List of people executed in Tennessee

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.

## Post-Gregg

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No. | Name  | Race  | Age  | Sex  | Date of execution  | County  | Method  | Victim(s)  | Governor

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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

### Demographics

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Race

White  | 12  | 92%
Black  | 1  | 8%
Age
40–49  | 2  | 15%
50–59  | 8  | 62%
60–69  | 3  | 23%
Sex
Male  | 13  | 100%
Date of execution
1976–1979  | 0  | 0%
1980–1989  | 0  | 0%
1990–1999  | 0  | 0%
2000–2009  | 6  | 46%
2010–2019  | 6  | 46%
2020–2029  | 1  | 8%
Method
Lethal injection | 7  | 54%
Electrocution | 6  | 46%
Governor (Party)
Ray Blanton (D) | 0  | 0%
Lamar Alexander (R) | 0  | 0%
Ned McWherter (D) | 0  | 0%
Don Sundquist (R) | 1  | 8%
Phil Bredesen (D) | 5  | 38%
Bill Haslam (R) | 3  | 23%
Bill Lee (R) | 4  | 31%
Total  | 13  | 100%

## Pre-Furman

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Source:[1] Number  | Name  | Date of execution

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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

## Notes

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1. ^ The 4 victims were: Stephen Holton, Brent Holton, Eric Holton, and Kayla Holton.

## See also

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* Capital punishment in Tennessee
* Capital punishment in the United States

## References

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1. ^ "Tennessee Executions". www.tn.gov. Retrieved 2023-10-25.

* TN Executions. Tennessee Department of Correction. Retrieved on 2023-10-25.
* 'I did not kill them' condemned man says. The Tennessean, February 3, 2009. Retrieved on 2009-02-04.
* 'I commend my life into your hands' Tenn. inmate sings hymns as execution is carried out. Fox 17 Nashville. Retrieved on 2019-05-17.

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