List of people executed in Missouri (pre-1972)

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Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
William Short	White		M	April 27, 1824	Franklin	Murder	Gideon Gary, white[3]	Alexander McNair
Luke Harris	Black		M	September 2, 1826	Cooper	Murder	Hezekiah Harris, white (owner)[4]	John Miller
Hugh King	White		M	May 19, 1827	St. Louis	Murder	Martin Green, white[5]
Presley Morris	White		M	May 26, 1828	Cape Girardeau[a]	Murder	Zack Nylie, white[6]
Annice	Black		F	August 23, 1828	Clay	Murder	Two of her children, black[7][b]
Moses	Black		M	May 1829	Montgomery	Murder	John Tanner, white (owner)[8]
Michael Cogland	White		M	September 26, 1829	St. Louis	Murder

Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
Jack Harris	Black		M	1830	Cooper	Murder	John Gabriel, white[9]	John Miller
Jacob Stewart	White		M	April 13, 1830	Howard	Murder	Mr. Davidson, white[10]
James Jenkins	White		M	September 29, 1830	St. Louis	Murder
Samuel Earles	White	62	M	December 13, 1831	Boone[c]	Murder	Charles B. Rouse, white[11]
Hampton	Black		M	March 23, 1832	Howard	Murder	[12]
Isaac Whitson	White		M	January 30, 1833	Cape Girardeau	Murder	John M. Daniel, white[13]	Daniel Dunklin
James Hubbard	White		M	January 31, 1834	St. Louis	Murder
Leland Tromley	White		M	April 4, 1834	Lafayette	Murder	James Stephens, white[14]
Mary Andrews	White		F	April 30, 1834	Lafayette	Murder	Sarah Andrews, infant, white (daughter)[15]
Conway	Black		M	April 8, 1836	Boone[d]	Murder-Robbery	Israel B. Grant, white (Jake's owner)[16][17]
Jake	Black		M	June 20, 1836	Callaway
David	Black		M	August 1837	Howard	Murder		Lilburn Boggs
Washington	Black		M
Henry	Black		M	August 11, 1837	Ray	Murder	Dorcas Clevenger, white[18]
Ish	Black		M
Mary	Black	19	F	September 30, 1838	Crawford	Murder	Vienna Brinker, 2, white[19]
George Goster	White		M	May 10, 1839	Jackson	Murder	[20]
Henry Lane	White		M	August 14, 1839	Cole	Murder	Mr. Coatmire, white[21]

Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
James Buchanan	White		M	January 3, 1840	St. Louis	Murder	[22]	Lilburn Boggs
Charles Brown	Black	27	M	July 9, 1841	St. Louis	Murder	Jesse Barker and Jacob Weaver, white[23]	Thomas Reynolds
James Seward	Black		M
Alfred Amos Warrick	Black	26	M
Madison Henderson	Black	35	M
Lewis	Black		M	August 7, 1841	Pike	Murder	Resin Mackey, white[24]
Howard	White		M	August 13, 1841	Cooper	Murder
Ben White	White		M	August 13, 1841	Ray	Murder	Martin Adams, white[25]
Joseph Savilia	White		M	January 28, 1842	Lafayette	Murder-Robbery	Unidentified male, white[26]
William Berry	White		M	February 10, 1842	Cole	Murder	[27]
Dedimus Burr	White		M	July 8, 1842	Cole	Murder	Female, white (wife)[28]
Henry Johnson	White		M	March 3, 1843	St. Louis	Murder-Robbery	Major Floyd, white[29]
America	Black		F	June 10, 1843	Boone	Murder	Hiram Beasley, white (owner)[30]
Henry	Black		M
Conrad Myers	White		M	May 24, 1844	Crawford[e]	Murder	Sam B. Wingo, white (sheriff)[31]	Meredith Miles Marmaduke
Joseph Brown	White		M	August 16, 1844	St. Louis (Federal)	Murder	[32]
John McDaniel	White		M
John Lester	White		M	July 31, 1846	Henry[f]	Murder	Scott D. King, white (father-in-law)[33]	John Cummins Edwards
Nathan	Black		M	February 20, 1847	Cape Girardeau	Murder

Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
Ben	Black		M	January 11, 1850	Marion	Murder-Rape	Bright siblings (sister and brother), 14 and 10, white[34]	Austin Augustus King
Hugh Gallagher	White		M	December 13, 1850	St. Louis	Murder	Mary Ann Crosby, white[35]
John Thomas	White		M	February 14, 1851	St. Louis	Murder	Michael Stevens, white[36]
Isaac	Black		M	November 14, 1851	Warren	Murder-Rape	Mrs. Squire Callihan, elderly, white[37]
Joel Elliott	White		M	September 10, 1852	Lafayette[g]	Murder	William Smith, white[38]
Abe	Black		M	June 24, 1853	Platte	Murder	Dan, black (slave/overseer)[39]	Sterling Price
John Schoen	White		M	July 22, 1853	St. Louis	Murder	[40]
Joseph V. Dodge	White		M
Augustus Jennings	White		M	September 2, 1853	Buchanan	Murder	[41]
Willis Washam	White		M	August 25, 1854	Greene[h]	Murder	Male, 14, white (stepson)[42]
John Huting	White		M	August 31, 1855	Montgomery	Murder	Caroline Scholton, white (love interest)[43]
Samuel Nottingham	White		M	November 23, 1855	Bates	Murder	Sarah Nottingham, white (wife)[44][45]
Celia	Black	20	F	December 21, 1855	Callaway	Murder[i]	Robert Newsome, white (owner)[46]
Henry	Black		M	July 11, 1856	Lafayette	Murder	John Winslow, white[47]
James Nichols	White		M	June 5, 1857	Johnson	Murder		Hancock Lee Jackson
Jacob Neuslein	White		M	June 19, 1857	St. Louis	Murder	Female, white (wife)[48]
John La Pointe	White		M			Murder	Robert Wheaton, white[49]
Israel Shoultz	White		M			Murder	Henry Inkamp, white[50]
Edward Worrell	White	28	M	June 27, 1857	Franklin	Murder-Robbery	Basil H. Gordon, white[51]
Joe	Black		M	November 13, 1857	Boone	Murder		Robert Marcellus Stewart
John Chapman	White		M	July 16, 1858	Howard	Murder
Robert Shehane	White		M	August 7, 1858	Oregon[j]	Murder-Robbery	John Merrill, white[52]
Farrell	Black		M	December 31, 1858	Lafayette	Murder	Henry Nance, white (overseer)[53]
John	Black		M
George	Black		M	January 7, 1859	Randolph	Murder
George Lamb	White		M	June 17, 1859	St. Louis	Murder	Female, white (wife)[54]
Joseph Thornton	White	38	M	November 12, 1859	St. Louis	Murder	Joseph Charles, white[55]
Green	Black		M	December 2, 1859	Buchanan	Murder	Francis Marion Wright, white[56]

Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
Samuel Brust	White		M	August 31, 1860	St. Louis	Murder	Mr. Schmidt, white[57]	Robert Marcellus Stewart
John Baird	White		M	May 10, 1861	Lewis[k]	Murder	James Whiteford, 52, white[58]	Claiborne Fox Jackson
John Cole	White		M	July 14, 1861	Greene (Military)	Murder	[59]
William Wilson	White	24	M	June 27, 1862	St. Louis	Murder-Burglary	John C. Gilmore, white (police officer)[60]	Hamilton Rowan Gamble
Calvin Sartain	White		M	August 15, 1862	Linn	Murder
Unknown	Black		M	September 6, 1862	Ray	Attempted rape
Michael Kearns	White		M	January 23, 1863	St. Louis	Murder	Robert Baker, white[61]
James Edmonds	White		M	March 6, 1863	Jefferson	Murder	John Bridgeman, white[62]
Joseph Burns	White	26	M	May 8, 1863	St. Louis	Murder-Burglary	John C. Gilmore, white (police officer)[63]
Henry	Black	20	M	August 28, 1863	Moniteau	Murder	Alfred N. Norman, white (owner)[64]
William Linville	White	19	M	November 6, 1863	Buchanan	Murder	Mr. Burns, white[65]
Valentine Hansen	White	35	M	April 16, 1864	St. Louis	Murder	Mr. Ellig, white[66]	Willard Preble Hall
John Reilly	White		M	April 29, 1864	Johnson	Murder
Joseph Lanier	White		M	June 10, 1864	Andrew (Military)	Sedition	[67]
Peter Keiffe	White	27	M	October 7, 1864	Greene (Military)	Murder	A civilian[68]
John Abshire	White	21	M	October 17, 1864	St. Louis (Military)	Murder	William Hayes, white[69]
Jefferson Jackson	White		M	October 29, 1864	Buchanan (Military)	Murder	Male, white[70]
Abraham Purvis	White	18	M	January 13, 1865	St. Louis (Military)	Murder	A civilian[71]	Thomas Clement Fletcher
Ephraim Richardson	White	16	M
Green Willis	Black	35	M	March 1, 1866	Buchanan	Murder-Robbery	Jacob Kuhn, white[l]
Zeke Hart	White	20	M	October 19, 1866	Morgan	Murder-Burglary	Ross Saltimer, white
Thomas Blue	Black	20	M	June 21, 1867	Monroe	Murder	William Madison and Sarah Cowherd Vandeventer, 59 and 46, white[m]
Peter Christman	White	18	M	December 6, 1867	St. Louis	Murder-Robbery	Edward and Moses Ross, 30 and 4, white
Alfred Hughes	Black		M	July 24, 1868	Clinton[n]	Murder	Daniel W. Jenkins, 25, white
William Edwards	Black	23	M	July 23, 1869	St. Louis	Murder	Louis Wilson, 26, black	Joseph W. McClurg

Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County or City	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
John Skaggs	White	33	M	August 6, 1870	Stoddard[o]	Murder	Robert Vinkler Richardson, 49, white[73]	Joseph W. McClurg
John Grable	White	32	M	September 9, 1870	Buchanan	Murder-Robbery	Joel Drake, 36, white (brother-in-law)[74]
Jeremiah Bailey	White	20	M	December 13, 1870	New Madrid	Murder	James Brock, 24, white[75]
John Armstrong	Black	32	M	January 27, 1871	Washington	Murder-Rape	Five people, white and mixed[76][p]	Benjamin Gratz Brown
Charles Jolly	Black	32	M
Charles Waller	White	42	M	May 17, 1872	Webster	Murder-Robbery	Newlan family, white[77][q]
Robert Champion	Black	42	M	February 21, 1873	Howard	Murder	Rachel Champion, 47, black (wife)	Silas Woodson
Samuel Walker	Black		M	May 15, 1874	Clay	Murder	Katie Walker, black (wife)
John Carlisle	White	20	M	July 24, 1874	Saline	Murder	George Wecker, white[78]
Joseph Hamilton	White	21	M	October 30, 1874	Harrison	Murder	Elisha W. Halleck, 48, white[79]
Patrick O'Shea	White	36	M	April 9, 1875	St. Louis	Murder	Eliza Walsh O'Shea, 34, white (wife)[80]	Charles Henry Hardin
Travis Harris	White	39	M	April 16, 1875	Scott	Murder	Squire Masterson, 56, white (father-in-law)[r]
Henry Brown	Black	25	M	October 22, 1875	St. Louis	Murder-Burglary	Philip Pfarr, 54, white[81][s]
Henry Hallenschied	White	54	M	December 17, 1875	Gasconade	Murder	Christian Albrand, 28, white (son-in-law)[82]
Antonio Catalano	White	40	M	February 18, 1876	St. Louis	Murder	Francisco Palermo, 25, white[83]
Dominico Damina	White	28	M
Bastiano Lombardo	White	21	M
William Foster	White	26	M	June 19, 1876	Warren	Murder-Robbery	Unidentified male, black[84]
Daniel Price	Black	33	M	January 18, 1877	Warren	Murder	Samuel Taylor, black[85]	John S. Phelps
William Pints	White	32	M	April 27, 1877	Bollinger	Murder-Rape	Catherine Burr, 9, white[86]
Samuel Orr	White	15	M	May 18, 1877	Lawrence	Murder	George Davis, 55, white[87]
Poindexter Edmundson	White	24	M	July 13, 1877	Stoddard	Murder	William Shaw, 39, white[88]
William Wieners	White	21	M	February 1, 1878	City of St. Louis	Murder	Americus Vespucius Lawrence, 27, white[89]
John Ables	White	58	M	February 15, 1878	Jasper[t]	Murder	John L. Lane, 24, white[90]
John Daniels	White	35	M	March 1, 1878	Johnson[u]	Murder-Robbery	Jesse R. Miller, 35, white[91]
Richard Green	White	27	M	March 1, 1878	Jackson	Murder	Henry H. Hughes, white (deputy marshal)[92]
Richard Isaacs	White	36	M	October 25, 1878	Cass	Murder-Robbery	Henderson B. Clark, 35, white[93]
John West	White	23	M	May 16, 1879	Cooper	Murder-Robbery	Frank Shinn, 28, white[94]
Monroe Guy	Black	21	M	June 6, 1879	Jefferson	Murder	Aaron McPete, black[95]
John Blan	White	23	M	June 6, 1879	St. Charles	Murder	Elijah H. Warren, 38, white (brother-in-law)[96]
Frank Davidson	White	24	M	July 9, 1879	Johnson	Murder	William Haggerty, 24, white[97]

Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County or City	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
Charles Hardin	White	21	M	January 23, 1880	St. Francois	Murder-Robbery	Robert Ferguson, 34, white[98]	John S. Phelps
Joseph Core	White	34	M	March 5, 1880	Laclede	Murder	George E. King, 52, white[99]
John Kilgore	White	23	M	March 5, 1880	Audrain	Murder	Lorenzo Dow Willingham, 39, white[100]
William Barton	Black	16	M	March 26, 1880	St. Charles	Murder	James Clutterbuck, 26, white[101]
Nathan Faucett	Black	35	M	April 16, 1880	Audrain	Murder	Octave Lewis Inlow, 29, white[102]
Jacob Muldrow	Black	19	M
Edward Nugent	White	46	M	April 23, 1880	City of St. Louis	Murder	Ella Nugent, 40, white (wife)[103]
Henry Redemeier	White	31	M			Murder	Franz Vosz, 55, white[104][105]
John Cropp	Black	25	M	June 11, 1880	Chariton	Murder	Noah Forrest, 24, white[106]
Thomas Benton Hopper	White	36	M	June 25, 1880	Dade[v]	Murder-Robbery	Samuel C. Ham, 23, white
James Brown	White	23	M	June 25, 1880	Randolph	Murder	Martha E. Parish, 58, white (mother-in-law)[107]
Frank Brown	White		M	July 15, 1881	New Madrid	Murder	Robert D. LaFarge, 24, white (posse member)[108][w]	Thomas Theodore Crittenden
Jesse Meyer	White		M
Albert Talbott	White	21	M	July 22, 1881	Nodaway	Murder	Dr. Perry H. Talbott, 53, white (father)[109]
Charles Talbott	White	16	M
John Patterson	White	19	M	July 22, 1881	Henry	Murder-Robbery	James G. Clark, 50, white[110]
William Erb	White	49	M	December 30, 1881	City of St. Louis	Murder	Rose Mion, 47, white (common-law wife)[111]
John Phelps	White	21	M	January 6, 1882	Saline	Murder	Elijah Keyton, 62, white[112]
Charley Ellis	Black	24	M	January 6, 1882	City of St. Louis	Murder	Mack Sanders, 21, black[113]
Joseph W. Kotovsky	White	24	M			Murder	Augusta Simon, 19, white (love interest)[114]
Thaddeus Bober	White	31	M	January 13, 1882	City of St. Louis	Murder	Fredericka and Lena Schuendler (girlfriend), 52 and 23, white[115][116]
William Ward	Black	27	M			Murder	Annie Lewis, 15, black (girlfriend)[115][116]
George Bohannon	White	20	M	April 21, 1882	Phelps	Murder	William Light, 21, white[117]
Alfred Saunders	Black		M	December 8, 1882	Mississippi	Murder	Moses Wing, 25, black[118]
Howard Underwood	Black	60	M	April 6, 1883	Mississippi	Murder	Isabelle Lucas, 36, black (lover)[119]
William Fox	White	22	M	December 28, 1883	Vernon	Murder	William Thomas Howard, 36, white[120]
Matt Lewis	Black	38	M	March 14, 1884	City of St. Louis	Murder	Mary Ann Lewis, 22, black (wife)[121]
Thomas Dixon	White		M	May 2, 1884	Stoddard	Murder	James McNabb, white[122]
Bill Hamilton	White	28	M	July 11, 1884	Johnson	Murder-Robbery	Carl Steidle, 25, white[123]
Charley Hamilton	White	20	M
Oliver Bateman	White	19	M	November 21, 1884	Andrew	Murder-Rape	Austie and Adella McLaughlin, 9 and 7, white[124]
Samuel Collins	White	23	M	August 28, 1885	Pike	Murder	Owen Utterback, 39, white[125]	John S. Marmaduke
Henry Stair	White	35	M	January 15, 1886	Vernon	Murder-Robbery	Jacob and Mack Sewell, 55 and 16, white[126]
Charles Wilson	Black	24	M	January 15, 1886	City of St. Louis	Murder	Willie A. David, 24, white[127]
Jeff Wilson	Black	26	M	April 2, 1886	Lafayette	Murder	Jennie Sanford, 27, black (girlfriend)[128]
Joseph Jump	White	19	M	July 23, 1886	Daviess	Murder-Robbery	William C. Gladson, 40, white[129][130][131]
John Smith	White	21	M	August 6, 1886
Robert Grayor	Black	25	M	December 10, 1886	City of St. Louis	Murder	Berry Evans, 35, black[132]
Edward Clumm	White	45	M	April 15, 1887	Barry	Murder	John J. White and Ella Bowe, 48 and 17, white[133]
Daniel Jewell	Black	24	M	April 15, 1887	City of St. Louis	Murder	Ellen Jewell, 16, black (wife)[134]
Edward Sneed	White	29	M	June 24, 1887	Jackson	Murder	Orleans Harrison Loomis, 19, white[135]
Alfred Blunt	Black	32	M	June 24, 1887	City of St. Louis	Murder	Mary Blunt, 24, black (wife)[136][137]
Peter Heinck	White	32	M	June 29, 1888	Buchanan	Murder	Female, white (wife)[138]	Albert P. Morehouse
George Rider	White	25	M	July 13, 1888	Saline	Murder	Rousey Peter Tallent, 34, white[139]
Walter Maxwell	White	26	M	August 10, 1888	City of St. Louis	Murder-Robbery	Charles Arthur Preller, 32, white[140]
Henry Landgraff	White	30	M			Murder	Annie Fisch, 22, white (girlfriend)[141]
John Matthews	White	41	M	May 10, 1889	Christian	Murder	Charles Green and William Edmens, 42 and 27, white[142]	David R. Francis
Dave Walker	White	45	M
William Walker	White	19	M

Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County or City	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
John Oscar Turlington	White	26	M	March 6, 1891	Cooper	Murder	Thomas C. Cranmer, 54, white (sheriff)[143]	David R. Francis
Webster Jackson	White	23	M	April 25, 1891	Gasconade[x]	Murder-Robbery	Alexander McVicker, 50, white[144]
William Price	Black	24	M	May 8, 1891	Saline	Rape[y]	Alicia Ninas, 19, white[145]
Henry Henson	White	36	M	August 13, 1891	City of St. Louis	Murder	Ida Kreitling Henson, 35, white (wife)[146][147]
Chris Young	White	26	M	August 13, 1891	Lafayette	Murder	Stephen Ferguson, 30, white[148]
Louis Bulling	White	23	M	September 4, 1891	Andrew	Murder	Flora Brown Bulling, 19, white (wife)[149]
Thomas Williamson	White	60	M	October 31, 1891	Pettis	Murder	Jefferson and Charles Moore, 58 and 29, white[150]
Charles Seaton	White	17	M	December 4, 1891	Lawrence	Murder-Robbery	Lewis Channell, 17, white[151]
W. V. Harbin	White	40	M	January 15, 1892	Butler	Murder	A. L. Smith, elderly, white[152]
William McCoy	Black	33	M	February 16, 1893	Lafayette	Murder	Mollie Magruder, 38, black (girlfriend)[153]	William J. Stone
Amos Avery	White	18	M	May 24, 1893	Barton	Murder-Robbery	James A. Miles, 20, white[154]
Joseph Howell	White	20	M	August 10, 1893	Grundy[z]	Murder	Five people, white[155][aa]
Dick Robinson	Black	25	M	December 15, 1893	Pettis	Murder-Rape	Johanna Schollmann, 24, white[156][ab]
Charles Bank	Black	27	M	December 29, 1893	Johnson	Murder	Isaac Palmer, 22, black[157]
Martin Reed	Black	65	M	January 5, 1894	Jackson	Murder	Hester Reed, 50, black (wife)
Samuel Wilson	White	42	M	January 12, 1894	City of St. Louis	Murder	Clementina Manning, 33, white (ex-girlfriend)
Wilson Howard	White	31	M	January 19, 1894	Laclede[ac]	Murder-Robbery	Thomas McMichaels, white[ad]
Charles Wisdom	Black	23	M	April 13, 1894	St. Louis	Murder-Robbery	Edward A. Drexler, 45, white
John Coleman	Black	40	M	May 4, 1894	Cole	Murder	Frank Macklin, white[ae]
Harry Jones	White	29	M	June 29, 1894	Jackson	Murder-Robbery	Jane Wright, 56, white
William Kicksher	White	36	M
Charles Wilson	Black	27	M	July 26, 1894	City of St. Louis	Murder	Moses Hodges, 21, black
Harrison Duncan	Black	27	M	July 27, 1894	St. Louis	Murder	James Brady, 31, white (policeman)
Phillip Martin	Black	17	M	February 2, 1895	Jackson	Murder	Eli Stillwell, 34, white
Joseph Barries	Black	19	M	May 11, 1895	Buchanan	Rape	Bertha Potter, 7, white
James Murray	Black	24	M	May 11, 1895	St. Louis	Murder-Robbery	Edgar Fitzwilliams, 18, white
Edward Murray	Black	22	M	May 11, 1895	Gasconade[af]
Emile Davis	White	34	M	February 15, 1896	Osage	Murder	Frank Henderson, 24, white
James Fitzgerald	White	27	M	February 20, 1896	City of St. Louis	Murder	Annie Naessens, 18, white (girlfriend)
John Nelson			M	February 28, 1896	Marion	Murder	Mary Stull and John Stull Hughes, 56 and 35, white
William Wright	Black		M	August 10, 1896	Vernon	Murder	Betty Wright, black (wife)
George Anderson	White		M	August 21, 1896	Macon	Murder	Female, white (wife)
James Inks	White	44	M	January 30, 1897	Holt	Murder	John Patterson, 58, white	Lawrence Vest Stephens
Edward Perry	White	23	M	January 30, 1897	Douglas	Murder-Robbery	Sawyer family (three people), white[ag]
Peter Schmidt	White	16	M	February 16, 1897	St. Louis	Murder-Robbery	Bertram Atwater, 33, white
Samuel Foster	Black	22	M
Arthur Duestrow	White	24	M	February 16, 1897	Franklin[ah]	Murder	Albertine and Louis Duestrow, 29 and 2, white (wife and son)
James Pollard	Black	21	M	June 25, 1897	Buchanan	Murder	Joseph Irvine, 42, black[ai]
Henry Johnson	Black	27	M	November 18, 1897	City of St. Louis	Murder	William Amend, 21, white
William Carr	White	37	M	December 17, 1897	Clay	Murder	Belle Carr, 3, white (daughter)
Tobe Lanahan	Black	26	M	June 22, 1898	Cole	Murder-Rape	Millie Gaines, 12, black
Ed McKinzie	Black	28	M			Murder-Robbery	Nicholas Linhardt, 49, white
John Thomascheutz	White	26	M	June 22, 1898	City of St. Louis	Murder	Annie Rausch, 18, white
James Albright	White	21	M	July 9, 1898	Mississippi	Murder	George Seth Elliott, 45, white (district attorney)[aj]
George Thompson	Black	29	M	August 1, 1898	City of St. Louis	Murder	Joseph Cunningham, 32, white
James Brown	Black	29	M	December 28, 1898	Jackson	Murder	Henry Prather, 28, black
Ira Sexton	White	23	M	December 28, 1898	Mercer	Murder-Robbery	Nathan W. Stark, 26, white
Oscar Baker	White	50	M	January 10, 1899	Shannon	Murder	Annie Baker, 45, white (wife)
James Reed	Black	22	M	March 30, 1899	Jackson	Murder	Susie Blakely, 26, black (girlfriend)
Edwin Soper	White	35	M	March 30, 1899	Cass	Murder	Adelia Hunt Soper, 34 white[ak]
Matthew Hancock	Black	23	M	April 8, 1899	City of St. Louis	Murder	George Horton, 31, white
Fred Bronstein	White	47	M	May 8, 1899	Clark	Murder	Amelia Jane Rowe Bronstein, 33, white (wife)
William Burns	Black	25	M	May 29, 1899	Scott	Murder	Maggie Gregory Burns, black (wife)
Peter Kindred	White	22	M	June 7, 1899	Mercer	Murder	Andrew A. Alley, 27, white[al]
Freeman Cochran	White	37	M	June 7, 1899	Harrison	Murder	George Stanbrough, 30, white
John Headrick	White	19	M	June 15, 1899	Cape Girardeau	Murder	James Madison Lail, 44, white
Carroll Rice	White	33	M	June 15, 1899	Oregon	Murder	Mary C. Rice, 20, white (wife)
James McAfee	White	33	M	July 6, 1899	Jasper	Murder-Robbery	Eben M. Brewer, 24, white

Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County or City	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
James Nettles	Black	27	M	May 7, 1900	City of St. Louis	Murder	Samuel W. Mann, 46, white	Lawrence Vest Stephens
Ernest Clevenger	White	28	M	June 15, 1900	Clay	Murder	George Allen and Della Clevenger (third cousin), 29 and 32, white
John Holloway	White	35	M	June 15, 1900	Osage	Murder	Julius Boillot, 27, white
Samuel Walters	Black	39	M	June 15, 1900	New Madrid	Murder	Frank and Millie Holmes, black
Noah McGinnis	White	27	M	December 31, 1900	Bates	Murder-Robbery	Frederick Borcherding, white
James H. Tettaton	White	29	M	February 19, 1901	Dunklin	Murder	Five people, white[am]	Alexander Monroe Dockery
Milo Gregory	White	23	M	March 21, 1901	Dunklin	Murder	Joseph Covert, white
Ellsworth Evans	Black	18	M	April 12, 1901	Cooper	Murder	William L. Hennicke, 40+, white (policeman)
Ernest Reed	Black		M	July 5, 1901	Jasper	Murder	Amanda Gertrude Reed, 27, black (wife)
Joshua Craft	White	25	M	January 21, 1902	Cole	Murder	Henry Spieker, 25, white (policeman)[an]
Albert Garth	Black	26	M	January 21, 1902	Jackson	Murder	Minnie Woods, black
Henry Flutcher	Black	26	M	April 11, 1902	City of St. Louis	Murder	Louis Roth, 24, white[158]
James Jackson	Black	28	M	April 11, 1902	Jackson	Murder	Prophet Everett, 24, black[159]
General Armstrong	Black	18	M	April 25, 1902	Platte	Rape-Robbery	Ivy Turney, 16, white[160][161]
Charles Reeves	Black	27	M	May 23, 1902	Cooper	Murder	Mamie Smith Reeves, 22, black (wife)[162][163]
Sam Brown	White	29	M	June 27, 1902	Wayne	Murder-Robbery	George T. Richardson, 50+, white[164]
Jesse Johnson	Black	24	M	September 12, 1902	Ralls	Murder-Robbery	Marcus D. McRae, 71, white
Thomas Dunn	Black	27	M	January 2, 1903	City of St. Louis	Murder	Peter Jackson, 45, black
Charles Gurley	Black	26	M	February 3, 1903	City of St. Louis	Murder	Rosa Higgins, 20, black (girlfriend)
Steven Clark	White	36	M	February 6, 1903	Butler	Murder	Pearl Clark, 26, white (wife)[ao]
James Gartrell	White	68	M	April 17, 1903	Bates	Murder-Robbery	D. B. Donegan, black[ap]
Charles May	White	25	M	April 17, 1903	Buchanan	Murder	Robert Martin, 31, white[aq]
John Taylor	White	20	M	April 17, 1903	Jackson	Murder	Ruth Nollard, 18, white
Henry Wilson	Black	20	M	May 8, 1903	City of St. Louis	Murder-Robbery	Thomas Mooney, 63, white
Sampson Gray	Black	21	M			Murder-Robbery	George Jones, 34, black
Frank Clark	Mixed[ar]	23	M	November 25, 1903	Clark	Rape	Olla Hess, 16, white
John Robinson	White	40	M	January 15, 1904	Adair	Murder	George W. Conkle, 58, white (father-in-law)
Mark Dunn	White	36	M	March 11, 1904	Buchanan	Murder	Alfred M. Fenton, 25, white
George Collins	White	23	M	March 26, 1904	Franklin	Murder	Charles J. Schumacher, 35, white (Pinkerton detective)
Elias Smith	White	40	M	April 21, 1905	Pulaski	Murder-Robbery	James H. Smith, 25, white	Joseph W. Folk
Bill Rudolph	White	20	M	May 8, 1905	Franklin	Murder	Charles J. Schumacher, 35, white (Pinkerton detective)
Allen Henderson	Black	17	M	June 15, 1905	St. Charles	Murder	Joseph Buckner, 58, black
Henry Heusack	White	55	M	August 21, 1905	City of St. Louis	Murder	August Raphael, 75, white (father-in-law)
Mitlon Diltwer	White	44	M	February 11, 1906	City of St. Louis	Murder-Robbery	Ray Williams, white[166]
Curtis Jackson	Black	16	M	March 23, 1906	Butler	Rape	Annie Norman, 28, white
Edward Bateman	Black	22	M	August 7, 1906	Lawrence	Rape	Myrtle Digby, 20, white
Jody Hamilton	White	20	M	December 21, 1906	Texas	Murder	Parsons family (five people), white
William Church	White	25	M	January 10, 1907	Warren	Murder	Henry W. and Nettie Yeater, 66 and 59, white (foster parents)
Edward Raymond	White	23	M	June 27, 1907	Cole	Murder	Ephraim Allison and John A. Clay, 69 and 46, white (guards)[as]
George Ryan	White	24	M
Harry Vaughn	White	33	M
John King	Black	19	M	June 27, 1907	City of St. Louis	Murder	Hallie Douglas, 20, black (girlfriend)
William Jefferies	White	28	M	June 4, 1908	St. Charles	Murder-Robbery	William Wussler, 32, white
Albert Filley	White	32	M	September 21, 1908	Caldwell	Murder	Three people, white[167][at]
Claude Brooks	Black	21	M	July 30, 1909	Jackson	Murder	Sidney Herndon, 46, white[168]	Herbert S. Hadley

Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County or City	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
George Reynolds	Black	22	M	February 8, 1910	Jackson	Rape	Matilda Taylor Jackson, 27, white[169]	Herbert S. Hadley
John Williams	Black	23	M
William Wilson	Black	24	M	March 4, 1910	Jasper	Murder-Rape	Millie Plumb, 25, white
George Jackson	Black	18	M	June 10, 1910	Mississippi	Rape	Isophrenia Henderson, 60, white[170]
Robert Davis	Black	24	M	June 10, 1910	Jackson	Murder	Harry H. Evans, 17, black[171]
Hezekiah Rasco	White	32	M	March 26, 1912	Nodaway	Murder	Hubbell family (four people), white[172][au]
John Robinson	Black	48	M	February 15, 1915	Jackson	Murder	Mary Felton Robinson and Alma Felton, 48 and 11, black (wife and stepdaughter)[av]	Elliott Woolfolk Major
William Sprouse	White	41	M	July 16, 1915	St. Louis	Murder	Anna Sprouse, 37, white (wife)[173]
Andrew Black	Black	23	M	August 8, 1916	St. Charles	Murder	James David Lamb, 41, white (policeman)[174][aw]
Harry Black	Black	25	M

Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County or City	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
Adam Jackson	Black	39	M	March 26, 1920	Butler	Rape	Emma Mann, 45, white	Frederick D. Gardner
Charles Jocoy	White	23	M	August 12, 1921	Franklin	Murder	Benjamin Schobe, 24, white[175]	Arthur M. Hyde
Walker Lee	Black	37	M	August 17, 1921	Jackson	Rape[ax]	Elizabeth Whete Dahmn, 52, white[176][177]
John Carroll	White	24	M	September 12, 1921	Franklin	Murder	Benjamin Schobe, 24, white[178]
Sterling Jackson	Black	21	M	August 3, 1923	Jasper	Murder-Robbery	George Babcock, 66, white
Ralph Long	Black	19	M
Hugh Pinkley	White	35	M	July 18, 1924	City of St. Louis	Murder	Michael O'Connor, 44, white (patrolman)[179][180][ay]
Charles Merrill	White	21	M
James Crump	Black	25	M	July 17, 1925	Montgomery[az]	Murder	Chalmus Lee Blum, 54, white (sheriff)[181]	Sam Aaron Baker
Leon Williams	Black	27	M	July 17, 1925	City of St. Louis	Murder-Robbery	Harry Leonard, 43, white[182]
Robert Johnson	Black	29	M	February 28, 1927	St. Louis	Rape	Mabel L. Faenger, 26, white[183]
Leonard Yeager	White	31	M	February 1, 1929	City of St. Louis	Murder-Robbery	Gunerius Schou, 62, white[184][185]	Henry S. Caulfield
Thomas Lowry	White	23	M			Murder	Eugene N. Lovely, 23, white (motorcycle patrolman)[185]

Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County or City	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
William Mosley	Black	54	M	January 31, 1930	City of St. Louis	Murder	Mildred White, 32, black (common-law wife)[186][ba]	Henry S. Caulfield
Lawrence Mabry	White	20	M	January 31, 1930	Cooper[bb]	Murder-Robbery	William Busch, 23, white[187]
Carl Nasello	White	20	M	July 25, 1930	Jackson	Murder-Robbery	James Horace Smith, 38, white (policeman)
John Messino	White	27	M
Tony Mangiaracina	White	28	M
Joe Hershon	White	24	M	January 15, 1932	Jackson	Murder-Robbery	Charles H. Dingman Jr., 28, white
Lew Worden	White	33	M	March 3, 1932	Jasper	Rape-Robbery	Female, 16, white[bc]
Emerson White	Black	29	M	August 12, 1932	City of St. Louis	Murder-Robbery	Pinckney Hollis, 55, black
James Keller	White	29	M	January 20, 1933	St. Louis	Murder-Robbery	Etta Wayman Sauer, 44, white	Guy Brasfield Park
Harry Worden	White	27	M	February 10, 1933	Jasper	Rape-Robbery	Female, 15, white[bd]
David Miller	White	48	M	February 10, 1933	St. Charles	Murder-Robbery	Paulina Duebbert, 47, white
John Boyd	Black	32	M	November 2, 1933	St. Louis	Rape	Female, white[be]
March Jefferson	Black	22	M	December 15, 1933	Jackson	Murder-Robbery	Morris Kross, 59, white
Sam Gordon	Black	21	M
Eugene Copeland	Black	32	M	June 29, 1934	City of St. Louis	Murder-Robbery	Jacob P. Davis, 45, white
Paul Kauffman	White	34	M	June 29, 1934	Jackson	Murder-Rape	Avis Woolery, 17, white
William Roland	Black	42	M	April 12, 1935	Gasconade	Murder	Edwin C. Shane and John W. Whitted, 28 and 42, white[bf]
Frank McDaniel	Black	28	M	April 12, 1935	Greene	Murder	Savilla Scott, 25, black
C. D. Ward	Black	25	M	August 16, 1935	Dunklin	Rape	Two sisters, 25 and 27, white[188]
Edward Gayman	White	27	M	August 30, 1935	New Madrid	Murder-Robbery	Arthur Cashion, 28, white[189]
Roy Hamilton	White	27	M
George McKeever	White	36	M	December 18, 1936	Callaway	Murder	Ben O. Booth, 35, white (highway patrolman)[190][191][bg]
Hurt Hardy Jr.	White	31	M	February 26, 1937	Ste. Genevieve	Murder	Ethel Fenestock, 19, white (love interest)[192]	Lloyd C. Stark
Fred Adams	White	21	M	April 2, 1937	Dunklin	Murder-Robbery	Clarence Andrew Green, 25, white (night marshal)[193]
Roscoe Jackson	White	36	M	May 21, 1937	Stone	Murder-Robbery	Pearl L. Bozarth, 55, white[bh]
Dudley Barr	Black	39	M	May 21, 1937	Jackson	Murder-Robbery	Walter Milton, 40, black[194][191]

Summarize Timeline Fact Check

On September 4, 1937, Missouri's official method of execution was changed from local hangings to centralized gas asphyxiation at the state penitentiary.^[195][196] The state's gas chamber leaked at least twice during early test runs, including one on December 7th where a 75-pound pig was used as a test subject.^[197][198]

Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County or City	Crime	Victim(s)	Governor
John Brown	Black	34	M	March 4, 1938	Jackson	Murder	William Cavanaugh, 31, white (policeman)	Lloyd C. Stark
William Wright	Black	33	M			Murder-Robbery	John Thomas McCampbell, 52, black
Raymond Boyer	White	33	M	March 5, 1938	Jackson	Murder-Robbery	Walter Dale Sandford, 29, white
Raymond Batson	Black	33	M	March 30, 1938	St. Louis	Murder	Philip Rabenau and William E. Poole, 43 and 47, white
Johnny Jones	Black	35	M	July 15, 1938	New Madrid	Rape	Female, 45, white
Adam Ricchetti	White	28	M	October 7, 1938	Jackson	Murder	Frank Hermanson, 46, white (Kansas City police officer)[bi]
Granville Allen	Black	28	M	October 28, 1938	Jackson	Murder-Robbery	Howard Preston, 47, white
Byron E. King	White	28	M	November 4, 1938	City of St. Louis	Murder-Robbery	George Speer, 68, white[199]
John Williamson	White	63	M	February 15, 1939	Ste. Genevieve	Murder	George Williams, 64, white[200][bj]
Robert Kenyon	White	24	M	April 28, 1939	Oregon[bk]	Murder-Kidnap	Dr. James Clinton B. Davis, 66, white[201]
Robert West	White	25	M	September 20, 1940	St. Louis	Murder	Vivian Davidson, 20, white (ex-girlfriend)[202]
Chester Jackson	Black	31	M		Jasper	Murder	Daisy Esmond, 32, black (girlfriend)[203]
Wilburn Johnson	Black	39	M	January 3, 1941	Butler	Murder	Willis and Sarah Mitchell, 15 and 13, black
Ernest Tyler	Black	37	M	April 24, 1942	Jackson	Murder-Robbery	Erwin Schwarenholz, 40, white	Forrest C. Donnell
Allen Lambus	Black	73	M	June 16, 1944	Mississippi	Murder-Rape	Juanita Harris, 14, black[bl]
James Thomas	Black	20	M	October 19, 1944	St. Louis	Rape	Female, 23, white
Leo Lyles	Black	22	M	May 25, 1945	St. Louis	Murder	Martin Twillman, 23, white[204]	Phil M. Donnelly
William Edward Talbert	Black	24	M	November 16, 1945
Fred Ellis	Black	23	M	August 16, 1946	Franklin	Murder-Burglary	Mary Santo, 56, white[205]
Jesse Sanford	Black	37	M
Van Lee Ramsey	Black	36	M	January 9, 1947	City of St. Louis	Murder-Robbery	Lena Afton Davidson, 19, white[206]
Marshall Perkins	Black	59	M	January 24, 1947	Jackson	Rape	Gladys Jeffries, 13, white[207]
Floyd Cochran	Black	37	M	September 26, 1947	Boone	Murder-Rape	Mary Lou Jenkins, 20, white[208][bm]
Ernest Afton Scott	White	49	M	November 4, 1949	Wright	Murder	Verla Marie Raney Scott, 40, white (ex-wife)[bn]	Forrest Smith
George Bell	Black	35	M	December 2, 1949	Jackson	Murder	Charles William Neaves, 30, black[bo]
Charles Tiedt	White	56	M	May 19, 1950	Buchanan	Murder	Three people, white[bp]
Claude McGee	White	39	M	January 5, 1951	Cole	Murder	John B. Manor, 47, white (inmate)[bq]
Willie Porter	Black	29	M	January 28, 1952	Cole	Rape	Belle Agee, 70, white
Ulas Quilling	Black	53	M	May 29, 1953	Jackson	Murder	Three people, black[br]	Phil M. Donnelly
Kenneth Boyd	Black	23	M	July 10, 1953	City of St. Louis	Murder-Robbery	Samuel Barrenfeld, 54, white
Bonnie B. Heady	White	41	F	December 18, 1953	N/A (Federal)	Kidnapping[bs]	Robert Cosgrove Greenlease Jr., 6, white
Carl Austin Hall	White	34	M
Dock Booker	Black	46	M	April 1, 1955	City of St. Louis	Murder	Earl Harrison, 43, black
Arthur Ross Brown	White	31	M	February 24, 1956	N/A (Federal)	Kidnapping[bt]	Wilma Frances Allen, 34, white
Thomas Moore	Black	42	M	September 13, 1957	Jackson	Murder	Opal Irene Moore, 36, black (wife)	James T. Blair Jr.
Sammy Aire Tucker	White	26	M	July 26, 1963	Cape Girardeau	Murder-Robbery	Herbert L. Goss, 67, white (auxiliary policeman)[209][bu]	John M. Dalton
Charles Harvey Odom	White	32	M	March 6, 1964	Jasper	Rape-Kidnap	Lisa Margaret Schuh, 13, white[210]
Ronald Lee Wolfe	White	33	M	May 8, 1964	Pike[bv]	Rape[bw]	Female, 8, white[211][bx]
Lloyd Leo Anderson	Black	22	M	February 26, 1965	City of St. Louis	Murder-Robbery	Thomas E. Grupe, 15, white[212][by]	Warren E. Hearnes