List of Individuals Executed in Nebraska Before 1976
A total of 14 individuals have were executed in the U.S. state of Nebraska from its statehood in 1867 when counties carried out executions until 1903 when the state took over executions.
Executed person | Date of execution | Method | Crime | Under Governor | |
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1 | Samuel Richards | January 15, 1879 | hanging | murder | Albinus Nance |
2 | Orlando Cassler | May 20, 1879 | hanging | murder | Albinus Nance |
3 | Milton Smith | July 24, 1885 | hanging | murder | James W. Dawes |
4 | Jim Reynolds | May 21, 1886 | hanging | murder | James W. Dawes |
5 | William Jackson Marion* | March 25, 1887 | hanging | murder | John Milton Thayer |
6 | David Hoffman | July 22, 1887 | hanging | murder | John Milton Thayer |
7 | Ed Neil | January 9, 1891 | hanging | murder | John Milton Thayer |
8 | Albert Haunstine | May 17, 1891 | hanging | murder | John Milton Thayer |
9 | Christian Fuerst | June 5, 1891 | hanging | murder | John Milton Thayer |
10 | Charles Sheppard | June 5, 1891 | hanging | murder | John Milton Thayer |
11 | Clinton Dixon | June 24, 1892 | hanging | murder | James E. Boyd |
12 | Harry Hill | March 1, 1895 | hanging | murder | Silas A. Holcomb |
13 | Claude Hoover | August 7, 1896 | hanging | murder | Silas A. Holcomb |
14 | George Morgan | October 8, 1897 | hanging | murder | Silas A. Holcomb |
- William Jackson Marion was convicted and executed for the murder of John Cameron. However, Cameron turned up alive in 1891. Marion received a posthumous pardon by the State of Nebraska on the 100th anniversary of his execution.
A total of 20 individuals were executed by the U.S. state of Nebraska before the 1972 Supreme Court capital punishment ban.
Executed person | Date of execution | Method | Crime | Under Governor | |
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1 | Gottlieb Neigenfiend | March 13, 1903 | hanging | murder | John H. Mickey |
2 | William Rhea | July 10, 1903 | hanging | murder | John H. Mickey |
3 | Harrison Clark | December 13, 1907 | hanging | murder | George L. Sheldon |
4 | Frank Barker | January 17, 1908 | hanging | murder | George L. Sheldon |
5 | Robert Shumway | March 5, 1909 | hanging | murder | Ashton C. Shallenberger |
6 | Bert Taylor | January 28, 1910 | hanging | murder | Ashton C. Shallenberger |
7 | Thomas Johnson | May 19, 1911 | hanging | murder | Chester H. Aldrich |
8 | Albert Prince | March 21, 1913 | hanging | murder | John H. Morehead |
9 | Allison Cole | December 20, 1920 | electric chair | murder | Samuel R. McKelvie |
10 | Allen Grammer | December 20, 1920 | electric chair | murder | Samuel R. McKelvie |
11 | James King | June 9, 1922 | electric chair | murder | Samuel R. McKelvie |
12 | Walter Simmons | August 11, 1925 | electric chair | murder | Adam McMullen |
13 | Henry Bartlett | April 29, 1927 | electric chair | murder | Adam McMullen |
14 | Frank Carter | June 24, 1927 | electric chair | murder | Adam McMullen |
15 | Frank Sharp | January 19, 1928 | electric chair | murder | Adam McMullen |
16 | Henry Sherman | May 31, 1929 | electric chair | murder | Arthur J. Weaver |
17 | Joseph MacAvoy | March 23, 1945 | electric chair | murder | Dwight Griswold |
18 | Timothy Iron Bear | December 1, 1948 | electric chair | murder | Val Peterson |
19 | Roland Sundahl | April 30, 1952 | electric chair | murder | Val Peterson |
20 | Charles Starkweather | June 25, 1959 | electric chair | murder | Ralph G. Brooks |
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