List of people executed in Nebraska

The following is a list of individuals executed by the U.S. State of Nebraska since its statehood.

Before 1903

A total of 14 individuals have been executed in 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	Victims	Under Governor
1	Samuel Richards	January 15, 1879	hanging	murder	Peter Anderson	Albinus Nance
2	Orlando Caslar	May 20, 1879	hanging	murder	George L. Monroe	Albinus Nance
3	Milton W. Smith	July 24, 1885	hanging	murder	his wife (name unknown)	James W. Dawes
4	Jim Reynolds	May 21, 1886	hanging	murder	James and John Pinkston	James W. Dawes
5	William Jackson MarionA	March 25, 1887	hanging	murder	James Cameron	John Milton Thayer
6	David Hoffman	July 22, 1887	hanging	murder	James B. DeWitt	John Milton Thayer
7	Albert Haunstine	May 17, 1891	hanging	murder	Hiram Roten and William Ashley	John Milton Thayer
8	Christian FurstB	June 5, 1891	hanging	murder	Carl J. Pulsifer	John Milton Thayer
9	Charles ShepherdB	June 5, 1891	hanging	murder	Carl J. Pulsifer	John Milton Thayer
10	Ed Neil	October 9, 1891	hanging	murder	Allen and Dorothy Jones	John Milton Thayer
11	Clinton E. DixonC	June 24, 1892	hanging	murder	Corporal Thomas Carter	James E. Boyd
12	Harry Hill	March 1, 1895	hanging	murder	Mattes Akeson	Silas A. Holcomb
13	Claude H. Hoover	August 7, 1896	hanging	murder	Samual DuBois	Silas A. Holcomb
14	George W. Morgan	October 8, 1897	hanging	murder	Ida Gaskill	Silas A. Holcomb

A 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 Nebraska Governor Bob Kerrey on the 100th anniversary of his execution.

B B Although Christian Furst and Charles Shepherd are listed at 8 and 9, they were both hanged together simultaneously in the only double hanging in Nebraska's history.

C Private Clinton Dixon and his victim Corporal Thomas Carter were both members of the U.S. Army (Sixth U.S. Cavalry) making Dixon's execution a U.S. military execution. As such, only the President could grant clemency. President Benjamin Harrison declined to intervene.

1903–1972

A total of 20 individuals were executed by Nebraska after 1897 and before the 1972 Supreme Court capital punishment ban.

	Executed person	Date of execution	Method	Crime	Victims	Under Governor
1	Gottlieb Neigenfiend	March 13, 1903	hanging	murder	Anna Bryer and Albert Bryer (ex-wife and ex-father in law)	John H. Mickey
2	William Rhea	July 10, 1903	hanging	murder	Herman Zahn	John H. Mickey
3	Harrison Clark	December 13, 1907	hanging	murder	Ed Flury	George L. Sheldon
4	Frank Barker	January 17, 1908	hanging	murder	Daniel and Alice Barker (his brother and sister in law)	George L. Sheldon
5	Robert M. Shumway	March 5, 1909	hanging	murder	Sarah Martin	Ashton C. Shallenberger
6	Bert M. Taylor	January 28, 1910	hanging	murder	Pearl Taylor (sister in law)	Ashton C. Shallenberger
7	Thomas Johnson	May 19, 1911	hanging	murder	Henry R. Frankland	Chester H. Aldrich
8	Albert Prince	March 21, 1913	hanging	murder	Nebraska State Penitentiary Deputy Warden Edward D.Davis	John H. Morehead
9	Allen V. GrammerA	December 20, 1920	electric chair	murder	Lulu Vogt (Grammer's mother in law)	Samuel R. McKelvie
10	Alson B. ColeA	December 20, 1920	electric chair	murder	Lulu Vogt (Allen Grammer's mother in law)	Samuel R. McKelvie
11	James B. King	June 9, 1922	electric chair	murder	Nebraska State Penitentiary prison guard Robert L. Taylor	Samuel R. McKelvie
12	Walter R. Simmons	August 11, 1925	electric chair	murder	Frank Pahl	Adam McMullen
13	Henry E. Bartlett	April 29, 1927	electric chair	murder	Asa Ranson (Minden, Nebraska Police Chief)	Adam McMullen
14	Frank Carter	June 24, 1927	electric chair	murder	William McDevitt and Dr. A.D. Searles	Adam McMullen
15	Frank E. Sharp	January 19, 1928	electric chair	murder	Hariet Sharp (his wife)	Adam McMullen
16	Henry Sherman	May 31, 1929	electric chair	murder	Roger and Hattie Pochon, Eugenie Pochon	Arthur J. Weaver
17	Joseph T. MacAvoy	March 23, 1945	electric chair	murder	Anna Milroy	Dwight Griswold
18	Timothy Iron Bear	December 1, 1948	electric chair	murder	John W. and Grace Stollar	Val Peterson
19	Roland Dean Sundahl	April 30, 1952	electric chair	murder	Bonnie Lou Merrill	Val Peterson
20	Charles StarkweatherB	June 25, 1959	electric chair	murder	Robert Jensen	Ralph G. Brooks

A A Allen Grammer and Alson Cole were the first men electrocuted, and the only double electrocution in Nebraska. Allen Grammer was the first man to be electrocuted by the State of Nebraska, pronounced dead at 3:24 pm. Alson Cole was pronounced dead at 3:37 pm.

B Although Charles Starkweather murdered 10 people in Nebraska (and one in Wyoming), he was tried, convicted, and executed for only one murder, that of 17-year-old Robert Jensen.

After 1976

Three individuals convicted of murder have been executed by Nebraska since 1976. All were executed by the electric chair. On April 21, 2011, the Nebraska Supreme Court set the first execution date an execution via lethal injection for June 14, 2011. On May 26, 2011, the Nebraska Supreme Court stayed the execution due to objections that the sodium thiopental that Nebraska purchased from a Mumbai company failed to comply with U.S. pharmaceutical standards.

	Executed person	Date of execution	Victims	Under Governor
1	Harold Lamont "Wili" Otey	September 2, 1994	Jane McManus	Ben Nelson
2	John Joubert A	July 17, 1996	Danny Eberle and Christopher Walden	Ben Nelson
3	Robert E. Williams B	December 2, 1997	Catherine Brooks and Patricia McGarry	Ben Nelson

A John Joubert was also tried and convicted of murdering Ricky Stetson in Portland, Maine. He received a life sentence in Maine.

B Robert E. Williams also murdered Virginia Rowe of Sioux Rapids, Iowa.

See also

• Capital punishment in Nebraska
• Capital punishment in the United States

External links

• Nebraska executions