# List of people executed in Utah

The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Utah.

## List of people executed in Utah since 1976

| No. | Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | County | Method | Victim(s) | Governor |
| 1 | Gary Mark Gilmore | White | 36 | M | January 17, 1977 | Utah | Firing squad | Bennie Bushnell | Scott M. Matheson |
| 2 | Dale Selby Pierre | Black | 34 | M | August 28, 1987 | Weber | Lethal injection | Stanley Orren Walker, Michelle Ansley, and Carol Elaine Naisbitt | Norman Bangerter |
| 3 | Arthur Gary Bishop | White | 35 | M | June 10, 1988 | Salt Lake | Lethal injection | 5 murder victims | Norman Bangerter |
| 4 | William D. Andrews | Black | 37 | M | July 30, 1992 | Weber | Lethal injection | Stanley Orren Walker, Michelle Ansley, and Carol Elaine Naisbitt | Norman Bangerter |
| 5 | John Albert Taylor | White | 36 | M | January 26, 1996 | Weber | Firing squad | Charla Nicole King | Mike Leavitt |
| 6 | Joseph Mitchell Parsons | White | 35 | M | October 15, 1999 | Iron | Lethal injection | Richard Lynn Ernest | Mike Leavitt |
| 7 | Ronnie Lee Gardner | White | 49 | M | June 18, 2010 | Salt Lake | Firing squad | Michael Burdell | Gary Herbert |
| 8 | Taberon Dave Honie | Native American | 48 | M | August 8, 2024 | Iron | Lethal injection | Claudia Marie Benn | Spencer Cox |

### Demographics

Race :
| White | 5 | 63% |
| Black | 2 | 25% |
| Native American | 1 | 13% |
| Age |||
| 30–39 | 6 | 75% |
| 40–49 | 2 | 25% |
| Sex |||
| Male | 8 | 100% |
| Date of execution |||
| 1976–1979 | 1 | 13% |
| 1980–1989 | 2 | 25% |
| 1990–1999 | 3 | 38% |
| 2000–2009 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010–2019 | 1 | 13% |
| 2020–2029 | 1 | 13% |
| Method |||
| Lethal injection | 5 | 63% |
| Firing squad | 3 | 38% |
| Governor (Party) |||
| Cal Rampton (D) | 0 | 0% |
| Scott M. Matheson (D) | 1 | 13% |
| Norman Bangerter (R) | 3 | 38% |
| Mike Leavitt (R) | 2 | 25% |
| Olene Walker (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Jon Huntsman Jr. (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Gary Herbert (R) | 1 | 13% |
| Spencer Cox (R) | 1 | 13% |
| Total | 8 | 100% |

## List of people executed in Utah from 1850 to 1960

| # | Name | Date of execution | Method of execution | Victim(s) | Governor |
| – | Patsowits and his brother | Spring 1850 | Garroting | Patsowits killed an emigrant settler and his brother had made several death threats | — |
| – | An emigrant | 1850 | Beheading | | — |
| 1 2 | Antelope and Long Hair | September 15, 1854 | Hanging | Two sons of a Mormon bishop in Cedar Valley | Brigham Young |
| 3 | Thomas H. Ferguson | October 28, 1858 | Hanging | Alexander Carpenter | Alfred Cumming |
| 4 | William Cockcroft | September 21, 1861 | Firing squad | Robert Brown | vacant |
| – | "Unknown Man" | 1862 | Firing squad | Unknown person | |
| 5 | Jason R. Luce | January 12, 1864 | Firing squad | Samuel R. Bunton | James Duane Doty |
| 6 | Robert Sutton | October 10, 1866 | Firing squad | Frederick White | Charles Durkee |
| 7 | Chauncey W. Millard | January 29, 1869 | Firing squad | Harlem P. Swett | vacant |
| 8 | John Doyle Lee | March 23, 1877 | Firing squad | Mountain Meadows massacre | George W. Emery |
| 9 | Wallace Wilkerson | May 16, 1879 | Firing squad (botched) | William Baxter | George W. Emery |
| 10 | Frederick Hopt (a.k.a. Fred Welcome) | August 11, 1887 | Firing squad | John Franklin Turner | Caleb Walton West |
| 11 | Enoch Davis | September 14, 1894 | Firing squad | Enoch's wife | Caleb Walton West |
| – | An American Indian man | 1896 | | A white woman | |
| 12 | Charles H. Thiede | August 7, 1896 | Hanging | Thiede's wife | Heber Manning Wells |
| 13 | Pat Coughlin | December 15, 1896 | Firing squad | Deputy Sheriff Dawes and Constable Stagg | Heber Manning Wells |
| 14 | Peter Mortensen | November 20, 1903 | Firing squad | James R. Hay | Heber Manning Wells |
| 15 | Frank Rose | April 22, 1904 | Firing squad | Rose's wife | Heber Manning Wells |
| 16 | J. J. Morris | April 30, 1912 | Hanging | Morris' wife | William Spry |
| 17 | Jules C. E. Szirmay (a.k.a. Jules Zirmay) | May 22, 1912 | Firing squad | Thomas Karrick, a school boy | William Spry |
| 18 | Harry Thorne | September 26, 1912 | Firing squad | A grocery clerk | William Spry |
| 19 | Thomas Riley | October 24, 1912 | Firing squad | A grocery clerk | William Spry |
| 20 | Frank Romeo | February 20, 1913 | Firing squad | Albert Jenkins | William Spry |
| 21 | Joe Hill | November 19, 1915 | Firing squad | John G. Morrison and his son Arlington | William Spry |
| 22 | Howard DeWeese | May 24, 1918 | Firing squad | His wife | Simon Bamberger |
| 23 | John Borich | January 20, 1919 | Firing squad | A woman for insurance money | Simon Bamberger |
| 24 | Steve Maslich | January 20, 1922 | Firing squad | Marco Laus | Charles R. Mabey |
| 25 | Nick Oblizalo | June 9, 1922 | Firing squad | Marco Laus | Charles R. Mabey |
| 26 | George H. Gardner | August 31, 1923 | Firing squad | Joseph Irvine and a police officer | Charles R. Mabey |
| 27 | Omer R. Woods | January 18, 1924 | Firing squad | Woods' invalid wife | Charles R. Mabey |
| 28 | Henry C. Hett (a.k.a. George Allen) | February 20, 1925 | Firing squad | Police sergeant Nephi Pierce | George Dern |
| 29 | Pedro Cano | May 19, 1925 | Firing squad | A woman in Park City | George Dern |
| 30 | Ralph W. Seyboldt | January 15, 1926 | Firing squad | Patrolman David H Crowther | George Dern |
| 31 | Edward McGowan | February 5, 1926 | Firing squad | Bob Blevins (and raped his wife and daughters) | George Dern |
| 32 | Delbert Green | July 10, 1936 | Firing squad | Green's foster father/uncle James Green, mother-in-law/aunt, and wife | Henry H. Blood |
| 33 | John W. Deering | October 31, 1938 | Firing squad | Oliver R. Meredith Jr. | Henry H. Blood |
| 34 | Donald Lawton Condit | July 30, 1942 | Firing squad | Harold A. Thorne | Herbert B. Maw |
| 35 | Robert Walter Avery | February 5, 1943 | Firing squad | Detective Hoyt L. Gates | Herbert B. Maw |
| 36 | Austin Cox Jr. | June 19, 1944 | Firing squad | Judge Lewis V. Trueman (also killed two other men and two women) | Herbert B. Maw |
| 37 | James Joseph Roedl | July 13, 1945 | Firing squad | Abigail Agnes Williams | Herbert B. Maw |
| 38 | Eliseo J. Mares Jr. | September 10, 1951 | Firing squad | Jack D. Stallings | J. Bracken Lee |
| 39 | Ray Dempsey Gardner | September 29, 1951 | Firing squad | Shirley Jean Gretzinger | J. Bracken Lee |
| 40 | Don Jesse Neal | July 1, 1955 | Firing squad | Sgt. Owen T. Farley | J. Bracken Lee |
| 41 42 | Verne Alfred Braasch and Melvin Leroy Sullivan | May 11, 1956 | Firing squad | Howard Manzione | J. Bracken Lee |
| 43 | Barton Kay Kirkham | June 7, 1958 | Hanging (last in Utah) | David Avon Frame | George Dewey Clyde |
| 44 | James W. Rodgers | March 30, 1960 | Firing squad | Charles Merrifield | George Dewey Clyde |