The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Vermont from 1778 to 1954.
Capital punishment was abolished in Vermont in 1972. From 1778 to 1954, 28 people were executed in Vermont, 22 by hanging, 5 by electrocution, and 1 by firing squad. Five were executed by local authorities and two by the military prior to 1864, when Vermont became the first state to move executions to its state prison, where the remaining 21 were executed. All but one of those executed were white. 26 of the executions were of males, while 2 were of females.
Executions 1778–1954 NameRaceAgeSexDate of ExecutionCountyMethodCrimeVictim(s)GovernorDavid Redding White24MJune 11, 1778BenningtonHangingTreasonN/ADavid Redding, 1778 June 11Thomas ChittendenCyrus DeanWhiteMNovember 11, 1808ChittendenMurderCapt. Jonathan Ormsby and Pvt. Asa Marsh, whiteCyrus Dean, 1808 November 11Isaac TichenorJohn CummingsWhiteMJuly 12, 1813Chittenden (Military)DesertionN/AJohn Cummings, VT, 1813 July 12Jonas GalushaDavid LordWhiteMJuly 28, 1813Chittenden (Military)Firing squadDesertionN/ADavid Lord, VT, 1813 July 28Index Card Summary of Execution(s), UndatedSamuel GodfreyWhiteMFebruary 13, 1818WindsorHangingMurderThomas Hewlett, 46, white (guard)Jonas GalushaLuther VirginiaBlackMJanuary 14, 1820FranklinMurderRufus W. Jackson, whiteLuther Virginia, VT, 1820 January 14Archibald BatesWhite33MFebruary 6, 1839BenningtonMurderHarriet Jane Bates, 29, white (sister-in-law)Archibald Bates, VT, 1839 February 6Silas H. JennisonWilliam BarnettWhite58MJanuary 20, 1864ChittendenMurderAnne Barnett, 35, white (wife)J. Gregory SmithSandy KavanaughWhite61MMurderKatharine Kavanaugh, white (wife)John WardWhiteMMarch 21, 1868ChittendenMurderEphriam Griswold, 57, whiteJohn B. PageHiram MillerWhite30MJune 25, 1869WindsorMurder-RobberyJoshua Goshing and Abigail Gowing, 56 and 51, whiteHenry WelcomeWhite18MJanuary 20, 1871ChittendenMurder-RobberyPerry Russell, 72, whiteJohn Wolcott StewartHenry Boudreau GravelinWhiteMMarch 14, 1879WindsorMurderHerbert White, whiteRedfield ProctorJohn P. PhairWhite33MApril 10, 1879RutlandMurder-RobberyAnn Frieze (girlfriend)Asa S. MagoonWhite59MNovember 28, 1879WashingtonMurderRufus Streeter, 70, whiteEdward TatroWhite23MApril 2, 1880FranklinMurder-RapeAlice A. Butler, 20, whiteEdward Tatro, VT, 1880 April 2Edwin Clay HaydenWhite33MFebruary 25, 1881OrleansMurderGertrude White Hayden, 23, white (wife)Edwin Hayden, VT, 1881 February 25Roswell FarnhamRoyal CarrWhiteMApril 29, 1881WashingtonMurderWilliam Wallace Marcommock, 35, MixedEmeline Lucy MeakerWhite44FMarch 30, 1883WashingtonMurderAlice Meaker, 9, white (husband's half-sister)John L. BarstowSylvester Henry BellWhite58MJanuary 1, 1892FranklinMurderEmma Bell, white (wife)Sylvester Bell, VT, 1892 January 1Carroll S. PageMary RogersWhite22FDecember 8, 1905BenningtonMurderMarcus Merritt Rogers, 32 (husband)Charles J. BellElroy KentWhite33MJuly 5, 1912RutlandMurder-RobberyDelia Belle Congdon, 41, whiteElroy Kent, 1912 July 5John A. MeadArthur BosworthWhite28MJanuary 2, 1914ChittendenMurderMae Labelle, 19, whiteAllen M. FletcherGeorge Edward WarnerWhite51MJuly 12, 1919WindsorElectrocutionMurderHenry Filmore and Georgia Ann Wiggins, 66 and 61, white (father- and mother-in-law)George Warner, 1919 July 12Percival W. ClementBert A. StaceyWhite54MJuly 7, 1932WashingtonMurderRuth May Stacey, 31, white (wife)Bert Stacey, VT, 1932 July 7Stanley C. WilsonRonald WatsonWhite21MJanuary 2, 1947RutlandMurder-RobberyHenry Charles Teelon, 45, whiteRonald Watson, VT, 1947 January 2Mortimer R. ProctorFrancis Herbert BlairWhite32MFebruary 8, 1954WindsorMurder-BurglaryElizabeth Chase Weatherup, 54, whiteFrancis Blair, 1954 February 8Donald DeMag, 1954 December 8Lee E. EmersonDonald Edward DeMagWhite31MDecember 8, 1954
See also Capital punishment in Vermont Capital punishment in the United States
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