List of people executed in Maryland

This is a list of at least 310 people executed in Maryland, United States, between 1638 and 2005.[1][2]

Capital punishment in Maryland was abolished in 2013.

1638–1699: 16 executions

Name Age Race Sex Occupation Crime Method Date of Execution County
Thomas Smith ? White Male Seaman Sedition, Piracy, Murder[3] Hanging 1638-06-20 St. Mary's
Edward Beckler ? White Male Seaman Sedition, Piracy, Murder[3] Hanging 1638-06-20 St. Mary's
Richard Ingle 43 White Male Seaman Piracy Hanging 1653-??-?? St. Mary's
William Eltonhead ? White Male ? ? Hanging 1655-??-?? Anne Arundel
William Lewis ? White Male ? ? Hanging 1655-??-?? Anne Arundel
John Leggatt ? White Male ? ? Hanging 1655-??-?? Anne Arundel
John Pedro ? White Male ? ? Hanging 1655-??-?? Anne Arundel
John Dandy ? White Male Gunsmith Murder Hanging 1657-01-03 Calvert
Jacob [slave of Utee] ? Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1665-01-04 St. Mary's
Anatchcom ? Native American Male ? Murder Shooting 1669-05-08 St. Mary's
John [unknown surname] ? Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1671-04-14 St. Mary's
James Sall ? White Male Servant Murder Hanging 1671-04-14 St. Mary's
Robert Spear ? White Male Servant Murder Hanging 1671-04-14 St. Mary's
Robert Warry ? White Male Servant Murder Hanging 1671-04-14 St. Mary's
Isabella Yousley ? White Female ? Murder Hanging 1671-04-17 St. Mary's
Rebecca Fowler ? White Female Housewife Witchcraft Hanging 1685-01-09 Calvert

1700–1799: 72 executions

Name Age Race Sex Occupation Crime Method Date of Execution County
Tom[4] ? Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1728-11-15 Cecil
Jupiter Jack[4] ? Black Male Slave ? Hanging 1728-12-16 Charles
Pompey[4] ? Black Male Slave ? Hanging 1728-12-16 Charles
Parraway [slave of John Aldridge][4] ? Black Male Slave Murder Gibbeting 1729-04-18 Prince George's
Corra [slave of Aquilla Hall][4] ? Black Male Slave Murder Gibbeting 1729-05-16 Baltimore
Babb[4] ? Black Female Slave ? Hanging 1729-06-17 Kent
Coacko[4] ? Black Male Slave ? Hanging 1730-11-25 Prince George's
Ben[4] ? Black Male Slave ? Hanging 1732-11-10 Prince George's
Stepney[4] ? Black Male Slave ? Gibbeting 1733-05-16 Charles
Tom[4] ? Black Male Slave ? Hanging 1733-10-03 Anne Arundel
Harry[4] ? Black Male Slave ? Hanging 1733-11-14 Prince George's
Michael Aley[5] ? White Male ? ? Hanging 1735-01-16 Queen Anne's
Anthony[4] ? Black Male Slave ? Hanging 1736-11-10 St. Mary's
Kildare[4] ? Black Male Slave ? Hanging 1736-11-10 Anne Arundel
Sam[4] ? Black Male Slave ? Hanging 1736-11-10 Prince George's
Sambo/Sango[4] ? Black Male Slave ? Hanging 1736-11-10 Prince George's
Jack [slave of Leonard Holliday][4] ? Native American Male Slave ? Hanging 1737-05-27 Prince George's
Cloe[4] ? Black Female Slave ? Hanging 1737-05-27 Anne Arundel
Iago[4] ? Black Male Slave ? Hanging 1737-05-27 Anne Arundel
Jack[4] ? Black Male Slave ? Hanging 1737-05-27 Anne Arundel
Jack[4] ? Black Male Slave ? Hanging 1737-06-01 Charles
Henry Murphy[5] ? White Male ? ? Hanging 1737-11-16 Charles
Bess [slave of John Beale] ? Black Female Slave Conspiracy to Murder by Poison Hanging 1738-06-07 Prince George's
Charles [slave of Richard Hellen][5] ? Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1738-12-12 Calvert
[Unknown] ? Black Male Slave ? Hanging 1738-??-?? Anne Arundel
[Unknown] ? Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1738-??-?? Anne Arundel
[Unknown] ? White Male ? Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging 1738-??-?? Anne Arundel
[Unknown] ? Black Male Slave Rape Hanging 1739-??-?? Anne Arundel
[Unknown] ? Black Male Slave Slave Revolt Hanging 1739-??-?? Prince George's
[Unknown] ? Black Male Slave Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging 1739-??-?? Anne Arundel
[Unknown] ? Black ? Slave Murder Hanging 1742-??-?? ?
[Unknown] ? Black ? Slave Murder Hanging 1742-??-?? ?
[Unknown] ? Black ? Slave Murder Hanging 1742-??-?? ?
[Unknown] ? Black ? Slave Murder Hanging 1742-??-?? ?
[Unknown] ? Black ? Slave Murder Hanging 1742-??-?? ?
[Unknown] ? Black ? Slave Murder Hanging 1742-??-?? ?
[Unknown] ? Black ? Slave Murder Hanging 1742-??-?? ?
Jack [slave of Phillip Hammond][5] ? Black Male Slave Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging 1743-07-22 Anne Arundel
Frank [slave of Phillip Hammond][5] ? Black Male Slave Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging 1743-07-22 Anne Arundel
[Unknown] ? Black Male Slave Murder Gibbeting 1743-??-?? ?
[Unknown] ? Black Male Slave Murder Gibbeting 1743-??-?? ?
Esther Anderson ? White Female ? Murder Burning 1746-05-13 Kent
Hector Grant ? White Male ? Murder Hanging 1746-05-13 Kent
James Horney ? White Male ? Murder Hanging 1746-05-13 Kent
Thomas Lamb[6] ? ? Male Servant Murder Hanging 1747-05-13[6] Prince George's[6]
York [unknown first name] ? Black Male Slave[4] Horse Stealing Hanging 1747-12-09[4] Anne Arundel[4]
John Murphy ? White Male ? Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging 1749-12-13 Frederick
Martha Bassett ? White Female Servant Murder Hanging 1752-01-10 Baltimore
Mary Powell ? White Female Servant Murder Hanging 1752-01-10 Baltimore
John Berry ? White Male Servant Murder Gibbeting[5] 1752-01-10 Baltimore
Key [unknown first name] ? Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1755-??-?? St. Mary's
[Unknown] ? Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1755-??-?? ?
Richard Crosby ? White Male ? Murder Hanging 1762-05-26 Frederick
Michael Peck ? White Male ? Murder Hanging 1762-10-08 Frederick
Toby[5] ? Black Male Slave Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging 1767-06-26 Dorchester
John Stinson[5] ? White Male ? Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging 1769-10-20 Baltimore
Tom[5] ? Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1770-05-02 Somerset
John Jones White Male ? Slave stealing/Murder Hanging 1770-10-12 Kent
[Unknown] ? ? Male Convict Murder Hanging 1773-01-22 Frederick
[Unknown] ? ? Male Convict Murder Hanging 1773-01-22 Frederick
[Unknown] ? ? Male Convict Murder Hanging 1773-01-22 Frederick
[Unknown] ? ? Male Convict Murder Hanging 1773-01-22 Frederick
[Unknown] ? White Male ? Treason ? 1781-07-25 Frederick
[Unknown] ? White Male ? Treason ? 1781-07-25 Frederick
[Unknown] ? White Male ? Treason ? 1781-07-25 Frederick
Robert Conaway ? White Male ? ? Hanging 1783-11-05 Baltimore
John Lee ? White Male ? ? Hanging 1783-11-05 Baltimore
Francis Piers ? Latino Male ? Murder Hanging 1783-11-05 Baltimore
Donnelly [unknown first name] ? White Male ? Robbery Hanging 1788-??-?? Baltimore City
Murray [unknown first name] ? White Male ? Robbery Hanging 1788-??-?? Baltimore City
Patrick Cassidy ? White Male ? Murder Hanging 1788-??-?? Baltimore City
John Webb ? White Male ? Murder Hanging 1788-??-?? Baltimore City

1800–1899: 139 executions

Name Age Race Sex Occupation Crime Method Date of Execution County
Sam [slave of Harding] Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1803-03-30 Frederick
William Morris White Male Escaped Prisoner Murder Hanging 1808-04-22 Baltimore City
William Robinson White Male Escaped Prisoner Murder Hanging 1808-04-22 Baltimore City
Daniel Dougherty White Male Escaped Prisoner Murder Hanging 1808-04-22 Baltimore City
Caleb Dougherty Black Male Escaped Prisoner Murder Hanging 1808-04-22 Baltimore City
John Riggin White Male Escaped Convict Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging 1808-04-22 Worcester
Frank Johnston Black Male ? Accessory to Murder Hanging 1808-11-25 Montgomery
Peregrine [slave of Rochester] Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1810-??-?? Queen Anne's
John Armstrong Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1811-11-06 Queen Anne's
Jonathan [slave of Owings] Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1813-01-26 Frederick
Harry [slave of Owings] Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1813-01-26 Frederick
Nimrod [slave of Owings] Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1813-01-26 Frederick
Solomon [slave of Owings] Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1813-01-26 Frederick
Dick [unknown surname] Black Male Slave Rape Hanging 1817-??-?? Anne Arundel
Joseph Hare White Male Highwayman Robbery Hanging 1818-09-10 Baltimore City
John Alexander White Male Highwayman Robbery Hanging 1818-09-10 Baltimore City
John Cotterill White Male ? Murder Hanging 1820-02-25 Montgomery
William Cotterill White Male ? Murder Hanging 1820-02-25 Montgomery
William Cotterill, Jr. White Male ? Murder Hanging 1820-02-25 Montgomery
John Ferguson ? Male Seaman Piracy Hanging 1820-04-13 Baltimore City
Israel Denny ? Male Seaman Piracy Hanging 1820-04-13 Baltimore City
Peregrine Hutton 28 White Male Stagecoach Driver Murder-Robbery Hanging 1820-07-14 Baltimore City
Morris Hull 20 White Male Druggist Murder-Robbery Hanging 1820-07-14 Baltimore City
Peter [slave of Baker] Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1821-03-02 Frederick
Kitty [slave of Baker] Black Female Slave Murder Hanging 1821-03-02 Frederick
George [unknown surname] Black Male Slave Rape Hanging 1824-01-29 Baltimore
Henry [unknown surname] Black Male Slave Rape Hanging 1824-01-29 Baltimore
Shelby Jump ? Male ? Murder Hanging 1829-??-?? Caroline
George Swearingen 29 White Male Sheriff Murder Hanging 1829-01-02 Allegany
Henny [slave of Insley] Black Female Slave Murder Hanging 1831-06-?? Dorchester
John Markley White Male Ex-Convict Murder-Robbery Hanging 1831-06-24 Frederick
Nelson Wallis Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1833-12-20 Baltimore City
Aurelia Chase Black Female Slave Poisoning Hanging 1833-12-20 Baltimore City
William Adams Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1835-05-29 Baltimore City
[Unknown] ? ? ? ? Hanging 1844-??-?? St. Mary's
Adam Horn White Male ? Murder Hanging 1844-01-12 Baltimore City
Henry McCurry White Male ? Murder Hanging 1845-06-27 Baltimore City
Joseph Alexander Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1847-02-26 Baltimore City
Charles [unknown surname] Black Male Slave Rape Hanging 1847-06-04 St. Mary's
Tom [unknown surname] Black Male Slave Rape Hanging 1848-??-?? Anne Arundel
Conrad Vinter White Male ? Murder Hanging 1849-07-21 Baltimore City
Nicholas Murphy White Male ? Murder-Robbery Hanging 1851-08-08 Kent
William Shelton White Male Laborer Murder-Robbery Hanging 1851-08-08 Kent
Abraham Taylor White Male ? Murder-Robbery Hanging 1851-08-08 Kent
David [unknown surname] Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1852-??-?? Anne Arundel
David Johnson Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1853-01-07 Anne Arundel
Thomas Connor 19 White Male ? Murder Hanging 1853-08-05 Baltimore City
Robert Swift ? Male ? Murder Hanging 1855-04-20 Cecil
Frederick Miller 25 White Male Peddler Murder-Robbery Hanging 1856-01-03 Allegany
Saul [unknown surname] Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1856-02-27 Queen Anne's
Phillip Hawkins Black Male Freedman Murder Hanging 1858-01-07 Frederick
Marion Crop 23 White Male ? Murder Hanging 1859-04-08 Baltimore City
Henry Gambrill 25 White Male Saloon Keeper Murder Hanging 1859-04-08 Baltimore City
John Cyphus 34 Black Male Drayman Murder Hanging 1859-04-08 Baltimore City
Peter Corrie 26 White Male Butcher Murder Hanging 1859-04-08 Baltimore City
[Unknown] Black Male ? Murder-Robbery Hanging 1860-11-?? Prince George's
[Unknown] Black Male ? Murder-Robbery Hanging 1860-11-?? Prince George's
[Unknown] Black Male ? Murder-Robbery Hanging 1860-11-?? Prince George's
[Unknown] Black Male ? Murder-Robbery Hanging 1860-11-?? Prince George's
Henry Kennard Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1861-??-?? Baltimore
Joseph Kuhns White Male Soldier Murder Hanging 1862-03-07 Baltimore City
Mary Naylor Black Female Slave Murder Hanging 1863-??-?? Anne Arundel
William Richardson White Male ? Espionage Hanging 1863-07-05 Frederick
Andrew Laypole White Male ? Espionage Hanging 1864-05-23 Baltimore City
George McDonald White Male Soldier Desertion Firing squad 1864-09-27 Baltimore City
Thomas Davis 19 Black Male ? Murder-Robbery-Burglary Hanging 1866-11-02 Prince George's
William James 26 Black Male ? Hanging
Henry Luckett 23 Black Male ? Hanging
William Plater 28 Black Male ? Hanging
Lucy Purnell Black Female ? Murder Hanging 1868-02-28 Worcester
George Bailey 26 Black Male ? Murder-Piracy Hanging 1869-03-05 Somerset
Frank Rounds 27 Black Male ? Hanging
William Wells 19 Black Male ? Hanging
William Wilson 19 Black Male ? Hanging
George Truman Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1869-05-28 Frederick
Nimrod Richards Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1870-08-12 Prince George's
John Rice Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1870-09-16 Calvert
John Martin 21 Black Male Farm Laborer Rape Hanging 1871-02-10 Frederick
John Howard White Male Canal Boat Worker Murder Hanging Allegany
Mary Wallis 17 Black Female Domestic Servant Murder Hanging Prince George's
Fred Lawrence Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1871-07-?? Talbot
William Pritchard Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1871-09-29 Baltimore
William Craig Black Male Farm Laborer Rape Hanging 1873-01-10 Allegany
Thomas Jackson 49 Black Male Merchant Murder-Robbery Hanging 1873-07-11 St. Mary's
Albert Sanders 23 Black Male Ex-Convict Murder-Robbery Hanging 1873-07-11 Calvert
Thomas Hollohan White Male Laborer Murder-Robbery Hanging 1873-08-01 Baltimore City
Joshua Nicholson White Male Laborer Murder-Robbery Hanging 1873-08-01 Baltimore City
James West Black Male Laborer Murder Hanging 1873-08-23 Baltimore City
Levan Palmer Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1873-08-23 Baltimore
Ernest Smith Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1874-08-?? Talbot
George Wheeler 23 Black Male Farm Hand Murder Hanging 1875-03-12 Talbot
[Unknown] Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1875-03-12 ?
Jenkins Howell Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1876-08-12 Worcester
Charles Simpson Black Male ? ? Hanging 1877-02-09 Charles
Martin Henry Black Male ? ? Hanging 1877-02-09 Charles
James Hawkins 20 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1877-11-23 Baltimore
Henry Norfolk White Male Farmer Murder Hanging 1877-12-21 Anne Arundel
Edward Costley 19 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1878-06-21 Frederick
Hiram Fooks Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1878-07-21 Somerset
Medford Walters 18 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1879-12-05 Cecil
John Gothard 53 Black Male Farm Hand Murder Hanging 1881-04-29 Baltimore
Felix Munschor 32 White Male ? Murder-Robbery Hanging 1881-11-11 Frederick
Arthur Preston 21 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1883-01-19 Harford
George Lake Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1883-06-29 Dorchester
John Smith 40 Black Male Railroad Worker Murder Hanging 1883-11-16 Garrett
Frederick Cephas Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1884-08-01 Dorchester
Charles Williams Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1886-01-08 Dorchester
Jim Stevens Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1887-02-25 Somerset
John Ross Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1887-09-09 Baltimore City
John Biscoe Black Male Sailor Murder Hanging 1888-04-27 St. Mary's
Melvin Garlitz 25 White Male Railroad Worker Murder Hanging 1889-08-30 Allegany
Ernest Forbes Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1891-04-03 Anne Arundel
William Blaney ? Male ? Murder-Robbery Hanging 1891-06-12 Baltimore City
Thomas Thompson Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1892-01-29 Kent
Buck Brooks Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1893-01-13 Kent
Moses Brown Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1893-01-13 Kent
Frisbie Comegys Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1893-01-13 Kent
Fletcher Williams Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1893-01-13 Kent
Alfred Stout Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1893-01-27 Cecil
William Bond 25 Black Male Farm Hand Murder-Rape Hanging 1893-04-14 Montgomery
William Pinkney Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1893-06-30 Prince George's
Daniel Barber Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1893-06-30 Prince George's
Arthur Courtney Black Male Seaman Murder-Robbery Hanging 1893-12-15 Somerset
Henry Taylor Black Male Seaman Murder-Robbery Hanging 1893-12-15 Somerset
William Leonard White Male Laborer Murder Hanging 1894-02-16 Frederick
Horace Cooper Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1895-06-21 Cecil
James Smith Black Male Waiter Murder-Rape Hanging 1896-12-18 Prince George's
George Matthews White Male Oyster Dredger Murder Hanging 1897-03-12 Charles
Peter Monahan 74 White Male ? Murder Hanging 1897-08-13 Baltimore City
Sommerfield Dennis 16 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1898-08-12 Worcester
Joseph Wright 21 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1899-03-24 Kent
John Berry 16 Black Male Odd Jobs Murder-Robbery Hanging 1899-06-16 Prince George's
Cornelius Gardiner 23 Black Male Porter Rape Hanging 1899-07-28 Baltimore City
Charles James 21 Black Male Waiter Rape Hanging 1899-07-28 Baltimore City
John Myers 19 Black Male Messenger Rape Hanging 1899-07-28 Baltimore City
Joseph Bryan 32 Black Male Barber Murder Hanging 1899-07-28 Baltimore City
Armistead Taylor Black Male Farm Hand Murder-Robbery Hanging 1899-08-18 Montgomery
John Brown Black Male Farm Hand Murder-Robbery Hanging 1899-08-18 Montgomery
Samuel Johnson 22 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1899-12-08 Washington

1900–1961: 112 executions

Maryland's final execution before the nationwide death penalty moratorium caused by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Furman v. Georgia (1972) occurred in 1961.

Name Age Race Sex Occupation Crime Method Date of Execution County
Amos Smith ? Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1900-08-03 Baltimore City
William Black ? Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1900-08-31 Baltimore City
Charles Overs 28 Black Male Railroad Worker Murder Hanging 1901-04-19 Frederick
Wiley Kirk 18 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1901-05-31 Baltimore
John Butler ? Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1901-08-23 Baltimore City
Frank Jones ? Black Male ? Murder-Robbery Hanging 1902-06-20 Howard
John Johnson ? Black Male ? Murder-Robbery Hanging 1902-06-20 Howard
Asbury Dixon ? Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1902-08-29 Worcester
John Devine ? Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1902-09-19 Baltimore City
Henry Hardy 37 Black Male Fisherman Murder Hanging 1905-07-07 Wicomico
John Burch ? Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1905-07-07 Baltimore City
John Simpers ? ? Male ? Murder Hanging 1905-01-20 Cecil
Isaac Winder ? Black Male ? Murder-Robbery Hanging 1906-03-30 Baltimore
William Lee 17 Black Male Odd Jobs Rape Hanging 1906-07-26 Somerset
Frisbie Gibbs 40 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1907-05-10 Baltimore City
Edward Wilson ? Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1908-02-28 Baltimore City
Andrew Taylor 27 Black Male Farm Hand Murder Hanging 1912-08-09 Anne Arundel
Wesley Mills ? Black Male Laborer Rape Hanging 1912-12-06 Somerset
Philip Gibson ? Black Male Laborer Murder Hanging 1913-01-03 Baltimore City
James Jacobs ? Black Male ? ? Hanging 1913-01-10 Anne Arundel
Wish Shepard 18 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1915-08-27 Caroline
Frank Grano ? White Male ? Murder Hanging 1915-11-26 Worcester
John Brown ? Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1916-06-30 Washington
John Snowden 28 Black Male Ice man Murder (posthumously pardoned) Hanging 1919-02-28 Anne Arundel
Isaiah Fountain ? Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1920-07-23 Talbot
Charles Robinson ? ? Male ? Murder Hanging 1921-02-25 Frederick
Charles Lewis ? Black Male ? Murder-Robbery Hanging 1921-03-18 Baltimore City
William Davis ? Black Male ? Murder-Robbery Hanging 1921-03-18 Baltimore City
Guy Thompson 41 White Male ? Murder Hanging 1921-04-15 Montgomery
Henry Brown (federal execution) ? Black Male Navy Deserter Murder-Robbery Hanging 1921-09-01 Baltimore City
Samuel Smith ? Black Male Chauffeur Attempted Rape Hanging 1922-02-24 Baltimore
William Stultz ? White Male Plumber Murder Hanging 1922-11-10 Frederick
Bishop Hawkins ? Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1923-04-06 Baltimore City
George Chelton[2] 21 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1923-06-08 Somerset
Carroll Gibson 18 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1925-02-13 Talbot
Isaac Benson 37 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1926-07-23 Baltimore City
Richard Whittemore 27 White Male Escaped Convict Murder Hanging 1926-08-13 Baltimore City
William Henry Ross 23 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1927-09-09 Washington
Arthur Swann 20 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1927-09-09 Frederick
Ottie Simmons 19 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1927-09-09 Frederick
Alfred Simms 19 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1927-11-11 Prince George's
Benjamin F. Spragins 28 White Male Convict Murder Hanging 1928-08-03 Baltimore
Charles P. Carey 28 White Male Convict Murder Hanging 1928-08-03 Baltimore City
Hopkins Watkins 27 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1928-11-16 Baltimore
John Orestus Marsh[2] 51 White Male ? Murder Hanging 1929-08-09 Carroll
John Jackson 55 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1930-01-31 Baltimore City
Lorenzo Price 32 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1931-06-12 Baltimore
Thomas Blackson 42 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1932-01-15 Worcester
Walter F. Wright 28 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1932-04-08 Baltimore City
Euel Lee 60 Black Male Farm Laborer Murder Hanging 1933-01-27 Baltimore
Page Jupiter 46 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1934-02-02 Charles
James A. Gross 25 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1935-04-19 Prince George's
Gordon Dent 30 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1935-04-19 Prince George's
James Poindexter 27 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1935-06-28 Montgomery
William Harold 45 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1935-06-28 Montgomery
Willie Williams 25 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1936-06-12 Baltimore City
Augusto Perez 22 White Male ? Rape Hanging 1936-06-12 Baltimore City
James Irvin Howard 20 Black Male Laborer Murder-Robbery Hanging 1937-07-09 Anne Arundel
Richard Hammond 31 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1938-08-28 Baltimore City
James Albert Turner 25 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1938-08-29 Montgomery
Fred L. Brown 44 White Male Farmer Murder Hanging 1939-03-19 Dorchester
Alvin Kenton 23 White Male ? Rape Hanging 1940-03-15 Talbot
Thomas C. Sanchez 40 White Male ? Rape Hanging 1940-03-15 Talbot
Otis Harrell 23 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1940-05-10 Baltimore City
William T. Sorrell 28 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1940-05-10 Baltimore City
Alexander Williams 33 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1940-06-28 Anne Arundel
Arthur H. Collick 27 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1940-09-13 Baltimore
Wilson Knott 33 White Male ? Rape Hanging 1941-01-10 Anne Arundel
French White 23 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1941-06-27 Montgomery
James Miller 29 White Male Farm Laborer Murder Hanging 1941-09-26 Allegany
Earl Loveless 22 White Male Farm Laborer Murder Hanging 1941-09-26 Allegany
James Baker 38 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1941-12-19 Dorchester
Wilbur Pritchett 37 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1942-05-08 Dorchester
Frank Haywood 32 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1942-06-05 Prince George's
Andrew Henry 54 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1942-07-10 Dorchester
Edward Woffard 27 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1942-07-24 Baltimore
Charles J. Benjamin 23 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1942-07-24 Baltimore City
James Gilliam 39 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1943-01-15 Worcester
James Ford 32 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1943-03-12 Baltimore
Freeman Holton 21 Black Male ? Murder-Robbery Hanging 1943-06-04 Baltimore City
Frank Williams 23 Black Male ? Murder-Robbery Hanging 1943-06-04 Baltimore City
John Lampkin 19 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1943-08-13 Baltimore City
William Charles Holsey[2] 33 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1944-02-25 Carroll
Martin Smith 20 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1944-03-31 Baltimore City
John Hinton 25 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1944-06-16 Dorchester
Calvin William Watkins[2] 24 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1944-11-17 Baltimore City
Patrick Murphy 40 White Male ? Rape Hanging 1945-07-20 Prince George's
Luther McClam 28 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1945-08-17 Baltimore City
Donald Brooks 31 White Male Truck Driver Murder-Burglary Hanging 1945-11-30 Baltimore City
John Henry Fields[2] 38 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1945-12-28 Worcester
William Tasker 21 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1946-01-18 Anne Arundel
Lloyd Walker 22 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1946-08-09 Baltimore City
William Demby 22 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1946-01-04 Baltimore City
Roy Nathan Peters[2] 22 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1946-01-04 Baltimore City
Jack Lester Barnes[2] 25 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1946-12-13 Prince George's
Charles Lee Carmen[2] 19 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1947-01-17 Cecil
William Copper 20 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1947-06-27 Cecil
Ross J. Abbott 24 White Male ? Murder Hanging 1947-08-01 Dorchester
Weldon Jones, Jr. 20 Black Male Oyster Picker Murder-Robbery Hanging 1947-08-01 Wicomico
Roy Lee Lathco[2] 39 White Male ? Rape Hanging 1948-04-30 Baltimore
Henry T. Jackson 32 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1948-04-30 Worcester
Ollie Smith, Jr. 22 Black Male Farm Hand Rape Hanging 1948-04-30 Dorchester
Howard A. Fram 31 White Male Unemployed Murder-Robbery Hanging 1949-07-08 Baltimore City
Eugene James 31 Black Male Janitor Murder-Rape Hanging 1949-08-12 Baltimore City
John Knowles 26 Black Male Merchant Marine Murder Hanging 1949-08-12 Baltimore City
Lott Glover 31 Black Male ? Murder-Robbery Hanging 1953-08-25 Prince George's
George Grammer 35 White Male Office Manager Murder Hanging 1954-06-11 Baltimore City
William C. Thomas 32 Black Male Ex-Convict Murder-Rape-Robbery Hanging 1955-06-10 Baltimore City
Eddie Lee Daniels[2] 29 Black Male Laborer Murder-Robbery Gas chamber 1957-06-28 Montgomery
Carl Daniel Kier[2] 23 Black Male Handyman Murder-Rape-Robbery Gas chamber 1959-01-23[2][7] Baltimore
Leonard M. Shockley 17 Black Male Unemployed Murder-Robbery Gas chamber 1959-04-10 Dorchester
Nathaniel Lipscomb 32 Black Male ? Murder-Rape Gas chamber 1961-06-09 Baltimore City

1994–2005: 5 executions

Between the United States Supreme Court's Gregg v. Georgia decision upholding the use of the death penalty in the United States in 1976, and Maryland's abolition of the death penalty in 2013, a total of five people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Maryland. All were executed by lethal injection.

No. Name Race Age Sex Date of execution Method Victim(s) Governor
1 John Frederick Thanos White 45 Male May 17, 1994 Lethal injection Billy Winebrenner, Gregory Allen Taylor, and Melody Pistorio William Donald Schaefer
2 Flint Gregory Hunt Black 38 Male July 2, 1997 Baltimore police officer Vincent Adolfo Parris Glendening
3 Tyrone Delano Gilliam Jr. Black 32 Male November 16, 1998 Christine Doerfler
4 Steven Howard Oken White 42 Male June 17, 2004 Dawn Marie Garvin, Patricia Hirt, and Lori Ward Robert Ehrlich
5 Wesley Eugene Baker Black 47 Male December 5, 2005 Jane Tyson

See also

References

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