This is a list of individuals executed by the U.S. state of Oklahoma before and after statehood. Before statehood individuals were executed in ether Indian or Oklahoma Territory's by hanging or firing squad. Following statehood in 1907 to 1966 individuals were executed by electrocution. Since reestablishing the death penalty in 1977 Lethal injection has been used as the primary method of execution. The first execution under the new law took place on September 10, 1990 when the state executed Charles Troy Coleman. Since 1908 the State of Oklahoma has executed a total of 190 individuals, 187 men and 3 women.
# | Executed person | Ethnicity | Age | Sex | Date of execution | Crime(s) | Method |
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1 | Archilla Smith | Native American | —– | M | January 1, 1841 | —– | Unknown |
2 | To Kah Te Ka | Native American | —– | M | July 2, 1847 | Murder | Hanging |
3 | Unknown | Native American | —– | M | Unknown | Murder | Firing Squad |
4 | Dixon | Native American | —– | M | September 10, 1880 | Murder | Firing Squad |
5 | Unknown | Native American | —– | —– | September 1880 | Murder | Firing Squad |
6 | Arneta | Native American | —– | M | September 1881 | Murder | Hanging |
7 | Haney | Native American | 20 | M | April 1882 | Murder | Firing Squad |
8 | Lilliey | Native American | 24 | M | April 1882 | Murder | Firing Squad |
9 | Ruben Lucass | Native American | —– | M | May 31, 1882 | Robbery -Murder | Firing Squad |
10 | Daniel Luckey | African American | —– | M | June 9,1882 | Murder | Hanging |
11 | James Levi | Native American | —– | M | December 14, 1883 | Murder | Firing Squad |
12 | Mitchell Andersonn | Native American | 17 | M | May 6, 1885 | Robbery - Murder | Firing Squad |
13 | Sarpire Barehead | Native American | 18 | M | August 4, 1885 | Murder | Firing Squad |
14 | Burris Anderson | Native American | 22 | M | November 14, 1885 | Murder | Firing Squad |
15 | Sam Newton | Native American | —– | M | May 5,1886 | Murder | Firing Squad |
16 | Atowah | Native American | —– | M | March 6, 1987 | Murder | Firing Squad |
17 | Saunds | Native American | —– | M | March 6, 1987 | Murder | Firing Squad |
18 | Shade Sunshine | Native American | —– | M | September 9, 1887 | Murder | Hanging |
19 | Fred Dunawa | Native American | —– | M | April 17, 1891 | Murder | Hanging |
20 | George Dunawa | Native American | —– | M | April 17, 1891 | Murder | Hanging |
21 | John Frog | Native American | —– | M | August 1, 1891 | Murder | Firing Squad |
22 | Jackson Wolf | Native American | —– | M | August 1, 1891 | Murder | Shot |
23 | John Waner | Native American | 50 | M | April 15, 1892 | Murder | Hanging |
24 | Elias Loring | Native American | 25 | M | March 3, 1893 | Murder | Firing Squad |
25 | James Bird | African American | —– | M | June 30, 1893 | Murder | Firing Squad |
26 | Tom Ponaska | Native American | —– | M | October 6, 1893 | Murder | Firing Squad |
27 | Joe Dick | Native American | —– | M | February 16, 1894 | Murder | Firing Squad |
28 | Jim Allen | Native American | 24 | M | August 24, 1894 | Murder | Firing Squad |
29 | Silan Lewis | Native American | —– | M | November 5, 1894 | Murder | Firing Squad |
30 | John Milligan | African American | 21 | M | March 13, 1895 | Robbery - Murder | Hanging |
31 | Walter Bark | Native American | —– | M | March 22, 1895 | Murder | Hanging |
32 | Timmie Jack | Native American | —– | M | May 1, 1896 | Murder | Firing Squad |
34 | John Watka | Native American | —– | M | October 31, 1897 | Murder | Firing Squad |
35 | K. B. Brooks | African American | —– | M | July 1, 1898 | Murder | Hanging |
36 | Charles Perkins | African American | —– | M | July 1, 1898 | Murder | Hanging |
37 | William Goings | Native American | —– | M | July 13, 1899 | Murder | Firing Squad |
38 | George Cully | African American | —– | M | July 21, 1899 | Robbery - Murder | Hanging |
39 | Cyrus Brown | White | —– | M | August 25, 1899 | Robbery - Murder | Hanging |
40 | Matthew Craig | White | —– | M | August 25, 1899 | Murder | Hanging |
41 | Dora Wright | African American | —– | F | July 17, 1903 | Murder | Hanging |
42 | Charles Barrett | —– | —– | M | July 17, 1903 | Robbery - Murder | Hanging |
43 | Colton Robert | African American | —– | M | September 4, 1906 | Murder | Hanging |
# | Executed person | Ethnicity | Age | Sex | Date of execution | Crime(s) | Method |
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Under the Governorship of Charles N. Haskell – 6 execution | |||||||
44 | Frank Ford | African American | —– | M | June 12, 1908 | Murder | Hanging |
45 | John Hopkins | —– | —– | M | August 28, 1908 | Murder | Hanging |
46 | Will Johnson | African American | —– | M | December 11, 1908 | Robbery - Murder | Hanging |
47 | Henry Armstrong | —– | —– | M | November 11, 1909 | Murder | Hanging |
48 | Alf Hunter | African American | —– | M | April 8, 1910 | Murder | Hanging |
49 | John Black | African American | —– | M | April 15, 1910 | Robbery - Murder | Hanging |
Under the Governorship of Lee Cruce – 1 execution* | |||||||
49 | Frank Henson | African American | —– | M | March 31, 1911 | Murder | Hanging |
Under the Governorship of R. L. Williams – 7 execution | |||||||
50 | Henry Bookman | African American | 28 | M | December 12, 1915 | Murder | Electrocution |
51 | Cecil Towery | African American | 22 | M | November 6, 1916 | Robbery - Murder | Electrocution |
52 | Chester Taylor | African American | 44 | M | April 13, 1917 | Murder | Electrocution |
53 | Charley Young | African American | 26 | M | April 13, 1917 | Murder | Electrocution |
54 | Willie Williams | African American | 35 | M | April 13, 1917 | Murder | Electrocution |
56 | John Prather | African American | 26 | M | May 3, 1918 | Murder | Electrocution |
57 | James Brown | African American | 34 | M | November 8, 1918 | Murder | Electrocution |
Under the Governorship of James B. A. Robertson – 7 execution | |||||||
58 | T. R. Braught | White | 29 | M | May 23, 1919 | Murder | Electrocution |
59 | Monroe Betterton | White | 48 | M | July 9, 1920 | Murder | Electrocution |
60 | John Ledbetter | Native American | 31 | M | February 25, 1921 | Murder | Electrocution |
61 | Robert Blakely | White | 39 | M | February 25, 1921 | Murder | Electrocution |
62 | Eli Thomas | African American | 22 | M | July 15, 1921 | Murder | Electrocution |
63 | Steve Sabo | White | 50 | M | March 17, 1922 | Rape - Murder | Electrocution |
64 | Sam Watkins | White | 39 | M | May 5, 1922 | Rape - Murder | Electrocution |
Under the Governorship of Martin E. Trapp – 5 execution | |||||||
65 | Aaron Harvey | White | 21 | M | January 13, 1924 | Murder | Electrocution |
66 | Jack Pope | White | 45 | M | January 13, 1924 | Murder | Electrocution |
67 | Richard Birkes | White | 29 | M | September 5, 1924 | Robbery - Murder | Electrocution |
68 | Leroy Scott | African American | 22 | M | May 29, 1925 | Murder | Electrocution |
69 | Johnnie Washington | African American | 29 | M | December 4, 1925 | Murder | Electrocution |
Under the Governorship of Henry S. Johnston – 3 execution | |||||||
70 | Theodore Bruster | African American | 21 | M | June 29, 1928 | Robbery - Murder | Electrocution |
71 | Walter Wigger | White | 31 | M | June 29, 1928 | Murder | Electrocution |
72 | Willie Oneil | African American | 27 | M | June 29, 1928 | Roberry - Murder | Electrocution |
Under the Governorship of William J. Holloway – 2 execution | |||||||
73 | James Forrest | Africna American | 23 | M | July 17, 1930 | Rape | Electrocution |
74 | Tom Guest | White | 48 | M | July 17, 1930 | Robbery - Murder | Electrocution |
Under the Governorship of William H. Murray – 23 execution | |||||||
75 | E. S. Hembree | Native American | 32 | M | April 17, 1931 | Rape | Electrocution |
76 | Paul Cole | White | 33 | M | July 10, 1931 | Murder | Electrocution |
77 | Bennie Nichols | African American | 31 | M | August 21, 1931 | Robbery - Murder | Electrocution |
78 | Henry Lovett | White | 39 | M | September 25, 1931 | Robber - Murder | Electrocution |
79 | Martin Keeney | White | 49 | M | March 11, 1923 | Murder | Electrocution |
80 | M | Electrocution | |||||
81 | M | Electrocution | |||||
82 | M | Electrocution | |||||
83 | M | Electrocution | |||||
84 | M | Electrocution | |||||
85 | M | Electrocution | |||||
86 | M | Electrocution | |||||
87 | M | Electrocution | |||||
88 | M | Electrocution | |||||
89 | M | Electrocution | |||||
90 | M | Electrocution | |||||
91 | M | Electrocution | |||||
92 | M | Electrocution | |||||
93 | M | Electrocution | |||||
94 | M | Electrocution | |||||
95 | M | Electrocution | |||||
96 | M | Electrocution | |||||
97 | M | Electrocution | |||||
Under the Governorship of Ernest W. Marland – 10 execution | |||||||
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101 | |||||||
102 | |||||||
103 | |||||||
104 | |||||||
105 | Arthur Gooch** | White | 27 | M | June 6, 1936 | Kidnapping | Hanging |
106 | |||||||
107 | |||||||
Under the Governorship of Leon C. Phillips – 4 execution | |||||||
108 | |||||||
109 | |||||||
110 | |||||||
111 | |||||||
Under the Governorship of Robert S. Kerr – 6 execution | |||||||
112 | |||||||
113 | |||||||
114 | |||||||
115 | |||||||
116 | |||||||
117 | |||||||
Under the Governorship of Roy J. Turner – 4 execution | |||||||
118 | |||||||
119 | |||||||
120 | |||||||
121 | |||||||
Under the Governorship of Johnston Murray – 3 execution | |||||||
122 | |||||||
123 | |||||||
124 | |||||||
Under the Governorship of Raymond D. Gary – 3 execution | |||||||
125 | |||||||
126 | |||||||
127 | |||||||
Under the Governorship of J. Howard Edmondson – 4 execution | |||||||
128 | |||||||
129 | |||||||
130 | |||||||
131 | |||||||
Under the Governorship of George Nigh – 2 execution | |||||||
132 | |||||||
133 |
*Only one execution took place during Governor Lee Cruce's term, all the other death row inmates at the time were commuted to life imprisonment.
** Arthur Gooch was executed by the United States Federal Government. He was the first and only person ever executed under the federal Lindbergh kidnapping law
A total of 111 individuals convicted of murder have been executed by the State of Oklahoma since 1976. All were executed by lethal injection.
# | Executed person | Ethnicity | Age | Sex | Date of execution | Crime(s) | Method | ||||||
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Under the Governorship of Henry Bellmon – 1 execution | |||||||||||||
134 | Charles Troy Coleman | White | 43 | M | 10 September 1990 | Murder |
Lethal injection | ||||||
Under the Governorship of David Walters – 2 execution | |||||||||||||
135 | Robyn Leroy Parks | African American | 43 | M | 10 March 1992 | Robber - Murder |
Lethal injection | ||||||
136 | Olan Randle Robinson | White | 46 | M | 13 March 1992 | —– |
Lethal injection | ||||||
Under the Governorship of Frank Keating – 52 execution | |||||||||||||
137 | Thomas J. Grasso | White | —– | M | 20 March 1995 |
Lethal injection | |||||||
138 | Roger Dale Stafford | White | —– | M | 1 July 1995 | Lethal injection | |||||||
139 | Robert Allen Brecheen [1] | African American | —– | M | 11 August 1995 | Lethal injection | |||||||
140 | Benjamin Brewer | White | 38 | M | 26 April 1996 | Lethal injection | |||||||
141 | Steven Keith Hatch | White | —– | M | 9 August 1996 | Lethal injection | |||||||
142 | Scott Dawn Carpenter | Native American | 22 | M | 7 May 1997 | Lethal injection | |||||||
143 | Michael Edward Long | White | 35 | M | 20 February 1998 | Lethal injection | |||||||
144 | Stephen Edward Wood | White | 38 | M | 5 August 1998 | —– | Lethal injection | ||||||
145 | Tuan Anh Nguyen | Asian - Pacific Islander | 39 | M | 10 December 1998 | Lethal injection | |||||||
146 | John Wayne Duvall | White | 48 | M | 17 December 1998 | Lethal injection | |||||||
147 | John Walter Castro | Hispanic | 37 | M | 7 January 1999 | Lethal injection | |||||||
148 | Sean Richard Sellers | White | 29 | M | 4 February 1999 | Lethal injection | |||||||
149 | Scotty Lee Moore | White | 42 | M | 3 June 1999 | Lethal injection | |||||||
150 | Norman Lee Newsted | White | 45 | M | 8 July 1999 | Lethal injection | |||||||
151 | Cornel Cooks | African American | 43 | M | 2 December 1999 | Lethal injection | |||||||
152 | Bobby Lynn Ross | African American | 41 | M | 9 December 1999 | Lethal injection | |||||||
153 | Malcolm Rent Johnson | African American | 41 | M | 6 January 2000 | Lethal injection | |||||||
154 | Gary Alan Walker | White | 46 | M | 13 January 2000 | Kidnapping - Murder - Robbery | Lethal injection | ||||||
155 | Michael Donald Roberts | African American | 41 | M | 10 February 2000 | Rape - Murder | Lethal injection | ||||||
156 | Kelly Lamont Rogers | African American | 31 | M | 23 March 2000 | Lethal injection | |||||||
157 | Ronald Keith Boyd | African American | 43 | M | 27 April 2000 | Lethal injection | |||||||
158 | Charles Adrian Foster | African American | 51 | M | 25 May 2000 | Lethal injection | |||||||
159 | James Glenn Rodebeaux | Native American | 51 | M | 1 June 2000 | Lethal injection | |||||||
160 | Roger James Berget | M | 8 June 2000 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
161 | William Clifford Bryson | M | 15 June 2000 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
162 | Gregg Francis Braun | M | 10 August 2000 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
163 | George Kent Wallace | M | 10 August 2000 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
164 | Eddie Leroy Trice | M | 9 January 2001 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
165 | Wanda Jean Allen | F | 11 January 2001 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
166 | Floyd Allen Medlock | M | 16 January 2001 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
167 | Dion Athansius Smallwood | Hispanic | M | 18 January 2001 | Lethal injection | ||||||||
168 | Mark Andrew Fowler | M | 23 January 2001 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
169 | Billy Ray Fox | M | 25 January 2001 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
170 | Loyd Winford Lafevers | M | 30 January 2001 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
171 | Dorsie Leslie Jones, Jr. | M | 1 February 2001 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
172 | Robert William Clayton | M | 1 March 2001 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
173 | Ronald Dunaway Fluke | M | 27 March 2001 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
174 | Marilyn Kay Plantz | F | 1 May 2001 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
175 | Terrance Anthony James | M | 22 May 2001 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
176 | Vincent Allen Johnson | M | 29 May 2001 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
177 | Jerald Wayne Harjo | Native American | M | 17 July 2001 | Lethal injection | ||||||||
178 | Jack Dale Walker | M | 28 August 2001 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
179 | Alvie James Hale, Jr. | M | 18 October 2001 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
180 | Lois Nadean Smith | F | 4 December 2001 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
181 | Sahib Lateef Al-Mosawi | M | 6 December 2001 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
182 | David Wayne Woodruff | M | 21 January 2002 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
183 | John Joseph Romano | M | 29 January 2002 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
184 | Randall Eugene Cannon | M | 23 July 2002 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
185 | Earl Alexander Frederick, Sr. | M | 30 July 2002 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
186 | Jerry Lynn McCracken [2] | M | 10 December 2002 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
187 | Jay Wesley Neill | M | 12 December 2002 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
188 | Ernest Marvin Carter, Jr. | M | 17 December 2002 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
Under the Governorship of Brad Henry – 40 execution | |||||||||||||
189 | Daniel Juan Revilla | M | 16 January 2003 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
190 | Bobby Joe Fields | M | 13 February 2003 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
191 | Walanzo Deon Robinson | M | 18 March 2003 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
192 | John Michael Hooker | M | 25 March 2003 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
193 | Scott Allen Hain | M | 3 April 2003 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
194 | Don Wilson Hawkins, Jr. | M | 8 April 2003 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
195 | Larry Kenneth Jackson | M | 17 April 2003 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
196 | Robert Wesley Knighton | M | 27 May 2003 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
197 | Kenneth Chad Charm | M | 5 June 2003 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
198 | Lewis Eugene Gilbert II | M | 1 July 2003 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
199 | Robert Don Duckett | M | 8 July 2003 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
200 | Bryan Anthony Toles | M | 22 July 2003 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
201 | Jackie Lee Willingham | M | 24 July 2003 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
202 | Harold Loyd McElmurry III | M | 29 July 2003 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
203 | Tyrone Peter Darks | M | 13 January 2004 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
204 | Norman Richard Cleary | M | 17 February 2004 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
205 | David Jay Brown | M | 9 March 2004 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
206 | Hung Thanh Le | M | 23 March 2004 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
207 | Robert Leroy Bryan | M | 8 June 2004 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
208 | Windel Ray Workman | M | 26 August 2004 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
209 | Jimmie Ray Slaughter | M | 15 March 2005 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
210 | George James Miller, Jr. | M | 12 May 2005 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
211 | Michael Lannier Pennington | M | 19 July 2005 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
212 | Kenneth Eugene Turrentine | M | 11 August 2005 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
213 | Richard Alford Thornburg, Jr. | M | 18 April 2006 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
214 | John Albert Boltz | M | 1 June 2006 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
215 | Eric Allen Patton | M | 29 August 2006 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
216 | James Patrick Malicoat | M | 31 August 2006 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
217 | Corey Duane Hamilton | M | 9 January 2007 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
218 | Jimmy Dale Bland | M | 26 June 2007 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
219 | Frank Duane Welch | M | 21 August 2007 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
220 | Terry Lyn Short [3] | M | 17 June 2008 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
221 | Jessie Cummings | M | 25 September 2008 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
222 | Darwin Brown | M | 22 January 2009 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
223 | Donald Gilson | M | 14 May 2009 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
224 | Michael DeLozier | M | 9 July 2009 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
225 | Julius Ricardo Young | M | 14 January 2010 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
226 | Donald Ray Wackerly II | M | 14 October 2010 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
227 | John David Duty | M | 16 December 2010 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
228 | Billy Don Alverson | M | 6 January 2011 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
Under the Governorship of Mary Fallin – 17 execution | |||||||||||||
229 | Jeffrey David Matthews | M | 11 January 2011 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
230 | Gary Welch | M | 5 January 2012 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
231 | Timothy Shaun Stemple | M | 15 March 2012 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
232 | Michael Selsor | M | 1 May 2012 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
233 | Michael Hooper | M | 14 August 2012 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
234 | Garry T. Allen | M | 6 November 2012 | Lethal injection | |||||||||
235 | George Ochoa | White | 38 | M | 4 December 2012 | Lethal injection | |||||||
236 | Steven Ray Thacker | White | 42 | M | 12 March 2013 | Lethal injection | |||||||
237 | James Lewis DeRosa | White | M | 18 June 2013 | Lethal injection | ||||||||
238 | Brian Darrell Davis | African American | 38 | M | 25 June 2013 | Lethal injection | |||||||
239 | Anthony Rozelle Banks | African American | 60 | M | 10 September 2013 | Lethal injection | |||||||
240 | Ronald Clinton Lott | African American | 53 | M | 10 December 2013 | Lethal injection | |||||||
241 | Johnny Dale Black | White | 48 | M | 17 December 2013 | Lethal injection | |||||||
242 | Michael Lee Wilson | African American | 38 | M | 9 January 2014 | Lethal injection | |||||||
243 | Kenneth Eugene Hogan | White | 52 | M | 23 January 2014 | Lethal injection | |||||||
244 | Clayton Darrell Lockett | African American | 38 | M | 29 April 2014 | Lethal injection | |||||||
245 | Charles Frederick Warner | African American | M | 15 January 2015 | Lethal injection |
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