List of people executed in Kansas

This is a list of people executed in the U.S. state of Kansas.

No one has been executed by the state of Kansas since 1965, although capital punishment is legal there. Historically, 58 people have been executed in the area now occupied by the state. Many of these were federal executions of soldiers and POWs, often at the United States Disciplinary Barracks in Leavenworth. Fourteen German POWs were executed at Leavenworth in 1945.

The last executions in Kansas were at the Kansas State Penitentiary, when spree killers James Latham and George York were executed for murder in 1965. Except for John Coon, executed in 1853 by firing squad, all federal and state executions in Kansas have been by hanging.

+NameRaceAgeDate of executionCountyCrimeVictim(s)GovernorCarl HorneWhite37February 12, 1863LeavenworthMurderJohn Philip Friend, whiteCarl Horne, KS, 1863 February 12Thomas CarneyWilliam GriffithWhiteOctober 30, 1863LinnMurderFive people, whiteJohn HendleyWhiteDecember 29, 1865FranklinMurderJohn Sutton, whiteJohn Hendley, KS, 1865 December 29Samuel J. CrawfordErnest Wa-tee-chaNative American26January 19, 1866DouglasMurder-RobberyWilliam Hastings, whiteBenjamin LewisNative American27 August 10, 1866MiamiMurder-RobberyBenjamin Jones, whiteBen Lewis, KS, 1866 August 10Martin W. BatesWhite19February 20, 1867OsageMurderAbel Polley, 61, whiteMartin Bates, KS, 1867 February 20Scott HoldermanWhite25November 15, 1867LinnMurder-RobberyJohn Carver, whiteScott Holderman, 1867 November 15 Melvin E. BaughnWhite32September 18, 1868NemahaMurderJesse S. Dennis, white (posse member)Melvin Baughn, KS, 1868 September 18William DicksonWhite40August 9, 1870LeavenworthMurder-RobberyJacob Barnett, whiteWilliam Dickson, KS, 1870 August 9James M. HarveyErnest L. HoefgenWhite32March 10, 1944MarionMurderBruce Smoll, 18, whiteSummary of the execution of Ernest HoefgenAndrew Frank SchoeppelFred L. BradyWhite46April 15, 1944CowleyMurder-RobberyJoe Williams, blackSummary of the execution of Fred BradyClark B. KnoxBlack26WyandotteMurderEdward F. Nugent, 39, white (patrolman)Documentation for the execution of Clark KnoxCecil TateWhite21July 29, 1947KingmanMurder-RobberyArnold McClelland, 36, whiteSummary of the execution of George Gumtow, Cecil TateFrank CarlsonGeorge F. GumtowWhite23George MillerBlack60May 6, 1950MiamiMurderMike Churchill, 48, white (police chief)Documentation for the execution of George MillerPreston McBrideWhite25April 6, 1951RenoMurderJohn Watkins, whiteSummary of the execution of Preston McBrideEdward F. ArnJames LammersWhite26January 5, 1952DoniphanMurderFour people, whiteSummary of the execution of James LammersNathaniel GermanyBlack30May 21, 1954WyandotteMurderDavid Gray, whiteMerle William MartinWhite45July 16, 1954JohnsonMurderWillard Carver, 31, white (deputy sheriff)Summary of the execution of Merle MartinLowell Lee AndrewsWhite22November 30, 1962WyandotteMurderThree people, whiteSummary of the execution of Lowell AndrewsWilliam AveryRichard E. HickockWhite31April 14, 1965FinneyMurder-BurglaryClutter family (four people), whiteSummary of the execution of Perry Smith, Richard HickockPerry Edward SmithWhite36George Ronald YorkWhite23June 22, 1965WallaceMurder-RobberyOtto Zeigler, 69, whiteSummary of the execution of George York, James LathamJames Douglas LathamWhite23

Note: This list only contains executions under state jurisdiction.

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