List of people executed by the District of Columbia

Capital punishment in the District of Columbia has been abolished since 1981. However, a number of executions were carried out under the District's jurisdiction before then.

Before 1973, the District of Columbia was exclusively governed by Congress, which included establishing all local laws. Until 1962, the District of Columbia was the last jurisdiction in the United States with mandatory death sentences for first-degree murder (the last U.S. state with mandatory death sentences for first degree murder was Vermont). Mandatory death sentences were abolished by the HR5143 (PL87-423), signed into law by President John F. Kennedy on March 22, 1962.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Ready-Reference/Legislative-Summary-Main-Page/Legislative-Summary/District-of-Columbia.aspx|title=District of Columbia - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum|date=October 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006101131/http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Ready-Reference/Legislative-Summary-Main-Page/Legislative-Summary/District-of-Columbia.aspx|archive-date=2012-10-06}} Rape was also a capital offense.{{Cite web|url=http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/ESPYstate.pdf|title=Executions in the U.S. 1608-2002: The ESPY File : Executions by State (PDF)}}

The D.C. capital punishment law was nullified by the Supreme Court decision in Furman v. Georgia in 1972 and formally repealed by the D.C. Council in 1981.

The first recorded execution in the District of Columbia, was the hanging of James McGirk in 1802. Hanging was the method of execution used in the District until 1928, when it was replaced by the electric chair. The last execution under the authority of the District took place in 1957, when Robert Carter was executed. All executions were conducted at the D.C. Jail.

The president of the United States has sole pardoning power in the District.

Listing of non-federal executions in the District of Columbia, 1900-1957

class="wikitable" ! scope="col" \| Executed Person ! scope="col" \| Ethnicity ! scope="col" \| Age ! scope="col" \| Sex ! scope="col" data-sort-type="date" \| Date of Execution ! scope="col" \| Crime ! scope="col" \| Presidential Administration
Benjamin Snell	White	42	Male	June 29, 1900	Executed for the August 6, 1899, razor murder of a 13-year-old girl.{{cite news \|title=Pays the Penalty - Benjamin Snell Hanged for Murder of Lizzie Weisenberger \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/214911615/?terms=Benjamin%20Snell&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=29 June 1900}}	rowspan="3" \| William McKinley
Nelson Vale	Black	59	Male	July 6, 1900	Executed for the January 1900 shooting murder of a man in Tenleytown.{{cite news \|title=Vale Hanged Today - Went to Scaffold Singing a Hymn \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/214914710/?terms=Vale%20Hanged%20Today&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening Star \|date=6 July 1900}}
Frank Funk	White	25	Male	November 9, 1900	Executed for June 1898 murder of elderly man in his home during robbery.{{cite news \|title=Funk and Snell Unlike - The Condemned Men Differ in Every Personal Characteristic \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/72084879/?terms=Funk%20and%20Snell%20Unlike%20-%20The%20Condemned%20Men%20Differ%20in%20Every%20Personal%20Characteristic&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=3 March 1900}}
Elijah Chapman	Black	33	Male	May 23, 1902	Executed for January 1, 1902, fatal stabbing of his alleged common-law wife during an argument.{{cite news \|title=Expiates His Crime - Elijah Chapman Hanged at District Jail Today \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/145350275/?terms=Expiates%20His%20Crime%20-%20Elijah%20Chapman%20Hanged%20At%20District%20Jail%20Today&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=23 May 1900}}	rowspan="11" \| Theodore Roosevelt
John St. Clair	Black	26	Male	January 30, 1903	Executed for the April 1902 shooting murder of a woman during an argument.{{cite news \|title=John St. Clair Held - Accused of Murder of Daisy Maddox \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/145335919/?terms=John%20St.%20Clair&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=17 April 1902}}
Benjamin Hill	White	52	Male	July 24, 1903	Executed for the November 1902 shooting murder of his wife.{{cite news \|title=Hoped for Reprieve Fails Murderer Hill \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/83730873/?terms=Hill%20Hanged&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Times \|date=24 July 1903}}
John Burley	Black	43	Male	August 26, 1904	Executed for the rape of a four-year-old girl in April 1903.{{cite news \|title=John W. Burley Executed at District Jail \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/145363566/?terms=Burley%20executed&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=26 August 1904}}
Augustus Shaffer	White	39	Male	February 10, 1905	Executed for cutting the throat of his divorced wife in August 1903.{{cite news \|title=Expiates His Crime - Augustus L. Shaffer Executed at District Jail \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/145478486/?terms=Shaffer%20Executed%20at%20District%20Jail&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=10 February 1905}}
William Hamilton	Black	27	Male	February 2, 1906	Executed for June 1904 murder of a woman.{{cite news \|title=Death Penalty Paid - William Walter Hamilton Hanged At Local Jail \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/146240483/?terms=William%20Walter%20Hamilton%20Hanged%20at%20Local%20Jail&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=2 February 1906}}
Charles Edward Grant	Black	21	Male	November 16, 1906	Executed for the murder his common-law-wife whom he stabbed with a knife during a quarrel.{{cite news \|title=Sentence of the Law - Charles Edward Grant Hanged at the Local Jail \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/146505013/?terms=Charles%20Edward%20Grant%20Hanged%20at%20the%20Local%20Jail&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=16 November 1906}}
William Burge	Black	23	Male	April 23, 1907	Executed for the January 1905 murder of his wife.{{cite news \|title=Met Death Quietly - William Burge Hanged at the Local Jail \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/214979108/?terms=William%20Burge%20Executed%20at%20the%20Local%20Jail&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington Evening-Star \|date=23 April 1907}}
Joseph Paolucci	White	31	Male	March 23, 1908	Executed for the September 1906 shooting of woman who had rejected him for a relationship.{{cite news \|title=Penalty Was Death - Joseph Paolucci Hanged For Murder of Miss Dodge \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/330818444/?terms=Joseph%20Paolucci&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=23 March 1908}}
Albert Brown	Black	23	Male	June 29, 1908	Executed for the murder of his brother Harvey in November 1907.{{cite news \|title=Dies Singing A Hymn - Albert Brown Hanged for Murder of His Brother \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/28799019/?terms=Albert%20Brown&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Post \|date=30 June 1908}}
Richard Gregory	Black	37	Male	February 15, 1909	Executed for August 1907 murder of man with a club.{{cite news \|title=Goes Singing to the Scaffold - Gregory Protests Innocence Knowing He Must Die \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/330869153/?terms=Goes%20Singing%20to%20Scaffold&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=15 February 1909}}
Samuel Rauen	White	25	Male	February 14, 1913	Executed for fatally shooting his wife and his brother in front of his wife's home in March 1912.{{cite news \|title=Rauen Dies Bravely - Murderer of Wife and Brother Shows No Emotion \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/331510239/?terms=Double%20Slayer%20Hanged%20in%20Jail&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=14 February 1913}}	rowspan="1" \| William Howard Taft
Nathaniel Green	Black	23	Male	June 9, 1913	Executed for the Christmas Day, 1912, rape of a woman.{{cite news \|title=Nathaniel Green Is Hanged Today: Second Man to Pay Penalty at District Jail for Assaulting A Woman Since 1904 \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/331637063/?terms=Nathaniel%20Green%20Is%20Hanged%20Today&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=9 June 1913}}	rowspan="4" \| Woodrow Wilson
James Allen	Black	36	Male	September 12, 1917	Executed for the November 1915 murder of his wife in their home in Georgetown.{{cite news \|title=James Allen is Legally Hanged from Scaffold That Killed Guiteau 35 Years Ago \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/79946323/?terms=James%20Allen%20is%20Legally%20Hanged%20From%20Scaffold%20That%20Killed%20Guiteau%2035%20Years%20Ago.&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=12 September 1917}}
James Jackson	Black	27	Male	March 2, 1920	Executed for murder of young war worker in January 1919.{{cite news \|title=Jackson Hanged at Jail \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/332652563/?terms=Jackson%20Hanged%20at%20Jail&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=2 March 1920}}
Frank Bowman	Black	39	Male	October 22, 1920	Executed for 1916 murder of a paralyzed man.{{cite news \|title=Negro Murderer Dies on Gallows - Frank Bowman, Who Killed Paralytic, Walks Firmly to Meet Death \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/332686459/?terms=Frank%20Bowman&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=22 October 1920}}
William Campbell	Black	22	Male	March 11, 1921	Executed for murder of woman in her home during burglary in March 1920.{{cite news \|title=Slayer Dies on Gallows - Trap is Sprung for Campbell, Confessed Killer of Mrs. Gertrude Mann \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/79846706/?terms=William%20Campbell%20gallows&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Times \|date=11 March 1921}}	rowspan="7" \| Warren Harding
John McHenry	White	19	Male	March 17, 1922	Executed for the murders of a Washington policeman and an auto accessory dealer.{{cite news \|title=Smiles As He Pays Gallows Penalty - Youthful John McHenry Calm in Meeting Death for Murder of Two \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/19548054/?terms=John%20McHenry%20gallows&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Post \|date=18 March 1922}}
Earnest Shands	Black	29	Male	March 9, 1923	Executed for August 1922 murder of his wife with an axe.{{cite news \|title=Slayer of Wife Dies on Gallows - Earnest A. Shands Calm As He Goes to Execution With Hymn on His Lips \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/618185083/?terms=gallows&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=9 March 1923}}
George Banton	Black	20	Male	April 20, 1923	Executed for August 1922 murder of a grocer during a robbery.{{cite news \|title=Slayer Warns Headlong Youth Just Before Dying on Gallows \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/618186770/?terms=George%20Banton&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=20 April 1923}}
Charles Price	Black	32	Male	May 3, 1923	Executed for murdering man in May 1918 in dispute over bottle of liquor.{{cite news \|title=Slayer Goes Singing to the Gallows \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/618187336/?terms=Charles%20Price&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=3 May 1923}}
George Epps	Black	31	Male	May 24, 1923	Executed for December 1921 murders of his wife and her female friend at their home.{{cite news \|title=Murderer Hanged with Hymn on His Lips \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/618188218/?terms=George%20Epps&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=24 May 1923}}
Rufus Gordon	Black	37	Male	June 23, 1923	Executed for September 1919 murder of grocer during a robbery.{{cite news \|title=Admits Murder as Noose Beckons \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/618192757/?terms=Rufus%20Gordon&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=23 June 1923}}
Ralph Thomas	Black	40	Male	January 15, 1925	Executed for the murder of his wife, Sadie Thomas, on August 1, 1923.{{cite news \|title=Murderer Goes to Death Singing \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/618267444/?terms=Ralph%20Thomas&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=15 January 1925}}	rowspan="6"\| Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Copeland	Black	50	Male	January 22, 1925	Executed for murdering two policemen and a deputy sheriff in 1918. Last condemned inmate to be hanged in the District of Columbia.{{cite news \|title=Copeland, Hanged, Admits Slaying 12 in Last Statement \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/618270110/?terms=Herbert%20Copeland&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=22 January 1925}}
Philip Jackson	Black	30	Male	May 29, 1928	Executed for rape of woman on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol. First condemned inmate to be electrocuted in the District of Columbia.{{cite news \|title=Jackson Executed on Assault Count - Meets Death in Chair at D.C. Jail, Denying Crime to Last \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/618546701/?terms=Philip%20Jackson&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=29 May 1928}}
Nicholas Eagles	White	34	Male	rowspan="3" \| June 22, 1928	rowspan="3" \| All three were executed for the murder of DC policeman Leo W. Karl Busch on September 28, 1926.{{cite news \|title=Trio of Murders Pay Death Penalty in Electric Chair for Busch Slaying \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/618553890/?terms=Trio%20of%20Murderers%20Pay&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=22 June 1928}}Memorial to Leo W. Busch. Washington, DC MPD Police Memorial & Museum. (n.d.). Retrieved November 27, 2021, from https://www.dcpolicememorial.org/fallen-1926-busch-l/
Samuel Mareno	White	21	Male
John Proctor	White	20	Male
Andrew Hawkins	Black	31	Male	June 5, 1930	Executed for the December 1928 murder of his sweetheart.{{cite news \|title=Dies in Chair with Smile on His Lips - Andrew Jackson Hawkins, Condemned Slayer, Shows Unusual Bravery \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/864670144/?terms=Andrew%20Jackson%20Hawkins&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=5 June 1930}}	rowspan="2" \| Herbert Hoover
Cardoza Bell	Black	24	Male	March 6, 1931	Executed for August 1929 shotgun murder of his 25 year old female companion.{{cite news \|title=D.C. Will Execute Slayer on Friday - Cardoza Bell, Twice given 30 Day Stay, Must Die in Electric Chair \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/864714152/?terms=Cardoza%20Bell&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=4 March 1931}}
Alfred Aldridge	Black	21	Male	May 6, 1932	Executed for murder of DC policeman Harry J. McDonald.Memorial to Harry J. McDonald. Washington, DC MPD Police Memorial & Museum, https://www.dcpolicememorial.org/fallen-1929-mcdonald-h/{{cite news \|title=Policeman's Slayer Dies in Electric Chair \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/864750377/?article=b7e6a700-b1d9-41d4-a9be-4180c1192374 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=6 May 1932}}	rowspan="21" \| Franklin D. Roosevelt
John Borum	Black	26	Male	rowspan="2" \| June 29, 1932	rowspan="2"\| Executed for the murder of Prohibition (ATF) federal agent Lamar Watson York in 1930.Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives -- Lamar W. York. Retrieved 2021, November 26, from https://www.atf.gov/our-history/fallen-agents/lamar-w-york.{{cite news \|title=Agent Slayers Die in Electric Chair \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/864756010/?terms=John%20Borum&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=29 June 1932}}
John Logan	Black	24	Male
Charles Morris	Black	33	Male	March 12, 1932	Executed for the murder of a woman in July 1930 on C&O Canal Bridge.{{cite news \|title=Slayer of Woman Pays With Life \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/619050051/?terms=Slayer%20Pays%20With%20Life&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington Evening-Star \|date=2 December 1932}}
William Robinson	Black	20	Male	October 27, 1933	rowspan="2"\| Both men were executed separately for the July 1931 murder of a taxi driver during a hold-up.{{cite news \|title=Roosevelt Phones, Saving Man Just Before Execution Time \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/619028516/?terms=Roosevelt%20Phones%2C%20Saving%20Man%20Just%20Before%20Execution%20Time&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=27 October 1933}}{{cite news \|title=Roosevelt Reprieve Expires for Slayer \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/619036868/?terms=%22Charles%20Edward%20Washington%22&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=23 November 1933}}
Charles Washington	Black	23	Male	November 24, 1933
Benjamin Montague	Black	29	Male	December 1, 1933	Executed for the murder of his common-law-wife in June 1932.{{cite news \|title=Sings Spiritual as Chair Takes Life \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/619039824/?terms=Sings%20Spiritual%20as%20Chair%20Takes%20Life&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=1 December 1933}}
Ralph Holmes	Black	25	Male	rowspan="3"\| January 12, 1934	rowspan="3"\| All three men were executed for the August 1932 beating death of U.S. Park Police Officer Milo J. Kennedy.{{cite news \|title=Three Die in Chair for Part in Park Slaying in 1932 \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/618934200/?terms=Ralph%20Holmes&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=12 January 1934}}National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. 2019, OFC. Milo J. Kennedy. Officer Milo J. Kennedy, U.S. Park Police, https://usppfop.org/officer-milo-john-kennedy/
Joseph Jackson	Black	20	Male
Irvin Murray	Black	26	Male
Ernest Bolden	Black	25	Male	April 27, 1934	Executed for the July 1932 murder of his estranged wife.{{cite news \|title=New Executioner Throws Switch \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/618976382/?terms=%22Ernest%20Bolden%22&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=27 April 1934}}
Joe Goodman	Black	39	Male	rowspan="2" \| June 1, 1934	rowspan="2" \| Both men were executed for January 1933 murder of store owner during robbery of feed store in the Benning area of the District.{{cite news \|title=Two Slayers Die in Electric Chair \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/618991538/?terms=Two%20Slayers%20Die%20in%20Electric%20Chair&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=1 June 1934}}
George Pitmond	Black	35	Male
Albert Preston	Black	38	Male	March 20, 1936	Executed for February 1935 fatal shooting of man in dispute over $1.50 gambling debt.{{cite news \|title=Slayer Executed in Electric Chair - Preston Dies for Murder After Quarrel over $1.50 Gambling Debt \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/866054412/?terms=Albert%20Preston&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=20 March 1936}}
John Cummings	Black	27	Male	rowspan="2"\| April 23, 1937	rowspan="2"\| Both men were executed for the March 1935 fatal shooting of truck driver during robbery.{{cite news \|title=Law Takes Lives of Two Killers - D.C. Executes Pair Who Murdered Truck Driver in Hold-Up \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/864655805/?terms=John%20H.%20Cummings&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=23 April 1937}}
Willett Marcus	Black	21	Male
Norman Robinson	Black	29	Male	March 18, 1938	Executed for the September 1936 murder of lodging house proprietress.{{cite news \|title=Man Dies in Chair For Killing Woman \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/618965572/?terms=Man%20Dies%20in%20Chair%20for%20Killing%20Woman&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=18 March 1938}}
Will Kinard	Black	38	Male	February 2, 1939	Executed for the November 1936 murder of his wife during domestic argument.{{cite news \|title=Kinard Goes to Chair in District Jail for Murder of Wife \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/865950053/?terms=Kinard%20Goes%20to%20Chair%20in%20District%20Jail&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=3 February 1939}}
William Robinson	Black	36	Male	October 9, 1942	Executed for rape of 15-year-old girl near Rock Creek Park in August 1941.{{cite news \|title=Robinson Executed for Assault As Stone Denies Last Appeal \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/868315739/?terms=William%20Robinson&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=9 October 1942}}
William Mumforde	Black	22	Male	December 18, 1942	Executed for the murder of dress shop owner in February 1941.{{cite news \|title=William Mumforde Dies in Chair for Slaying Shop Owner \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/868293216/?terms=William%20Mumforde%20dies%20in%20chair&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=18 December 1942}}
Jarvis Catoe	Black	36	Male	January 15, 1943	Executed for the rape and murder of woman, suspected in numerous other similar crimes.{{cite news \|title=Catoe Electrocuted for Assault-Murder of D.C. Woman \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/868002374/?terms=Catoe%20Electrocuted&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=15 January 1943}}
Monroe Neely	Black	37	Male	December 14, 1945	Executed for the murder of DC police officer Charles Johnston in May 1943.{{cite news \|title=Neely Walks Unaided to Chair To Die for Policeman's Murder \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/868213095/?terms=Monroe%20Neely&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=14 December 1945}}"Memorial to Charles R. Johnston." Washington, DC MPD Police Memorial & Museum. Retrieved November 27, 2021, from https://www.dcpolicememorial.org/fallen-1943-johnston-c/	rowspan="15" \| Harry S. Truman
Earl McFarland	White	25	Male	July 19, 1946	Executed for the rape and murder of 18-year-old woman in October 1944.{{cite news \|title=Earl McFarland Dies in Chair For Slaying Government Girl \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/868361116/?terms=Earl%20McFarland&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=19 July 1946}}
William Copeland	Black	38	Male	December 20, 1946	Executed for the February 1944 fatal shooting of his 43-year-old sister-in-law.{{cite news \|title=Medley's Death Delayed by 2 Hours By Final Pleas - Executed After Two Other Slayers; Bid to High Court Fails \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/868405247/?terms=William%20Copeland&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=20 December 1946}}
Julius Fisher	Black	34	Male	December 20, 1946	Executed for the March 1944 murder of 37-year-old librarian at the Washington National Cathedral.{{cite news \|title=Medley's Death Delayed by 2 Hours By Final Pleas - Executed After Two Other Slayers; Bid to High Court Fails \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/868405247/?terms=William%20Copeland&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=20 December 1946}}
Joseph Medley	White	45	Male	December 20, 1946	Executed for murder of 50-year-old female acquaintance.{{cite news \|title=Medley's Death Delayed by 2 Hours By Final Pleas - Executed After Two Other Slayers; Bid to High Court Fails \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/868405247/?terms=William%20Copeland&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=20 December 1946}}
Alfred Hawkins	Black	24	Male	October 31, 1947	Executed for murder of 33-year-old grocery store clerk during holdup robbery.{{cite news \|title=Hawkins Dies in Chair for Holdup Murder, Remains Calm to the Last \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/868003357/?terms=Albert%20Hawkins&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=31 October 1947}}
Jesse Patton	Black	23	Male	rowspan="2" \| December 10, 1948	rowspan="2" \| Both men were executed for the murder of a pharmacist during a June 1946 robbery of drugstore.{{cite news \|title=Two Bernstein Killers Are Finally Executed After All Appeals Fail \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/868064785/?terms=Jesse%20Patton&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=10 December 1948}}
Reginald Wheeler	Black	28	Male
Shirley Harris	Black	25	Male	January 14, 1949	Executed for March 1947 murder of 54-year-old man during a holdup.{{cite news \|title=Trigger Man of Kelly Executed in Electric Chair \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/868157892/?terms=Shirley%20Harris&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=14 January 1949}}
John Hall	Black	35	Male	February 25, 1949	Executed for October 1946 rape of 8-year-old girl.{{cite news \|title=Hall sings Spiritual That He Wrote, Then Dies for Attacking Girl, 8 \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/868175206/?terms=John%20Hall&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=25 February 1949}}
Theodore Holmes	Black	22	Male	March 15, 1949	Executed for March 1948 rape of 9-year-old girl.{{cite news \|title=Ex-Convict Executed for Assault-Beating of Girl, 9, Year Ago \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/868179634/?terms=Theodore%20Holmes&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=15 March 1949}}
George Garner	Black	26	Male	rowspan="2"\| July 29, 1949	rowspan="2" \| Both men were executed for robbery-murder of taxi cab driver in February 1948.{{cite news \|title=Garner Brothers Die in Electric Chair for Murder of Cab Driver \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/868173421/?terms=George%20Garner&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=29 July 1949}}
Lawrence Garner	Black	24	Male
Fred Pritchett	White	41	Male	February 15, 1952	Executed for July 1949 murder of locomotive engineer on railroad property.{{cite news \|title=Two Motions to Stay Pritchett Execution Are Denied By Judge \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/869676996/?terms=Fred%20Pritchett&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=14 February 1952}}
William Tyler Jr.	Black	20	Male	July 26, 1952	Executed for murder of two night watchmen at Lansburgh's department store during a burglary in April 1949.{{cite news \|title=Tyler Dies in Chair for Fatal Stabbing of 2 Store Guards \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/815181313/?terms=William%20Tyler%20Lansburgh&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=25 July 1952}}
Albert Allen	Black	25	Male	March 20, 1953	Convicted of robbery and murder of co-worker in January 1950.{{cite news \|title=Man, 25, Executed in Garage Murder Despite Priest's Plea \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/869847777/?terms=Albert%20Allen&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Washington (District of Columbia) Evening-Star \|date=20 March 1953}}	rowspan="2" \| Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert Eugene Carter	Black	28	Male	April 26, 1957	Convicted of July 1953 robbery and murder of an off-duty D.C. police officer, George Cassels. Last man to be executed in District of Columbia.{{cite news \|title=Man Electrocuted for Slaying Policeman \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/291717290/?terms=Robert%20Carter&match=1 \|access-date=24 November 2022 \|publisher=Salisbury (Maryland) Daily Times \|date=27 April 1957}}"Memorial to George W. Cassels." Retrieved November 27, 2021, from https://mpdc.dc.gov/page/memorial-george-w-cassels.

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Category:Lists of people executed in the United States