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. However, these hangings were ordered by a military commission and thus 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 The law was passed in 1868 and repealed in 1883.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 . 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 NameRaceAgeSexDate of ExecutionCountyCrime(s)Uhazy (or Yuhagu)Native American -MMorrisonMurderWhite34FWasecaMurderWhite -MRamseyMurderTi hdo' ni caNative American -MBlue EarthMurder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862Hda Inyan KaNative American -MPtan Du taNative American -MMahpi'ya A i'na zinNative American -MHin han'sunko yag maniNative American -MMaza Bo mduNative American -MWa hpe DutaNative American -MWa hi' hnaNative American -MSna ManiNative American -MOyate' A kuNative American -MNative AmericanMHe panNative American -MSun'ka skaNative American -MNative American -MTunkan' I ca'hda maniNative American -MI te' DutaNative American -MHe pi'daNative American -MNative American -MNative American -MChaska (Dakota: Wičháhpi Waštédaŋpi)Native American -MNative American -MTate' KagaNative American -MHe In'KpaNative American -MNative American -MNa pe'sniNative American -MWakan TankaNative American -MTunkan' Ko yag Ina'zinNative American -MMaka'ta I na'zinNative American -MMaza Kute' maniNative American -MTate' Hdi daNative American -MWasicuƞWhite -MA i cagaNative American -MHo i'tan in kuNative American -MCe tan' Hunka'Native American -MCan Ka hdaNative American -MHda' hin hdeNative American -MOyate Ta WaNative American -MMahu we hiNative American -MWa Kin' yan naNative American -MJohn CampbellMultiracial -Blue EarthMurderNative American -MHennepinMurder, accessory to murder, or kidnapping related to involvement in the Dakota War of 1862Native American54MWhite -MNicolletMurderWhite -MSt. LouisMurder-RobberyWhite30MOtter TailMurder-RapeWhite -MDouglasMurderWhite -MHennepinMurder-RobberyWhite18MWhite28MMorrisonMurder-RobberyWhite24MClayMurderWhite -MPineMurderWhite -MRedwoodMurderWhite20MOtter TailMurderWhite19MRamseyMurder-RobberyWhite19MRamseyMurder-RobberyWhite29MChisagoMurderWhite -MHennepinMurder-RobberyWhite32MCrow WingMurder-RobberyWhite25MHennepinMurder-RobberyWhite -MYellow MedicineMurderWhite -MSibleyMurderWhite35MCarverMurderBlack -MSt. LouisMurderWhite -MAitkinMurderWhite -MSt. LouisMurderWhite -MAitkinMurder-RobberyWhite28MRamseyMurder

See also Capital punishment in Minnesota

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