List of people executed in North Dakota
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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of North Dakota from 1885 to 1905.
Capital punishment was abolished in North Dakota in 1973.[1] Only 8 people, all male, were ever executed in North Dakota, all via hanging. All were executed for murder.[2]
| Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | County | Crime | Victim(s) | Governor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Miller | White | 19 | M | October 30, 1885 | Grand Forks | Murder | Abbie Snell and Herbert Snell, white[3] | Gilbert A. Pierce |
| Albert Bomberger | White | 22 | M | January 19, 1894 | Burleigh | Murder-Rape-Robbery | Six people, white[4][a] | Eli C. D. Shortridge |
| James W. Cole | Black | 38 | M | March 24, 1899 | Towner | Murder | Sophronia Ford, 14, black[5] | Frederick B. Fancher |
| Hans Thorpe | White | 66 | M | September 14, 1900 | Burleigh | Murder | Ida Thorpe, white (wife)[6] | |
| Ira Jenkins | White | 25 | M | September 14, 1900 | Ward | Murder-Robbery | August Stark, 25/26, white[7] | |
| Jacob L. Bassanella | White | 25 | M | February 20, 1903 | McLean | Murder-Robbery | Anton Heilinger, white[8][b] | Frank White |
| William R. Ross | White | M | December 5, 1903 | Bottineau | Murder-Robbery | Thomas Walsh, 61, white[9][c] | ||
| John Rooney | White | 25 | M | October 17, 1905 | Cass | Murder-Robbery | Harold Cleve Sweet, 20s, white | Elmore Y. Sarles |