List of people executed in Arizona (pre-1972)

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The following is a list of people executed in the U.S. state of Arizona before 1972, when capital punishment was briefly abolished by the Supreme Court's ruling in Furman v. Georgia. For people executed after the restoration of capital punishment by the Supreme Court's ruling in Gregg v. Georgia (1976), see List of people executed in Arizona.[1][2]

Historically, all executions in Arizona were carried out locally by hanging. In January 1910, an official execution chamber was completed at the then-territorial prison in Florence, which later become the state prison in 1912. Capital punishment was briefly abolished in the state between December 8, 1916, to December 5, 1918. Hanging was later replaced by gas asphyxiation on October 28, 1933.[2]

List of executions

Name Race Age Sex Date of execution County Crime Victim(s) Governor
Jose Lopez Hispanic 19 M January 5, 1910 Pinal Murder Maria Espinosa, Hispanic[3] Richard Elihu Sloan[a]
Cesario Sanchez Hispanic 42 M December 2, 1910 Coconino Murder Gregoria Conejo, Hispanic[4]
Rafael Barela Hispanic 30 M
Domingo Franco Hispanic 44 M July 7, 1911 Santa Cruz Murder Mr. Amada, Hispanic[5]
Alejandro Galles Hispanic 35 M July 28, 1911 Yavapai Murder Louis D. Yeager, white[6]
Ramon Villalobo Hispanic 28 M December 10, 1915 Pinal Murder William Phineas Brown, 32, white (Ray deputy sheriff)[7] George W. P. Hunt
Francisco Rodriguez Hispanic 29 M May 19, 1916 Maricopa Murder Female, Hispanic (wife)[8]
N. B. Chavez Hispanic 35 M June 9, 1916 Yavapai Murder Charles E. King, white (Jerome deputy sheriff)[9]
Miguel Peralta Hispanic 39 M July 7, 1916 Yavapai Murder
Simplicio Torrez Hispanic 24 M April 16, 1920 Coconino Murder Victor H. Mellick, white (Williams town constable)[10] Thomas Edward Campbell
Pedro Dominguez Hispanic 27 M January 14, 1921 Greenlee Murder Antonio Menchera, Hispanic[11]
Nichan Martin White 24 M September 9, 1921 Yavapai Murder Arthur de Steunder, 21, white[12]
Ricardo Lauterio Hispanic 23 M January 13, 1922 Maricopa Murder Adelina Sosa de Barillos, Hispanic (common-law wife)[13]
Thomas Roman Hispanic 32 M Murder-Robbery Thomas Hintze and Spangler (deputy constable), 10 (Hintze), white[14]
Theodore West White 35 M September 29, 1922 Mohave Murder Lem Smith, white[15][b]
Paul V. Hadley White 35 M April 23, 1923 Pima Murder-Robbery Anna C. Johnson, white[16] George W. P. Hunt
Manuel Martinez Hispanic 28 M August 10, 1923 Santa Cruz Murder-Robbery J. Frank Pearson, white (Ruby postmaster)[17]
William B. Ward Black 38 M June 20, 1924 Pinal Murder Ted Grosh, white[18]
Sam Flowers Black 36 M January 9, 1925 Maricopa Murder Sabina Flowers, black (wife)[19]
William Lawrence White 26 M January 8, 1926 Maricopa Murder Haze Burch, white (Phoenix policeman)[20]
Charles J. Blackburn White 36 M May 20, 1927 Graham Murder Miguel Bernal, 31, Hispanic[21]
B. W. L. Sam Asian 27 M June 22, 1928 Mohave Murder Tom King, Asian[22]
Shew Chin Asian 23 M
Jew Har Asian 30 M
Gee King Long Asian 30 M
Eva Dugan White 51 F February 21, 1930 Pima Murder-Robbery Andrew J. Mathis, 60, white[23][c]
Refugio Macias Hispanic 43 M March 7, 1930 Greenlee Murder Pedro Ornelas, Hispanic[24][d]
Herman Young White 28 M August 21, 1931 Pima Murder-Robbery John Dye, white[25]
Fred Hernandez Hispanic 19 M July 6, 1934 Pinal Murder-Robbery Charles P. Washburn, 65, white[26] Benjamin Baker Moeur
Manuel Hernandez Hispanic 18 M
George Shaughnessy White 19 M July 13, 1934 Santa Cruz Murder-Robbery Lon Blankenship, white[27]
Louis Sprague Douglas White 47 M August 31, 1934 Yuma Murder-Robbery John Hayden and Ralph Hart, both 63, white[28]
Jack Sullivan White 23 M May 15, 1936 Cochise Murder John B. Bradberry, white (railroad policeman)[29]
Frank Rascon Hispanic 27 M July 10, 1936 Maricopa Murder Joe Romero, Hispanic[30][31]
Roland H. Cochrane White 28 M October 2, 1936 Maricopa Murder-Robbery Richard Giles, white[32]
Frank Duarte White 24 M January 8, 1937 Pinal Murder-Robbery G. W. Johnson, white[33] Rawghlie Clement Stanford
Ernest Patten Black 37 M August 13, 1937 Apache Murder Female, black (common-law wife)[34]
Burt Anderson White 53 M Yavapai Murder Cecil Kuykendall, 28, white[35]
David Benjamin Knight White 33 M September 3, 1937 Maricopa Murder J. C. Kalb, white[36]
Elvin Jack Odom White 27 M January 14, 1938 Maricopa Murder-Robbery Charles Goade, white[37]
Archie Short White 27 M April 28, 1939 Pinal Murder Jack Hickox, white (Ray deputy sheriff)[38] Robert Taylor Jones
Frank Conner Black 22 M September 22, 1939 Santa Cruz Murder-Robbery Tracy Bird, white[39]
Robert Burgunder White 23 M August 9, 1940 Maricopa Murder-Robbery E. B. Peterson, white[40][e]
Grady B. Cole Black 28 M January 8, 1943 Cochise Murder Coy C. Qualls, white[41] Sidney Preston Osborn
Charles Sanders Black 20 M
J. C. Levice Black 22 M
James C. Rawlins White 46 M February 19, 1943 Greenlee Murder-Rape Marilyn Emma Atkins, 11, white[42]
Elisandro Macias Hispanic 20 M April 27, 1943 Pima Murder-Robbery Aldo Hage, 60, white[43][44]
John Earnest Ransom Black 48 M January 5, 1945 Maricopa Murder Charles H. Payne, 51, white[45]
Lee Albert Smith White 62 M April 6, 1945 Cochise Murder Edward D. Miller, white[46]
U. L. Holley Black 38 M April 13, 1945 Gila Murder Morgan Neilson and Ed Williams, 50 (Neilson), white[47]
Angel B. Serna Hispanic 27 M July 29, 1950 Pinal Murder Catharine Gohn, white[48] Dan Edward Garvey
Harold Thomas Lantz White 28 M July 18, 1951 Cochise Murder Ada C. Park, 68, white[49] John Howard Pyle
Carl J. Folk White 56 M March 4, 1955 Navajo Murder-Rape Betty Allen, white[50] Ernest McFarland
Lester Edward Bartholomew White 38 M August 31, 1955 Maricopa Murder Pamela and Richard Bartholomew, 2 and 3, white (children)[51][52][f]
Leonard Coey White 58 M May 22, 1957 Maricopa Murder Elnora Coey, white (wife)[53]
Arthur Thomas Black 33 M November 17, 1958 Cochise Murder Janie Miskovich, white[54]
Richard Lewis Jordan White 28 M November 22, 1958 Pima Murder-Rape Phyllis Mae Thompson, 22, white[55]
Vernice L. Craft Black 41 M March 7, 1959 Maricopa Murder Virginia Craft, black (wife)[56] Paul Fannin
Robert D. Fenton White 25 M March 11, 1960 Pima Murder Opal Keller Coward, 53, white[57]
Honor Robinson Black 44 M October 31, 1961 Maricopa Murder William Bischoff, black[58]
Patrick M. McGee White 55 M March 8, 1963 Coconino Murder-Robbery Ary J. Best, 66, white[59]
Manuel E. Silva Hispanic 43 M March 14, 1963 Pinal Murder Beatriz Mankel, white (girlfriend)[60][61]

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