List of people executed in Wyoming


The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Wyoming.
A total of 7 men were executed prior to Wyoming becoming a State on July 10, 1890:
NameAgeRaceDate of executionMethodCrime
John Boyer25/26WhiteApril 21, 1871HangingMurder
William Tousant KenslerWhiteNovember 19, 1874HangingMurder
LeRoy Donovan32WhiteJanuary 18, 1884HangingMurder-Robbery
George CookeWhiteDecember 12, 1884HangingMurder
John OwensWhiteMarch 5, 1886HangingMurder-Robbery
Benjamin CarterWhiteJanuary 26, 1888HangingMurder
George BlackFebruary 26, 1890HangingMurder

18 men were executed by the state of Wyoming between its statehood and the Supreme Court ban on executions in 1972:
NameAgeRaceDate of executionMethodCrime
Charles Miller17WhiteApril 22, 1892HangingMurder-Robbery
Frank Howard43WhiteDecember 7, 1894HangingMurder
James Keffer39WhiteSeptember 24, 1902HangingMurder-Robbery
Thomas Horn41WhiteNovember 20, 1903HangingMurder
Joseph Seng32WhiteMay 24, 1912HangingMurder
Warren JenkinsWhiteNovember 14, 1913HangingMurder
Willard Flanders50WhiteJune 16, 1916HangingMurder
Wilmer Palmer34WhiteAugust 11, 1916HangingMurder
Oscar White28BlackOctober 20, 1916HangingMurder
Geow Yee25AsianMarch 11, 1921HangingMurder
George Brownfield54WhiteMarch 10, 1930HangingMurder
Charles Aragon25Native AmericanMay 14, 1930HangingMurder
Talton Taylor33WhiteMay 11, 1933HangingMurder
Perry Carroll37WhiteAugust 13, 1937Lethal gasMurder
Stanley Lantzer38WhiteApril 19, 1940Lethal gasMurder
Cleveland Brown Jr.27BlackNovember 17, 1944Lethal gasMurder-Rape
Andrew Pixley22HispanicDecember 10, 1965Lethal gasMurder-Rape

Wyoming enacted its post-Furman death penalty statute on February 28, 1977. One man has been executed in the state of Wyoming since then:
NameAgeRaceDate of executionMethodMurder victimUnder Governor
1Mark Hopkinson42WhiteJanuary 22, 1992Lethal injectionVincent Vehar, Beverly Vehar, John Vehar, and Jeffrey GreenMike Sullivan

One federal execution has taken place in Wyoming:
NameAgeRaceDate of executionCrimeMethodUnder President
Henry Ruhl36WhiteApril 27, 1945Murder on a Government ReservationLethal gasHarry S. Truman