The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Wyoming.

A total of 7 men were executed prior to Wyoming becoming a State on July 10, 1890:

{|class="wikitable"

|-

!Name

!Age

!Race

!Date of execution

!Method

!Crime

|-

|John Boyer

|25/26

|White

|April 21, 1871

|rowspan="7"|Hanging

|Murder

|-

|William Tousant Kensler

|

|White

|November 19, 1874

|Murder

|-

|LeRoy Donovan

|32

|White

|January 18, 1884

|Murder-Robbery

|-

|George Cooke

|

|White

|December 12, 1884

|Murder

|-

|John Owens

|

|White

|March 5, 1886

|Murder-Robbery

|-

|Benjamin Carter

|

|White

|January 26, 1888

|Murder

|-

|George Black

|

|

|February 26, 1890

|Murder

|}

18 men were executed by the state of Wyoming between its statehood and the Supreme Court ban on executions in 1972:

{|class="wikitable"

|-

!Name

!Age

!Race

!Date of execution

!Method

!Crime

|-

|Charles Miller

|17

|White

|April 22, 1892

|rowspan="13"|Hanging

|Murder-Robbery

|-

|Frank Howard

|43

|White

|December 7, 1894

|Murder

|-

|James Keffer

|39

|White

|September 24, 1902

|Murder-Robbery

|-

|Thomas Horn

|41

|White

|November 20, 1903

|Murder

|-

|Joseph Seng

|32

|White

|May 24, 1912

|Murder

|-

|Warren Jenkins

|

|White

|November 14, 1913

|Murder

|-

|Willard Flanders

|50

|White

|June 16, 1916

|Murder

|-

|Wilmer Palmer

|34

|White

|August 11, 1916

|Murder

|-

|Oscar White

|28

|Black

|October 20, 1916

|Murder

|-

|Geow Yee

|25

|Asian

|March 11, 1921

|Murder

|-

|George Brownfield

|54

|White

|March 10, 1930

|Murder

|-

|Charles Aragon

|25

|Native American

|May 14, 1930

|Murder

|-

|Talton Taylor

|33

|White

|May 11, 1933

|Murder

|-

|Perry Carroll

|37

|White

|August 13, 1937

|rowspan="4"|Lethal gas

|Murder

|-

|Stanley Lantzer

|38

|White

|April 19, 1940

|Murder

|-

|Cleveland Brown Jr.

|27

|Black

|November 17, 1944

|Murder-Rape

|-

|Andrew Pixley

|22

|Hispanic

|December 10, 1965

|Murder-Rape

|}

Wyoming enacted its post-Furman death penalty statute on February 28, 1977. One man has been executed in the state of Wyoming since then:

{|class="wikitable"

|-

!

!Name

!Age

!Race

!Date of execution

!County

!Method

!Murder victim(s)

!Under Governor

|-

|1

|Mark Hopkinson

|42

|White

|January 22, 1992

|Uinta

|Lethal injection

|Vincent Vehar, Beverly Vehar, John Vehar, and Jeffrey Green

|Mike Sullivan

|}

One federal execution has taken place in Wyoming:

{|class="wikitable"

|-

!Name

!Age

!Race

!Date of execution

!Crime

!Method

!Under President

|-

|Henry Ruhl

|36

|White|| April 27, 1945 || Murder on a Government Reservation || Lethal gas ||Harry S. Truman

|}

See also

  • Capital punishment in Wyoming
  • Capital punishment in the United States

References