List of people executed in New York

This list of people executed in New York gives the names of some of the people executed in New York, before and after statehood in the United States (including as New Amsterdam), and the person's date of execution, method of execution, and the name of the Governor of New York at the date of execution. 1963 marked the last execution in New York State. Some executions recorded during the 17th and 18th centuries do not indicate the name(s) of the executed and therefore are not included.

Regarding electrocutions, which comprise a large percentage of the executions: 55 people (54 men and 1 woman) were electrocuted at Auburn Correctional Facility 26 men were electrocuted at Clinton Correctional Facility 614 people (including 8 women) were electrocuted at Sing Sing

1600–1799 Name of the ConvictExecution DateMethodChargeGovernorGregory Peterson5 August 1639Firing squadUnknown act of mutiny; soldier of the Fort Amsterdam garrison; first execution in New York (Manhattan)Willem KieftJan Creoli25 June 1646Asphyxiation (and posthumous burning) Sodomy (charged with "Sodomy, buggery, and bestiality")Jacob Leisler16 May 1691HangingTreason after leading Leisler's RebellionHenry Sloughter25 peopleApril 1712Hanging, burning, breaking upon a wheelNew York Slave Revolt of 1712Robert Hunter34 people (including John Ury)April 1741Hanging, burningNew York Conspiracy of 1741 George ClarkeThomas Hickey28 June 1776HangingIrish-born British soldier/deserter convicted of mutiny, sedition and treason against the patriots; he was the first person executed for treason against what would become the United States. He was jailed for passing counterfeit money, tried and executed for above-referenced charges.William TryonNathan Hale22 September 1776Convicted of spying for General George Washington, from Connecticut. Last words reported to be "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country". A statue is in NYC's "City Hall Park".Jacob Middagh12 May 1777Levying war against the state of New YorkSeven "Tory criminals"5 June 1778RobberyJames Robertson (colonial governor)/George Clinton (elected governor)John André2 October 1780British spy who recruited Benedict Arnold; assisted in attempted surrender of West Point, New YorkStephen Grimes1785 RobberyGeorge ClintonJohn Benson23 September 1785Housebreaking/BurglaryJames Carr1786Housebreaking/Burglary William Wright1786RobberyJohn Slocum4 September 1786"Horse stealing" Caleb Gardner15 September 1786Passing counterfeit Spanish dollars Thomas Leec. 29 December 1786Housebreaking/Burglary John Lupton22 May 1789Robbery Francis Uss11 July 1789Breaking open and burglarizing a business establishment in Poughkeepsie, New YorkAnthony Cornish3 August 1789MurderHenry McKinney18 December 1789RobberyTimothy Jackson18 December 1789RobberyWilliam Glover4 June 1790RobberyNegro Piets10 December 1790RapeSamuel Cook (or Samuel Cooke)24 June 1791ForgeryWhiting Sweeting26 August 1791Murder of Albany County Constable Darius Quimby on 3 January 1791William Erskine5 October 1791RapeJohn Young17 August 1797Murder of New York Deputy Sheriff Robert Berwick 1797

1800–1899 Name of the convictExecution dateMethodChargeGovernorJames McLean28 August 1807 HangingMurder of William OrrDaniel D. TompkinsAlpheus Hitchcock11 September 1807 Murder of his wife, Belinda (née Bailey) HitchcockProfile of murder of Belinda Bailey Hitchcock by her husband Rufus Hill12 August 1808Murder of Mary SissonThomas Qua 12 August 1808 Murder of his wife, Margaret Qua James Dougherty6 August 1813 Murder of John WaitJohn Black, Mahlon Christie, Isaac Kent, and George Orcote 4 June 1814 (other accounts indicate date was in the spring of 1812 or around New Year's Eve 1813) Shot Desertion James Graham29 July 1814 HangingMurders of Hugh Cameron and Alexander McGiffrey Mary Antoine 30 September 1814 "[K]illed a 'female' who had 'alienated her husband's affection'"; daughter of Abram Antoine [q.v.]; first reported execution of a woman in the State of New York.Charles Thompson and James Peters (aka Peterson)August 1815Murder of James BurbaBarent Becker6 October 1815Murder of his wife, Ann BeckerJames Hamilton6 November 1818Murder of U.S. Rifle Corps Major Benjamin BirdsallDeWitt Clinton John Van Alstine (aka Van Alstyne)19 March 1819Murder of Schoharie County Deputy Sheriff William HuddlestonJames "Coe" Teed16 April 1819Murder of his uncle, Richard Jennings, over property dispute. First "murder for hire" in New York stateDavid Dunning16 April 1819Murder of Richard JenningsAbram (or Abraham) Antoine 12 September 1823 "[For] avenging the execution of his daughter Mary Antoine [q.v.] by murdering the man [John Jacobs] whose testimony hanged her."Joseph C. Yates Peggy Facto18 March 1825Murder of her newborn daughter (possibly killed the child the year before). Co-defendant/lover Francis LaBarre acquitted. DeWitt ClintonWilliam Enoch12 January 1835Murder of his wifeWilliam L. MarcyJohn Hallock2 July 1836 Murder of a black womanEdward Coleman12 January 1839Murder of his wifeWilliam H. SewardSamuel Johnson6 July 1841Murder of his wifeAntoine Geisler7 June 1844 sometime between 1 and 2 PMMurder of Alexander Smith and his wifeWilliam C. BouckAndreas Hall15 March 1849Murder of Amy Smith (also responsible for two others, but sentenced only for Smith)Hamilton FishAaron B. StookeyExecution of Aaron Stookey, GoogleBooks19 September 1851 Murder of Edward MooreWashington HuntOtto GrunsigExecution of Otto Grunsig, GoogleBooks27 February 1852Murder of his wife, Victorine Grunsig Nicholas Saul28 January 1853Murder of Charles BaxterHoratio SeymourWilliam Howlett28 January 1853Murder of Charles BaxterJoseph ClarkExecution of Joseph Clark, GoogleBooks11 February 1853Murder of NYPD Policeman George T. Gillespie on 10 July 1851"Black Chas"29 October 1853Murder of a washerwoman for her moneyPatrick FitzgeraldExecution of Patrick Fitzgerald, GoogleBooks15 November 1853Murder of his wife, Margaret FitzgeraldJames L. HoareExecution of James Hoare, GoogleBooks27 January 1854Murder of Susan McAnnanyJohn Hadcock24 February 1854 Murder of Mrs. Mary E. Gregg Nicholas Behan15 December 1854Murder of James and Frances WickhamJohn DorseyExecution of John Dorsey, GoogleBooks17 July 1857Murder of Ann McGirr (a.k.a. Ann Hopkins)John A. KingJames Rogers 12 November 1858Murder of John SwansonJames Stephens3 February 1860 Murder of his wife, Sophie StephensEdwin D. MorganWilliam FeeMarch 23, 1860Murder (strangulation) of anonymous woman September 26, 1859 on Wayne County's old Montezuma Turnpike. The only person hanged in Wayne County.John Crummins30 March 1860Murder of Dennis McHenryAlbert W. Hicks13 July 1860Piracy. Notable because he was the last person to be executed for this crime in the United States (although the execution of the slaver Nathaniel Gordon in 1862 was under the terms of the Piracy Law).Nathaniel Gordon21 February 1862SlaverBernard Friery17 August 1866Murder of Harry LazarusReuben FentonFrank Ferris19 October 1866Murder of his wife, Mary FerrisHenry Gardner1 March 1867Murder of Amasa MullockGeorge Wagner1 March 1867Murder of his wife, Mary WagnerJeremiah O'Brien9 August 1867Murder of Lucy McLoughlin (a.k.a. Kate Smith)William Henry Carswell8 January 1869Murder of Abbey Elizabeth Sanders John Thompson HoffmanTheodore Nicklas18 March 1870Murder of his uncle, Dr. Andrew MeadJohn Reynolds8 April 1870Murder of William TownsendJohn Real5 August 1870Murder of NYPD Patrolman John Smedick July 23, 1868 (Officer shot because Real wanted to kill a policeman).John Thomas10 March 1871Murder of Walter JohnsonEdward Rulloff18 May 1871Murder of Frederick MerrickCharles Eacker26 May 1871Cazenovia (NY) Republican, May 31, 1871Murder of Thomas E. BurdickPatrick Morrissey6 September 1872Murder of his mother. (The executioner was future President of the United States Grover Cleveland.)John Gaffney14 February 1873Murder of Patrick Fahey. (The executioner was future President of the United States Grover Cleveland.)John Adams Dix William Foster21 March 1873Murder of Avery D. PutnamHenry Fralick (or Fralich)16 April 1873The Evening Gazette, Port Jervis, New York, April 16, 1873Murder of Henry (or Peter) SchafferMichael Nixon16 May 1873Murder of Charles PhiferHiram Smith4 December 1874Chicago Tribune, December 5, 1874Murder of Charles WenhamWilliam Thompson, William Ellis and Charles Weaver (a.k.a. Charles Weston)17 December 1875Murder of Abraham WeisbergSamuel J. TildenJohnny Dolan21 April 1876Murder of James H. NoePeter H. Penwell 20 July 1877 Murder of his wifeLucius RobinsonSamuel Steenburgh (black)19 April 1878Murder of Jacob S. ParkerPeter Bresnahan20 July 1878Murder of Michael DalthenWilliam MerrickWilliam Merrick execution, lastwordsoftheexecuted.com; accessed 24 December 2013.29 January 1879Murder of his wife, Julia A. MerrickFelix McCann6 June 1879Murder of J. Morris HatchMyron A. Buell14 November 1879Murder of Catharine M. RichardsChastine Cox16 July 1880Murder of Jane L. DeForest HullAlonzo B. CornellPietro Balbo6 August 1880Murder of his wife, Maria Dichaco BalboEdward Reinhardt14 January 1881Murder of his wife, Mary Anne DegnanOwen Lindsley28 April 1881Murder of Francis CalvinNathan Orlando Greenfield2 July 1881Murder of his wife, AliceJoseph Abbott6 January 1882Murder of George Reed, a fellow Elmira Reformatory inmateEdward Earl (a.k.a. Edward H. Poindexter)19 February 1882Murder of his wifeWilliam Sindram21 April 1882Murder of Catharine CravesAugustus D. Leighton19 May 1882Murder of Mary DeanMichael E. "Mike" McGloin9 March 1883Murder of Louis HanierGrover ClevelandPasquale Majone9 March 1883Murder of mother-in-law, Maria Velindino SeltaWilliam Henry Ostrander10 August 1883Murder of his brother, George OstranderEdward Hovey19 October 1883Murder of sister-in-law, Fanny VermilyeaCharles Clarke23 May 1884Murder of his wife, Martha ClarkeWilliam Menken1885Murder of Mary Bradhoft David B. HillGeorge H. MillsReport on 1885 execution of George H. Mills, The New York Times10 April 1885Murder of his wifeMiguel Chacón9 July 1886Murder of Maria Williams Roxalana "Roxana" Druse28 February 1887Murder of her husband William Druse; last woman to be hanged in the State of New YorkClement Arthur Day9 February 1888Murder of Johanna Rosa "Josie" CrossOscar Beckwith1 March 1888Murder of Simon VandercookDanny Lyons21 August 1888Murder of Joseph QuinnFrancis Asbury Hawkins, a.k.a. Ashbury Hawkins 11 December 1888 Murder of his mother, Cynthia A. Hawkins, on 1 October 1887 Virgil Jackson14 March 1889Murder of Norton MetcalfJohn Greenwall (né Johann Theodore Wild) 6 December 1889Murder of Lyman Smith Weeks; last known hanging in the State of New YorkWilliam Kemmler6 August 1890Electric chairMurder of Tillie Ziegler; first use of the electric chair in the world Joseph Wood7 July 1891 Murder of a fellow laborerJames Slocum7 July 1891 Murder of his wifeLevy Smiler7 July 1891 Murder of his mistressShibuya Jugiro7 July 1891 Murder of one of his comradesJoseph Wood 2 August 1892MurderRoswell P. FlowerCarlyle Harris7 May 1893Murder of his wife, Helen PottsRobert W. BuchananRobert W. Buchanan put to death for murder, New York Times, 2 July 18951 July 1895Murder of his wife by poison Levi P. MortonBartholomew Shea11 February 1896Murder of election reformer Robert RossCarl Feigenbaum27 April 1896Murder of Juliana Hoffman, suspected to be Jack the RipperGiuseppe Constantino 22 June 1897Murder of Pietro GalliottiFrank S. BlackMartin Thorn1 August 1898Murder and dismemberment of William GuldensuppeMartha M. Place20 March 1899Murder of her stepdaughter, Ida Place; first woman in the world to be executed by use of the electric chairTheodore Roosevelt

1900–1963 All people executed in New York in the 20th century were executed via the electric chair.