John C. Woods (1911–1950). Hangman for the Third Army in WWII. He was one of the hangmen who executed Nazi war criminals.
Joseph Malta (1918–1999) was the hangman who, with John C. Woods, executed the top 10 leaders of the Third Reich in Nuremberg on 16 October 1946, for crimes against humanity.
Alabama Under state law, the
warden of the
Holman Correctional Facility (previously
Kilby Prison) must serve as executioner. The deputy warden serves as an alternate should the warden be unavailable at the time. Should both be unavailable, the commissioner of the
Department of Corrections appoints the executioner.
Arkansas During the first part of the 20th century, operators of the
electric chair were known as "
State electricians".
Colorado Indiana Louisiana Massachusetts Mississippi Missouri New York Erie County New York State Electrician Ohio Before Statehood • Sheriff John Ludlow on 15 November 1792 (today's Hamilton County)
Adams County • Sheriff John Ellison, Jr. on 10 December 1808
Cuyahoga County • Sheriff Samuel S. Baldwin and Deputy Sheriff & Coroner Levi Johnson on 26 June 1812 • Sheriff Miller S. Spangler on 1 June 1855 • Sheriff Felix Nicola on 9 and 10 February 1866 and 10 August 1866 • Sheriff John Frazee on 4 or 13 February 1869 and 25 April 1872 • Sheriff Pardon B. Smith on 29 April 1874 • Sheriff A. P. Winslow on 22 June 1876 • Sheriff John Wilcox on 13 February 1879
Fairfield County • Sheriff Daniel Kishler and Coroner John Heck on 14 October 1836
Franklin County • Sheriff William Domigan and Coroner A. W. Reader on 9 February 1844 (a double execution, including the first reported execution of a woman in Ohio's history) • Sheriff Silas W. Park and Coroner Elias Gaver on 17 December 1858
Gallia County • Sheriff Samuel Holcomb on 9 September 1817
Ross County • Sheriff Jeremiah McLene and Coroner Benjamin Urmston on 3 August 1804
Portage County • Sheriff Asa Burroughs on 30 November 1816
State Executioners with the Gallows • Warden Isaac Peetry between 1885 and 1886, required by state law to be the executioner of death sentences • Warden E.G. Coffin between 1886 and 1890, required by state law to be the executioner of death sentences • Warden B.F. Dyer between 1890 and 1892, required by state law to be the executioner of death sentences • Warden C.C. James between 1892 and 1896, required by state law to be the executioner of death sentences • Warden E.G. Coffin between 1896 and 1897, required by state law to be the executioner of death sentences
State Executioners with the Electric Chair • Warden E.G. Coffin between 1897 and 1900, required by state law to be the executioner of death sentences • Warden W.N. Darby between 1900 and 1903, required by state law to be the executioner of death sentences • Warden E. A. Hershey between 1903 and 1904, required by state law to be the executioner of death sentences • Warden O.B. Gould between 1904 and 1909, required by state law to be the executioner of death sentences • Warden T.H.B. Jones between 1909 and 1913, required by state law to be the executioner of death sentences • Warden D.E. Thomas between 1913 and 1935, required by state law to be the executioner of death sentences • Warden J.C. Woodard between 1935 and 1939, required by state law to be the executioner of death sentences • Warden F.D. Henderson between 1939 and 1948, required by state law to be the executioner of death sentences • Warden R.W. Alvis between 1948 and 1959, required by state law to be the executioner of death sentences • Warden B.C. Sacks between 1959 and 1961, required by state law to be the executioner of death sentences • Warden E.L. Maxwell between 1961 and 1963, required by state law to be the executioner of death sentences
Oklahoma •
S.C. Treadwell and
Mack Treadwell between 1909 and 1919 •
Rich Owens between 1918 and 1947 • Mike Mayfield, corrections officer between 1962 and 1966
Pennsylvania •
Zoe Himes in 1911 (a secretary of Clarion County, PA, Court House, she reportedly executed Vincent Voycheck on 1 June 1911) •
Frank Wilson electrical industry superintendent from Pittsburgh area who served as executioner between 1939 and 1953 at Rockview Prison.
South Carolina Tench Boozer (1911–1918)
Texas • Joe Byrd – Captain of the guard at the
Walls Unit who served as executioner between 1936 and 1964. Was the individual pushing the drugs into the IV lines at the December 1982 execution of
Charlie Brooks, the first inmate in the United States to be executed by
lethal injection.
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