List of people executed in Iowa
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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Iowa from 1834 to 1963.
Capital punishment was abolished in Iowa in 1965.[1] 45 people were executed in Iowa from 1834-1963, all by hanging.[2] In 2020, a man from Iowa, Dustin Lee Honken, was federally executed at USP Terre Haute by lethal injection.[3]
List of people executed in Iowa[edit]
State executions[edit]
| Name | Race | Sex | Date of Execution | Method | Crime(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick O’Connor | White | M | June 30, 1834 | Hanging | Murder |
| William McCauley | May 13, 1845 | Murder | |||
| William Hodge | July 15, 1845 | Robbery and Murder | |||
| Stephen Hodge | Robbery and Murder | ||||
| William Hinkle | August 13, 1858 | Murder | |||
| F. Gillick | April 27, 1860 | Murder | |||
| N. A. Johnson | May 18, 1860 | Robbery and Murder | |||
| Daniel Clifford | June 19, 1860 | Robbery and Murder | |||
| Benjamin McComb | February 17, 1865 | Murder | |||
| Chester Bellows | December 16, 1887 | Murder | |||
| Henry Schmidt | January 15, 1888 | Murder | |||
| James Dooley | January 19, 1894 | Rape and Murder | |||
| Jacob Cumberland | February 8, 1895 | Murder | |||
| Joseph Smith | Black | April 20, 1906 | Murder | ||
| John Junkins | July 29, 1910 | Robbery and Murder | |||
| Stanley Grammell | July 5, 1918 | Rape | |||
| Robert Johnson | Rape | ||||
| Fred Allen | Rape | ||||
| Ira Pavey | White | September 8, 1922 | Murder | ||
| Eugene Weeks | September 15, 1922 | Robbery and Murder | |||
| Orrie Cross | November 24, 1922 | Robbery and Murder | |||
| Earl Throst | March 9, 1923 | Murder | |||
| William Olander | September 7, 1923 | Robbery and Murder | |||
| Roy Maupin | Black | January 18, 1924 | Murder | ||
| Archie Burris | January 2, 1925 | Murder | |||
| Harland Simmons | White | November 16, 1925 | Robbery and Murder | ||
| J. A. R. Altringer | November 6, 1931 | Murder | |||
| Elmer Brewer | June 5, 1935 | Murder | |||
| Pat Griffin | Murder | ||||
| Reginald Tracy | November 29, 1935 | Murder | |||
| Allen Wheaton | January 24, 1938 | Robbery and Murder | |||
| John Mercer | Murder | ||||
| Franz Jacobson | April 19, 1938 | Murder | |||
| Marlo Heinz | Murder | ||||
| Walter Rhodes | May 7, 1940 | Murder | |||
| Ivan Sullivan | November 12, 1941 | Murder | |||
| Stanley Kaster | December 29, 1944 | Robbery and Murder | |||
| William Jarrett | February 23, 1945 | Murder | |||
| William Heincy | March 29, 1946 | Robbery and Murder | |||
| Philip Heincy | Robbery and Murder | ||||
| Corliss Bruntlett | July 6, 1949 | Robbery and Murder | |||
| Edward James Beckwith | August 4, 1952 | Rape and Murder | |||
| Charles Noel Brown | July 24, 1962 | Robbery and Murder | |||
| Charles Edwin Kelley | September 6, 1962 | Robbery and Murder |
Federal executions[edit]
| Name | Race | Sex | Date of Execution | Place of Execution | Method | Crime(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Feguer | White | M | March 15, 1963 | Iowa State Penitentiary | Hanging | Kidnapping (victim killed) |
| Dustin Lee Honken | July 17, 2020 | USP Terre Haute | Lethal injection | Murder |
See also[edit]
- Capital punishment in Iowa
- Capital punishment by the United States federal government
- Capital punishment in the United States
References[edit]
- ^ "Abolition of capital punishment in Iowa". statelaws.findlaw.com. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "Executions in Iowa, from 1834-1963". deathpenaltyusa.org. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "Dustin Lee Honken executed". apnews.com. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2021.