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List of people executed in Wyoming

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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Wyoming.[1][2]

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Name Race Age Date of execution County Method Crime Victim(s) Governor
John Boyer Mixed[a] 25 April 21, 1871 Laramie Hanging Murder Mr. Lowry and Mr. McCluskey, white[3] John Allen Campbell
William Tousant Kensler Mixed[b] November 19, 1874 Laramie Murder Adolph Pinea, white[4]
LeRoy Donovan White 22 January 18, 1884 Carbon[c] Murder-Robbery William Leighton, white[5] William Hale
George Cook White December 12, 1884 Albany Murder James Blount, white (brother-in-law)[6]
John Owens White March 5, 1886 Johnson Murder-Robbery Jacob Schmearer, white[7][8] Francis E. Warren
Benjamin Carter White 38 October 27, 1888 Carbon Murder James Jeffries, 17, white[9] Thomas Moonlight
George Black White January 26, 1890 Albany Murder Bob Burnett, white[10][11] Francis E. Warren
Charles Miller White 18 April 22, 1892 Laramie Murder-Robbery Ross Gishbaugh and Waldo Emerson, white[12] Amos W. Barber
Frank Howard White 43 December 7, 1894 Carbon Murder Charley Horn, white[13] John Eugene Osborne
James Keffer White 39 September 25, 1903 Fremont Murder-Robbery C. J. Warren, elderly, white[14] Fenimore Chatterton
Thomas Horn White 41 November 20, 1903 Laramie Murder Willie Nickell, 14, white
Joseph Seng White 32 May 24, 1912[d] Uinta Murder William Lloyd, white (U.P. chief detective)[15][16] Joseph M. Carey
J. Warren Jenkins White 28 November 14, 1913 Laramie Murder Jessie Root Leffingwell, white (wife)[17]
Willard Flanders White 50 June 16, 1916 Sheridan[e] Murder His wife and Sam Aultz, white[18] John B. Kendrick
Wilmer P. Palmer White 32 August 11, 1916 Natrona Murder Jessie Sweet Palmer, 28, white (wife)[19]
Oscar W. White Black 28 October 20, 1916 Natrona Murder Anderson Coffee, black[20]
Yee Geow Asian 18 March 11, 1921 Laramie Murder Thomas Holland, white (immigration investigator)[21][f] Robert D. Carey
George Brownfield White 54 March 10, 1930 Crook Murder Theodore Thomas, white[22] Frank Emerson
Charles Aragon Native American 25 May 14, 1930 Fremont Murder Jess (ex-girlfriend's husband) and Ed Large, 65 (Ed), mixed[23][g]
Talton Taylor White 33 May 11, 1933 Johnson Murder William Embrey, white[24][h] Leslie A. Miller
Perry H. Carroll White 36 August 13, 1937 Laramie Gas asphyxiation Murder Charles C. Bernard, white[25]
Stanley S. Lantzer White 38 April 19, 1940 Laramie Murder Cecile Lantzer, white (wife)[26] Nels H. Smith
Cleveland Brown Jr. Black 27 November 17, 1944 Lincoln Murder-Rape Elizabeth Kusnirik, 79, white[27] Lester C. Hunt
Andrew Pixley Hispanic 22 December 10, 1965 Washakie[i] Murder-Rape Debbie and Cindy McAuliffe, 12 and 8, white Clifford Hansen
Mark Hopkinson White 42 January 22, 1992 Uinta Lethal injection Murder Jeffrey Green, white[j] Mike Sullivan
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One federal execution has taken place in Wyoming:

More information Name, Race ...
Name Race Age Date of execution Location Method Crime Victim(s) President
Henry Ruhl White 36April 27, 1945Wyoming State PenitentiaryGas asphyxiationMurder on a Government ReservationMatt Katmo, 44, whiteHarry S. Truman
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Notes

  1. [a]
    "Halfbreed Indian".
  2. [b]
    Halfbreed.
  3. [c]
    Change of venue from Sweetwater County.
  4. [d]
    First execution at the Wyoming State Penitentiary.
  5. [e]
    Change of venue from Crook County.
  6. [f]
    Also murdered 30-year-old firefighter John S. Federhen.
  7. [g]
    Halfbreeds.
  8. [h]
    Also previously murdered Patrick Daly in Natrona County but was acquitted.
  9. [i]
    Change of venue from Teton County.
  10. [j]
    Proxy serial killer, also responsible for the murders of Vincent, Beverly, and John Vehar.

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