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This is a list of at least 310 people executed in Maryland, United States, between 1638 and 2005.[1][2]

Capital punishment in Maryland was abolished in 2013.

1638–1699: 16 executions[edit]

No. Name Age Race Sex Occupation Crime Method Date of Execution County
1 Thomas Smith ? White Male Seaman Sedition, Piracy, Murder[3] Hanging 1638-06-20 St. Mary's
2 Edward Beckler ? White Male Seaman Sedition, Piracy, Murder[3] Hanging 1638-06-20 St. Mary's
3 Richard Ingle 43 White Male Seaman Piracy Hanging 1653-??-?? St. Mary's
4 William Eltonhead ? White Male ? ? Hanging 1655-??-?? Anne Arundel
5 William Lewis ? White Male ? ? Hanging 1655-??-?? Anne Arundel
6 John Leggatt ? White Male ? ? Hanging 1655-??-?? Anne Arundel
7 John Pedro ? White Male ? ? Hanging 1655-??-?? Anne Arundel
8 John Dandy ? White Male Gunsmith Murder Hanging 1657-01-03 Calvert
9 Jacob [slave of Utee] ? Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1665-01-04 St. Mary's
10 Anatchcom ? Native American Male ? Murder Shooting 1669-05-08 St. Mary's
11 John [unknown surname] ? Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1671-04-14 St. Mary's
12 James Sall ? White Male Servant Murder Hanging 1671-04-14 St. Mary's
13 Robert Spear ? White Male Servant Murder Hanging 1671-04-14 St. Mary's
14 Robert Warry ? White Male Servant Murder Hanging 1671-04-14 St. Mary's
15 Isabella Yousley ? White Female ? Murder Hanging 1671-04-17 St. Mary's
16 Rebecca Fowler ? White Female Housewife Witchcraft Hanging 1685-01-09 Calvert

1700–1799: 72 executions[edit]

No. Name Age Race Sex Occupation Crime Method Date of Execution County
1 Tom[4] ? Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1728-11-15 Cecil
2 Jupiter Jack[4] ? Black Male Slave ? Hanging 1728-12-16 Charles
3 Pompey[4] ? Black Male Slave ? Hanging 1728-12-16 Charles
4 Parraway [slave of John Aldridge][4] ? Black Male Slave Murder Gibbeting 1729-04-18 Prince George's
5 Corra [slave of Aquilla Hall][4] ? Black Male Slave Murder Gibbeting 1729-05-16 Baltimore
6 Babb[4] ? Black Female Slave ? Hanging 1729-06-17 Kent
7 Coacko[4] ? Black Male Slave ? Hanging 1730-11-25 Prince George's
8 Ben[4] ? Black Male Slave ? Hanging 1732-11-10 Prince George's
9 Stepney[4] ? Black Male Slave ? Gibbeting 1733-05-16 Charles
10 Tom[4] ? Black Male Slave ? Hanging 1733-10-03 Anne Arundel
11 Harry[4] ? Black Male Slave ? Hanging 1733-11-14 Prince George's
12 Michael Aley[5] ? White Male ? ? Hanging 1735-01-16 Queen Anne's
13 Anthony[4] ? Black Male Slave ? Hanging 1736-11-10 St. Mary's
14 Kildare[4] ? Black Male Slave ? Hanging 1736-11-10 Anne Arundel
15 Sam[4] ? Black Male Slave ? Hanging 1736-11-10 Prince George's
16 Sambo/Sango[4] ? Black Male Slave ? Hanging 1736-11-10 Prince George's
17 Jack [slave of Leonard Holliday][4] ? Native American Male Slave ? Hanging 1737-05-27 Prince George's
18 Cloe[4] ? Black Female Slave ? Hanging 1737-05-27 Anne Arundel
19 Iago[4] ? Black Male Slave ? Hanging 1737-05-27 Anne Arundel
20 Jack[4] ? Black Male Slave ? Hanging 1737-05-27 Anne Arundel
21 Jack[4] ? Black Male Slave ? Hanging 1737-06-01 Charles
22 Henry Murphy[5] ? White Male ? ? Hanging 1737-11-16 Charles
23 Bess [slave of John Beale] ? Black Female Slave Conspiracy to Murder by Poison Hanging 1738-06-07 Prince George's
24 Charles [slave of Richard Hellen][5] ? Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1738-12-12 Calvert
25 [Unknown] ? Black Male Slave ? Hanging 1738-??-?? Anne Arundel
26 [Unknown] ? Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1738-??-?? Anne Arundel
27 [Unknown] ? White Male ? Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging 1738-??-?? Anne Arundel
28 [Unknown] ? Black Male Slave Rape Hanging 1739-??-?? Anne Arundel
29 [Unknown] ? Black Male Slave Slave Revolt Hanging 1739-??-?? Prince George's
30 [Unknown] ? Black Male Slave Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging 1739-??-?? Anne Arundel
31 [Unknown] ? Black ? Slave Murder Hanging 1742-??-?? ?
32 [Unknown] ? Black ? Slave Murder Hanging 1742-??-?? ?
33 [Unknown] ? Black ? Slave Murder Hanging 1742-??-?? ?
34 [Unknown] ? Black ? Slave Murder Hanging 1742-??-?? ?
35 [Unknown] ? Black ? Slave Murder Hanging 1742-??-?? ?
36 [Unknown] ? Black ? Slave Murder Hanging 1742-??-?? ?
37 [Unknown] ? Black ? Slave Murder Hanging 1742-??-?? ?
38 Jack [slave of Phillip Hammond][5] ? Black Male Slave Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging 1743-07-22 Anne Arundel
39 Frank [slave of Phillip Hammond][5] ? Black Male Slave Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging 1743-07-22 Anne Arundel
40 [Unknown] ? Black Male Slave Murder Gibbeting 1743-??-?? ?
41 [Unknown] ? Black Male Slave Murder Gibbeting 1743-??-?? ?
42 Esther Anderson ? White Female ? Murder Burning 1746-05-13 Kent
43 Hector Grant ? White Male ? Murder Hanging 1746-05-13 Kent
44 James Horney ? White Male ? Murder Hanging 1746-05-13 Kent
45 Thomas Lamb[6] ? ? Male Servant Murder Hanging 1747-05-13[6] Prince George's[6]
46 York [unknown first name] ? Black Male Slave[4] Horse Stealing Hanging 1747-12-09[4] Anne Arundel[4]
47 John Murphy ? White Male ? Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging 1749-12-13 Frederick
48 Martha Bassett ? White Female Servant Murder Hanging 1752-01-10 Baltimore
49 Mary Powell ? White Female Servant Murder Hanging 1752-01-10 Baltimore
50 John Berry ? White Male Servant Murder Gibbeting[5] 1752-01-10 Baltimore
51 Key [unknown first name] ? Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1755-??-?? St. Mary's
52 [Unknown] ? Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1755-??-?? ?
53 Stephen [slave of Ennals] ? Black Male Slave Theft Hanging 1762-??-?? Dorchester
54 Richard Crosby ? White Male ? Murder Hanging 1762-05-26 Frederick
55 Michael Peck ? White Male ? Murder Hanging 1762-10-08 Frederick
56 Toby[5] ? Black Male Slave Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging 1767-06-26 Dorchester
57 John Stinson[5] ? White Male ? Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging 1769-10-20 Baltimore
58 Tom[5] ? Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1770-05-02 Somerset
59 [Unknown] ? ? Male Convict Murder Hanging 1773-01-22 Frederick
60 [Unknown] ? ? Male Convict Murder Hanging 1773-01-22 Frederick
61 [Unknown] ? ? Male Convict Murder Hanging 1773-01-22 Frederick
62 [Unknown] ? ? Male Convict Murder Hanging 1773-01-22 Frederick
63 [Unknown] ? White Male ? Treason ? 1781-07-25 Frederick
64 [Unknown] ? White Male ? Treason ? 1781-07-25 Frederick
65 [Unknown] ? White Male ? Treason ? 1781-07-25 Frederick
66 Robert Conaway ? White Male ? ? Hanging 1783-11-05 Baltimore
67 John Lee ? White Male ? ? Hanging 1783-11-05 Baltimore
68 Francis Piers ? Latino Male ? Murder Hanging 1783-11-05 Baltimore
69 Donnelly [unknown first name] ? White Male ? Robbery Hanging 1788-??-?? Baltimore City
70 Murray [unknown first name] ? White Male ? Robbery Hanging 1788-??-?? Baltimore City
71 Patrick Cassidy ? White Male ? Murder Hanging 1788-??-?? Baltimore City
72 John Webb ? White Male ? Murder Hanging 1788-??-?? Baltimore City

1800–1899: 139 executions[edit]

No. Name Age Race Sex Occupation Crime Method Date of Execution County
1 Sam [slave of Harding] Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1803-03-30 Frederick
2 William Morris White Male Escaped Prisoner Murder Hanging 1808-04-22 Baltimore City
3 William Robinson White Male Escaped Prisoner Murder Hanging 1808-04-22 Baltimore City
4 Daniel Dougherty White Male Escaped Prisoner Murder Hanging 1808-04-22 Baltimore City
5 Caleb Dougherty Black Male Escaped Prisoner Murder Hanging 1808-04-22 Baltimore City
6 John Riggin White Male Escaped Convict Housebreaking/Burglary Hanging 1808-04-22 Worcester
7 Frank Johnston Black Male ? Accessory to Murder Hanging 1808-11-25 Montgomery
8 Peregrine [slave of Rochester] Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1810-??-?? Queen Anne's
9 John Armstrong Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1811-11-06 Queen Anne's
10 Jonathan [slave of Owings] Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1813-01-26 Frederick
11 Harry [slave of Owings] Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1813-01-26 Frederick
12 Nimrod [slave of Owings] Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1813-01-26 Frederick
13 Solomon [slave of Owings] Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1813-01-26 Frederick
14 Dick [unknown surname] Black Male Slave Rape Hanging 1817-??-?? Anne Arundel
15 Joseph Hare White Male Highwayman Robbery Hanging 1818-09-10 Baltimore City
16 John Alexander White Male Highwayman Robbery Hanging 1818-09-10 Baltimore City
17 John Cotterill White Male ? Murder Hanging 1820-02-25 Montgomery
18 William Cotterill White Male ? Murder Hanging 1820-02-25 Montgomery
19 William Cotterill, Jr. White Male ? Murder Hanging 1820-02-25 Montgomery
20 John Ferguson ? Male Seaman Piracy Hanging 1820-04-13 Baltimore City
21 Israel Denny ? Male Seaman Piracy Hanging 1820-04-13 Baltimore City
22 Peregrine Hutton 28 White Male Stagecoach Driver Murder-Robbery Hanging 1820-07-14 Baltimore City
23 Morris Hull 20 White Male Druggist Murder-Robbery Hanging 1820-07-14 Baltimore City
24 Peter [slave of Baker] Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1821-03-02 Frederick
25 Kitty [slave of Baker] Black Female Slave Murder Hanging 1821-03-02 Frederick
26 George [unknown surname] Black Male Slave Rape Hanging 1824-01-29 Baltimore
27 Henry [unknown surname] Black Male Slave Rape Hanging 1824-01-29 Baltimore
28 Shelby Jump ? Male ? Murder Hanging 1829-??-?? Caroline
29 George Swearingen 29 White Male Sheriff Murder Hanging 1829-01-02 Allegany
30 Henny [slave of Insley] Black Female Slave Murder Hanging 1831-06-?? Dorchester
31 John Markley White Male Ex-Convict Murder-Robbery Hanging 1831-06-24 Frederick
32 Nelson Wallis Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1833-12-20 Baltimore City
33 Aurelia Chase Black Female Slave Poisoning Hanging 1833-12-20 Baltimore City
34 William Adams Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1835-05-29 Baltimore City
35 [Unknown] ? ? ? ? Hanging 1844-??-?? St. Mary's
36 Adam Horn White Male ? Murder Hanging 1844-01-12 Baltimore City
37 Henry McCurry White Male ? Murder Hanging 1845-06-27 Baltimore City
38 Joseph Alexander Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1847-02-26 Baltimore City
39 Charles [unknown surname] Black Male Slave Rape Hanging 1847-06-04 St. Mary's
40 Tom [unknown surname] Black Male Slave Rape Hanging 1848-??-?? Anne Arundel
41 Conrad Vinter White Male ? Murder Hanging 1849-07-21 Baltimore City
42 Nicholas Murphy White Male ? Murder-Robbery Hanging 1851-08-08 Kent
43 William Shelton White Male Laborer Murder-Robbery Hanging 1851-08-08 Kent
44 Abraham Taylor White Male ? Murder-Robbery Hanging 1851-08-08 Kent
45 David [unknown surname] Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1852-??-?? Anne Arundel
46 David Johnson Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1853-01-07 Anne Arundel
47 Thomas Connor 19 White Male ? Murder Hanging 1853-08-05 Baltimore City
48 Robert Swift ? Male ? Murder Hanging 1855-04-20 Cecil
49 Frederick Miller 25 White Male Peddler Murder-Robbery Hanging 1856-01-03 Allegany
50 Saul [unknown surname] Black Male Slave Murder Hanging 1856-02-27 Queen Anne's
51 Phillip Hawkins Black Male Freedman Murder Hanging 1858-01-?? Frederick
52 Marion Crop 23 White Male ? Murder Hanging 1859-04-08 Baltimore City
53 Henry Gambrill 25 White Male Saloon Keeper Murder Hanging 1859-04-08 Baltimore City
54 John Cyphus 34 Black Male Drayman Murder Hanging 1859-04-08 Baltimore City
55 Peter Corrie 26 White Male Butcher Murder Hanging 1859-04-08 Baltimore City
56 [Unknown] Black Male ? Murder-Robbery Hanging 1860-11-?? Prince George's
57 [Unknown] Black Male ? Murder-Robbery Hanging 1860-11-?? Prince George's
58 [Unknown] Black Male ? Murder-Robbery Hanging 1860-11-?? Prince George's
59 [Unknown] Black Male ? Murder-Robbery Hanging 1860-11-?? Prince George's
60 Henry Kennard Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1861-??-?? Baltimore
61 Joseph Kuhns White Male Soldier Murder Hanging 1862-03-07 Baltimore City
62 Mary Naylor Black Female Slave Murder Hanging 1863-??-?? Anne Arundel
63 William Richardson White Male ? Espionage Hanging 1863-07-05 Frederick
64 Andrew Laypole White Male ? Espionage Hanging 1864-05-23 Baltimore City
65 George McDonald White Male Soldier Desertion Shooting 1864-09-27 Baltimore City
66 Thomas Davis Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1866-11-02 Prince George's
67 William James Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1866-11-02 Prince George's
68 Henry Luckett Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1866-11-02 Prince George's
69 William Plater Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1866-11-02 Prince George's
70 Lucy Purnell Black Female ? Murder Hanging 1868-02-28 Worcester
71 [Unknown] Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1869-03-05 Somerset
72 [Unknown] Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1869-03-05 Somerset
73 [Unknown] Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1869-03-05 Somerset
74 [Unknown] Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1869-03-05 Somerset
75 George Turner Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1869-05-29 Frederick
76 Nimrod Richards Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1870-08-12 Prince George's
77 John Rice Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1870-09-16 Calvert
78 John Martin 21 Black Male Farm Laborer Rape Hanging 1871-02-10 Frederick
79 John Howard White Male Canal Boat Worker Murder Hanging 1871-02-10 Allegany
80 Mary Wallis 17 Black Female Domestic Servant Murder Hanging 1871-02-10 Prince George's
81 Fred Lawrence Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1871-07-?? Talbot
82 William Pritchard Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1871-09-29 Baltimore
83 William Craig Black Male Farm Laborer Rape Hanging 1873-01-10 Allegany
84 Thomas Jackson 49 Black Male Merchant Murder-Robbery Hanging 1873-07-11 St. Mary's
85 Albert Sanders 23 Black Male Ex-Convict Murder-Robbery Hanging 1873-07-11 Calvert
86 Thomas Hollohan White Male Laborer Murder-Robbery Hanging 1873-08-01 Baltimore City
87 Joshua Nicholson White Male Laborer Murder-Robbery Hanging 1873-08-01 Baltimore City
88 James West Black Male Laborer Murder Hanging 1873-08-23 Baltimore City
89 Levan Palmer Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1873-08-23 Baltimore
90 Ernest Smith Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1874-08-?? Talbot
91 George Wheeler 23 Black Male Farm Hand Murder Hanging 1875-03-12 Talbot
92 [Unknown] Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1875-03-12 ?
93 Jenkins Howell Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1876-08-12 Worcester
94 Charles Simpson Black Male ? ? Hanging 1877-02-09 Charles
95 Martin Henry Black Male ? ? Hanging 1877-02-09 Charles
96 James Hawkins 20 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1877-11-23 Baltimore
97 Henry Norfolk White Male Farmer Murder Hanging 1877-12-21 Anne Arundel
98 Edward Costley 19 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1878-06-21 Frederick
99 Hiram Fooks Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1878-07-21 Somerset
100 Medford Walters 18 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1879-12-05 Cecil
101 John Gothard 53 Black Male Farm Hand Murder Hanging 1881-04-29 Baltimore
102 Felix Munschor 32 White Male ? Murder-Robbery Hanging 1881-11-11 Frederick
103 Arthur Preston 21 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1883-01-19 Harford
104 George Lake Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1883-06-29 Dorchester
105 John Smith 40 Black Male Railroad Worker Murder Hanging 1883-11-16 Garrett
106 Frederick Cephas Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1884-08-01 Dorchester
107 Charles Williams Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1886-01-08 Dorchester
108 Jim Stevens Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1887-02-25 Somerset
109 John Ross Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1887-09-09 Baltimore City
110 John Biscoe Black Male Sailor Murder Hanging 1888-04-27 St. Mary's
111 Melvin Garlitz 25 White Male Railroad Worker Murder Hanging 1889-08-30 Allegany
112 Ernest Forbes Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1891-04-03 Anne Arundel
113 William Blaney ? Male ? Murder-Robbery Hanging 1891-06-12 Baltimore City
114 Thomas Thompson Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1892-01-29 Kent
115 Buck Brooks Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1893-01-13 Kent
116 Moses Brown Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1893-01-13 Kent
117 Frisbie Comegys Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1893-01-13 Kent
118 Fletcher Williams Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1893-01-13 Kent
119 Alfred Stout Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1893-01-27 Cecil
120 William Bond 25 Black Male Farm Hand Murder-Rape Hanging 1893-04-14 Montgomery
121 William Pinkney Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1893-06-30 Prince George's
122 Daniel Barber Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1893-06-30 Prince George's
123 Arthur Courtney Black Male Seaman Murder-Robbery Hanging 1893-12-15 Somerset
124 Henry Taylor Black Male Seaman Murder-Robbery Hanging 1893-12-15 Somerset
125 William Leonard White Male Laborer Murder Hanging 1894-02-16 Frederick
126 Horace Cooper Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1895-06-21 Cecil
127 James Smith Black Male Waiter Murder-Rape Hanging 1896-12-18 Prince George's
128 George Matthews White Male Oyster Dredger Murder Hanging 1897-03-12 Charles
129 Peter Monahan 74 White Male ? Murder Hanging 1897-08-13 Baltimore City
130 Sommerfield Dennis 16 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1898-08-12 Worcester
131 Joseph Wright 21 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1899-03-24 Kent
132 John Berry 16 Black Male Odd Jobs Murder-Robbery Hanging 1899-06-16 Prince George's
133 Cornelius Gardiner 23 Black Male Porter Rape Hanging 1899-07-28 Baltimore City
134 Charles James 21 Black Male Waiter Rape Hanging 1899-07-28 Baltimore City
135 John Myers 19 Black Male Messenger Rape Hanging 1899-07-28 Baltimore City
136 Joseph Bryan 32 Black Male Barber Murder Hanging 1899-07-28 Baltimore City
137 Armistead Taylor Black Male Farm Hand Murder-Robbery Hanging 1899-08-18 Montgomery
138 John Brown Black Male Farm Hand Murder-Robbery Hanging 1899-08-18 Montgomery
139 Samuel Johnson 22 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1899-12-08 Washington

1900–1961: 112 executions[edit]

Maryland's final execution before the nationwide death penalty moratorium caused by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Furman v. Georgia (1972) occurred in 1961.

No. Name Age Race Sex Occupation Crime Method Date of Execution County
1 Amos Smith ? Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1900-08-03 Baltimore City
2 William Black ? Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1900-08-31 Baltimore City
3 Charles Overs 28 Black Male Railroad Worker Murder Hanging 1901-04-19 Frederick
4 Wiley Kirk 18 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1901-05-31 Baltimore
5 John Butler ? Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1901-08-23 Baltimore City
6 Frank Jones ? Black Male ? Murder-Robbery Hanging 1902-06-20 Howard
7 John Johnson ? Black Male ? Murder-Robbery Hanging 1902-06-20 Howard
8 Asbury Dixon ? Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1902-08-29 Worcester
9 John Devine ? Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1902-09-19 Baltimore City
10 Henry Hardy 37 Black Male Fisherman Murder Hanging 1905-07-07 Wicomico
11 John Burch ? Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1905-07-07 Baltimore City
12 John Simpers ? ? Male ? Murder Hanging 1905-01-20 Cecil
13 Isaac Winder ? Black Male ? Murder-Robbery Hanging 1906-03-30 Baltimore
14 William Lee 17 Black Male Odd Jobs Rape Hanging 1906-07-26 Somerset
15 Frisbie Gibbs 40 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1907-05-10 Baltimore City
16 Edward Wilson ? Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1908-02-28 Baltimore City
17 Andrew Taylor 27 Black Male Farm Hand Murder Hanging 1912-08-09 Anne Arundel
18 Wesley Mills ? Black Male Laborer Rape Hanging 1912-12-06 Somerset
19 Philip Gibson ? Black Male Laborer Murder Hanging 1913-01-03 Baltimore City
20 James Jacobs ? Black Male ? ? Hanging 1913-01-10 Anne Arundel
21 Wish Shepard 18 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1915-08-27 Caroline
22 Frank Grano ? White Male ? Murder Hanging 1915-11-26 Worcester
23 John Brown ? Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1916-06-30 Washington
24 John Snowden ? Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1919-02-28 Anne Arundel
25 Isaiah Fountain ? Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1920-07-23 Talbot
26 Charles Robinson ? ? Male ? Murder Hanging 1921-02-25 Frederick
27 Charles Lewis ? Black Male ? Murder-Robbery Hanging 1921-03-18 Baltimore City
28 William Davis ? Black Male ? Murder-Robbery Hanging 1921-03-18 Baltimore City
29 Guy Thompson 41 White Male ? Murder Hanging 1921-04-15 Montgomery
30 Henry Brown ? Black Male Navy Deserter Murder-Robbery Hanging 1921-09-01 Baltimore City
31 Samuel Smith ? Black Male Chauffeur Attempted Rape Hanging 1922-02-24 Baltimore
32 William Stultz ? White Male Plumber Murder Hanging 1922-11-10 Frederick
33 Bishop Hawkins ? Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1923-04-06 Baltimore City
34 George Chelton[2] 21 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1923-06-08 Somerset
35 Carroll Gibson 18 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1925-02-13 Talbot
36 Isaac Benson 37 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1926-07-23 Baltimore City
37 Richard Whittemore 27 White Male Escaped Convict Murder Hanging 1926-08-13 Baltimore City
38 William Henry Ross 23 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1927-09-09 Washington
39 Arthur Swann 20 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1927-09-09 Frederick
40 Ottie Simmons 19 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1927-09-09 Frederick
41 Alfred Simms 19 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1927-11-11 Prince George's
42 Benjamin F. Spragins 28 White Male Convict Murder Hanging 1928-08-03 Baltimore
43 Charles P. Carey 28 White Male Convict Murder Hanging 1928-08-03 Baltimore City
44 Hopkins Watkins 27 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1928-11-16 Baltimore
45 John Orestus Marsh[2] 51 White Male ? Murder Hanging 1929-08-09 Carroll
46 John Jackson 55 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1930-01-31 Baltimore City
47 Lorenzo Price 32 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1931-06-12 Baltimore
48 Thomas Blackson 42 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1932-01-15 Worcester
49 Walter F. Wright 28 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1932-04-08 Baltimore City
50 Euel Lee 60 Black Male Farm Laborer Murder Hanging 1933-01-27 Baltimore
51 Page Jupiter 46 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1934-02-02 Charles
52 James A. Gross 25 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1935-04-19 Prince George's
53 Gordon Dent 30 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1935-04-19 Prince George's
54 James Poindexter 27 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1935-06-28 Montgomery
55 William Harold 45 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1935-06-28 Montgomery
56 Willie Williams 25 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1936-06-12 Baltimore City
57 Augusto Perez 22 White Male ? Rape Hanging 1936-06-12 Baltimore City
58 James Irvin Howard 20 Black Male Laborer Murder-Robbery Hanging 1937-07-09 Anne Arundel
59 Richard Hammond 31 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1938-08-28 Baltimore City
60 James Albert Turner 25 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1938-08-29 Montgomery
61 Fred L. Brown 44 White Male Farmer Murder Hanging 1939-03-19 Dorchester
62 Alvin Kenton 23 White Male ? Rape Hanging 1940-03-15 Talbot
63 Thomas C. Sanchez 40 White Male ? Rape Hanging 1940-03-15 Talbot
64 Otis Harrell 23 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1940-05-10 Baltimore City
65 William T. Sorrell 28 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1940-05-10 Baltimore City
66 Alexander Williams 33 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1940-06-28 Anne Arundel
67 Arthur H. Collick 27 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1940-09-13 Baltimore
68 Wilson Knott 33 White Male ? Rape Hanging 1941-01-10 Anne Arundel
69 French White 23 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1941-06-27 Montgomery
70 James Miller 29 White Male Farm Laborer Rape Hanging 1941-09-26 Allegany
71 Earl Loveless 22 White Male Farm Laborer Rape Hanging 1941-09-26 Allegany
72 James Baker 38 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1941-12-19 Dorchester
73 Wilbur Pritchett 37 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1942-05-08 Dorchester
74 Frank Haywood 32 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1942-06-05 Prince George's
75 Andrew Henry 54 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1942-07-10 Dorchester
76 Edward Woffard 27 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1942-07-24 Baltimore
77 Charles J. Benjamin 23 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1942-07-24 Baltimore City
78 James Gilliam 39 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1943-01-15 Worcester
79 James Ford 32 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1943-03-12 Baltimore
80 Freeman Holton 21 Black Male ? Murder-Robbery Hanging 1943-06-04 Baltimore City
81 Frank Williams 23 Black Male ? Murder-Robbery Hanging 1943-06-04 Baltimore City
82 John Lampkin 19 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1943-08-13 Baltimore City
83 William Charles Holsey[2] 33 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1944-02-25 Carroll
84 Martin Smith 20 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1944-03-31 Baltimore City
85 John Hinton 25 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1944-06-16 Dorchester
86 Calvin William Watkins[2] 24 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1944-11-17 Baltimore City
87 Patrick Murphy 40 White Male ? Rape Hanging 1945-07-20 Prince George's
88 Luther McClam 28 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1945-08-17 Baltimore City
89 Donald Brooks 31 White Male Truck Driver Murder-Burglary Hanging 1945-11-30 Baltimore City
90 John Henry Fields[2] 38 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1945-12-28 Worcester
91 William Tasker 21 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1946-01-18 Anne Arundel
92 Lloyd Walker 22 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1946-08-09 Baltimore City
93 William Demby 22 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1946-01-04 Baltimore City
94 Roy Nathan Peters[2] 22 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1946-01-04 Baltimore City
95 Jack Lester Barnes[2] 25 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1946-12-13 Prince George's
96 Charles Lee Carmen[2] 19 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1947-01-17 Cecil
97 William Copper 20 Black Male ? Rape Hanging 1947-06-27 Cecil
98 Ross J. Abbott 24 White Male ? Murder Hanging 1947-08-01 Dorchester
99 Weldon Jones, Jr. 18 Black Male Oyster Picker Murder-Robbery Hanging 1947-08-01 Wicomico
100 Roy Lee Lathco[2] 39 White Male ? Rape Hanging 1948-04-30 Baltimore
101 Henry T. Jackson 32 Black Male ? Murder Hanging 1948-04-30 Worcester
102 Ollie Smith, Jr. 22 Black Male Farm Hand Rape Hanging 1948-04-30 Dorchester
103 Howard A. Fram 31 White Male Unemployed Murder-Robbery Hanging 1949-07-08 Baltimore City
104 Eugene James 31 Black Male Janitor Murder-Rape Hanging 1949-08-12 Baltimore City
105 John Knowles 26 Black Male Merchant Marine Murder Hanging 1949-08-12 Baltimore City
106 Lott Glover 31 Black Male ? Murder-Robbery Hanging 1953-08-25 Prince George's
107 George Grammer 35 White Male Office Manager Murder Hanging 1954-06-11 Baltimore City
108 William C. Thomas 32 Black Male Ex-Convict Murder-Rape-Robbery Hanging 1955-06-10 Baltimore City
109 Eddie Lee Daniels[2] 29 Black Male Laborer Murder-Robbery Gas Chamber 1957-06-28 Montgomery
110 Carl Daniel Kier[2] 23 Black Male Handyman Murder-Rape-Robbery Gas Chamber 1959-01-23[2][7] Baltimore
111 Leonard M. Shockley 17 Black Male Unemployed Murder-Rape-Robbery Gas Chamber 1959-04-10 Dorchester
112 Nathaniel Lipscomb 33 Black Male ? Murder-Rape Gas Chamber 1961-06-09 Baltimore City

1994–2005: 5 executions[edit]

Between the United States Supreme Court's Gregg v. Georgia decision upholding the use of the death penalty in the United States in 1976, and Maryland's abolition of the death penalty in 2013, a total of five people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Maryland. All were executed by lethal injection.

No. Name Race Age Sex Date of execution Method Victim(s) Governor
1 John Frederick Thanos White 45 Male May 17, 1994 Lethal injection Billy Winebrenner, Gregory Allen Taylor, and Melody Pistorio William Donald Schaefer
2 Flint Gregory Hunt Black 38 Male July 2, 1997 Baltimore police officer Vincent Adolfo Parris Glendening
3 Tyrone Delano Gilliam Jr. Black 32 Male November 16, 1998 Christine Doerfler
4 Steven Howard Oken White 42 Male June 17, 2004 Dawn Marie Garvin, Patricia Hirt, and Lori Ward Robert Ehrlich
5 Wesley Eugene Baker Black 47 Male December 5, 2005 Jane Tyson

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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