This is a list of people executed in Tennessee. Until 1913, there were no records of the numbers or names of the people who were executed.
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
|
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 Romines and Sheila Romines
|
12
|
Leroy Hall Jr.
|
White
|
53
|
M
|
December 5, 2019
|
Hamilton
|
Traci Crozier
|
13
|
Nicholas Todd Sutton
|
White
|
58
|
M
|
February 20, 2020
|
Morgan
|
Carl Estep
|
Source:[1]
Number
|
Name
|
Date of execution
|
1.
|
Julius Morgan
|
July 13, 1916
|
2.
|
J. D. Williams
|
July 8, 1918
|
3.
|
Eddie Alsup
|
July 8, 1918
|
4.
|
Frank Ewing
|
May 31, 1919
|
5.
|
Winfred Walker
|
January 8, 1920
|
6.
|
Lorenzo Young
|
September 3, 1920
|
7.
|
Cyre Mus Jackson
|
August 3, 1921
|
8.
|
Taylor Neal
|
August 3, 1921
|
9.
|
Hamp Gholston
|
August 17, 1921
|
10.
|
Chesley Graham
|
August 17, 1921
|
11.
|
Will Allen
|
August 17, 1921
|
12.
|
John Green
|
February 17, 1922
|
13.
|
Asbury Fields
|
February 18, 1922
|
14.
|
Tom Christmas
|
March 1, 1922
|
15.
|
Charles Petree
|
March 1, 1922
|
16.
|
John McClure
|
March 1, 1922
|
17.
|
Otto Stephens
|
March 1, 1922
|
18.
|
Maurice Mays
|
March 15, 1922
|
19.
|
Granville Bunch
|
April 11, 1922
|
20.
|
William Dwight
|
July 25, 1922
|
21.
|
Austin Harris
|
August 15, 1922
|
22.
|
Jim McElroy
|
August 15, 1922
|
23.
|
Bin Burchfield
|
January 14, 1925
|
24.
|
Robert Tate
|
November 5, 1925
|
25.
|
Charles Barr
|
August 20, 1926
|
26.
|
John F. Webb
|
May 20, 1927
|
27.
|
John H. Wallace
|
May 25, 1927
|
28.
|
Herman Coggins
|
November 10, 1927
|
29.
|
Ben Fowler
|
January 25, 1928
|
30.
|
Will Terrell
|
June 19, 1929
|
31.
|
"Henry"
|
August 22, 1929
|
33.
|
John Jones
|
February 14, 1930
|
33.
|
Carey Gune
|
March 14, 1930
|
34.
|
J. T. Harris
|
January 22, 1931
|
35.
|
John T. Shaw
|
July 3, 1931
|
36.
|
Oscar Bevins
|
September 7, 1933
|
37.
|
Andrew Wilcoxson
|
September 7, 1933
|
38.
|
Willie Jones
|
October 30, 1933
|
39.
|
Jim Allen
|
January 5, 1934
|
40.
|
Joe Emmory
|
February 5, 1934
|
41.
|
James Swann
|
February 5, 1934
|
42.
|
Louis Fain
|
February 5, 1934
|
43.
|
Percy Smith
|
April 4, 1934
|
44.
|
Frank Mays
|
April 4, 1934
|
45.
|
Jasper Graham
|
April 4, 1934
|
46.
|
James Pillow
|
September 1, 1934
|
47.
|
John Deal
|
September 1, 1934
|
48.
|
Bill Lee
|
January 2, 1936
|
49.
|
Walter Kennedy
|
January 2, 1936
|
50.
|
Louis Willis
|
January 2, 1936
|
51.
|
Ernest Womack
|
April 1, 1936
|
52.
|
E. K. Harris
|
May 22, 1936
|
53.
|
Curley Ballard
|
August 11, 1936
|
54.
|
James Smith
|
August 11, 1936
|
55.
|
James Clark
|
August 11, 1936
|
56.
|
Elmer Barrett
|
November 13, 1936
|
57.
|
James Turner
|
March 5, 1937
|
58.
|
James Taylor
|
March 15, 1937
|
59.
|
Anderson Berry
|
March 17, 1937
|
60.
|
Tom Franklin
|
March 18, 1937
|
61.
|
Gus McCoig
|
April 3, 1937
|
62.
|
Roy Wilburn Eatmon
|
April 16, 1937
|
63.
|
William Farmer
|
April 30, 1937
|
64.
|
Howard Dunn
|
April 30, 1937
|
65.
|
Jimmie L. Parrish
|
August 9, 1937
|
66.
|
Fred Ritchie
|
August 10, 1937
|
67.
|
Gus McKinney
|
April 15, 1938
|
68.
|
Arthur Mosby
|
July 25, 1938
|
69.
|
Miller Tollett
|
January 11, 1939
|
70.
|
Ernest Stanley
|
January 19, 1939
|
71.
|
Frank Murray
|
March 28, 1939
|
72.
|
Hyman Johnson
|
March 28, 1939
|
73.
|
Hubert Harris
|
April 4, 1939
|
74.
|
J. O. Martin
|
April 10, 1939
|
75.
|
Joe McKay
|
April 10, 1939
|
76.
|
Willie J. Smith
|
April 10, 1939
|
77.
|
Harley Evans
|
August 28, 1939
|
78.
|
Clyde Willis
|
January 10, 1940
|
79.
|
A.C. Mobley
|
March 15, 1940
|
80.
|
James Goodin
|
September 4, 1940
|
81
|
William Henry
|
September 4, 1940
|
82.
|
Van Gilmore
|
April 18, 1941
|
83.
|
Walter Reed
|
July 18, 1941
|
84.
|
Willie L. Porter
|
July 24, 1941
|
85.
|
Carl Cole
|
July 24, 1941
|
86.
|
Lawrence West
|
July 30, 1941
|
87.
|
Roy Walden
|
February 13, 1942
|
88.
|
John Dockery
|
February 14, 1942
|
89.
|
Ernest Dixon
|
February 14, 1942
|
90.
|
Clarence May
|
March 20, 1942
|
91.
|
John H. Goods
|
March 20, 1942
|
94.
|
William Headen
|
March 30, 1943
|
92.
|
Robert Cannon
|
March 30, 1943
|
93.
|
James Tucker
|
July 15, 1943
|
94.
|
Marshall Spigner
|
July 15, 1943
|
95.
|
Robert Hall
|
December 15, 1943
|
96.
|
George Hambrick
|
December 15, 1943
|
97.
|
Billy Dixon
|
July 16, 1945
|
98.
|
Thomas Walker
|
March 1, 1946
|
99.
|
Johnnie Outlaw
|
March 1, 1946
|
100.
|
George Douglas
|
July 5, 1946
|
101.
|
John H. Luffman
|
August 30, 1946
|
102.
|
Alvin Hicks
|
August 30, 1946
|
103.
|
Albert Duboise
|
April 11, 1947
|
104.
|
John Hodge
|
June 19, 1947
|
105.
|
Fred Jackson
|
August 11, 1947
|
106.
|
James Sandusky
|
April 22, 1948
|
107.
|
John Kelley
|
April 22, 1948
|
108.
|
William C. Turner
|
August 31, 1948
|
109.
|
James M. Scribner
|
August 31, 1948
|
110.
|
Tommy H. Taylor
|
August 31, 1948
|
114.
|
Barney Thompson
|
February 17, 1949
|
111.
|
Edward Watson
|
June 10, 1949
|
112.
|
Paul Lacey
|
November 25, 1949
|
113.
|
Clyde Steel
|
January 24, 1950
|
114.
|
Samuel L. Voss
|
April 15, 1955
|
115.
|
Harry Kirkendall
|
August 1, 1955
|
116.
|
Charlie Sullins
|
August 1, 1955
|
117.
|
Robert Crenshaw
|
September 15, 1955
|
118.
|
Robert Allen
|
March 15, 1957
|
119.
|
Billy T. Gibbs
|
May 6, 1957
|
120.
|
Thomas Rutledge
|
June 15, 1959
|
121.
|
William Tines
|
November 7, 1960
|
- ^ The 4 victims were: Stephen Holton, Brent Holton, Eric Holton, and Kayla Holton.