List of people executed in Tennessee
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This is a list of people executed in Tennessee. Until 1913, there were no records of the numbers or names of the people who were executed.
Post-''Gregg''
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" | {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! scope="col" | Name ! scope="col" | Race ! scope="col" | Age ! scope="col" | Sex ! scope="col" data-sort-type="date" | Date of execution ! scope="col" | County ! scope="col" | Method ! scope="col" | Victim(s) ! scope="col" | Governor |
|---|
| scope="row" | 1
| {{sortname|Robert Glen|Coe}} | White | 44 | M | April 19, 2000 | Weakley | rowspan="3"|Lethal injection | Cary Ann Medlin |
| scope="row" | 2
| {{sortname|Sedley|Alley|Murder of Suzanne Marie Collins}} | White | 50 | M | June 28, 2006 | rowspan="2"|Shelby | U. S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Suzanne Marie Collins | rowspan="5"|Phil Bredesen |
| scope="row" | 3
| {{sortname|Philip Ray|Workman|Philip Workman}} | White | 53 | M | May 9, 2007 | Memphis Police Lieutenant Ronald Oliver |
| scope="row" | 4
| {{sortname|Daryl Keith|Holton|Daryl Holton}} | White | 45 | M | September 12, 2007 | Bedford | 4 murder victims{{efn|The 4 victims were: Stephen Holton, Brent Holton, Eric Holton, and Kayla Holton.}} |
| scope="row" | 5
| {{sortname|Steve|Henley|nolink=1}} | White | 55 | M | February 4, 2009 | Jackson | rowspan="3"|Lethal injection | Fred Stafford and Edna Stafford |
| scope="row" | 6
| {{sortname|Cecil C.|Johnson Jr.|nolink=1}} | Black | 53 | M | December 2, 2009 | Davidson | Bobby Bell Jr., James Moore, and Charles House |
| scope="row" | 7
| {{sortname|William Ray|"Billy" Irick|Billy Ray Irick}} | White | 59 | M | August 9, 2018 | Knox | Paula Kay Dyer | rowspan="3"|Bill Haslam |
| scope="row" | 8
| {{sortname|Edmund George|Zagorski|Edmund Zagorski}} | White | 63 | M | November 1, 2018 | rowspan="2"|Electrocution | John Dale Dotson and James Wayne Porter |
| scope="row" | 9
| {{sortname|David Earl|Miller|murder of Lee Standifer}} | White | 61 | M | December 6, 2018 | Knox |
| scope="row" | 10
| {{sortname|Donnie Edward|Johnson|nolink=1}} | White | 68 | M | May 16, 2019 | Shelby | Lethal injection | Connie Johnson | rowspan="5" |Bill Lee |
| scope="row" | 11
| {{sortname|Stephen Michael|West|Murders of Wanda and Sheila Romines}} | White | 56 | M | August 15, 2019 | Union | rowspan="3"|Electrocution |
| scope="row" | 12
| {{sortname|Leroy|Hall Jr.|Murder of Traci Crozier}} | White | 53 | M | December 5, 2019 | Hamilton |
| scope="row" | 13
| {{sortname|Nicholas Todd|Sutton}} | White | 58 | M | February 20, 2020 | Morgan | Carl Isaac Estep |
| scope="row" | 14
| {{sortname|Oscar Franklin|Smith}} | White | 75 | M | May 22, 2025 | Davidson | Lethal injection | Judith Lynn Smith, Chad Altmon Burnett, and Jason Don Burnett |
= Demographics =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| colspan="3" | Race |
|---|
| White
| 13 | {{Percentage|13|14|0}} |
| Black
| 1 | {{Percentage|1|14|0}} |
| colspan="3" | Age |
| 40–49
| 2 | {{Percentage|2|14|0}} |
| 50–59
| 8 | {{Percentage|8|14|0}} |
| 60–69
| 3 | {{Percentage|3|14|0}} |
| 70–79
| 1 | {{Percentage|1|14|0}} |
| colspan="3" | Sex |
| Male
| 14 | {{Percentage|14|14|0}} |
| colspan="3" | Date of execution |
| 1976–1979
| 0 | 0% |
| 1980–1989
| 0 | 0% |
| 1990–1999
| 0 | 0% |
| 2000–2009
| 6 | {{Percentage|6|14|0}} |
| 2010–2019
| 6 | {{Percentage|6|14|0}} |
| 2020–2029
| 2 | {{Percentage|2|14|0}} |
| colspan="3" | Method |
| Lethal injection
| 8 | {{Percentage|8|14|0}} |
| Electrocution
| 6 | {{Percentage|6|14|0}} |
| colspan="3" | Governor (Party) |
| Ray Blanton (D)
| 0 | 0% |
| Lamar Alexander (R)
| 0 | 0% |
| Ned McWherter (D)
| 0 | 0% |
| Don Sundquist (R)
| 1 | {{Percentage|1|14|0}} |
| Phil Bredesen (D)
| 5 | {{Percentage|5|14|0}} |
| Bill Haslam (R)
| 3 | {{Percentage|3|14|0}} |
| Bill Lee (R)
| 5 | {{Percentage|5|14|0}} |
| Total
! 14 ! 100% |
Pre-''Furman''
| class="wikitable"
!Number !Name !Date of execution |
| 1.
|July 13, 1916 |
| 2.
|J. D. Williams |July 8, 1918 |
| 3.
|Eddie Alsup |July 8, 1918 |
| 4.
|Frank Ewing |May 31, 1919 |
| 5.
|Winfred Walker |January 8, 1920 |
| 6.
|Lorenzo Young |September 3, 1920 |
| 7.
|Cyre Mus Jackson |August 3, 1921 |
| 8.
|Taylor Neal |August 3, 1921 |
| 9.
|Hamp Gholston |August 17, 1921 |
| 10.
|Chesley Graham |August 17, 1921 |
| 11.
|Will Allen |August 17, 1921 |
| 12.
|John Green |February 17, 1922 |
| 13.
|Asbury Fields |February 18, 1922 |
| 14.
|Tom Christmas |March 1, 1922 |
| 15.
|Charles Petree |March 1, 1922 |
| 16.
|John McClure |March 1, 1922 |
| 17.
|Otto Stephens |March 1, 1922 |
| 18.
|March 15, 1922 |
| 19.
|Granville Bunch |April 11, 1922 |
| 20.
|William Dwight |July 25, 1922 |
| 21.
|Austin Harris |August 15, 1922 |
| 22.
|Jim McElroy |August 15, 1922 |
| 23.
|Bin Burchfield |January 14, 1925 |
| 24.
|Robert Tate |November 5, 1925 |
| 25.
|August 20, 1926 |
| 26.
|John F. Webb |May 20, 1927 |
| 27.
|John H. Wallace |May 25, 1927 |
| 28.
|Herman Coggins |November 10, 1927 |
| 29.
|Ben Fowler |January 25, 1928 |
| 30.
|Will Terrell |June 19, 1929 |
| 31.
|"Henry" |August 22, 1929 |
| 33.
|John Jones |February 14, 1930 |
| 33.
|Carey Gune |March 14, 1930 |
| 34.
|J. T. Harris |January 22, 1931 |
| 35.
|John T. Shaw |July 3, 1931 |
| 36.
|Oscar Bevins |September 7, 1933 |
| 37.
|Andrew Wilcoxson |September 7, 1933 |
| 38.
|Willie Jones |October 30, 1933 |
| 39.
|Jim Allen |January 5, 1934 |
| 40.
|Joe Emmory |February 5, 1934 |
| 41.
|James Swann |February 5, 1934 |
| 42.
|Louis Fain |February 5, 1934 |
| 43.
|Percy Smith |April 4, 1934 |
| 44.
|Frank Mays |April 4, 1934 |
| 45.
|Jasper Graham |April 4, 1934 |
| 46.
|James Pillow |September 1, 1934 |
| 47.
|John Deal |September 1, 1934 |
| 48.
|Bill Lee |January 2, 1936 |
| 49.
|Walter Kennedy |January 2, 1936 |
| 50.
|Louis Willis |January 2, 1936 |
| 51.
|Ernest Womack |April 1, 1936 |
| 52.
|E. K. Harris |May 22, 1936 |
| 53.
|Curley Ballard |August 11, 1936 |
| 54.
|James Smith |August 11, 1936 |
| 55.
|James Clark |August 11, 1936 |
| 56.
|Elmer Barrett |November 13, 1936 |
| 57.
|James Turner |March 5, 1937 |
| 58.
|James Taylor |March 15, 1937 |
| 59.
|Anderson Berry |March 17, 1937 |
| 60.
|Tom Franklin |March 18, 1937 |
| 61.
|Gus McCoig |April 3, 1937 |
| 62.
|Roy Wilburn Eatmon |April 16, 1937 |
| 63.
|William Farmer |April 30, 1937 |
| 64.
|Howard Dunn |April 30, 1937 |
| 65.
|Jimmie L. Parrish |August 9, 1937 |
| 66.
|Fred Ritchie |August 10, 1937 |
| 67.
|Gus McKinney |April 15, 1938 |
| 68.
|Arthur Mosby |July 25, 1938 |
| 69.
|Miller Tollett |January 11, 1939 |
| 70.
|Ernest Stanley |January 19, 1939 |
| 71.
|Frank Murray |March 28, 1939 |
| 72.
|Hyman Johnson |March 28, 1939 |
| 73.
|Hubert Harris |April 4, 1939 |
| 74.
|J. O. Martin |April 10, 1939 |
| 75.
|Joe McKay |April 10, 1939 |
| 76.
|Willie J. Smith |April 10, 1939 |
| 77.
|Harley Evans |August 28, 1939 |
| 78.
|Clyde Willis |January 10, 1940 |
| 79.
|A.C. Mobley |March 15, 1940 |
| 80.
|James Goodin |September 4, 1940 |
| 81
|William Henry |September 4, 1940 |
| 82.
|Van Gilmore |April 18, 1941 |
| 83.
|Walter Reed |July 18, 1941 |
| 84.
|Willie L. Porter |July 24, 1941 |
| 85.
|Carl Cole |July 24, 1941 |
| 86.
|Lawrence West |July 30, 1941 |
| 87.
|Roy Walden |February 13, 1942 |
| 88.
|John Dockery |February 14, 1942 |
| 89.
|Ernest Dixon |February 14, 1942 |
| 90.
|Clarence May |March 20, 1942 |
| 91.
|John H. Goods |March 20, 1942 |
| 92.
|William Headen |March 30, 1943 |
| 93.
|Robert Cannon |March 30, 1943 |
| 94.
|James Tucker |July 15, 1943 |
| 95.
|Marshall Spigner |July 15, 1943 |
| 96.
|Robert Hall |December 15, 1943 |
| 97.
|George Hambrick |December 15, 1943 |
| 98.
|Billy Dixon |July 16, 1945 |
| 99.
|Thomas Walker |March 1, 1946 |
| 99.
|Johnnie Outlaw |March 1, 1946 |
| 100.
|George Douglas |July 5, 1946 |
| 101.
|John H. Luffman |August 30, 1946 |
| 102.
|Alvin Hicks |August 30, 1946 |
| 103.
|Albert Duboise |April 11, 1947 |
| 104.
|John Hodge |June 19, 1947 |
| 105.
|Fred Jackson |August 11, 1947 |
| 106.
|James Sandusky |April 22, 1948 |
| 107.
|John Kelley |April 22, 1948 |
| 108.
|William C. Turner |August 31, 1948 |
| 109.
|James M. Scribner |August 31, 1948 |
| 110.
|Tommy H. Taylor |August 31, 1948 |
| 111.
|Barney Thompson |February 17, 1949 |
| 112.
|Edward Watson |June 10, 1949 |
| 113.
|Paul Lacey |November 25, 1949 |
| 114.
|Clyde Steel |January 24, 1950 |
| 115.
|Samuel L. Voss |April 15, 1955 |
| 116.
|Harry Kirkendall |August 1, 1955 |
| 117.
|Charlie Sullins |August 1, 1955 |
| 118.
|Robert Crenshaw |September 15, 1955 |
| 119.
|Robert Allen |March 15, 1957 |
| 120.
|Billy T. Gibbs |May 6, 1957 |
| 121.
|Thomas Rutledge |June 15, 1959 |
| 122.
|William Tines |November 7, 1960 |
See also
Notes
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References
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- [https://www.tn.gov/correction/statistics/executions/tennessee-executions.html TN Executions]. Tennessee Department of Correction. Retrieved on 2023-10-25.
- [http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090203/NEWS03/902030364 'I did not kill them' condemned man says]. The Tennessean, February 3, 2009. Retrieved on 2009-02-04.
- [https://fox17.com/news/local/tennessee-executes-death-row-inmate-donnie-johnson 'I commend my life into your hands' Tenn. inmate sings hymns as execution is carried out]. Fox 17 Nashville. Retrieved on 2019-05-17.
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