Posted on Sun, Nov. 08, 2009

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Executions by the state of Kansas

Kansas had no death penalty from 1907-35. The death penalty was struck down by the Kansas Supreme Court in 1973; the Legislature enacted capital punishment in 1994. All of the executions were of men convicted of murder.

1. Feb. 12, 1863, Carl Horne, 35

2. Oct. 30, 1863, William Griffith, no age available

3. Dec. 29, 1865, John Hendley, no age available

4. Jan. 19, 1866, Ernest Wa-tee-cha, 26

5. Aug. 10, 1866, Ben Lewis, 26

6. Feb. 20, 1867, Martin W. Bates, 19

7. Nov. 15, 1867, Scott Holderman, 25

8. Sept. 18, 1868, Melvin E. Baughn, no age available

9. Aug. 9, 1870, William Dickson, 40

10. March 10, 1944, Ernest L. Hoefgen, 31

11. April 15, 1944, Fred L. Brady, 46

12. April 15, 1944, Clark B. Knox, 26

13. July 29, 1947, Cecil Tate, 22

14. July 29, 1947, George F. Gumtow, 21

15. May 6, 1950, George Miller, 60

16. April 6, 1951, Preston McBride, 25

17. Jan. 5, 1952, James Lammers, 27

18. May 21, 1954, Nathaniel Germany, 29

19. July 16, 1954, Merle William Martin, 44

20. Nov. 30, 1962, Lowell Lee Andrews, 22

21. April 14, 1965, Richard E. Hickock, 33

22. April 14, 1965, Perry E. Smith, 36

23. June 22, 1965, James D. Latham, 23

24. June 22, 1965, George R. York, 22

Source: Kansas Department of Corrections