Capital Punishment in Nebraska - List of Individuals Executed in Nebraska Before 1976

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
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
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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