# List of people executed in Minnesota

This is a list of people executed in Minnesota as both a territory and a state. Between Minnesota's first recorded execution in 1854 (which occurred while it was a territory) and the state's final recorded execution in 1906, there were at least 70 legal executions in Minnesota. All executions in Minnesota were carried out by hanging.
Notably, on December 26, 1862, Minnesota was the site of the largest mass execution in United States history when 38 men, all Dakota men involved in the Dakota War of 1862, were simultaneously executed by hanging on the same gallows in Mankato, Minnesota, after being convicted of various capital crimes including murder, being an accessory to murder, and kidnapping. The hangings were ordered by a military commission and technically overseen by the federal government.
Minnesota experienced a 17-year moratorium on executions between 1868 and 1885 due to the passage of a law limiting the application of the death penalty in the state; the law was passed in 1868 and repealed in 1883.
Capital punishment in Minnesota was officially abolished on April 22, 1911. No executions have taken place in Minnesota since 1906.
Information is sourced from the Espy Files unless otherwise specified.
The list does not contain extrajudicial executions, murders, or lynchings.

## All executions in Minnesota, 1854–1906

| No. | Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of Execution | County | Crime(s) |
| 1 | Uhazy (or Yuhagu) | Native American | - | M | December 29, 1854 | Morrison | Murder |
| 2 | Ann Bilansky | White | 34 | F | March 23, 1860 | Waseca | Murder of her husband |
| 3 | Henry Kriegler | White | - | M | March 1, 1861 | Ramsey | Murder |
| 4 | Ti hdo' ni ca | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 5 | Hda Inyan Ka | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 6 | Ptan Du ta | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 7 | Mahpi'ya A i'na zin | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 8 | Hin han'sunko yag mani | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 9 | Maza Bo mdu | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 10 | Wa hpe Duta | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 11 | Wa hi' hna | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 12 | Sna Mani | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 13 | Oyate' A ku | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 14 | Do wan' s'a | Native American | | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 15 | He pan | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 16 | Sun'ka ska | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 17 | Am-da-cha | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 18 | Tunkan' I ca'hda mani | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 19 | I te' Duta | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 20 | He pi'da | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 21 | Maȟpiya Akan Nažiŋ | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 22 | Henry Milford | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 23 | Chaska (Dakota: Wičháhpi Waštédaŋpi) | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 24 | Baptiste Campbell | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 25 | Tate' Kaga | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 26 | He In'Kpa | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 27 | Hypolite Ange | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 28 | Na pe'sni | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 29 | Wakan Tanka | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 30 | Tunkan' Ko yag Ina'zin | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 31 | Maka'ta I na'zin | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 32 | Maza Kute' mani | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 33 | Tate' Hdi da | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 34 | Wasicuƞ | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 35 | A i caga | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 36 | Ho i'tan in ku | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 37 | Ce tan' Hunka' | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 38 | Can Ka hda | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 39 | Hda' hin hde | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 40 | Oyate Ta Wa | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 41 | Mahu we hi | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 42 | Wa Kin' yan na | Native American | - | M | December 26, 1862 | Blue Earth | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 43 | John Campbell | Multiracial | - | | May 3, 1865 | Blue Earth | Murder of Andrew Jewitt |
| 44 | Medicine Bottle | Native American | - | M | November 11, 1865 | Hennepin | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 45 | Shakopee III | Native American | 54 | M | November 11, 1865 | Hennepin | Murder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862 |
| 46 | Andreas Roesch | White | - | M | March 6, 1868 | Nicollet | Murder |
| 47 | John Waisenen | White | - | M | August 28, 1885 | St. Louis | Robbery and murder |
| 48 | Nels Olsom Holong | White | 30 | M | April 13, 1888 | Otter Tail | Rape, murder, and mutilation of a young woman |
| 49 | John Lee | White | - | M | February 15, 1889 | Douglas | Murder |
| 50 | Timothy Barrett | White | - | M | March 22, 1889 | Hennepin | Robbery and murder |
| 51 | Peter Barrett | White | 17 | M | March 22, 1889 | Hennepin | Robbery and murder |
| 52 | Albert Bulow | White | 28 | M | July 19, 1889 | Morrison | Robbery and murder |
| 53 | Thomas Brown | White | 24 | M | September 20, 1889 | Clay | Murder |
| 54 | William Brooker | White | - | M | June 27, 1890 | Pine | Murder |
| 55 | William Rose | White | - | M | January 17, 1891 | Redwood | Murder |
| 56 | Adelbert Goheen | White | 20 | M | January 23, 1891 | Otter Tail | Murder |
| 57 | Charles Ermisch | White | 19 | M | January 19, 1894 | Ramsey | Robbery and murder |
| 58 | Otto Wonigkeit | White | 19 | M | January 19, 1894 | Ramsey | Robbery and murder |
| 59 | Harry T. Hayward | White | 29 | M | December 11, 1895 | Chisago | Murder of Katherine "Kitty" Ging |
| 60 | John Pryde | White | - | M | July 23, 1896 | Hennepin | Robbery and murder |
| 61 | George Kelly | White | 32 | M | March 23, 1897 | Crow Wing | Murder of Dr. Foster |
| 62 | John Moshik | White | 25 | M | March 18, 1898 | Hennepin | Robbery and murder |
| 63 | Joseph Ott | White | - | M | October 20, 1898 | Yellow Medicine | Murder |
| 64 | Franz Wallert | White | - | M | March 29, 1901 | Sibley | Murder |
| 65 | Andrew Tapper | White | 35 | M | February 18, 1902 | Carver | Murder |
| 66 | Charles Henderson | Black | - | M | March 6, 1903 | St. Louis | Murder |
| 67 | Ole Oleson | White | - | M | March 20, 1903 | Aitkin | Murder |
| 68 | William Chounard | White | - | M | August 30, 1904 | St. Louis | Murder |
| 69 | Claud Crawford | White | - | M | December 5, 1905 | Aitkin | Robbery and murder |
| 70 | William Williams | White | 27 | M | February 13, 1906 | Ramsey | Murder of John Keller and Keller's mother Mary |