List of people executed in Wyoming

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:

Executed person Date of execution Method Crime
1 John Boyer 21 April 1871 Hanging Murder
2 William Tousant Kensler 19 November 1874 Murder
3 Leroy Donovan 18 January 1884 Murder and robbery
4 George Cooke 12 December 1884 Murder
5 John Owens 5 March 1886 Murder and robbery
6 Benjamin Carter 26 January 1888 Murder
7 George Black 26 February 1890 Murder

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

Executed person Date of execution Method Crime
1 Charles Miller 22 April 1892 Hanging Murder and robbery
2 Frank Howard 7 December 1894 Murder
3 James Keffer 24 September 1902 Murder and robbery
4 Thomas Horn 20 November 1903 Murder
5 Joseph Seng 24 May 1912 Murder
6 Warren Jenkins 14 November 1913 Murder
7 Willard Flanders 16 June 1916 Murder
8 Wilmer Palmer 11 August 1916 Murder
9 Oscar White 20 October 1916 Murder
10 Yee Geow 11 March 1921 Murder
11 George Brownfield 10 March 1930 Murder
12 Charles Aragon 14 May 1930 Murder
13 Talton Taylor 11 May 1933 Murder
14 Perry Carroll 13 August 1937 Lethal gas Murder
15 Stanley Lantzer 19 April 1940 Murder
16 Cleveland Brown, Jr. 17 November 1944 Murder and rape
17 Andrew Pixley 10 December 1965 Murder and rape

Wyoming enacted its post-Furman death penalty statute on February 28, 1977.[1] One man has been executed in the state of Wyoming since then:

Executed person Race Date of execution Method Murder victim(s) Under Governor
1 Mark Hopkinson White 22 January 1992 Lethal injection Vincent Vehar, Beverly Vehar, John Vehar, and Jeffrey Green Mike Sullivan

One federal execution has taken place in Wyoming:

Executed person Date of execution Crime Method Under President
Henry Ruhl27 April 1945Murder on a Government ReservationLethal gasHarry S. Truman

See also

References
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