List of people executed in Wyoming

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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 April 21, 1871 Hanging Murder
2 William Tousant Kensler November 19, 1874 Murder
3 Leroy Donovan January 18, 1884 Murder and robbery
4 George Cooke December 12, 1884 Murder
5 John Owens March 5, 1886 Murder and robbery
6 Benjamin Carter January 26, 1888 Murder
7 George Black February 26, 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 April 22, 1892 Hanging Murder and robbery
2 Frank Howard December 7, 1894 Murder
3 James Keffer September 24, 1902 Murder and robbery
4 Thomas Horn November 20, 1903 Murder
5 Joseph Seng May 24, 1912 Murder
6 Warren Jenkins November 14, 1913 Murder
7 Willard Flanders June 16, 1916 Murder
8 Wilmer Palmer August 11, 1916 Murder
9 Oscar White October 20, 1916 Murder
10 Yee Geow March 11, 1921 Murder
11 George Brownfield March 10, 1930 Murder
12 Charles Aragon May 14, 1930 Murder
13 Talton Taylor May 11, 1933 Murder
14 Perry Carroll August 13, 1937 Lethal gas Murder
15 Stanley Lantzer April 19, 1940 Murder
16 Cleveland Brown, Jr. November 17, 1944 Murder and rape
17 Andrew Pixley December 10, 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 January 22, 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 Ruhl April 27, 1945 Murder on a Government Reservation Lethal gas Harry S. Truman

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