List of people executed in Tennessee

This is a list of people executed in Tennessee. The state took over executions in 1913; prior to that time they were carried out at the county level.[1]

Post-Gregg

No. Name Race Age Sex Date of execution County Method Victim(s) Governor
1 Robert Glen Coe White 44 M April 19, 2000 Weakley Lethal injection Cary Ann Medlin Don Sundquist
2 Sedley Alley White 50 M June 28, 2006 Shelby U. S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Suzanne Marie Collins Phil Bredesen
3 Philip Ray Workman White 53 M May 9, 2007 Memphis Police Lieutenant Ronald Oliver
4 Daryl Keith Holton White 45 M September 12, 2007 Bedford Electrocution 4 murder victims[a]
5 Steve Henley White 55 M February 4, 2009 Jackson Lethal injection Fred Stafford and Edna Stafford
6 Cecil C. Johnson Jr. Black 53 M December 2, 2009 Davidson Bobby Bell Jr., James Moore, and Charles House[b]
7 William Ray "Billy" Irick White 59 M August 9, 2018 Knox Paula Kay Dyer Bill Haslam
8 Edmund George Zagorski White 63 M November 1, 2018 Robertson Electrocution John Dale Dotson and James Wayne Porter
9 David Earl Miller White 61 M December 6, 2018 Knox Lee Standifer
10 Donnie Edward Johnson White 68 M May 16, 2019 Shelby Lethal injection Connie Johnson Bill Lee
11 Stephen Michael West White 56 M August 15, 2019 Union Electrocution Wanda Lou Romines and Sheila Ann Romines
12 Leroy Hall Jr. White 53 M December 5, 2019 Hamilton Traci Latrice Crozier
13 Nicholas Todd Sutton White 58 M February 20, 2020 Morgan Carl Isaac Estep[c]
14 Oscar Franklin Smith White 75 M May 22, 2025 Davidson Lethal injection Judith Lynn Smith, Chad Altmon Burnett, and Jason Don Burnett
15 Byron Lewis Black Black 69 M August 5, 2025 Angela Clay, Latoya Clay, and Lakeisha Clay[d]
16 Harold Wayne Nichols White 64 M December 11, 2025 Hamilton Karen Elise Pulley

Demographics

Race
White 14 88%
Black 2 13%
Age
40–49 2 13%
50–59 8 50%
60–69 5 31%
70–79 1 6%
Sex
Male 16 100%
Date of execution
1976–1979 0 0%
1980–1989 0 0%
1990–1999 0 0%
2000–2009 6 38%
2010–2019 6 38%
2020–2029 4 25%
Method
Lethal injection 10 63%
Electrocution 6 38%
Governor (Party)
Ray Blanton (D) 0 0%
Lamar Alexander (R) 0 0%
Ned McWherter (D) 0 0%
Don Sundquist (R) 1 6%
Phil Bredesen (D) 5 31%
Bill Haslam (R) 3 19%
Bill Lee (R) 7 44%
Total 16 100%

Pre-Furman

Source:[2]
Name Date of execution
Julius Morgan July 13, 1916
J. D. Williams July 8, 1918
Eddie Alsup
Frank Ewing May 31, 1919
Winfred Walker January 8, 1920
Lorenzo Young September 3, 1920
Cyre Mus Jackson August 3, 1921
Taylor Neal
Hamp Gholston August 17, 1921
Chesley Graham
Will Allen
John Green February 17, 1922
Asbury Fields February 18, 1922
Tom Christmas March 1, 1922
Charles Petree
John McClure
Otto Stephens
Maurice Mays March 15, 1922
Granville Bunch April 11, 1922
William Dwight July 25, 1922
Austin Harris August 15, 1922
Jim McElroy
Bin Burchfield January 14, 1925
Robert Tate November 5, 1925
Charles Barr August 20, 1926
John F. Webb May 20, 1927
John H. Wallace May 25, 1927
Herman Coggins November 10, 1927
Ben Fowler January 25, 1928
Will Terrell June 19, 1929
"Henry" August 22, 1929
John Jones February 14, 1930
Carey Gune March 14, 1930
J. T. Harris January 22, 1931
John T. Shaw July 3, 1931
Oscar Bevins September 7, 1933
Andrew Wilcoxson
Willie Jones October 30, 1933
Jim Allen January 5, 1934
Joe Emmory February 5, 1934
James Swann
Louis Fain
Percy Smith April 4, 1934
Frank Mays
Jasper Graham
James Pillow September 1, 1934
John Deal
Bill Lee January 2, 1936
Walter Kennedy
Louis Willis
Ernest Womack April 1, 1936
E. K. Harris May 22, 1936
Curley Ballard August 11, 1936
James Smith
James Clark
Elmer Barrett November 13, 1936
James Turner March 5, 1937
James Taylor March 15, 1937
Anderson Berry March 17, 1937
Tom Franklin March 18, 1937
Gus McCoig April 3, 1937
Roy Wilburn Eatmon April 16, 1937
William Farmer April 30, 1937
Howard Dunn
Jimmie L. Parrish August 9, 1937
Fred Ritchie August 10, 1937
Gus McKinney April 15, 1938
Arthur Mosby July 25, 1938
White Miller Tollett January 11, 1939
Ernest Stanley January 19, 1939
Frank Murray March 28, 1939
Hyman Johnson
Hubert Harris April 4, 1939
J. O. Martin April 10, 1939
Joe McKay
Willie J. Smith
Harley Evans August 28, 1939
Clyde Willis January 10, 1940
A.C. Mobley March 15, 1940
James Goodin September 4, 1940
William Henry
Van Gilmore April 18, 1941
Walter Reed July 18, 1941
Willie L. Porter July 24, 1941
Carl Cole
Lawrence West July 30, 1941
Roy Walden February 13, 1942
John Dockery February 14, 1942
Ernest Dixon
Clarence May March 20, 1942
John H. Goods
William Headen March 30, 1943
Robert Cannon
James Tucker July 15, 1943
Marshall Spigner
Robert Hall December 15, 1943
George Hambrick
Billy Dixon July 16, 1945
Thomas Walker March 1, 1946
Johnnie Outlaw
George Douglas July 5, 1946
John H. Luffman August 30, 1946
Alvin Hicks
Albert Duboise April 11, 1947
John Hodge June 19, 1947
Fred Jackson August 11, 1947
James Sandusky April 22, 1948
John Kelley
William C. Turner August 31, 1948
James M. Scribner
Tommy H. Taylor
Barney Thompson February 17, 1949
Edward Watson June 10, 1949
Paul Lacey November 25, 1949
Clyde Steel January 24, 1950
Samuel L. Voss April 15, 1955
Harry Kirkendall August 1, 1955
Charlie Sullins
Robert Crenshaw September 15, 1955
Robert Allen March 15, 1957
Billy T. Gibbs May 6, 1957
Thomas Rutledge June 15, 1959
William Tines November 7, 1960

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The 4 victims were: Stephen Holton, Brent Holton, Eric Holton, and Kayla Holton.
  2. ^ Johnson was also convicted of manslaughter for killing a fellow death row inmate and serial killer Laron Williams.
  3. ^ The murder occurred in prison while Sutton was serving life imprisonment for the 1979 murders of two acquaintances and his own grandmother.
  4. ^ Black was sentenced to death and executed for solely the murder of Lakeisha, while he was given double life sentences for the murders of Angela and Latoya.

References

  1. ^ https://deathpenaltyusa.org/usa1/state/tennessee2.htm
  2. ^ "Tennessee Executions". www.tn.gov. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
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