Clyde Arwood
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Clyde Arwood (September 7, 1901 – August 14, 1943[1]) was the only person ever executed by the United States federal government in Tennessee.[2][3] He was convicted of killing a federal agent during a moonshine raid, which is a federal capital offense. Arwood was executed in the electric chair at age 41.[4] in Tennessee State Penitentiary in Nashville.[5] Arwood was the last federal inmate executed under administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
References
- ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=64833075
- ↑ [1] at www.deathrowspeaks.info
- ↑ Execution in Tennessee - Feature Edition - jacksonsun.com
- ↑ http://www.hawaii.edu/hivandaids/Tennessee_Department_of_Corrections_Executions.pdf
- ↑ [2] at www.deathrowspeaks.info
Categories:
- 1943 deaths
- People executed by the United States federal government by electric chair
- American people convicted of murdering police officers
- People convicted of murder by the United States federal government
- People from Lauderdale County, Tennessee
- 20th-century executions of American people by electric chair
- 1901 births
