The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Maine, or within present-day Maine prior to statehood. Capital punishment was sparsely used in Maine. It was abolished in 1876, reinstated in 1883, then abolished again in 1887. The only method of execution used in Maine was hanging, with the exception of three men executed by firing squad under martial law.
+NameRaceAgeSexDate of executionCountyCrimeVictim(s)GovernorKatherine CornishWhiteF1644YorkMurderRichard Cornish, white (husband)John Winthrop or John EndecottJoseph QuassonNative AmericanMJune 29, 1726YorkMurderJonathan Boler, Native AmericanJoseph Quasson, ME, 1726 June 29William DummerPatience SampsonMixed23FJuly 31, 1735YorkMurderBenjamin Trott, 8, whiteJonathan BelcherGeorge NechoNative AmericanMAugust 7, 1740YorkRapeSusanna Kimball, 3, whiteGeorge Necho, ME, 1840 August 4Edmund BrownWhiteMSeptember 4, 1740YorkMurderDavid Bryant, whiteEdmund Brown, ME, 1740 September 4John SeymourWhiteMAugust 11, 1755YorkMurderFemale, infant, white (daughter)John Seymour, ME, 1755 August 11William ShirleyTonyBlackMJuly 29, 1756YorkMurderFemale, child, whiteTony, ME, 1756 July 29Solomon GoodwinWhiteMNovember 12, 1772CumberlandMurderDavid Wilson, whiteThomas HutchinsonJames McCormicWhiteM1773CumberlandMurderJames McCormic, ME, 1773Jeremiah BaumWhiteM1780Knox (Military)TreasonN/AN/AJohn O'NeilWhiteMSeptember 11, 1788LincolnMurderMichael Cleary, elderly, whiteJohn O'Neil, ME, 1788 September 11John HancockThomas BirdWhite40MJune 25, 1790Cumberland (Federal)MurderCapt. John Connor, whiteSamuel HadlockWhiteMOctober 28, 1790LincolnMurderMr. Gott, whiteSamuel Hadlock, ME, 1790 October 28Edmund FortisBlackMSeptember 25, 1794LincolnMurder-RapePamela Tilton, 14, whiteSamuel AdamsJoseph DrewWhite24MJuly 21, 1808CumberlandMurderEbenezer Parker, 47, white (deputy sheriff)James SullivanEbenezer BallWhiteMOctober 31, 1811HancockMurderJohn Tileston Downes, white (sheriff's deputy)Elbridge GerryTwo unknownsWhiteMDecember 1814Hancock (Military)DesertionN/ATwo British Soldiers, ME, 1814 DecemberCaleb StrongSeth ElliottWhiteMFebruary 3, 1825KnoxMurderJohn Wilson Elliott, 3, white (son)Albion ParrisJoseph SagerWhiteMJanuary 2, 1835KennebecMurderFemale, white (wife)Samuel E. SmithAbram CoxBlackMAugust 27, 1860Androscoggin (Federal)MurderFour people, whiteLot M. MorrillPeter WilliamsWhiteMWilliam H. LairdWhiteMJuly 15, 1863Cumberland (Military)DesertionN/AWilliam H. Laird, ME, 1863 July 15Abner CoburnFrancis SpencerWhiteMJune 24, 1864KnoxMurderRichard Tinker, 67, white (warden)Samuel ConyClifton HarrisBlack20MMarch 12, 1869AndroscogginMurder-Rape-BurglaryMrs. Justin Kingsley and Polly Caswell, whiteJoshua ChamberlainLouis WagnerWhite31MJune 25, 1875YorkMurder-Rape-BurglaryAnetha and Karen Christiansen, 25 and 39, whiteNelson Dingley Jr.John GordonWhiteMWaldoMurderThree people, whiteRaffaele CaponeWhite27MApril 17, 1885PenobscotMurder-RobberyPasquale Coscia, whiteFrederick RobieCarmine SantoreWhite44MDaniel WilkinsonWhite38MNovember 20, 1885SagadahocMurderWilliam Lawrence, 63, white (police officer)
See also Capital punishment in Maine
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