# 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 1976, sixteen 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.
| No. | Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | Method | Victim(s) | President |
| 1 | Timothy James McVeigh | White | 33 | M | June 11, 2001 | Lethal injection | 8 federal law enforcement officers | George W. Bush |
| 2 | Juan Raul Garza | Hispanic | 44 | M | June 19, 2001 | Lethal injection | Thomas Albert Rumbo, Gilberto Matos, and Erasmo De La Fuente | George W. Bush |
| 3 | Louis Jones Jr. | Black | 53 | M | March 18, 2003 | Lethal injection | U.S. Army Private Tracie Joy McBride | George W. Bush |
| 4 | Daniel Lewis Lee | White | 47 | M | July 14, 2020 | Lethal injection | William Frederick Mueller, Nancy Ann Mueller, and Sarah Elizabeth Powell | Donald Trump |
| 5 | Wesley Ira Purkey | White | 68 | M | July 16, 2020 | Lethal injection | Jennifer Long | Donald Trump |
| 6 | Dustin Lee Honken | White | 52 | M | July 17, 2020 | Lethal injection | 5 murder victims | Donald Trump |
| 7 | Lezmond Charles Mitchell | Native American | 38 | M | August 26, 2020 | Lethal injection | Alyce Slim and Tiffany Lee | Donald Trump |
| 8 | Keith Dwayne Nelson | White | 45 | M | August 28, 2020 | Lethal injection | Pamela Butler | Donald Trump |
| 9 | William Emmett LeCroy Jr. | White | 50 | M | September 22, 2020 | Lethal injection | Joann Lee Tiesler | Donald Trump |
| 10 | Christopher Andre Vialva | Black | 40 | M | September 24, 2020 | Lethal injection | Todd Bagley and Stacie Bagley | Donald Trump |
| 11 | Orlando Cordia Hall | Black | 49 | M | November 19, 2020 | Lethal injection | Lisa Rene | Donald Trump |
| 12 | Brandon Anthony Micah Bernard | Black | 40 | M | December 10, 2020 | Lethal injection | Todd Bagley and Stacie Bagley | Donald Trump |
| 13 | Alfred Bourgeois | Black | 56 | M | December 11, 2020 | Lethal injection | Jakaren Harrison | Donald Trump |
| 14 | Lisa Marie Montgomery | White | 52 | F | January 13, 2021 | Lethal injection | Bobbie Jo Stinnett | Donald Trump |
| 15 | Corey Johnson | Black | 52 | M | January 14, 2021 | Lethal injection | 7 murder victims | Donald Trump |
| 16 | Dustin John Higgs | Black | 48 | M | January 16, 2021 | Lethal injection | Tamika Black, Tanji Jackson, and Mishann Chinn | Donald Trump |

### 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 332 Federal, 271 Territorial and 40 Indian Tribunal executions according to the most complete records. The youngest person executed was 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.
| Name | Method | Offense | Date of execution | Location | Note | President |
| Allen Walkingshield | Hanging | Murder on an Indian reservation | October 24, 1902 | Minnehaha County Jail, Sioux Falls, South Dakota | Killed a woman on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. | Theodore Roosevelt |
| George Bear | Hanging | Murder on an Indian reservation | December 5, 1902 | Minnehaha County Jail, Sioux Falls, South Dakota | Killed two men on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Charles Barrett | Hanging | Murder on an Indian reservation | July 17, 1903 | Federal Jail, McAlester, Oklahoma | Convicted of robbing and killing an elderly man on Indian territory near Calvin, Oklahoma. | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Dora Wright | Hanging | Murder on an Indian reservation | July 17, 1903 | Federal Jail, McAlester, Oklahoma | Convicted of beating, torturing and mutilating her young stepdaughter, Bessie Williams at their home in Moshulatubbee District located near Wilburton, Oklahoma. | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Rufus Binyon | Hanging | Murder on an Indian reservation | September 22, 1905 | Federal Jail, Ardmore, Oklahoma | Convicted of raping and murdering an eight year old orphan girl in his care at his home in May, 1900 on Indian territory. | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Grant Williams | Hanging | Murder on an Indian reservation | November 3, 1905 | Federal Jail, McAlester, Oklahoma | Convicted of murdering railroad paymaster in dispute over paycheck on October 19, 1904 near Ardmore, Oklahoma. | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Harry Scott | Hanging | Murder on the high seas | July 6, 1906 | New Hanover County Jail, Wilmington, North Carolina | Killed five crew members during a mutiny aboard the vessel the Harry Berwind. | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Robert Cotton | Hanging | Murder on an Indian reservation | September 4, 1906 | Federal Jail, Vinita, Oklahoma | Convicted of fatally stabbing his wife at their home in Vian, Oklahoma on August 6, 1905. | Theodore Roosevelt |
| John Goodwin | Hanging | Murder on an Indian reservation | May 13, 1913 | Gila County Jail, Gila County, Arizona | Killed two merchants on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. | Woodrow Wilson |
| William Stewart | Hanging | Murder on an Indian reservation | May 30, 1914 | Gila County Jail, Gila County, Arizona | Killed two merchants on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. | Woodrow Wilson |
| Henry Brown | Hanging | Murder on federal property | September 1, 1921 | Baltimore City Jail, Baltimore, Maryland | Killed a nurse at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. | Warren Harding |
| Sam Greenhill | Hanging | Murder on federal property | October 9, 1925 | Lauderdale County Jail, Florence, Alabama | Killed a War Department police officer who had apprehended him poaching near the Nitrate Plant No. 1 at the federal reservation in Muscle Shoals. | Calvin Coolidge |
| George Sujyanmie | Hanging | Murder on military reservation | October 10, 1925 | Fort Whipple, Prescott, Arizona | Killed a man on the grounds of Fort Whipple, Arizona. | Calvin Coolidge |
| James Alderman | Hanging | Murder on the high seas | August 17, 1929 | Coast Guard Base Six, Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Killed two U.S. coastguardsmen and a Secret Service agent. | Herbert Hoover |
| Carl Panzram | Hanging | Murder | September 5, 1930 | United States Penitentiary (USP), Leavenworth, Kansas | Killed a federal prison employee. Linked to 4 other murders; claimed to have killed 22 people. | Herbert Hoover |
| George Barrett | Hanging | Murder of a federal officer | March 24, 1936 | Marion County Jail, Indiana | The first person to be executed under a law 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 | The only person executed under the Federal Kidnapping Act in which the victim did not die. | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Earl Gardner | Hanging | Murder on an Indian reservation | July 12, 1936 | Coolidge Dam, Gila County, Arizona | Killed his wife and son on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Anthony Chebatoris | Hanging | Murder during a bank robbery | July 8, 1938 | Federal Correctional Institution (FCI), Milan, Michigan | The only person ever to be executed in the State of Michigan since its admission to the Union. | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Henry Seadlund | Electrocution | Kidnapping and murder | July 14, 1938 | Cook County Jail, Illinois | Killed a man during a kidnapping for ransom. | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Robert Suhay | Hanging | Murder of a federal officer | August 12, 1938 | United States Penitentiary (USP), Leavenworth, Kansas | Killed an FBI agent during an attempted arrest. | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Glenn Applegate | Hanging | Murder of a federal officer | August 12, 1938 | United States Penitentiary (USP), Leavenworth, Kansas | Killed an FBI agent during an attempted arrest. | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| James Dalhover | Electrocution | Bank robbery and murder | November 18, 1938 | Indiana State Prison, Michigan City, Indiana | Killed an Indiana State Police trooper during a bank robbery in Logansport, Indiana on May 25, 1937. | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Nelson Charles | Hanging | Murder | November 10, 1939 | Federal Jail, Juneau, Alaska | Killed his mother-in-law in the Alaska federal territory. | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Herbert Hans Haupt | Electrocution | Espionage and attempted sabotage as unlawful combatants for Nazi Germany | August 8, 1942 | D.C. Jail, Washington, D.C. | Tried on July 8, 1942, by a military tribunal for their role in Operation Pastorius during World War II. | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Richard Quirin | Electrocution | Espionage and attempted sabotage as unlawful combatants for Nazi Germany | August 8, 1942 | D.C. Jail, Washington, D.C. | Tried on July 8, 1942, by a military tribunal for their role in Operation Pastorius during World War II. | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Heinrich Heinck | Electrocution | Espionage and attempted sabotage as unlawful combatants for Nazi Germany | August 8, 1942 | D.C. Jail, Washington, D.C. | Tried on July 8, 1942, by a military tribunal for their role in Operation Pastorius during World War II. | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Edward Kerling | Electrocution | Espionage and attempted sabotage as unlawful combatants for Nazi Germany | August 8, 1942 | D.C. Jail, Washington, D.C. | Tried on July 8, 1942, by a military tribunal for their role in Operation Pastorius during World War II. | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Herman Neubauer | Electrocution | Espionage and attempted sabotage as unlawful combatants for Nazi Germany | August 8, 1942 | D.C. Jail, Washington, D.C. | Tried on July 8, 1942, by a military tribunal for their role in Operation Pastorius during World War II. | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Werner Thiel | Electrocution | Espionage and attempted sabotage as unlawful combatants for Nazi Germany | August 8, 1942 | D.C. Jail, Washington, D.C. | Tried on July 8, 1942, by a military tribunal for their role in Operation Pastorius during World War II. | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Clyde Arwood | Electrocution | Murder of a federal officer | August 14, 1943 | Tennessee State Prison, Nashville, Tennessee | Killed a federal agent during a moonshine raid. | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Henry Ruhl | Gas inhalation | Murder on a government reservation | April 27, 1945 | Wyoming State Penitentiary, Rawlins, Wyoming | Killed a war production worker on federal property near Laramie. | Harry S. Truman |
| Austin Nelson | Hanging | Murder | March 1, 1948 | Federal Jail, Juneau, Alaska | Killed a Juneau grocery store owner in 1946. | Harry S. Truman |
| David Joseph Watson | Electrocution | Murder on the high seas | September 15, 1948 | Florida State Prison, near Raiford, Florida | Killed a fellow sailor on board the USS Stribling in 1946. | Harry S. Truman |
| Samuel Richard Shockley | Gas inhalation | Murder | December 3, 1948 | California State Penitentiary, San Quentin, California | Convicted for their roles in the Battle of Alcatraz. | Harry S. Truman |
| Miran Edgar Thompson | Gas inhalation | Murder | December 3, 1948 | California State Penitentiary, San Quentin, California | Convicted for their roles in the Battle of Alcatraz. | Harry S. Truman |
| Carlos Romero Ochoa | Gas inhalation | Murder of a federal officer | December 10, 1948 | California State Penitentiary, San Quentin, California | Killed an immigration patrol officer near Indio, California in 1947. | Harry S. Truman |
| Eugene LaMoore | Hanging | Murder | April 14, 1950 | Federal Jail, Juneau, Alaska | Killed a Juneau grocery store owner in 1946. | Harry S. Truman |
| 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. | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Ethel 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. | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Carl Austin Hall | Gas inhalation | Kidnapping and murder | December 18, 1953 | Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, Missouri | Convicted of the kidnapping and murder of Bobby Greenlease. | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Bonnie Emily Heady | Gas inhalation | Kidnapping and murder | December 18, 1953 | Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, Missouri | Convicted of the kidnapping and murder of Bobby Greenlease. | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Gerhard Puff | Electrocution | Murder of a federal officer | August 12, 1954 | New York State Prison, Sing Sing, Ossining, New York | Killed an FBI Special Agent. | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Arthur Ross Brown | Gas inhalation | Kidnapping and murder | February 24, 1956 | Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, Missouri | Kidnapped and murdered Wilma Allen in Kansas City, Missouri. | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| George Krull | Electrocution | Kidnapping and rape | August 21, 1957 | Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, Georgia | Kidnapped and raped a woman from Chattanooga, Tennessee. | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Michael Krull | Electrocution | Kidnapping and rape | August 21, 1957 | Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, Georgia | Kidnapped and raped a woman from Chattanooga, Tennessee. | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Victor Feguer | Hanging | Kidnapping and murder | March 15, 1963 | Iowa State Penitentiary, Fort Madison, Iowa | Kidnapped and murdered a physician from Dubuque, Iowa. | John F. Kennedy |

## Military executions

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.