List of people executed in Iowa

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] 46 people, all of them men, were executed in Iowa from 1834 to 1963, all by hanging with one exception by firing squad.[2] In 2020, Dustin Lee Honken was federally executed at USP Terre Haute in Indiana by lethal injection for crimes committed in Iowa.[3]

State executions

1834–1888

Name Race Age Date of Execution County Crime Victim(s) Governor
Patrick O'Connor White June 30, 1834 Dubuque Murder George O'Keefe, white[4] N/A[a]
Joseph Jackson White July 15, 1842 Jackson Murder Xenophon Perkins, white[5] John Chambers[b]
William Hodge White July 15, 1845 Lee Murder-Burglary John Miller and Mr. Leicy, white[6]
Stephen Hodge White
William McCauley White April 4, 1846 Van Buren[c] Murder Don Ferdinand Coffman, white[7] James Clarke[b]
William Hinkle White August 13, 1858 Dubuque Murder Female, white (wife)[8] Ralph P. Lowe
Francis Gillick White April 27, 1860 Dubuque Murder Female, white (wife)[9] Samuel J. Kirkwood
Nies A. Johnson White May 18, 1860 Delaware Murder-Robbery Andrew Ostland, white[10]
Daniel Clifford White 22 June 19, 1860 Dubuque Murder-Robbery Joseph Wood, white[11]
Benjamin McComb White February 17, 1865 Wapello Murder Laura J. Harvey, white[12] William M. Stone
Chester Bellows White 28 December 16, 1887 Floyd Murder Alice Waterman, 16, white (niece)[13] William Larrabee
Henry Schmidt White 20 January 15, 1888 Fayette Murder Abraham and Lucretia Peek, 72 and 61, white[14]

1894–1962

Starting in 1894, all executions in Iowa were carried out inside of the state penitentiary in Fort Madison.

Name Race Age Date of Execution County Crime Victim(s) Governor
James Dooley White 18 January 19, 1894 Adams Murder-Rape Lucinda and Nelly Coons, 45 and 10, white (aunt and cousin)[15] Frank D. Jackson
Jacob K. Cumberland White 48 February 8, 1895 Shelby Murder-Robbery James and Jasper Robertson, 72 and 40, white[16][d]
Joseph C. Smith Black 43 April 20, 1906 Monroe Murder Ida Canady, black (girlfriend)[17] Albert B. Cummins
John Junkins Black 24 July 29, 1910 Appanoose[e] Murder-Robbery Clara Rosen, 29, white[18] Beryl F. Carroll
Ira Pavey White 30 September 8, 1922 Sioux Murder-Robbery Claude Letner, 37, white[19] Nathan E. Kendall
Eugene Weeks White 27 September 15, 1922 Polk Murder-Robbery George Fosdick, 58, white[20][21]
Orrie Cross White 26 November 24, 1922
Earl Throst White 26 March 9, 1923 Allamakee Murder Inga Magnusson, 21, white (love interest)[22]
William Olander White 29 September 7, 1923 Webster Murder-Robbery Berthold Halfpap, 54, white[23]
Roy Maupin Black 26 January 18, 1924 Polk Murder-Robbery Joseph Hayes, 27, white[24]
Archie Burris Black 33 January 2, 1925 Wapello Murder Hattie Renfro Bates, 20, white (girlfriend)[25]
Harland Simons White 26 November 16, 1925 Scott Murder-Robbery Orten Ferguson, 38, white[26] John Hammill
Joseph A. R. Altringer White 23 November 6, 1931 Dubuque Murder[f] Earl Fuller Jr., 12, white[27] Dan W. Turner
Patrick Griffin White 37 June 5, 1935 Black Hawk Murder Wendell F. Dilworth, 38, white (police officer)[28] Clyde L. Herring
Elmer Brewer White 40
Reginald S. Tracy White 54 November 29, 1935 Delaware Murder Mabel Tracy, 53, white (wife)[29]
John M. Mercer White 29 January 24, 1938 Pottawattamie Murder Robert G. Sproat, 57, white (posse member)[30][31] Nelson G. Kraschel
Allen B. Wheaton White 21 Cedar Murder-Robbery-Kidnap Henry Plummer, 38, white[32]
Marlo Heinz White 32 April 19, 1938 Wapello Murder[g] David Fox, 6, white (nephew)[33]
Franz A. Jacobson White 30 Dubuque Murder Catherine Elizabeth Leahy, 25, white (girlfriend)[34]
Walter Rhodes White 32 May 7, 1940 Johnson Murder Mabel Rhodes, 31, white (wife)[35] George A. Wilson
Ivan L. Sullivan White 30 November 12, 1941 Lee Murder Robert Hart, 75, white (prison guard)[36][h]
Stanley M. Kaster White 36 December 29, 1944 Bremer Murder-Robbery Glenn Winchell, 38, white[37] Bourke B. Hickenlooper
William Jarrett White 54 February 23, 1945 Webster Murder Everett Warden, 48, white[38] Robert D. Blue
William H. Heincy White 45 March 29, 1946 Dickinson Murder-Burglary Robert W. Raebel, 63, white[39]
Philip Heincy White 73
Corliss R. Bruntlett White 52 July 6, 1949 Pottawattamie Murder-Robbery Percy J. Smith, 57, white[40] William S. Beardsley
Edward James Beckwith White 31 August 4, 1952 Black Hawk[i] Murder-Attempted rape Irma Jean Klenzman Stahlhut, 22, white (love interest)[41]
Charles Noel Brown White 29 July 24, 1962 Pottawattamie Murder-Robbery Alvin Koehrsen, 54, white[j] Norman A. Erbe
Charles Edwin Kelley White 21 September 6, 1962 Mills[k]

Federal and military executions

Name Race Age Date of Execution Jurisdiction Location Method Crime(s) Victim(s) President
William C. Dowdy White September 9, 1864 Military ? Firing squad Absent without leave N/A[42] Abraham Lincoln
Stanley Tramble Black 31 July 5, 1918 Camp Dodge Hanging Rape Jessie Barnes, 17, white[43] Woodrow Wilson
Nelson Johnson 30
Fred Allen 22
Victor Feguer White 27 March 15, 1963 Federal Iowa State Penitentiary Kidnapping[l] Edward Bartels, 34, white John F. Kennedy
Dustin Lee Honken 52 July 17, 2020 USP Terre Haute[m] Lethal injection Murder Kandace Duncan and Amber Duncan, 10 and 6, white[n] Donald Trump

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Then part of Wisconsin Territory.
  2. 1 2 As governor of Iowa Territory.
  3. ↑ Change of venue from Washington County.
  4. ↑ Serial killer, previously murdered his own son Curtis (14) in Neosho County, Kansas in 1883 and sentenced to death but commuted and pardoned.
  5. ↑ Change of venue from Wapello County.
  6. ↑ Victim sexually assaulted before murder.
  7. ↑ Victim sexually assaulted before murder.
  8. ↑ Murdered during an escape attempt from the state penitentiary.
  9. ↑ Change of venue from Grundy County.
  10. ↑ Also murdered two other people that same week in Minnesota and Nebraska.
  11. ↑ Change of venue.
  12. ↑ Victim died as a result of the crime.
  13. ↑ Located in Terre Haute, Indiana; executed for crimes committed in Iowa.
  14. ↑ Also convicted of murdering Greg Nicholson (34, white), Lori Ann Duncan (31, white) and Terry DeGeus (32, white).

References

  1. ↑ "Abolition of capital punishment in Iowa". statelaws.findlaw.com. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "Executions in Iowa, from 1834–1963". deathpenaltyusa.org. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Dustin Lee Honken executed". apnews.com. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  4. ↑ Patrick O'Connor, 1834 June 30
  5. ↑ Joseph Jackson, IA, 1842 July 15
  6. ↑ Philip Heincy, 1946 March 29
  7. ↑ William McCauley, 1845 May 13
  8. ↑ William Hinkle, IA, 1858 August 13
  9. ↑ F. Gillick, 1860 April 27
  10. ↑ N. A. Johnson, 1860 May 18
  11. ↑ Daniel Clifford, 1860 October 19
  12. ↑ Benjamin Mccomb, IA, 1865 February 17
  13. ↑ Chester Bellows, IA, 1887 December 16
  14. ↑ Henry Schmidt, 1888 January 15
  15. ↑ James Dooley, 1894 October 19
  16. ↑ Jacob Cumberland, 1895 February 8
  17. ↑ Joseph Smith, 1906 April 20
  18. ↑ John Junkins, 1910 July 29
  19. ↑ Ira Pavey, 1922 September 8
  20. ↑ Eugene Weeks, 1922 September 15
  21. ↑ Orrie Cross, 1922 November 24
  22. ↑ Earl Throst, 1923 March 9
  23. ↑ William Olander, 1923 September 7
  24. ↑ John Maupin, IL, 1885 July 26
  25. ↑ Archie Burris, IA, 1925 January 2
  26. ↑ Harland Simons, IA, 1925 November 16
  27. ↑ J. A. R. Altringer, IA, 1931 November 6
  28. ↑ Elmer Brewer, IA, 1935 June 5
  29. ↑ Reginald Tracy, 1935 November 29
  30. ↑ John Mercer, IA, 1938 January 24
  31. ↑ John Mercer, IA, 1938 January 24
  32. ↑ Allen Wheaton, 1938 January 24
  33. ↑ Marlo Heinz, IA, 1938 April 19
  34. ↑ Franz Jacobsen, IA, 1938 April 19
  35. ↑ Walter Rhodes, 1940 May 7
  36. ↑ Ivan Sullivan, 1941 November 12
  37. ↑ Stanley Kaster, 1944 December 29
  38. ↑ William Jarrett, 1945 February 23
  39. ↑ William Heincy, 1946 March 29
  40. ↑ Corliss Bruntlett, 1949 July 6
  41. ↑ Edward Beckworth, 1952 August 4
  42. ↑ William Dowdy, IA, 1864 September 9
  43. ↑ Stanley Grammell, Robert Johnson, Fred Allen, 1918 July 5
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