The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Nebraska before capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976.
Thirty-four people, all male, were executed in Nebraska during the pre-Furman era, twenty-two by hanging and twelve by electrocution. The first execution in Nebraska reportedly was of Cyrus Tator, a former Kansas Legislature member and judge in Lykins County, Kansas who was tried and convicted of murdering his business partner in 1863."The Execution of Cyrus Tator," NorthOmahaHistory.com.
List of people executed in Nebraska (pre-1972) Name Race Age Sex Date of execution County Method Victim(s) Governor 1 Stephen D. Richards White 23 Male April 26, 1879 Kearney Hanging Peter Anderson and Harlson family Silas Garber 2 Orlando Cassler 32 May 20, 1879 Seward George L. Monroe Albinus Nance 3 Milton W. Smith — July 24, 1885 Polk Ruth Smith, his wife James W. Dawes 4 Jim Reynolds 23 May 21, 1886 Cheyenne James and John Pinkston 5 William Jackson Marion 38 March 25, 1887 Gage John Cameron John Milton Thayer 6 David Hoffman — July 22, 1887 Otoe James B. DeWitt 7 Albert Haunstine 27 May 17, 1891 Custer Hiram Roten and William Ashley 8 Christian Fuerst 20 June 5, 1891 Dodge Carl J. Pulsifer 9 Charles Shepherd 10 Ed Neil — — October 9, 1891 Douglas Allen and Dorothy Jones 11 Clinton E. Dixon — — June 24, 1892 Corporal Thomas Carter James E. Boyd 12 Harry Hill White — March 1, 1895 Cass Mattes Akeson Silas A. Holcomb 13 Claude H. Hoover — — August 7, 1896 Douglas Samual DuBois 14 George W. Morgan — — October 8, 1897 Ida Gaskell 15 Gottlieb Neigenfiend White 28 March 13, 1903 Pierce Anna Bryer and Albert Bryer John H. Mickey 16 William Rhea 19 July 10, 1903 Dodge Herman Wilhelm F. Zahn 17 Harrison Clark Black 31 December 13, 1907 Douglas Edward FluryGeorge L. Sheldon 18 Frank Barker White 27 January 17, 1908 Webster Daniel and Alice Barker 19 Robert Meade Shumway March 5, 1909 Gage Sarah E. Martin Ashton C. Shallenberger 20 Bert M. Taylor 39 October 28, 1910 Kearney Pearl Florence Taylor, white (niece) 21 Thomas Johnson Black May 19, 1911 Douglas Henry R. Frankland Chester H. Aldrich 22 Albert Prince 24 March 21, 1913 Lancaster Edward D. Davis John H. Morehead 23 Allen Vincent Grammer White 24 December 20, 1920 Howard Electrocution Lulu Vogt Samuel R. McKelvie 24 Alson B. Cole 25 James B. King Black 33 June 9, 1922 Lancaster Robert L. Taylor 26 Walter Ray Simmons White 24 August 11, 1925 Boyd Frank Herman PahlAdam McMullen 27 Henry E. Bartlett 35 April 29, 1927 Kearney Asa Landon Ransom 28 Frank Carter 46 June 24, 1927 Douglas William McDevitt and Dr. A.D. Searles 29 Frank E. Sharp 49 October 19, 1928 Lancaster Amanda Harriet Ostblom Sharp 30Henry J. Sherman 21 May 31, 1929 Dawes Three people, white Arthur J. Weaver 31Joseph T. MacAvoy 25 March 23, 1945 Clay Anna Milroy Dwight Griswold 32 Timothy Iron Bear Native American 24 December 1, 1948 Sheridan John Wiley Stollar and Grace B. Stollar Val Peterson 33 Roland Dean Sundahl White 21 April 30, 1952 Platte Bonnie Lou Merrill 34 Charles Raymond Starkweather 20 June 25, 1959 Lancaster Robert Jensen Ralph G. Brooks
Demographics Race White 25 Black 4 Unknown race 4 Native American 1 Age 17-19 1 20-29 17 30–39 7 Unknown age 7 40–49 2 Gender Male 34 Female 0 Date of execution 1870–1879 2 1880–1889 4 1890–1899 8 1900–1909 5 1910–1919 3 1920–1929 8 1930–1939 0 1940–1949 2 1950–1959 2 Method Hanging 22 Electrocution 12 Governor (Party) Silas Garber (R) 1 Albinus Nance (R) 1 James W. Dawes (R) 2 John Milton Thayer (R) 6 James E. Boyd (D) 1 Silas A. Holcomb (F) 3 John H. Mickey (R) 2 George L. Sheldon (R) 2 Ashton C. Shallenberger (D) 2 Chester H. Aldrich (R) 1 John H. Morehead (D) 1 Samuel R. McKelvie (R) 3 Adam McMullen (R) 4 Arthur J. Weaver (R) 1 Dwight Griswold (R) 1 Val Peterson (R) 2 Ralph G. Brooks (D) 1
See also Capital punishment in the United States Capital punishment in Nebraska Lists of people executed in the United States List of people executed in Nebraska
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