List of people executed in Kansas

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This is a list of people executed in Kansas.

No one has been executed by the state of Kansas since 1965, although capital punishment is legal there. Historically, 58 people have been executed in the area now occupied by the state. Many of these were federal executions of soldiers and POWs, often at the United States Disciplinary Barracks in Leavenworth. Fourteen German POWs were executed at Leavenworth in 1945.

The last executions in Kansas were at the Kansas State Penitentiary, when spree killers James Latham and George York were executed for murder in 1965. Except for John Coon, executed in 1853 by firing squad, all federal and state executions in Kansas have been by hanging.

List of people executed in Kansas

Name Race Age Date of execution County Crime Victim(s) Governor
Ernest L. Hoefgen White 32 March 10, 1944 Marion Murder Bruce Smoll, 18, white[1]Template:Efn Andrew Frank Schoeppel
Fred L. Brady White 46 April 15, 1944 Cowley Murder-Robbery Joe Williams, black[2]
Clark B. Knox Black 26 Wyandotte Murder Edward F. Nugent, white (patrolman)[3]
Cecil Tate White 21 July 29, 1947 Kingman Murder-Robbery Arnold McClelland, 36, white[4]Template:Efn Frank Carlson
George F. Gumtow White 23
George Miller Black 60 May 6, 1950 Miami Murder Mike Churchill, 48, white (police chief)[5]
Preston McBride White 25 April 6, 1951 Reno Murder John Watkins, white[6] Edward F. Arn
James Lammers White 26 January 5, 1952 Doniphan Murder Four people, white[7]Template:Efn
Nathaniel Germany Black 30 May 21, 1954 Wyandotte Murder David Gray, white[8]
Merle William Martin White 45 July 16, 1954 Johnson Murder Willard Carver, white (deputy sheriff)[9]
Lowell Lee Andrews White 22 November 30, 1962 Wyandotte Murder Three people, white[10]Template:Efn John Anderson Jr.
Richard E. Hickock White 31 April 14, 1965 Finney Murder-Robbery Clutter family (four people), white[11]
Perry Edward Smith White 28
George Ronald York White 23 June 22, 1965 Russell Murder-Robbery Otto Zeigler, 69, white[12]Template:Efn
James Douglas Latham White 23

Note: This list only contains non-military executions at the Kansas State Penitentiary.[13][14]

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  1. ↑ Summary of the execution of Ernest Hoefgen
  2. ↑ Summary of the execution of Fred Brady
  3. ↑ Documentation for the execution of Clark Knox
  4. ↑ Summary of the execution of George Gumtow, Cecil Tate
  5. ↑ Documentation for the execution of George Miller
  6. ↑ Summary of the execution of Preston McBride
  7. ↑ Summary of the execution of James Lammers
  8. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  9. ↑ Summary of the execution of Merle Martin
  10. ↑ Summary of the execution of Lowell Andrews
  11. ↑ Summary of the execution of Perry Smith, Richard Hickock
  12. ↑ Summary of the execution of George York, James Latham
  13. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  14. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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