bill.
David Herold
David Edgar Herold was an accomplice of John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
David Edgar Herold was an accomplice of John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
David Joseph Watson
David Joseph Watson (died September 15, 1948) was a 23-year old African American, executed by the United States Federal Government in Florida for a murder committed on the High Seas (a federal o...
David Joseph Watson (died September 15, 1948) was a 23-year old African American, executed by the United States Federal Government in Florida for a murder committed on the High Seas (a federal o...
Ethel Rosenberg
Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg (September 28, 1915 – June 19, 1953) and Julius Rosenberg (May 12, 1918 – June 19, 1953) were American communists who were executed in 1953 for conspiracy to com...
Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg (September 28, 1915 – June 19, 1953) and Julius Rosenberg (May 12, 1918 – June 19, 1953) were American communists who were executed in 1953 for conspiracy to com...
George and Michael Krull
George Krull (c.1923–1957) and Michael Krull (c.1925–1957) were brothers from Pennsylvania, executed by the United States Federal Government on August 21, 1957.
George Krull (c.1923–1957) and Michael Krull (c.1925–1957) were brothers from Pennsylvania, executed by the United States Federal Government on August 21, 1957.
George Atzerodt
George Andreas Atzerodt was a conspirator, with John Wilkes Booth, in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
George Andreas Atzerodt was a conspirator, with John Wilkes Booth, in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Gerhard Puff
Gerhard Arthur Puff was an American Mafia, executed by the federal authorities in New York for killing a federal agent.
Gerhard Arthur Puff was an American Mafia, executed by the federal authorities in New York for killing a federal agent.
Henry Ruhl
Henry Ruhl (died April 27, 1945) was the only person executed in Wyoming by the United States Federal Government.
Henry Ruhl (died April 27, 1945) was the only person executed in Wyoming by the United States Federal Government.
Henry Seadlund
Henry Seadlund (died July 14, 1938) was a 27-year old woodsman, executed by the United States Federal Government in Illinois for kidnapping.
Henry Seadlund (died July 14, 1938) was a 27-year old woodsman, executed by the United States Federal Government in Illinois for kidnapping.
Jack McCall
Julius "Jack" McCall, known by the nickname "Crooked Nose Jack or Broken Nose Jack, was the killer of James "Wild Bill" Hickok, shooting him from behind, an act that among admirers o...
Julius "Jack" McCall, known by the nickname "Crooked Nose Jack or Broken Nose Jack, was the killer of James "Wild Bill" Hickok, shooting him from behind, an act that among admirers o...
James Alderman
James Horace Alderman (in some sources Aldermon) (died August 17, 1929) was an alcohol smuggler during the prohibition era in the United States, and was known as the King of the Rum Runn...
James Horace Alderman (in some sources Aldermon) (died August 17, 1929) was an alcohol smuggler during the prohibition era in the United States, and was known as the King of the Rum Runn...
James Arcene
James Arcene was the youngest child sentenced to death, who was subsequently executed for his crime, in the United States.
James Arcene was the youngest child sentenced to death, who was subsequently executed for his crime, in the United States.
John D. Lee
John Doyle Lee (September 12, 1812 – March 23, 1877) was a prominent early Latter-day Saint (LDS or Mormon) who was executed for his role in the Mountain Meadows massacre.
John Doyle Lee (September 12, 1812 – March 23, 1877) was a prominent early Latter-day Saint (LDS or Mormon) who was executed for his role in the Mountain Meadows massacre.
Juan Garza
Juan Raul Garza (c. 1957 – June 19, 2001) was an American murderer and drug trafficker who was executed for a federal crime.
Juan Raul Garza (c. 1957 – June 19, 2001) was an American murderer and drug trafficker who was executed for a federal crime.
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg and Julius Rosenberg were American communists who were convicted and executed on June 19, 1953 for conspiracy to commit espionage during a time of war.
Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg and Julius Rosenberg were American communists who were convicted and executed on June 19, 1953 for conspiracy to commit espionage during a time of war.
Julius Rosenberg
Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg (September 28, 1915 – June 19, 1953) and Julius Rosenberg (May 12, 1918 – June 19, 1953) were American communists who were executed in 1953 for conspiracy to com...
Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg (September 28, 1915 – June 19, 1953) and Julius Rosenberg (May 12, 1918 – June 19, 1953) were American communists who were executed in 1953 for conspiracy to com...
Lewis Powell (assassin)
Lewis Thornton Powell (April 22, 1844 – July 7, 1865), also known as Lewis Paine or Payne, attempted unsuccessfully to assassinate United States Secretary of State William H. S...
Lewis Thornton Powell (April 22, 1844 – July 7, 1865), also known as Lewis Paine or Payne, attempted unsuccessfully to assassinate United States Secretary of State William H. S...
Lewis Powell (conspirator)
Lewis Thornton Powell, also known as Lewis Paine or Payne, attempted unsuccessfully to assassinate United States Secretary of State William H. Seward, and was one of four people hang...
Lewis Thornton Powell, also known as Lewis Paine or Payne, attempted unsuccessfully to assassinate United States Secretary of State William H. Seward, and was one of four people hang...
Mary Surratt
Mary Elizabeth Jenkins Surratt (May 1823 – July 7, 1865) was an American boarding house owner who was convicted of taking part in the conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln.
Mary Elizabeth Jenkins Surratt (May 1823 – July 7, 1865) was an American boarding house owner who was convicted of taking part in the conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln.
Miran Edgar Thompson
Miran Edgar Thompson (December 16, 1917 – December 3, 1948) was an inmate of Alcatraz whose participation in an attempted escape on May 2, 1946 led to his execution in the gas chamber of S...
Miran Edgar Thompson (December 16, 1917 – December 3, 1948) was an inmate of Alcatraz whose participation in an attempted escape on May 2, 1946 led to his execution in the gas chamber of S...
Nathaniel Gordon
Nathaniel Gordonwell was the only American slave trader to be tried, convicted, and executed "for being engaged in the Slave Trade" in accordance with the Piracy Law of 1820.
Nathaniel Gordonwell was the only American slave trader to be tried, convicted, and executed "for being engaged in the Slave Trade" in accordance with the Piracy Law of 1820.
Sam Shockley
Richard Sam Shockley Jr. (January 12, 1909 – December 3, 1948) was an inmate at Alcatraz prison who participated in the Battle of Alcatraz in 1946.
Richard Sam Shockley Jr. (January 12, 1909 – December 3, 1948) was an inmate at Alcatraz prison who participated in the Battle of Alcatraz in 1946.
Timothy McVeigh
Timothy James McVeigh was a United States Army veteran and security guard who detonated a truck bomb in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995.
Timothy James McVeigh was a United States Army veteran and security guard who detonated a truck bomb in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995.
Tom Ketchum
Thomas Everard Ketchum (October 31, 1863 – April 26, 1901), known as Black Jack, was a cowboy who later turned to a life of crime.
Thomas Everard Ketchum (October 31, 1863 – April 26, 1901), known as Black Jack, was a cowboy who later turned to a life of crime.
Tony Chebatoris
Anthony Chebatoris (1898 – July 8, 1938), was the only person executed for a capital crime in Michigan since it became a state in 1837.
Anthony Chebatoris (1898 – July 8, 1938), was the only person executed for a capital crime in Michigan since it became a state in 1837.
Victor Feguer
Victor Harry Feguer (1935 – March 15, 1963) was a convicted murderer and the last federal inmate executed in the United States before the moratorium on the death penalty following Furman ...
Victor Harry Feguer (1935 – March 15, 1963) was a convicted murderer and the last federal inmate executed in the United States before the moratorium on the death penalty following Furman ...