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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA EXECUTIONS
# NAME AGE RACE SEX OCCUPATION CRIME METHOD DATE MTPL COUNTY
1 WOODWARD, DANIEL   WHITE MALE ? MURDER HANGING SEP 2 1853   WASHINGTON DC
2 POWERS, JAMES 19 WHITE MALE ? MURDER HANGING JUN 26 1858   WASHINGTON DC
3 LANAHAM, MICHAEL   WHITE MALE ? MURDER HANGING JAN 6 1862   WASHINGTON DC
4 HENDRICKS, JEREMIAH   BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING APR 1 1864   WASHINGTON DC
5 GORDON, PETER   ? MALE ? MURDER HANGING JUL 8 1864 1 WASHINGTON DC
6 POLLARD, EMANUEL   ? MALE ? MURDER HANGING JUL 8 1864 2 WASHINGTON DC
7 TUELL, CORNELIUS   WHITE MALE ? MURDER HANGING JUL 8 1864 3 WASHINGTON DC
8 ATZERODT, GEORGE   WHITE MALE CARRIAGE MAKER ACCESSORY TO MUR HANGING JUL 7 1865 1 WASHINGTON DC
9 HERROLD, DAVID   WHITE MALE PHARMACY CLERK ACCESSORY TO MUR HANGING JUL 7 1865 2 WASHINGTON DC
10 PAINE, LEWIS   WHITE MALE ? ACCESSORY TO MUR HANGING JUL 7 1865 3 WASHINGTON DC
11 SURRATT, MARY   WHITE FEMALE LANDLADY ACCESSORY TO MUR HANGING JUL 7 1865 4 WASHINGTON DC
12 WIRZ, HENRY   WHITE MALE PHYSICIAN ? HANGING NOV 10 1865   WASHINGTON DC
13 GRADY, JAMES   WHITE MALE ? MURDER HANGING MAR 24 1871   WASHINGTON DC
14 JENKINS, GEORGE   BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING JAN 31 1872   WASHINGTON DC
15 WOOD, BARNEY   WHITE MALE ? MURDER HANGING DEC 6 1872   WASHINGTON DC
16 JOHNSON, CHARLES   BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING DEC 10 1872   WASHINGTON DC
17 WRIGHT, THOMAS   BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING JUN 6 1873   WASHINGTON DC
18 YOUNG, HENRY   BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING NOV 28 1873   WASHINGTON DC
19 STONE, JAMES 35 BLACK MALE RESTAURANT OWNER MURDER HANGING APR 2 1880   WASHINGTON DC
20 QUEENAN, EDWARD   BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING NOV 19 1880 1 WASHINGTON DC
21 BEDFORD, JOSEPH   BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING NOV 19 1880 2 WASHINGTON DC
22 GUITEAU, CHARLES 38 WHITE MALE LAWYER MURDER HANGING JUN 30 1882   WASHINGTON DC
23 SHAW, CHARLES   BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING JAN 19 1883   WASHINGTON DC
24 LANGSTER, JOHN   BLACK MALE CONVICT MURDER HANGING MAY 15 1885   WASHINGTON DC
25 SOMMERFIELD, LOUIS 54 WHITE MALE ? MURDER HANGING APR 30 1886 1 WASHINGTON DC
26 LEE, RICHARD   BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING APR 30 1886 2 WASHINGTON DC
27 NARDELLO, ANTONIO 22 WHITE MALE LABORER MURDER-ROBBERY HANGING MAY 28 1886   WASHINGTON DC
28 GREEN, ALBERT   BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING APR 5 1889   WASHINGTON DC
29 COLBERT, NELSON   BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING MAY 17 1889   WASHINGTON DC
30 HAWKINS, BENJAMIN 29 BLACK MALE LABORER MURDER HANGING MAY 29 1890   WASHINGTON DC
31 SCHNEIDER, HOWARD   WHITE MALE ? MURDER HANGING MAR 17 1893   WASHINGTON DC
32 CRUMPTON, THOMAS   BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING APR 27 1894   WASHINGTON DC
33 TRAVERS, JAMES   BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING JUL 19 1895   WASHINGTON DC
34 BEAM, JOSEPH   WHITE MALE ? MURDER HANGING JUL 26 1895   WASHINGTON DC
35 HARRIS, JOHN   BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING FEB 14 1896   WASHINGTON DC
36 FORD, IRVIN   BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING JUN 26 1896   WASHINGTON DC
37 WINSTON, CHARLES 24 BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING MAY 5 1899 1 WASHINGTON DC
38 STRATHERS, WILLIAM 25 BLACK MALE NEWSBOY MURDER HANGING MAY 5 1899 2 WASHINGTON DC
39 SMITH, EDWARD 47 BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING MAY 12 1899   WASHINGTON DC
40 HORTON, GEORGE 50 WHITE MALE POLICEMAN MURDER HANGING DEC 8 1899   WASHINGTON DC
41 SNELL, BENJAMIN 42 WHITE MALE GOVERNMENT CLERK MURDER HANGING JUN 29 1900   WASHINGTON DC
42 VALE, NELSON 59 BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING JUL 6 1900   WASHINGTON DC
43 FUNK, FRANK 25 WHITE MALE ? MURDER HANGING NOV 9 1900   WASHINGTON DC
44 CHAPMAN, ELIJAH 33 BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING MAY 23 1902   WASHINGTON DC
45 ST, CLAIR, JOHN 26 BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING JAN 30 1903   WASHINGTON DC
46 HILL, BENJAMIN 52 WHITE MALE ? MURDER HANGING JUL 24 1903   WASHINGTON DC
47 BURLEY, JOHN 43 BLACK MALE ? RAPE HANGING AUG 26 1904   WASHINGTON DC
48 SHAFFER, AUGUSTUS 39 WHITE MALE GOVT EMPLOYEE MURDER HANGING FEB 10 1905   WASHINGTON DC
49 HAMILTON, WILLIAM 27 BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING FEB 2 1906   WASHINGTON DC
50 GRANT, EDWARD 21 BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING NOV 16 1906   WASHINGTON DC
51 BURGE, WILLIAM 23 BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING APR 23 1907   WASHINGTON DC
52 PAOLUCCI, , JOSEPH 31 WHITE MALE ? MURDER HANGING MAR 23 1908   WASHINGTON DC
53 BROWN, ALBERT 23 BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING JUN 29 1908 1 WASHINGTON DC
54 GREGORY, RICHARD 37 BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING JUN 29 1908 2 WASHINGTON DC
55 RAUEN, SAMEUL 25 WHITE MALE ? MURDER HANGING FEB 14 1913   WASHINGTON DC
56 GREEN, NATHANIEL 23 BLACK MALE ? RAPE HANGING JUN 9 1913   WASHINGTON DC
57 ALLEN, JAMES 36 BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING SEP 12 1917   WASHINGTON DC
58 JACKSON, JAMES 27 BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING MAR 2 1920   WASHINGTON DC
59 BOWMAN, FRANK 39 BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING JAN 27 1920   WASHINGTON DC
60 CAMPBELL, WILLIAM 22 BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING MAR 11 1921   WASHINGTON DC
61 MCHENRY, JOHN 19 WHITE MALE ? MURDER HANGING MAR 17 1922   WASHINGTON DC
62 SHANDS, EARNEST 29 BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING MAR 9 1923   WASHINGTON DC
63 BANTON, GEORGE 20 BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING APR 20 1923   WASHINGTON DC
64 PRICE, CHARLES 32 BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING MAY 3 1923   WASHINGTON DC
65 EPPS, GEORGE 31 BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING MAY 24 1923   WASHINGTON DC
66 GORDON, RUFUS 37 BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING JUN 23 1923   WASHINGTON DC
67 THOMAS, RALPH 40 BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING JAN 15 1925   WASHINGTON DC
68 COPELAND, HERBERT 50 BLACK MALE ? MURDER HANGING JAN 22 1925   WASHINGTON DC
69 JACKSON, PHILIP 30 BLACK MALE ? RAPE ELECTROCUTION MAY 29 1928   WASHINGTON DC
70 PROCTOR, JOHN 20 WHITE MALE ? MURDER ELECTROCUTION JUN 22 1928 1 WASHINGTON DC
71 MARENO, SAMUEL 21 WHITE MALE ? MURDER ELECTROCUTION JUN 22 1928 2 WASHINGTON DC
72 EAGLES, NICHOLAS 34 WHITE MALE ? MURDER ELECTROCUTION JUN 22 1928 3 WASHINGTON DC
73 HAWKINS, ANDREW 31 BLACK MALE ? MURDER ELECTROCUTION JUN 5 1930   WASHINGTON DC
74 BELL, CARDOZA 24 BLACK MALE ? MURDER ELECTROCUTION MAR 6 1931   WASHINGTON DC
75 ALDRIDGE, ALFRED 21 BLACK MALE ? MURDER ELECTROCUTION MAY 6 1932   WASHINGTON DC
76 BORUM, JOHN 26 BLACK MALE ? MURDER ELECTROCUTION JUN 29 1932 1 WASHINGTON DC
77 LOGAN, JOHN 24 BLACK MALE ? MURDER ELECTROCUTION JUN 29 1932 2 WASHINGTON DC
78 MORRIS, CHARLES 33 BLACK MALE ? ? ELECTROCUTION DEC 3 1932   WASHINGTON DC
79 ROBINSON, WILLIAM 20 BLACK MALE ? MURDER-ROBBERY ELECTROCUTION JAN 27 1933   WASHINGTON DC
80 WASHINGTON, CHARLES 23 BLACK MALE ? MURDER-ROBBERY ELECTROCUTION NOV 24 1933   WASHINGTON DC
81 MONTAGUE, BENJAMIN 29 BLACK MALE ? MURDER ELECTROCUTION DEC 1 1933   WASHINGTON DC
82 HOLMES, RALPH 25 BLACK MALE ? MURDER ELECTROCUTION JAN 12 1934 1 WASHINGTON DC
83 JACKSON, JOSEPH 20 BLACK MALE ? MURDER ELECTROCUTION JAN 12 1934 2 WASHINGTON DC
84 MURRY, , IRVIN 26 BLACK MALE ? MURDER ELECTROCUTION JAN 12 1934 3 WASHINGTON DC
85 BOLDEN, ERNEST 25 BLACK MALE ? MURDER ELECTROCUTION APR 27 1934   WASHINGTON DC
86 GOODMAN, JOE 38 BLACK MALE ? MURDER ELECTROCUTION JUN 1 1934 1 WASHINGTON DC
87 PITMOND, GEORGE 34 BLACK MALE ? MURDER ELECTROCUTION JUN 1 1934 2 WASHINGTON DC
88 PRESTON, ALBERT 38 BLACK MALE ? MURDER ELECTROCUTION MAR 20 1936   WASHINGTON DC
89 MARCUS, WILLETT 21 BLACK MALE ? MURDER ELECTROCUTION APR 23 1937 1 WASHINGTON DC
90 CUMMINGS, JOHN 27 BLACK MALE ? MURDER ELECTROCUTION APR 23 1937 2 WASHINGTON DC
91 ROBINSON, NORMAN 29 BLACK MALE ? MURDER ELECTROCUTION MAR 18 1938   WASHINGTON DC
92 KINARD, WILL 39 BLACK MALE ? MURDER ELECTROCUTION FEB 3 1939   WASHINGTON DC
93 HAUPT, HERBERT 22 WHITE MALE ? SPYING-ESPIONAGE ELECTROCUTION AUG 8 1942 1 WASHINGTON DC
94 HEINCK, HEINRICH 35 WHITE MALE RESTAURANT WORKR SPYING-ESPIONAGE ELECTROCUTION AUG 8 1942 2 WASHINGTON DC
95 KEILING, EDWARD 33 WHITE MALE BUTLER SPYING-ESPIONAGE ELECTROCUTION AUG 8 1942 3 WASHINGTON DC
96 NEUBAUER, HERMAN   WHITE MALE SEAMAN SPYING-ESPIONAGE ELECTROCUTION AUG 8 1942 4 WASHINGTON DC
97 QUIRIN, RICHARD 34 WHITE MALE MECHANIC SPYING-ESPIONAGE ELECTROCUTION AUG 8 1942 5 WASHINGTON DC
98 THIEL, WERNER 35 WHITE MALE TOOL WORKER SPYING-ESPIONAGE ELECTROCUTION AUG 8 1942 6 WASHINGTON DC
99 ROBINSON, WILLIAM 36 BLACK MALE ? RAPE ELECTROCUTION JAN 9 1942   WASHINGTON DC
100 MUMFORD, WILLIAM 22 BLACK MALE ? MURDER ELECTROCUTION DEC 18 1942   WASHINGTON DC
101 CATOE, JARVIS 36 BLACK MALE TAXI DRIVER MURDER-RAPE ELECTROCUTION JAN 15 1943   WASHINGTON DC
102 NEELY, MONROE 37 BLACK MALE ? MURDER ELECTROCUTION DEC 14 1945   WASHINGTON DC
103 MCFARLAND, EARL 25 WHITE MALE MARINE MURDER-RAPE ELECTROCUTION JUL 19 1946   WASHINGTON DC
104 MEDLEY, JOSEPH 45 WHITE MALE ESCAPED CONVICT MURDER-ROBBERY ELECTROCUTION DEC 20 1946 1 WASHINGTON DC
105 FISHER, JULIUS 34 BLACK MALE JANITOR MURDER ELECTROCUTION DEC 20 1946 2 WASHINGTON DC
106 COPELAND, WILLIAM 38 BLACK MALE ? MURDER ELECTROCUTION DEC 20 1946 3 WASHINGTON DC
107 HAWKINS, ALFRED 24 BLACK MALE ? MURDER ELECTROCUTION JAN 31 1947   WASHINGTON DC
108 WHEELER, REGINALD 28 BLACK MALE ? MURDER ELECTROCUTION DEC 10 1948 1 WASHINGTON DC
109 PATTON, JESSE 23 BLACK MALE ? MURDER ELECTROCUTION DEC 10 1948 2 WASHINGTON DC
110 HARRIS, SHIRLEY 25 BLACK MALE ? MURDER ELECTROCUTION JAN 14 1949   WASHINGTON DC
111 HALL, JOHN 35 BLACK MALE ? RAPE ELECTROCUTION FEB 25 1949   WASHINGTON DC
112 HOLMES, THEODORE 22 BLACK MALE ? RAPE ELECTROCUTION MAR 15 1949   WASHINGTON DC
113 GARNER, LAWRENCE 24 BLACK MALE ? MURDER ELECTROCUTION JUL 29 1949 1 WASHINGTON DC
114 GARNER, GEORGE 26 BLACK MALE ? MURDER ELECTROCUTION JUL 29 1949 2 WASHINGTON DC
115 PRITCHERTT, FRED 41 WHITE MALE TRANSIT EMPLOYEE MURDER ELECTROCUTION FEB 15 1952   WASHINGTON DC
116 TYLER, WILLIAM, JR 20 BLACK MALE ? MURDER ELECTROCUTION JUL 25 1952   WASHINGTON DC
117 ALLEN, ALBERT 25 BLACK MALE ? MURDER-ROBBERY ELECTROCUTION MAR 20 1953   WASHINGTON DC
118 CARTER, ROBERT 28 BLACK MALE ? MURDER ELECTROCUTION APR 26 1957   WASHINGTON DC

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