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List of people executed in Arkansas (pre-1972)

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The following is a list of people executed in the U.S. state of Arkansas 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 Arkansas.[1][2][3]

Hanging

  Slave executions

1836–1849

More information Name, Race ...
Name Race Age Date of execution County Crime Victim(s) Governor
William McKee White May 26, 1837 Pulaski Murder Buford P. Scott, white[4] James Sevier Conway
William Brown White October 19, 1838 Pope Murder Mary M. Brown, white (wife)[5]
Tyre O'Neal White 1840 Pike Horse stealing N/A[6] Conway or Yell
Quinn White 1841 Lafayette Murder Male, white[7] Archibald Yell
Frank Black December 22, 1843 Crawford Rape Susan Rose, white[8][9][10]
Dennis Black
Henry Scaggs White October 25, 1844 Hempstead Murder William B. Oaks, white[11] Samuel Adams
Kloo-Ni-Wo-Hi-Ty Native American January 1845 Washington Murder-Robbery James P. Bigelow, white[12] Thomas Stevenson Drew
Tau-No-Hi-Yunhi Native American
Ka-No-Ske-Ski Native American
Crawford Burnett White November 8, 1845 Washington Murder-Robbery Jonathan Selby, white
Lavinia Burnett[a] White 60
John Burnett White December 26, 1845
Bob Black 1847 Union Attempted rape [13]
John Dowdy White April 25, 1847 Ouachita Murder Male, Native American[14][15]
Henry Black 1849 Union Murder-Rape Mrs. Abbot, white[16] Drew, Byrd, or Roane
Sam Black
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1850s

More information Name, Race ...
Name Race Age Date of execution County Crime Victim(s) Governor
Proctor ? Crawford Murder [17] ?
Skilley
Manual Black May 1851 Murder Male, white (owner)[18] John Selden Roane
Unknown Black 1853 Ashley Murder Mr. Davis, white (owner)[19] Elias Nelson Conway
Unknown[b] Black
Doghead Glory Native American February 4, 1853 Benton Murder David Scootie, Native American[20]
Buck White Native American 1854 Franklin Murder Unknown[21]
Austin Black June 9, 1854 Lawrence[c] Murder Benjamin Watson, white (owner)[22]
Randall Black 26 August 1, 1856 Washington Murder Dr. James Boone, white[23][24]
Willis Beard White May 29, 1857 Crawford (Federal) Murder John Kelley, white[25][26]
John Bass White April 1858 Murder-Robbery Male, white (tax collector)[27][d]
Lafayette Sullivan White April 30, 1858 Independence Murder Thomas P. Sullivan, white (cousin)[28]
David Lewis White 24 April 29, 1859 Independence[e] Murder Will C. Bewler, white (father-in-law)[29]
Charles Cosgrove White June 10, 1859 Pulaski Murder G. R. Lester, white[30][31]
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1860s

  Executions by firing squad

More information Name, Race ...
Name Race Age Date of execution County Crime Victim(s) Governor
Fletcher White May 1860 Randolph Inciting riots[f] N/A[32] Elias Nelson Conway
Percifield White
Robert Davis White January 18, 1861 Crawford Murder Elisha and John Clary, white[33] Henry Massey Rector
Alfred Black March 8, 1861 Washington Murder William Stephens, white (owner)[34]
George Coker White April 5, 1861 Bradley Murder [35]
Henry Coker White
David Dodd White 17 January 8, 1864 Pulaski (Military) Espionage N/A[36] Harris Flanagin
Jeremiah Earnest White 44 March 18, 1864 Pulaski (Military) Murder Three people, white[37][g]
Thomas Miller White
A. J. Copeland White July 29, 1864 Sebastian (Military) Murder John Brown, white[38] Isaac Murphy
John Norwood White
William Cary White
James Rowden White
Alexander McBroom White 34 April 21, 1865 Sebastian (Military) Desertion N/A[39]
Franklin Patterson White 34 May 5, 1865 Sebastian (Military) Murder Frank Marzall, 48, white[40]
McAdams Black 1868 Union Murder General Moore, black[41] Murphy or Clayton
Tobe Owens Black September 4, 1868 Little River Murder Male, minor, black[42] Powell Clayton
Wiliam Reece Black January 19, 1869 Crittenden (Military) Rape Three females, white[43]
Unknown Black
Unknown Black
Major Tatum Black 21 March 25, 1869 Little River Murder Rev. Mr. Morrill, white[44][45]
James Warner Black August 19, 1869 Pulaski Murder-Robbery Mrs. Strange, white[46]
Dave Ross White September 3, 1869 Crawford Murder John Lytle, white[47]
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1870s

  Federal executions at Fort Smith Jail[48]

More information Name, Race ...
Name Race Age Date of execution County Crime Victim(s) Governor
Amos McCurtain Native American June 24, 1870 Crawford (Federal) Murder-Robbery James McClain and James Blakely, Native American and black[49] Powell Clayton
Jerdon Grundy Black February 3, 1871 Crawford Murder Robert Monroe, black[50][51]
William Harrison Black June 10, 1871 Crittenden Murder John B. Crockett, white[52][53] Ozra Amander Hadley
John Rosebrough Black Murder William Freeman, elderly, white[52][53]
Frank Cobb Black October 20, 1872 Ashley Murder Dr. W. L. McKoin, white[54]
Ned Nighton Black 1873 Union Murder Patsy Matthews, black[55] Hadley or Baxter
Jake Young Black January 31, 1873 Crawford Rape [56][57] Elisha Baxter
William Watkins White 41 April 25, 1873 White Murder William Swaggerty, white[58][h]
Brown Brewer Black 25 May 2, 1873 White Murder Charles Bayley, black[59][60]
Joe Hodges Black 28 June 27, 1873 Phillips Murder-Robbery Mr. Cummings, white[61]
James Runnels Black 24
John Childers Native American 27 August 15, 1873 N/A Murder-Robbery Reyburn Wedding, white
Young Wolf Native American October 10, 1873 N/A Murder-Robbery Two trappers, white[62]
Tunagee Native American
John Billy Native American 18 April 3, 1874 N/A Murder Perry Duval, white (deputy marshal)
John Pointer Native American 18 Murder Male, white[63]
Isaac Filmore Native American 17 Murder-Robbery Male, white[63]
Sidney Wallace White 23 April 13, 1874 Johnson Murder R. W. Ward and Elisha Mears, white (constable and judge)[64][i]
McClish Impson Native American January 15, 1875 N/A Murder Unidentified male, white Augustus Hill Garland
Daniel Evans White 21 September 3, 1875 N/A Murder-Robbery J. R. Seaboet, white[65]
William Whittington White 30 Murder-Robbery John Turner, white[65]
James Moore White 27 Murder William Spivey, white (police officer)[j]
Samuel Fooy Mixed[k] 26 Murder-Robbery John E. Naff, white[65]
Smoker Mankiller Native American 18 Murder William Short, white[65]
Edward Campbell Black 20 Murder Lawson Ross and Maria McKinney, black[65]
William B. Thompson White December 18, 1875 Conway Murder Rebecca Stover, white[66][67]
Cornelius Hammond White 22 January 14, 1876 Benton Murder Columbus Hancock, white[68][69]
Gibson Ishtonubbee Native American April 21, 1876 N/A Murder-Robbery Dr. Funny and Ms. Mason, Native American and black[70]
Isham Seely Native American 26
William Leech White 36 Murder-Robbery Henry Watkins, white[71]
Orpheus McGee Native American Murder Robert Alexander, white
Aaron Wilson Black 20 Murder-Robbery James and Frank Harris, 12 (Frank), white[71]
Tate Jackson Black June 1876 Monroe Murder [72]
Samuel Peters Native American 29 September 8, 1876 N/A Murder Mrs. James Hanson, white
Osey Sanders Native American 30 Murder-Robbery Thomas S. Carlyle, white
John Valley Native American 29 Murder-Robbery Eli Hackett, white[73]
Sinker Wilson Native American 24 Murder Datus Cowan, minor, white[73]
Albert Trammell Black 35 July 28, 1877 Nevada Murder Nancy Trammell, black (wife)[74][75] William Read Miller
Giles Dickson Black 42 September 7, 1877 Monroe Murder Nathaniel McCall, white[76][77]
Tom Staner White 25 November 2, 1877 Saline Murder Harriet Staner (aunt) and Parcell Taylor, white[78][79][80]
John Jones Black December 14, 1877 Lee Murder Joseph Colwell, white[81]
William Baldwin Black May 3, 1878 Miller Murder Malissa Phillips, black (girlfriend)[82]
Jacob Levels Black June 21, 1878 Pulaski Murder Robert Swan, black[83][84]
Clint Anderson Black August 30, 1878 Pulaski[l] Rape Sarah McGinty, white[85][86][m]
Charles Carr White November 8, 1878 Cross Rape Sallie Derushe, white[87][88]
James Diggs Black December 20, 1878 N/A Murder-Robbery J. C. Gould, white
John Postoak Native American Murder John Ingley, white
Henry Taylor Black June 27, 1879 St. Francis Rape Martha Anthony, 7, black[89][90]
Henri Stewart White 30 August 29, 1879 N/A Murder-Robbery J. B. Jones, white
William Wiley White 32 Murder David J. Brown, white
Robert Lancaster White 28 September 12, 1879 Independence[n] Murder Thomas Johnson, white[91]
Marcus Whitley White September 26, 1879 Randolph Murder Duke Sumner, white[92]
Joseph Kemp White 25 October 3, 1879 Sharp Murder Marion D. Hulsey, white[93]
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1880s

More information Name, Race ...
Name Race Age Date of execution County Crime Victim(s) Governor
James Howard White 30 February 27, 1880 Franklin Murder Mary Smith, 20, white (girlfriend)[94][95] William Read Miller
Sidney McFadden Black March 12, 1880 Hempstead Murder Female, black (wife)[96]
L. L. Ford White 25 May 28, 1880 Crittenden Murder-Robbery John Broadway, 55, white[97]
Thomas Edmunds White 35 May 28, 1880 Franklin Murder Julia Ashbrook and her daughter, 17 and <1, white (common-law wife and their child)[98][99][100]
William Binns Black June 11, 1880 Bradley[o] Murder Tom P. Edwards, black[101][102]
George Sanford Black July 9, 1880 Mississippi Murder Armstead Penn, white[103][104]
Richard McKee Black
Cal Huey White January 13, 1881 Mississippi[p] Murder John Broadway, 55, white[105][106]
Rush Bennett Mixed[q] 31 February 4, 1881 Union Murder Col. A. C. Jamison, white[107][108] Thomas James Churchill
Green Jackson Black February 11, 1881 Crittenden Murder Mr. Jones, black[109]
Henry Dennison Black April 15, 1881 Prairie Murder Female, black (wife)[110]
Hayes White Black June 10, 1881 Crittenden Murder W. F. Beattie, white (sheriff)[111]
Isaac Green Black 27 July 15, 1881 Lee[r] Murder John Richards, white[112][113]
John Hardin Black 20 Murder William Brown, white[114][113]
Willis Reeves Black 20 July 15, 1881 Crawford Murder John Drake, minor, black[115][116]
George Green Black July 22, 1881 Sebastian Murder Female, black (wife)[117]
William Brown White 28 September 9, 1881 N/A Murder Robert Tate, white
Abner Manley Native American 19 Murder Ellis McVay, white
Amos Manley Native American 21
Patrick McGowan White 35 Murder Jim Latta, white[118][119]
George Padgett White 24 Murder William H. Stephens, white[118][119]
Boge Jackson Black November 18, 1881 Ashley Murder Reuben Jordan, elderly, black[120]
Frank Hall Black 40 December 9, 1881 Pulaski Murder Paul Saunders, black[121][s]
Howard Edmunds White 26 December 9, 1881 Bradley Murder Sallie Watson, 16, white (sister-in-law)[122][123]
Whit Brown Black 30 February 24, 1882 Jefferson Murder-Robbery Robert Youley, 25, white[124]
Luther Taylor White 25 April 21, 1882 Clay Murder Riley Black, white[125][126][t]
Edward Fulsom Native American 21 June 30, 1882 N/A Murder William Massingill and John Stewart, white[127][128]
Abraham Sublett Black December 1, 1882 Cross Murder Female, black (wife)[129][130]
Ed Garrett Black January 26, 1883 Miller Murder Female, black (wife)[131] James Henderson Berry
Nick Walker Black 24 March 23, 1883 Pulaski Murder Tom Jenkins, black[132]
Robert Massey White April 13, 1883 N/A Murder-Robbery Edmond Clark, white
Governor Nelson Black May 4, 1883 Lafayette Murder Major Ashley, black[133]
Jerry Blalock White 24 May 11, 1883 Jackson Murder Thomas Brandenberg, white[134][135][u]
Jack Hinton White May 25, 1883 Phillips Murder [136]
Jack Taylor White May 25, 1883 Monroe Murder Col. Hugh W. Ingram, 63, white[137][138]
Joseph Young Black 17 May 25, 1883 Little River Rape Mrs. Chism, white[139]
James Henderson White 28 June 22, 1883 Johnson Murder-Robbery John Cain, white[140][141]
Gove Johnson White 36
James Johnson White 18
Monroe McDonald White 33
William Finch Mixed[v] 28 June 29, 1883 N/A Murder Bush Johnson and Jerry McCarthy, black[142]
Martin Joseph Black Murder-Rape Bud and Lone Stephens, 16 (Lone), white[142][w]
Te-o-lit-se Native American 25 Murder-Robbery Emanuel M. Cochran, white[142]
Deno Casat White 25 August 17, 1883 Pulaski Murder George F. Barnes, white[143]
William Johnson Black October 12, 1883 Drew Murder Calvin Williams, black[144][145]
James Underwood White 30 December 7, 1883 Yell Murder Robert J. Pendergrass, white[146]
Henry Rose Black 21 April 4, 1884 Mississippi Murder Dempsey Taylor, 53, mixed[147][x]
Charles Wright Black April 25, 1884 Howard Murder Thomas Wyatt, white[148][149]
James Tucker Black May 30, 1884 Logan Murder Aaron Parker, white[150]
Dock Walker Black 34 June 27, 1884 Miller Murder Lucius Grant, black[151][152]
Jack Womankiller Native American 25 July 11, 1884 N/A Murder-Robbery Nathaniel Wyatt, 73, white[153]
Thomas Thompson White 26 Murder-Robbery James O'Holleran, elderly, white[153]
John Davis Native American 19 Murder-Robbery William Bullock, white[153]
Frank Williams Mixed[y] 35 August 1, 1884 Jefferson Murder Female, black (wife)[154][155]
Jonas Bogard Black 25 August 27, 1884 Lonoke Rape Ms. Ray, 11, white[156]
Frank Casey Black 22 November 26, 1884 Pulaski Murder Charles Watson, 22, white[157][158]
Abe Frazier Black 34 November 28, 1884 Bradley Murder Lewis Davis, black[159]
Fayette Melton White 23 January 30, 1885 Clay Murder Franklin Hale, white[160] Simon Pollard Hughes Jr.
Rush Johnson Black 30 February 12, 1885 Pulaski Murder John C. Wall, white (overseer)[161]
Lige Parker Black 35 Murder-Robbery Lewis C. Fox, white[162]
William Phillips White April 17, 1885 N/A Murder William Hill, white (father-in-law)
Columbus Moffett White 20 April 24, 1885 Polk Murder-Robbery William Weehunt, white[163][164]
Oliver Rogers Black May 8, 1885 Columbia Murder Garland Frozer, black[165]
Goodwin Jackson Black 40 May 22, 1885 Monroe Murder Sanderson Redmon, 64, black[166][167]
James Arcene Native American 22[z] June 26, 1885 N/A Murder-Robbery Henry Feigel, white
William Parchmeal Native American
Rufus Dortch Black June 26, 1885 Lee Murder Male, black[168]
David Ackles Black July 17, 1885 Phillips Murder Frank Burrell and Scilla Flanagan, 27 (Burrell), black[169][170]
Henry Burnett Mixed[aa] 18 August 26, 1885 Lonoke Murder Nelson Anderson, 34, black[171][172]
Chris Pegues Black October 9, 1885 Woodruff Murder Mollie Banks, black (girlfriend)[173]
William Harper White October 30, 1885 Greene Murder John Sellers, white[174]
Joseph Jackson Black April 23, 1886 N/A Murder Mary Jackson, black (wife)
James Wasson White Murder Almarine Watkins, white[ab]
George Carroll White 25 April 30, 1886 White Murder Lizzie Carroll, white (wife)[175][176]
J. M. Armstrong White April 30, 1886 Perry Murder Dr. Thomas Ferguson, white[177]
Lee Barnes White 24 May 21, 1886 Pope Murder-Robbery Charles Hollman, white[178][179]
Calvin James Black July 23, 1886 N/A Murder Tony Love, black[180]
Lincoln Sprole White Murder Benjamin F. and Alexander Clark, white[180]
Kit Ross Mixed[ac] 25 August 6, 1886 N/A Murder Johnathan Davis, white[181]
John T. Echols White 35 January 14, 1887 N/A Murder John Pattenridge, white
John Stephens White 28 Murder Three people, white[ad]
James Lamb White 23 Murder George Brassfield and Edward Pollard, white
Albert O'Dell White 26
Abe Chambers Black January 21, 1887 Jackson Murder Jonas Williams, 18, black[182][183][184]
Amos Johnson Black 40 March 25, 1887 Crittenden Rape Margaret Arnold, 8, white (adoptive daughter)[185][186]
Patrick McCarty White April 8, 1887 N/A Murder-Robbery Thomas Mahoney and his brother, white
Silas Hampton Native American 18 October 7, 1887 N/A Murder-Robbery Abner Lloyd, white
Seaborn Kalijah Native American Murder Three people, white[ae]
Joe Simmons Black October 21, 1887 Woodruff Murder-Robbery R. T. Byrd, white[187]
Albert Peters White 27 December 30, 1887 Lee Murder William Johnson, 29, white[188][189]
Jackson Crow Native American April 27, 1888 N/A Murder Charles Wilson, white
George Moss Black Murder-Robbery George Taft, white[190]
Owen Hill Black Murder Two females, black (wife and mother-in-law)
Gus Bogles Black July 6, 1888 N/A Murder J. D. Morgan, white
Hugh Blackmon Black October 26, 1888 Cleveland Murder "Big Side", black[191][af]
Richard Smith Native American 32 January 25, 1889 N/A Murder Thomas Pringle, white James Philip Eagle
Willis Green Black March 15, 1889 Clark Murder Otto Horton, black[192][193]
Anderson Mitchell Black
Daniel Jones Black
Malachi Allen Black April 19, 1889 N/A Murder Shadrach Peters and Cy Love, white
James Mills Black Murder John Windham, white
Jack Spaniard Native American 28 August 30, 1889 N/A Murder William Irwin, white (deputy marshal)
William Walker Black Murder Calvin Church, white
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1890s

More information Name, Race ...
Name Race Age Date of execution County Crime Victim(s) Governor
Harris Austin Native American 40 January 16, 1890 N/A Murder Thomas Elliott, white[194] James Philip Eagle
John Billee Native American Murder-Robbery W. P. Williams, white[194]
Thomas Willis Native American
Jefferson Jones Native American Murder-Robbery Henry Wilson, elderly, white[194]
Sam Goin Native American Murder Houston Joyce, white[194]
Jimmon Burris Native American
George Tobler Black January 30, 1890 N/A Murder Irvin Richmond, black[195]
John King Black February 21, 1890 Mississippi Murder Mrs. Warrenton, her son, and her daughter, 14 (son) and 10 (daughter), white[196]
Boudinot Crumpton White June 30, 1890 N/A Murder-Robbery Sam Morgan, white[197]
John Stansberry White July 9, 1890 N/A Murder Female, white (wife)[198][ag]
Robert Williams Black 24 July 15, 1891 Jefferson Murder Alfred Hayes, black[199][200]
Isom White Black July 31, 1891 Phillips Murder-Robbery Prince Malloy, 59, black[201][202]
Sheppard Busby White April 27, 1892 N/A Murder Barney Connelly, white (U.S. Marshal)[203]
Thomas Bailey Black May 6, 1892 Pulaski Murder J. F. Hackman, white[204]
L. D. Slaughter Black Murder Jennie Love, black (mistress)[205]
J. Edward Speers White 29 May 27, 1892 Columbia Murder J. B. Hunt, white[206][207]
John Thornton White 65 June 28, 1892 N/A Murder Laura Moonie, white (daughter)[208]
William Black Black June 28, 1892 Jefferson Murder Georgia Smith, 16, black (stepdaughter)[209][210]
Charles Hudspeth White December 30, 1892 Boone Murder[ah] George Watkins, white[211][212]
Nathan Carter Black January 19, 1893 Phillips Murder-Robbery Prince Malloy, 59, black[201][213] William Meade Fishback
Luke Tatum Black January 31, 1893 Ouachita[ai] Murder Eliza Tatum, black (wife)[214][215]
Charles Caldwell Black April 27, 1893 Craighead Murder Tobe Freeman, white[216]
William Smith Black 40-50 September 8, 1893 Ouachita Murder E. B. Pierce, white[217]
Miller Davis White November 10, 1893 Howard[aj] Murder John C. Dollarhide, 25, white (deputy sheriff)[218][219]
Thomas Brady White April 6, 1894 Jackson Murder-Robbery William P. McNally, 60, white[220][221][222]
Albert Mansker White
Jim L. Wyrick White
Samuel Vaughan White 44 April 27, 1894 Washington Murder William A. Gage, white[223][224]
Lewis Holder White 55 July 25, 1894 N/A Murder-Robbery George Bickford, white
Phillip Pettus Mixed[ak] 42 August 24, 1894 Phillips Murder Emma Pettus, 37, black (wife)[225][226]
John Pointer White 21 September 20, 1894 N/A Murder William Bolding and Ed Vandever, white
Thomas Watkins Black March 8, 1895 Pulaski Murder Mr. O'Bannon, elderly, white[227] James Paul Clarke
George Whittaker White April 25, 1895 Conway Murder Male, white (father-in-law)[228][al]
William Owens Black May 30, 1895 Lincoln Murder Female, black (wife)[229][230]
William Downs Black June 7, 1895 Conway Rape Paulina Bridelbaugh, white[231]
Anthony Johnson Black 43 June 21, 1895 Desha Murder Howard Johnson, 39, black[232][233]
William Newman White November 8, 1895 Van Buren Murder Mary Newman, white (wife)[234][235]
Amos Dupree Black November 15, 1895 Prairie[am] Murder Robert Harris, black[236]
Jesse Jones White 21 December 6, 1895 Franklin Murder Charles and Jesse Hibdon, white[237]
George Ward Mixed[an] 19 January 24, 1896 Crawford Murder Henry Bacon, white[238][ao]
Pruitt Turner Black February 28, 1896 Crawford Murder Bob Hawkins, white[239]
Crawford Goldsby Native American 20 March 17, 1896 N/A Murder Ernest Melton, white[240][ap]
Marshall Anderson Black 25 April 24, 1896 Hot Spring Murder John Henson, black (brother-in-law)[241][242]
Webber Isaacs Native American April 30, 1896 N/A Murder Mike Cushing, 60, white[243]
George Pierce White Murder-Robbery William Vandever, white[243]
John Pierce White
Jordan Phillips Black 40 May 22, 1896 Arkansas Murder Female, black (wife)[244][245]
Rufus Buck Native American 20 July 1, 1896 N/A Rape Rosetta Hassan, 23, white[246][aq]
Lewis Davis Native American
Lucky Davis Black
Maoma July Native American
Sam Sampson Native American
George Wilson White 27 July 30, 1896 N/A Murder-Robbery Zachariah W. Thatch, white[247][248]
Charles Hamilton White September 11, 1896 Logan[ar] Murder Mr. McAbee, elderly, white[249]
Jim Davis Black February 25, 1897 Jefferson Murder Lawrence Williams, child, white[250] Daniel Webster Jones
Robert Cox Black Rape Mrs. R. G. Orr, black[251]
William Johnson Black March 19, 1897 Ashley Murder Henry Hobson, black[252]
Albert Yeargin Black June 17, 1898 Mississippi Murder Avery Tobin, black[253]
Ellis Rose Black July 7, 1898 Craighead[as] Murder Henry Sutton, black[254]
Charles Clyburn White August 5, 1898 Nevada[at] Murder Sol W. Rollins, white (deputy)[255]
Fluke Fleming Black August 5, 1898 Pulaski[au] Rape Nellie Walls, 14, black[256]
Lee Mills White September 16, 1898 Cleburne[av] Murder Hugh Patterson, 60, white[257]
Alex Brinkley White October 14, 1898 Conway Murder Dr. G. C. Chaness, white[258]
Charles Munn Black December 2, 1898 Phillips Murder-Robbery Frank Dubarry, white[259]
John Maxey Black August 4, 1899 Crawford Rape Hulda Meier, 70, white[260][261]
Douglas Clark Black December 1, 1899 Chicot Murder John Holland, white[262]
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1900s

Arkansas abolished public hangings in 1901 with the exception of hangings for rape until 1906.[263]

  Public hangings for rape

More information Name, Race ...
Name Race Age Date of execution County Crime Victim(s) Governor
Walter French Black January 26, 1900 Mississippi Murder Female, black (wife)[264] Daniel Webster Jones
Hardy Westbrook Black January 11, 1901 Crittenden Murder Female, black (stepdaughter)[265]
Joshua James Black March 1, 1901 Chicot Murder Female, black (wife)[266] Jeff Davis
Kirby Graves Black March 8, 1901 Little River Murder Edward Evans, white[267]
Bill Johnson Black
Henry Brooks Black Murder Frank Hopson, black[268]
John Wesley Black 28 March 23, 1901 Clark Rape Josie Cleveland, 17, white[269][aw]
William Black Black April 10, 1901 Columbia Murder Ivy Young, white[270]
Henry Wilson Black
John Bateman Black June 28, 1901 Crittenden Murder Female, black (wife)[271]
Charles Anderson Black 21 July 26, 1901 Pulaski Rape Belle Edwards, 17, white[272]
Essex Pippin Black 19 October 11, 1901 Cross Rape Leah Wooden and Mrs. Allen Taylor, black and white[273]
Bud Wilson Black December 6, 1901 Yell Murder Robert H. Taylor, white (deputy warden)[274]
Frank Cannon Black December 13, 1901 Phillips Murder Isaac and Sally Lane, elderly, black[275]
William Kelley Black
Jasper Copeland Black January 24, 1902 Mississippi Criminal assault Unknown[276][ax]
David Jobe Black February 28, 1902 Desha Murder John Jackson, black[277]
Lawrence Dunlap Black Murder-Robbery Nathan Smith, 23, black[278]
Kit Helton White 55 March 7, 1902 Crawford Murder Ella Helton, white (wife)[279]
Henry LeSane Black 24 May 16, 1902 Lee Murder John Greenwood, 36, black[280][281]
James Kitts Black July 25, 1902 Desha Murder James Johnson, black[282]
David McWhorter White 60 July 25, 1902 Crawford Murder Mary McWhorter, wife (white)[283][284]
Lathe Hembree White July 25, 1902 Howard[ay] Murder-Robbery W. M. Willis, white[285]
Dee Noland Black July 25, 1902 Hempstead Murder Annie Noland, black (wife)[286]
Tom Simms Black Murder Nancy and Tabitha Jeton, black[286]
Sy Tanner Mixed[az] 25 July 25, 1902 St. Francis Murder Robert Black, 16, black (brother-in-law)[287][288]
Jerry Carter Black September 19, 1902 Chicot Murder Thomas Keough, white[289][290]
Wallace Grant Black September 26, 1902 Jackson Murder Essex Powell, black[291]
Hall Mahone Black 22 November 7, 1902 Crawford Rape Rebecca McCloud, 16, white[292]
David Cross Black December 12, 1902 Cross Murder-Rape Three females, minors, black[293]
James Ruffin Black March 20, 1903 Lincoln Murder Don McGhee, white[294]
James Greene Black 17
George Durham White 40 June 19, 1903 Johnson Murder-Robbery John Powers, 38, white (sheriff)[295][296]
Frederick Underwood White 27
Will Diamond Black August 14, 1903 Crittenden Murder Female, black (wife)[297]
Jim Williams Black September 4, 1903 Desha Murder Floyd Cheffey, black[298]
John Bell Black 19 January 28, 1904 Monroe Murder Winnie Gideon, white[299]
Pink Williams Black April 15, 1904 Phillips Murder Female, black (wife)[300]
Bill Jones Black April 15, 1904 Lawrence Murder Asbury Hoskins, black[301]
Mart Vowell White 61 June 9, 1904 Greene[ba] Murder[bb] William F. Lovejoy, white[302]
Elisha Davis Black June 25, 1904 Jefferson Rape Katie Ross, 14, white[303]
Albert Matthews Black 30 July 7, 1904 Union Murder Edward Yount, white[304]
Nathan Brewer White 30 July 9, 1904 Greene[bc] Murder-Robbery Bud Dortch, elderly, white[305][306]
John Harper Black October 12, 1904 Columbia Murder Female, black (wife)[307]
Robert Causby White 21 November 25, 1904 Independence Murder Jefferson Davis Morgan Sr., 41, white (sheriff)[308]
Ed Huey Black 27 December 2, 1904 Union Murder Lawrence Johnson, white (Huttig city marshal)[309]
Will Jones Black December 16, 1904 Phillips Murder A. W. Robertson, white[310]
John Carter Black February 7, 1905 Lee Murder James Woods, white[311]
Charles Hammons White 28 March 7, 1905 Conway Rape Zelma Thomas, 11, white (stepdaughter)[312][313]
William Buckner Black March 10, 1905 Ashley Murder-Robbery Joseph Burton, Hispanic[314]
Elias Powell Black April 6, 1905 Miller Murder J. M. Gardner, white[315]
John Frazier Black June 8, 1905 Prairie Murder Webster Sutherland, white[316][317]
Walter Weldon Black July 12, 1905 Union Murder Lizzie Cantley, black[318]
William Robertson Black August 7, 1905 Phillips Murder Female, black (wife)[319]
Thomas Wilson Black Murder Male, black (brother)[320]
Kyle Moore Black August 22, 1905 Union Murder-Robbery Lige Moore, black[321]
James Ince White 30 April 4, 1906 Yell Murder Four people, white[322][323][bd]
James Alexander Black April 27, 1906 Chicot Murder Mary Bird, black[324][325]
"Jack the Bear"[be] Black July 20, 1906 Mississippi Murder Carl Mathis, white[326][327]
Charles Beene Black August 15, 1906 Union Murder Susie Beene, black (wife)[328]
Martin Nash Black July 11, 1906 Desha Murder[bf] James Cross, white[329]
Frank Rogers Black 42 November 30, 1906 St. Francis Murder Male, black (son)[330][bg]
Lum Duckworth Black December 4, 1906 Ashley Murder Thomas Howie, white (deputy sheriff)[331]
Rafe Wood Black 20 February 26, 1908 Calhoun Rape Fannie Dorris, white[332][333][bh]
John Hughes Black January 19, 1909 Crittenden Murder Cecil Doughey, white (convict guard)[334] George Washington Donaghey
Tom Kiser Black
Joe Thompson Black January 22, 1909 Hempstead Murder Miller Brown, black[335]
P. G. Nichols White February 9, 1909 Crittenden Murder Ed Smith, 15, white[336][bi]
Charles Stinnett Black 24 March 24, 1909 Boone Rape Mrs. Lovett, 61, white[337]
Isaac Stevens Black July 16, 1909 Phillips Murder Eleanor Jenkins, black[338]
Samuel Blakeley Black October 8, 1909 Ashley Murder Walter Caiu, white (deputy sheriff)[339]
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1910s

More information Name, Race ...
Name Race Age Date of execution County Crime Victim(s) Governor
Henry Crosby January 1, 1910 Mississippi Murder [340] George Washington Donaghey
Charles Mullins Black January 19, 1910 Mississippi Murder-Robbery Josie Cummings and Alexander Robertson, white[341]
Will Mullins Black
Walter Hogue White 22 March 11, 1910 Perry Murder-Robbery Grover Misner, 17 white[342][343]
Henry Harding White 62 May 6, 1910 Cross Murder J. T. Patterson, 60, white[344][345]
Scott Turner Black May 7, 1910 Chicot Murder Webb Givens, white[346][347]
Charles Smith Black Murder Frank Green, black[346][347]
John Adkins White 45 May 26, 1910 Perry Murder William Jones Sr., white (brother-in-law)[348]
C. M. Miller White August 12, 1910 Poinsett Murder-Robbery A. H. Flood, 60, white[349][350]
Harry Poe Black 17 September 2, 1910 Garland Rape Lena Adams, 12, white[351][352]
A. J. Coughran White 59 November 16, 1910 Montgomery Murder Allen Stacy, white[353]
Thomas Pearce White April 21, 1911 Little River Murder Female, white (wife)[354]
Pleas Veaudoo Black April 21, 1911 Pulaski Rape Tillie Miller, white[355]
Richard Ruffin Black April 29, 1911 Chicot Rape Female, white[356]
James Blackburn Black June 30, 1911 Jefferson Murder-Robbery John and Mary Gordon, black (uncle and aunt)[357]
Jesse Smith Black December 15, 1911 Lee Murder Cheatham Hines, white[358]
Ned Ringer Black Murder Female, black (wife)[359]
Henry Hill Black Murder Male, black[360]
Charley Harris Black January 5, 1912 Monroe Rape Female, white[361]
Turner Alexander Black 18 January 5, 1912 Mississippi Murder John Yates, white[362]
John McElvain White January 26, 1912 Mississippi Murder Jake Thompson, white[363]
Henry Coats White Murder R. L. Ferguson, white (police officer)[364]
Sylvester Thomas Black January 26, 1912 Phillips Rape Fannie Lindley, white[365]
W. T. Nichols White 38 June 7, 1912 Jefferson Murder Minnie Nichols, white (wife)[366]
Tim Powell Black June 21, 1912 Lee[bj] Murder Albert Covington, black (father-in-law)[367]
Dink Jackson Black July 5, 1912 St. Francis Murder Noah Powell, black[368]
Andrew Reed Black Murder Female, black (wife)[369]
Amos Spinks Black 55 September 27, 1912 Pulaski Murder Pollie Spinks, black (wife)[370]
Harvey Woods Black September 27, 1912 Prairie Murder Kirk Morford, white[371]
Ferdinand Glaubitz White 65 November 1, 1912 Franklin Murder Female, white (wife)[372]
Dock Driver White 37 January 31, 1913 Lawrence Murder J. P. Biggers, 65, white (Walnut Ridge marshal)[373] Joseph Taylor Robinson
James Scott White May 30, 1913 Craighead Murder Female, white (wife)[374] Junius Marion Futrell
Clarence Schumann White June 2, 1913 Garland Murder Lula Schumann, white (wife)[375]
Elijah Wood Black 36 July 14, 1913 Pulaski Murder Alice Turner, black[376][bk]
Alvin Gaylord Black July 28, 1913 Conway Murder-Robbery Herbert Williams, white[377]
Odus Davidson White 30 August 11, 1913 Boone Murder-Rape Ella Barham, 18, white[378] George Washington Hays
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Electrocution

In May 1913, Arkansas officially replaced local hangings with centralized electrocution, with all executions moved to a single execution chamber at the state penitentiary in Little Rock.[379][380] A test electrocution was carried out on a steer and its first execution that September cost the state $702.[381] State law also prohibited newspapers from publishing details of the executions.[382] Hanging remained in use until the transition was completed, and a few more hangings were carried out by exception for convictions prior to the change. In 1933, the electric chair, nicknamed "Old Sparky", was moved from the state penitentiary to Tucker Prison Farm.[383][384]

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Name Race Age Date of execution County Crime Victim(s) Governor
Lee Simms Black 21 September 5, 1913 Prairie Rape Female, white[385] George Washington Hays
Omer Davis White 18 September 11, 1913 Logan Murder Nellie Moneyhun, 25, white[386]
Ed King Black 19 December 12, 1913 Ashley Murder Will Woods, white (deputy sheriff)[382]
Will King Black March 4, 1914 Poinsett Murder James Chandler, white (deputy sheriff)[387][388][bl]
Fred Pelton Black 37 March 28, 1914 Lincoln Murder Melvina Hatton, black[389]
Arthur Tillman White 23 July 15, 1914 Logan Murder Amanda Stephens, 19, white (girlfriend)[390]
Will Neeley Black 57 December 8, 1914 Union Murder Mr. Sorrells, white (deputy sheriff)[391]
Arthur Hodges White 21 December 18, 1914 Clark Murder William Morgan Garner, 39, white (constable)[392]
Clay Simms Black 48 March 19, 1915 Desha Murder Female, black[393]
Walter Owens Black April 2, 1915 Craighead Murder Laura Cogsdale, white[394]
John Hall Black Murder Walter Robinson, black[395]
Sam Derrick White 30 July 28, 1915 Monroe Murder John Verdun, white[396]
John Hawkins Black 24 March 13, 1917 Little River Murder-Robbery Mrs. Diles and her daughter, 1 (daughter), white[397][398][399] Charles Hillman Brough
Henry Smith Black 37 March 31, 1917 Crittenden Murder Female, black (wife)[400]
Aaron Johnson Black 45 June 22, 1917 Desha[bm] Murder R. L. Rutherford, white[401]
Tom Diggs Black 39 Conway Murder Mrs. R. L. Hoggard, 78, white[402]
Solomon Daffron Black 36 July 26, 1918 Polk Murder A. D. Boatner, white[403][404]
Ben Caughron White 28 August 23, 1918 Polk Murder Charles Kirkland, white (deputy sheriff)[405][406]
Vick Tobay Native American 24 August 14, 1920 Washington Murder-Robbery C. C. Smith, white[407]
Charlie Cooper Black November 19, 1920 Ouachita Murder Ollie Pickett, white[408]
Revertia Reynolds Black 21 April 29, 1921 Lincoln Murder Earl Thompson, black[409] Thomas Chipman McRae
Virgil Clarke Black 36 June 17, 1921 Chicot Murder Theresa Clemons, black (common-law wife)[410]
Amos Ratcliff White 24 October 14, 1921 Carroll Murder Winford Frazier, white[411]
John Price Black 20 December 30, 1921 Phillips Murder C. Moody, white[412]
James Wells Black 18 March 10, 1922 Drew Murder Peter Trene, white[413]
Ben Richardson White 19 February 2, 1923 Ashley Murder Ira N. Culp, white[414][415]
Duncan Richardson White 29
F. G. Bullen White 50
Will DeBord White 22 Stone Murder Mr. and Mrs. William Silsby, white[416][417][415]
Herbert Sease White 40 July 27, 1923 Baxter Murder R. H. Davidson, white[418]
John Owens White 51 August 24, 1923 Little River Murder Hugh Throckmorton, white[419][420]
Joe Sullivan White 34 April 18, 1924 Pulaski Murder George W. Moore, white (sergeant detective)[421]
Will Bettis Black 35 June 27, 1924 Crawford Murder-Rape Effie Mitchell Latimer, 25, white[422][423]
Spurgeon Rucks Black 27
Park Flowers Black 22 June 26, 1925 Columbia Murder Ed Shirley, white[424] Tom Terral
Jack Buster Black 20 Jefferson Murder Grover C. Payne, white[425]
J. C. Kelley White 30 November 13, 1925 Pulaski Murder-Robbery James Harrod Fretwell, 19, white[426]
Tyrus Clark White 28 January 8, 1926 Benton Murder-Robbery L. M. Stout, white[427][428]
Aaron Harris Black Ashley Murder Scott Struter, white (deputy sheriff)[429]
Lee Walker Black 23 February 5, 1926 Union Murder-Robbery Ira M. Hudson, 45, white[430][431]
Roy Edmons Black 24
Clint Mason Black 21 February 12, 1926 Ouachita Murder James M. Moore, 65, white[432][433]
Ishman Jones Black 23
Cephus Johnson Black 26
John Canady Black 31
Albert Jones Black 37 June 9, 1926 Mississippi Murder Female, black[434]
Willie Martin Black 36 Pulaski Murder Lena Blevins, 28, white[435][bn]
Lonnie Dixon Mixed[bo] 18 June 24, 1927 Pulaski Murder-Rape Floella McDonald, 12, white[436] John Ellis Martineau
Horace Cathey Black 20 September 2, 1927 Monroe Murder Lewis Wilson, white[437]
Booker Martin Black 25
Will McKenzie Black 55 March 30, 1928 Ouachita Murder Male, black[71] Harvey Parnell
Willie Eutsey Black 21 Murder Male, white[71]
Sinner Brown Black July 10, 1928 Hempstead Murder Beatrice Blake, black[438]
Pete Robinson Black 30 September 10, 1928 Union Murder-Robbery J. H. Brock, white[439]
Ben Evers Black 22 January 24, 1930 Arkansas Murder Perry Miller, white (DeWitt city marshal)[440][441]
John Green Black 28 March 21, 1930 Little River Murder-Robbery Ed Dubley and Bud Morgan, 25 and 50, white[442]
Mack Brown Black 27
Ambrosia Alford Black 30 June 20, 1930 Ouachita Murder-Robbery Sam Katz, white[443][444]
Bud Nolan Black 42 July 25, 1930 Little River Murder-Robbery Ed Dubley and Bud Morgan, 25 and 50, white[445]
W. H. Howell White 62 August 15, 1930 Crawford Murder Three people, white[446][bp]
George Washington Black 30 November 14, 1930 Pulaski Murder-Robbery W. H. Roberts, white[447]
James Turnage Black 29
Eddie Long Black 30 Murder-Robbery John W. Reed, white (alderman)[448][449]
Willie Davis Black
James Lawson Black 26 July 31, 1931 Bradley Murder Jack Martin, white[450][451]
Louis McBride Black 36 July 8, 1932 Clark Murder William McClain, white[452]
Freeling Daniels Black 34 November 25, 1932[bq] Miller Rape Female, 13, white[453]
George Hill Black 19 June 30, 1933[br] Phillips Rape Female, white[383] Junius Marion Futrell
Woodie Williams Black 40 July 14, 1933 Pulaski Murder-Robbery Carthel H. Atwood, 20, white[454]
Len McDaniels Black December 8, 1933 Lonoke Murder Male, white (deputy sheriff)[455]
J. C. Banks Black 24 Pulaski Murder Mark M. Goodson, 44, white[456]
Benjamin Butler Black 29 February 9, 1934 Craighead Murder Mildred Temple, black[457]
Luther Jackson Black 25 May 11, 1934 Pulaski Murder-Robbery Phillip Windecker, 72, white[458]
Purcell Mitchell Black 21 November 2, 1934 Union Murder-Robbery Lee L. Ward, 69, white[459]
Robert Rose White 27 February 23, 1935 Independence Murder Everett Wheeler, white (deputy sheriff)[460]
Frank Barnes White 50 March 1, 1935 Mississippi Murder-Robbery C. A. Martin, white[268]
Mark Shank White 43 March 8, 1935 Saline Murder Four people, white[461][462][bs]
Tom Freeman Black 28 August 23, 1935 Chicot Murder Armanda Brown, black (common-law wife)[463]
Paul Nelson White 23 September 28, 1935 Jackson Murder-Robbery B. F. Mitchell, white[464]
Bill Barnes White 22 Mississippi Murder-Robbery C. A. Martin, white[268]
Frank Dobbs White 40 November 11, 1935 Saline Murder-Robbery Fannie Orr, white[465]
Mack Nelson Black 23 December 13, 1935 Mississippi Murder Male and female, black[466]
Ben Hawkins Black 37
Roy House White 22 October 23, 1936 Garland Murder-Robbery Tom Menser, white[467]
Dennis Turner White 47 November 6, 1936 Calhoun Murder Female, 32, white (ex-wife)[468]
Farlander McCormick Black 35 December 11, 1936 Drew Murder-Robbery Emmaline Lee, 80, black[469][470]
Beverly White Black 25
Willie Smith Black 25
Clinton Medlock Black 29 April 23, 1937 Calhoun Murder Roy Speer, white[471] Carl E. Bailey
James Austin Jr. Black 22 May 14, 1937 Garland Murder-Robbery John McTigrit, 55, white (Hot Springs police officer)[472]
Tom M. Hutto White 56 September 3, 1937 Union Murder James A. Yocom, 40, white (El Dorado night patrolman)[473]
Sandy Edwards Black 65 September 24, 1937 Hempstead Murder Cross Lamb, white[474]
Jessie Amos Black 35 October 15, 1937 Lonoke Rape Female, 14, white[475]
Duncan Pigue Black 24 February 4, 1938 Lonoke Murder J. Robert Bennett, white (Lonoke city marshal)[476]
Leroy Ware Black 21 February 25, 1938 Ashley Murder F. A. N. Yeager, white (Boydell postmaster)[477]
Willie Noble Black 25 March 11, 1938 Miller Murder-Robbery Joseph Hawkes, 61, white[478]
Lester Brockelhurst White 24 March 18, 1938 Lonoke Murder-Robbery Victor Gates, 57, white[479][bt]
Joe Sims White 30 Saline Murder Female, white (wife)[480]
Frank Carter Black 26 June 24, 1938 Crittenden Rape Female, white[481]
Theo Thomas Black 28
Joe Anderson White 37 March 10, 1939 Garland Murder-Robbery Eldon Cooley, 26, white[482][483][484][bu]
Fred Dickerson White 35 May 19, 1939
Fred Arnell Black 18 Miller Rape Female, white[485]
Sylvester Williams Black 19 June 30, 1939 Jefferson Murder-Rape Irene Taylor, 19, white[486][487][488]
Bubbles Clayton Black 25 Mississippi Rape Virgie Terry, 19, white[489][487][490]
James Caruthers Black 23
Milton Williams Black 27 August 18, 1939 Pulaski Murder-Rape Ruthie Mae Brooks, 5, black[491]
James Charles Jr. Black 24 January 19, 1940 Pulaski Murder-Robbery Fred Angeles, 57, white[492]
Otis Manning Black 27 April 12, 1940 Union Murder Jimmy Warren, white[493]
Jack Gulley Black 26 November 15, 1940 Nevada Murder-Robbery Orville Cox, 22, white[494]
James Dillard Black 35 December 13, 1940 Desha Murder Joseph Hill Breedlove, 62, white (constable)[495]
John Mooney Black 21 January 24, 1941 Woodruff Murder-Rape Ruby Montgomery, white[496] Homer Martin Adkins
A. C. Payton Black 41 May 15, 1941 Crittenden Murder Lillie Mae Hill, black (step-daughter)[497]
Percy Lewis Black 30 June 6, 1941 Phillips Murder W. H. Patton, white[498][499]
John Henry Riney Black 25 June 20, 1941 Desha Rape Female, white[500]
John Washington Black 33 October 11, 1941 White Murder Mrs. Raymond Rongey, 17, white[501]
Jimmie Herron Black January 23, 1942 Little River Murder
Ben Adams White 47 June 5, 1942 Woodruff Murder-Robbery Arthur Bowie, white[502]
A. T. Jones Black July 31, 1942 Phillips Murder George Miller, black[503][504]
Stoney Allison Black 19 November 20, 1942 Desha Rape Annie Benson, white[505][506]
A. D. Luckyado Black 34 Lonoke Murder Thomas Lafayette Taylor, 52, white[506]
Adolph Thomas Black 40 March 19, 1943 Columbia Murder Levi Young, black[507]
Henry Thompson Black 44 August 6, 1943 Cleveland Murder-Robbery Mrs. Henry Vetito, 42, white[508]
Seke Mack Black 40 June 2, 1944 Mississippi Murder
Walker Hudson Black 53 July 7, 1944 Clark Murder Janie Hudson, black (wife)[509]
Jim Tacker White 61 July 14, 1944 Crittenden Murder Eskar Patterson, white[510]
Levi Clingham Black 44 December 1, 1944 Crittenden Murder Roy Curtis, white (deputy sheriff)[511][512]
Tony Brown Black 39 March 30, 1945 Mississippi Murder A. M. Lynch, white[513] Benjamin T. Laney
James Yates Black 21 May 25, 1945 Arkansas Murder Naloy L. Browning, white[514]
James Waybern Hall White 24 January 4, 1946 Pulaski Murder-Robbery Fayrene Clemmons Hall, 19, white (wife)[515][bv]
Willie Riley Black 32 April 12, 1946 Chicot Murder Claude Towns, black[516]
Elton Chitwood White 25 November 22, 1946 Polk Murder-Robbery Raymond Morris, 40, white[517]
Andrew Thomas Black 23 November 29, 1946 Jefferson Murder Mary Liza Green, 37, black (mother-in-law)[518]
Clifton Holmes Black 26 January 10, 1947 Jefferson Rape Female, 13, white[519]
Albert Hodges Black 34 January 17, 1947 Pulaski Rape Female, white[520]
Jeff Henley Jr. Black 20 January 24, 1947 Lee Murder Mabel Williams, 20, black (wife)[521]
Vollie Bill Bates White 20 May 16, 1947 Polk Murder Thomas Lee Dugan, white[522]
Lawrence W. Dukes Black 40 August 8, 1947 St. Francis Murder-Rape Mrs. Frank Boyd, 35, white[523]
Cubie Lee Johnson Black 24 Pulaski Murder-Robbery Henry Williams, black[524]
James H. Hyde White 26 February 13, 1948 Carroll Murder Frank Simpson, white[525][526]
Edmond Pugh Black 20 July 2, 1948 Pulaski Rape Female, 2, black[527][bw]
Mizell Palmer Black 25 July 17, 1949 Pulaski Rape Female, white[528] Sid McMath
Harvie Rorie White 45 July 22, 1949 Jefferson Murder Three people, white[529][530][bx]
Walter Pierce Black 21 December 9, 1949 Chicot Murder-Rape Sarah Jackson, 66, black[531]
Wesley Hildreth Black 26 December 23, 1949 Phillips[by] Rape Female, 21, white[532]
Thomas Black White 28 March 10, 1950 Pulaski Murder-Rape Betty Jane McCall, 22, white[533][bz]
Hollis Needham White 26 March 17, 1950 Mississippi Rape-Kidnap Female, 8, white[534][535]
Robert L. Smith White 41 April 24, 1950 Pulaski Murder Sallie Mae Barner, white (ex-wife)[536][ca]
George Ferguson Black 35 February 23, 1951 Pulaski Murder Durward Miller, 41, white[537]
Matthew Ezell Black 38 Mississippi Murder Ernestine Harris, 8, black[538][cb]
Aubrey Smith Black 30 July 27, 1951 Phillips[cc] Murder Ray Campbell, white (deputy sheriff)[539][540]
Arthur Grays Black 21 November 23, 1951 Mississippi Murder-Robbery Homer Tucker, white[541]
Peter Dorsey Black 27 Phillips[cd] Murder Ray Campbell, white (deputy sheriff)[539]
Herman Maxwell Black 22 June 6, 1952 Hempstead Rape Female, white[542]
Wilson Wright Black 19 August 1, 1952 Dallas Murder Allen Green Roberts, white[543][ce]
Bill Jenkins Native American 50 May 7, 1954 Garland Murder Cleo Jones, 16, white[544][545] Francis Cherry
Leo Scarber Black 60 September 21, 1956 Nevada Rape Female, 76, white[546][547] Orval Faubus
Lawrence Smith Black 19 July 24, 1959 Chicot Murder Gary C. Cundiff, white[548]
Leo Lee Black 56 September 25, 1959 Pulaski Murder William H. Smith Jr., 25, black[549][cf]
William Young Black 39 October 2, 1959 Mississippi Murder Erman Cox, white (state patrolman)[550][551]
Thomas Walker Black 52 Crittenden Murder J. W. Orman, white[551]
J. T. House Black 25 October 23, 1959 Phillips Murder Ernestine Coley, 19, black[552][553]
Arthur Hayes Black 44 Mississippi Murder Justus Edrington, white[553]
James Moore Black 22 May 13, 1960 Miller Murder-Robbery M. R. Hamm, 76, white[554]
Roger Boone Black 28
Willie Byrd Black 23 May 20, 1960
James Boyd Black 22
William Nail White 27 September 16, 1960 Jefferson Murder James Leroy Montgomery, white (inmate)[555][556][cg]
Emmett Leggett White 23 Pulaski Murder Joe King, 14, white[557][ch]
Lawrence Moore Black 21 October 28, 1960 Crittenden Murder-Robbery Ross Nichols, 69, white[558]
John Bracey Black 27 Chicot Murder-Robbery Alberta Miles, 76, white[559]
Charles F. Fields White 32 January 24, 1964 Jefferson Rape-Burglary Myrtle Lee Taylor, 32, white[560][561][ci]
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Notes

  1. [a]
    First woman executed by the state of Arkansas.
  2. [b]
    Second woman executed by the state of Arkansas and the last to be hanged.
  3. [c]
    Change of venue from Independence County.
  4. [d]
    Serial killer. Confessed at his execution to robbing and murdering three other white men as well as murdering a black man in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama and escaping punishment for the crime by receiving a change of venue to Pickens County, only to fatally whip another black man after which he fled to Arkansas.
  5. [e]
    Change of venue from White County.
  6. [f]
    The men had attempted to incite a slave revolt.
  7. [g]
    Elijah Osburn, his son Jesse Osburn, and Jackson Childers.
  8. [h]
    Serial killer, previously murdered three men in Georgia.
  9. [i]
    Serial killer, committed three other murders.
  10. [j]
    Serial killer, claimed Spivey was his eighth white victim and has also murdered an unknown number of black and Native American victims.
  11. [k]
    "quarter-blood Cherokee".
  12. [l]
    Change of venue from Lonoke County.
  13. [m]
    Anderson's guilt was strongly questioned as the woman was "of the most ignorant of the poorer class of whites" and it was suspected she had consented to Anderson's advances and only afterwards "gave him away" as Anderson himself claimed.
  14. [n]
    Change of venue from Stone County.
  15. [o]
    Change of venue from Drew County.
  16. [p]
    Change of venue from Crittenden County.
  17. [q]
    Mulatto.
  18. [r]
    John Hardin received a change of venue from Phillips County.
  19. [s]
    Possible serial killer, also suspected in the unsolved murder of a carpenter near Lonoke in 1876.
  20. [t]
    Possible serial killer, reportedly committed several murders in Missouri during "Reconstruction-era violence".
  21. [u]
    Serial killer; confessed to murdering Charles Tiny in Craighead County in 1878, an evidently undiscovered crime, before his execution.
  22. [v]
    Mulatto.
  23. [w]
    Serial killer, later murdered Henry Loftus (black) out of suspicion he would reveal this previous crime.
  24. [x]
    Mulatto.
  25. [y]
    Mulatto.
  26. [z]
    Executed for a crime committed at age 10, making him the youngest person executed in the United States at age of offense.
  27. [aa]
    Mulatto.
  28. [ab]
    Serial killer, also murdered Henry Martin.
  29. [ac]
    "Halfbreed ... Ross was a part Cherokee, but looked more like a white man than an Indian."
  30. [ad]
    Annie Kerr, her 16-year-old son, and Dr. James Pyle.
  31. [ae]
    Mark Kuykendall, Henry Smith, and William Kelly (sheriff's posse).
  32. [af]
    Real name unknown.
  33. [ag]
    Also murdered their infant child.
  34. [ah]
    The victim's body was never found, and he was reportedly later found alive. However, this story was subsequently determined to be a hoax.
  35. [ai]
    Change of venue from Union County.
  36. [aj]
    Change of venue from Sevier County.
  37. [ak]
    Mulatto.
  38. [al]
    Serial killer, also reported to have committed two other murders in Texas and Indian Territory respectively.
  39. [am]
    Change of venue from Monroe County.
  40. [an]
    Half Native American and half white ("halfbreed Cherokee Indian").
  41. [ao]
    Serial killer, previously committed three other murders dating back to age 10.
  42. [ap]
    Serial killer, later murdered prison guard Lawrence Keating during an escape attempt; also sentenced to death for this murder but executed only for Melton's.
  43. [aq]
    Known as the "Rufus Buck Gang", this group committed at least two murders along with numerous robberies and several other rapes in the two proceeding weeks. Buck and the Davis brothers each received an additional death sentence for the murder of Deputy U.S. Marshal John Garrett.
  44. [ar]
    Change of venue from Franklin County.
  45. [as]
    Change of venue from Crittenden County.
  46. [at]
    Change of venue from Clark County.
  47. [au]
    Change of venue from Desha County.
  48. [av]
    Change of venue from Van Buren County.
  49. [aw]
    Serial rapist, confessed to raping two other white women, Mrs. W. P. Bullard and Mrs. Graves, before his execution.
  50. [ax]
    Confessed to several other unspecified crimes before execution.
  51. [ay]
    Change of venue from Polk County.
  52. [az]
    Mulatto.
  53. [ba]
    Change of venue from Clay County.
  54. [bb]
    An initial grand jury indicted Vowell thrice for second-degree murder, after which a second one was formed which immediately indicted Vowell for first-degree murder.
  55. [bc]
    Change of venue from Clay County.
  56. [bd]
    His wife Sarah Ince and their three children, ages four months to four years old.
  57. [be]
    Real name unknown.
  58. [bf]
    Originally indicted for manslaughter.
  59. [bg]
    The victim was an illegitimate child he had fathered with his own stepdaughter.
  60. [bh]
    Serial rapist, also confessed at his execution to assaulting a black woman.
  61. [bi]
    Intended victim was Ed's father, S. L. Smith.
  62. [bj]
    Change of venue from Pulaski County.
  63. [bk]
    Suspected serial killer, shortly before his own execution, Wood's cellmate, Alvin Gaylord, said he had confessed to the murders of Clara Diehl, Arthur Hatton, and Yancey Mashburn in 1910.
  64. [bl]
    Serial killer. Killed a white man in Alabama and was sentenced to life imprisonment but was released after a tuberculosis diagnosis, moving to Arkansas where the climate helped him recover. Suspected of killing two other men in Arkansas and killed another man in Missouri while a fugitive.
  65. [bm]
    Change of venue from Jefferson County.
  66. [bn]
    Suspected in five other similar murders, but denied any involvement.
  67. [bo]
    "Light-skinned mulatto" of white, black, and native ancestry.
  68. [bp]
    43-year-old Cliff Deffenbaugh, his 24-year-old wife Ida, and 60-year-old John Nicholson. Deffenbaugh was superintendent of the county infirmary and Nicholson was a resident.
  69. [bq]
    Last execution at the old state penitentiary in Little Rock.
  70. [br]
    First execution at Tucker Prison Farm.
  71. [bs]
    Alvin Colley, his wife Ethel, and their sons Clarence (8) and Clement (6).
  72. [bt]
    Serial killer, also committed two other murders in Illinois and Texas.
  73. [bu]
    Joe Anderson was a serial killer, he also confessed to murdering taxi driver John Colla in Gary, Indiana and a Detroit motorist on a "hit" contract.
  74. [bv]
    Also committed four other murders.
  75. [bw]
    Also attempted to rape two black women.
  76. [bx]
    39-year-old estranged wife Gertrude Rorie and her two children, 11-year-old Frankie Maupin and 9-year-old Joyce Maupin.
  77. [by]
    Change of venue from Lee County.
  78. [bz]
    Serial rapist, previously attacked multiple other women but none came forward to avoid publicity.
  79. [ca]
    Smith, a bigamist, married Barner without divorcing his previous wife, and she annulled their marriage after discovering this.
  80. [cb]
    Murdered during rape attempt.
  81. [cc]
    Change of venue from St. Francis County.
  82. [cd]
    Change of venue from St. Francis County.
  83. [ce]
    Attempted to rape Roberts' niece, Mrs. Irene Holloway, in an abandoned house shortly before his murder.
  84. [cf]
    Serial rapist, raped Smith's 19-year-old girlfriend after killing him and later attacked two other couples in Gillam Park.
  85. [cg]
    Both trustees at Tucker Prison Farm.
  86. [ch]
    Serial rapist, convicted of two other attempted rapes and attempted to sexually assault King before murdering him. Also killed another victim after raping her and her sister shortly after King's murder.
  87. [ci]
    Serial rapist, escaped from Tucker Prison Farm where he was a prison trusty and already serving a life sentence for the rape of a 23-year-old white woman. Also robbed and murdered Charlie Andrew Mencer (50, white), but was never tried for this crime.

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