List of people executed in Kansas

This is a list of people executed in Kansas.
No one has been executed by the state of Kansas since 1965, although capital punishment is legal there. Historically, 58 people have been executed in the area now occupied by the state. Many of these were federal executions of soldiers and POWs, often at the United States Disciplinary Barracks in Leavenworth. Fourteen German POWs were executed at Leavenworth in 1945.
The last executions in Kansas were at the Kansas State Penitentiary, when spree killers James Latham and George York were executed for murder in 1965. Except for John Coon, executed in 1853 by firing squad, all federal and state executions in Kansas have been by hanging.

List of people executed in Kansas

Name	Race	Age	Date of execution	County	Crime	Victim	Governor
Carl Horne	White	37	February 12, 1863	Leavenworth	Murder	John Philip Friend, white	Thomas Carney
William Griffith	White		October 30, 1863	Linn	Murder	Five people, white	Thomas Carney
John Hendley	White		December 29, 1865	Franklin	Murder	John Sutton, white	Samuel J. Crawford
Ernest Wa-tee-cha	Native American	26	January 19, 1866	Douglas	Murder-Robbery	William Hastings, white	Samuel J. Crawford
Benjamin Lewis	Native American	27	August 10, 1866	Miami	Murder-Robbery	Benjamin Jones, white	Samuel J. Crawford
Martin W. Bates	White	19	February 20, 1867	Osage	Murder	Abel Polley, 61, white	Samuel J. Crawford
Scott Holderman	White	25	November 15, 1867	Linn	Murder-Robbery	John Carver, white	Samuel J. Crawford
Melvin E. Baughn	White	32	September 18, 1868	Nemaha	Murder	Jesse S. Dennis, white	Samuel J. Crawford
William Dickson	White	40	August 9, 1870	Leavenworth	Murder-Robbery	Jacob Barnett, white	James M. Harvey
Ernest L. Hoefgen	White	32	March 10, 1944	Marion	Murder	Bruce Smoll, 18, white	Andrew Frank Schoeppel
Fred L. Brady	White	46	April 15, 1944	Cowley	Murder-Robbery	Joe Williams, black	Andrew Frank Schoeppel
Clark B. Knox	Black	26	April 15, 1944	Wyandotte	Murder	Edward F. Nugent, 39, white	Andrew Frank Schoeppel
Cecil Tate	White	21	July 29, 1947	Kingman	Murder-Robbery	Arnold McClelland, 36, white	Frank Carlson
George F. Gumtow	White	23	July 29, 1947	Kingman	Murder-Robbery	Arnold McClelland, 36, white	Frank Carlson
George Miller	Black	60	May 6, 1950	Miami	Murder	Mike Churchill, 48, white	Frank Carlson
Preston McBride	White	25	April 6, 1951	Reno	Murder	John Watkins, white	Edward F. Arn
James Lammers	White	26	January 5, 1952	Doniphan	Murder	Four people, white	Edward F. Arn
Nathaniel Germany	Black	30	May 21, 1954	Wyandotte	Murder	David Gray, white	Edward F. Arn
Merle William Martin	White	45	July 16, 1954	Johnson	Murder	Willard Carver, 31, white	Edward F. Arn
Lowell Lee Andrews	White	22	November 30, 1962	Wyandotte	Murder	Three people, white	William Avery
Richard E. Hickock	White	31	April 14, 1965	Finney	Murder-Robbery-Burglary	Clutter family, white	William Avery
Perry Edward Smith	White	36	April 14, 1965	Finney	Murder-Robbery-Burglary	Clutter family, white	William Avery
George Ronald York	White	23	June 22, 1965	Wallace	Murder-Robbery	Otto Zeigler, 69, white	William Avery
James Douglas Latham	White	23	June 22, 1965	Wallace	Murder-Robbery	Otto Zeigler, 69, white	William Avery

Note: This list only contains executions under state jurisdiction.
; Notes