title: List of people executed in Washington
text: # List of people executed in Washington
  
  Only five people have been executed by the state of Washington since the death penalty statute was reformed following the 1976 Supreme Court decisions. Capital punishment was declared unconstitutional by the Washington Supreme Court in 2018.
  
  | Name | Date of Execution | Method | Crime | Governor |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | John Elfus | January 15, 1884 | | murder of Dan Haggerty | |
  | Jochin Henry Timmerman | April 6, 1888 | | murder of William Sterling | |
  | Edward Gallagher | July 11, 1890 | Hanging | murder of Lewis Marr | |
  | Robert Thompson Day | June 3, 1892 | Hanging | murder of Thomas Beebe | Elisha P. Ferry |
  | Charles Brooks | September 6, 1892 | Hanging | murder of Christine Brooks | Elisha P. Ferry |
  | Charles E. Meyers | September 30, 1895 | Hanging | murder of Frank Sherry | |
  | Charles Asimus | January 31, 1896 | Hanging | murder of James Greenwood | |
  | Richard H. Straub | April 26, 1897 | Hanging | murder of Leo Lanterman | |
  | Gin Pong | April 30, 1897 | Hanging | murder of Lee Tung | John Rankin Rogers |
  | Jack Leonard | March 25, 1898 | Hanging | murder of Jacob Malquist | John Rankin Rogers |
  | George Webster | March 30, 1900 | Hanging | murder of Lise C. Aspland | John Rankin Rogers |
  | Albert Michaud | April 6, 1900 | Hanging | murder of Julia Meuret Michaud | John Rankin Rogers |
  | Martin Stickles | January 25, 1901 | Hanging | murder of William Shanklin, Cornelius Knapp and his wife | John Rankin Rogers |
  | Eben L. Boyce | August 9, 1901 | Hanging | murder of Louise Bock Boyce | John Rankin Rogers |
  | Charles W. Nordstrom | August 23, 1901 | Hanging | murder of William Mason | John Rankin Rogers |
  | James G. Green | December 6, 1901 | Hanging | murder of E. V. Benjamin | John Rankin Rogers |
  | William Alden Seaton | January 3, 1902 | Hanging | murder of Dan Richards | Henry McBride |
  | Lum You | January 31, 1902 | Hanging | murder of Oscar Bloom | Henry McBride |
  | Alfred Hamilton | May 23, 1902 | Hanging | murder of David M. Woodbury | Henry McBride |
  | James Champoux | May 6, 1904 | Hanging | murder of Lottie Brace | Henry McBride |
  | Charles Clarke | September 2, 1904 | Hanging | murder of Leila Page | Henry McBride |
  | Henry Arao | June 3, 1905 | Hanging | murder of Sam Chong | Albert E. Mead |
  | Frank Pasquale (WADOC lists name as Frank Pasqualie) | September 15, 1905 | Hanging | murder of Charles F. Gray | Albert E. Mead |
  | Angus McPhail | December 8, 1905 | Hanging | murder of Fred Alderson | Albert E. Mead |
  | William White | March 2, 1906 | Hanging | murder of Matthew Murphy | Albert E. Mead |
  | Simon Brooks | April 13, 1906 (WADOC lists date as May 13, 1906 while newspaper reports death as April 13) | Hanging | murder of Adolph Miller | Albert E. Mead |
  | A.A. Armstrong | June 8, 1906 | Hanging | murder of Robert Patton | Albert E. Mead |
  | Fred Miller | March 22, 1907 | Hanging | murder of Fred Dierk | Albert E. Mead |
  | Jose Nicolos (WADOC lists name as Joe Niculas) | April 16, 1909 | Hanging | murder of George Brown and unnamed four-year-old | Marion E. Hay |
  | Joseph Gauvitte(WADOC lists name as Joseph Gauviette) | August 27, 1909 | Hanging | murder of Mrs. Joseph Gauvitte | Marion E. Hay |
  | Bud Barnes(WADOC lists name as Hezekiah Barnes) | November 12, 1909 | Hanging | murder of Anna Aldrich | Marion E. Hay |
  | Richard Quinn | May 13, 1910 | Hanging | murder of Mrs. Richard Quinn | Marion E. Hay |
  | Frank Barker | June 20, 1910 | Hanging | murder of Ira Messinger | Marion E. Hay |
  | William Frederick Jahns (WADOC lists name as Frederick William Johns) | April 21, 1911 | Hanging | murder of Agnes Jensen | Marion E. Hay |
  | John Smith | April 1, 1921 | Hanging | murder of James O'Brien, Volney L. Stevens, and W.T. Angle | Louis Folwell Hart |
  | James Mahoney | December 1, 1922 | Hanging | murder of Kate Mooers Mahoney | Louis Folwell Hart |
  | George Whitfield | June 13, 1924 | Hanging | murder of Anna Nosko | Louis Folwell Hart |
  | Ralph Waller | June 27, 1924 | Hanging | murder of Alfred Waldman and Ida Waldman | Louis Folwell Hart |
  | Thomas Walton | December 12, 1924 | Hanging | murder of S.F. Burt | Louis Folwell Hart |
  | L.E. Mosely (WADOC lists name as L.E. Mosley) | February 19, 1926 | Hanging | murder of A.J. Comer | Roland H. Hartley |
  | Alfred Winters (WADOC also lists name as Albert Williams) | May 27, 1927 | Hanging | murder of A.J. Comer | Roland H. Hartley |
  | Manuel Lopez | February 15, 1928 | Hanging | murder of Charles Markham | Roland H. Hartley |
  | Emmett Bailey | August 10, 1928 | Hanging | murder of Erma Skinner | Roland H. Hartley |
  | Wallace Gaines | August 31, 1928 | Hanging | murder of Sylvia Gaines | Roland H. Hartley |
  | Luther Baker | March 29, 1929 | Hanging | murder of Lester Wood | Roland H. Hartley |
  | Preston Rae Clark | July 11, 1930 | Hanging | murder of A.L. Bidwell | Roland H. Hartley |
  | Robert Lee Wilkins | August 15, 1930 | Hanging | murder of John W. Brooks | Roland H. Hartley |
  | Arthur Schafer (WADOC lists name as Arthur Schaffer) | August 29, 1930 | Hanging | murder of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kirk | Roland H. Hartley |
  | Archie Frank Moock (WADOC lists name as Archie Frank Much) | September 12, 1930 | Hanging | murder of Catherine Clark | Roland H. Hartley |
  | George Miller | December 18, 1931 | Hanging | murder of John Ivester | Roland H. Hartley |
  | Harold Carpenter | April 15, 1932 | Hanging | murder of Peter Jacobson | Roland H. Hartley |
  | Walter Dubuc | April 15, 1932 | Hanging | murder of Peter Jacobson | Roland H. Hartley |
  | Ollie Lee Stratton | July 28, 1933 | Hanging | murder of William Frawley | Clarence D. Martin |
  | Ted Bradley | May 11, 1934 | Hanging | murder of George Ikeda | Clarence D. Martin |
  | Byron Miller | October 3, 1934 | Hanging | murder of Marshal George Warring | Clarence D. Martin |
  | Hong Yick | July 19, 1935 | Hanging | murder of Lee Wing Qmen | Clarence D. Martin |
  | Barney Fleming | April 3, 1936 | Hanging | murder of La Belle Butler | Clarence D. Martin |
  | Glen R. Stringer (WADOC lists name as Glenn R. Stringer) | May 29, 1936 | Hanging | murder of Herbert Lee Caples | Clarence D. Martin |
  | Leo Hall | September 11, 1936 | Hanging | murder of Frank Flieder, Anna Taylor Flieder, Clifford Taylor, Eugene Chenevert, Margaret Chenevert, Magnus Jorden, and Ezra Bolcom | Clarence D. Martin |
  | Clifford Hawkins | February 23, 1938 | Hanging | murder of Ernest Grimm and Floyd Grimm | Clarence D. Martin |
  | Claude H. Ryan | February 25, 1938 | Hanging | murder of S.R. Jackson | Clarence D. Martin |
  | Stanley Knapp | August 5, 1938 | Hanging | murder of William E. Walker | Clarence D. Martin |
  | Joseph O'Donnell | November 21, 1938 | Hanging | murder of Trent A. Sickles and Theodore E. Stevens | Clarence D. Martin |
  | Bernhard Leuch | August 4, 1939 | Hanging | murder of Lena Leuch | Clarence D. Martin |
  | Paul Buttry | September 15, 1939 | Hanging | murder of Hugh Warren | Clarence D. Martin |
  | Earl Talbott | September 18, 1939 | Hanging | murder of W.E. McKinney | Clarence D. Martin |
  | Roy Wright | October 6, 1939 | Hanging | murder of John Dee Moore | Clarence D. Martin |
  | Ralph Carson | December 8, 1939 | Hanging | murder of Lynwood Sproul | Clarence D. Martin |
  | Edward L. Bouchard | September 6, 1940 | Hanging | murder of Cyril Ables and Ralph Allinson | Clarence D. Martin |
  | Jack Marable | October 4, 1940 | Hanging | kidnapping and rape of Mrs. Emil Roloff | Clarence D. Martin |
  | Arley Ovoyd Lewis | January 30, 1941 | Hanging | murder of Jack Avent | Arthur B. Langlie |
  | Denzel Davis | March 24, 1941 | Hanging | murder of Harriet Arnold | Arthur B. Langlie |
  | John Bruce Anderson | November 14, 1941 | Hanging | murder of David Johnson | Arthur B. Langlie |
  | Chester Montgomery | March 19, 1943 | Hanging | murder of Jessie Sellers | Arthur B. Langlie |
  | Roy Willard Jacobs | April 6, 1943 | Hanging | murder of Chadwick Storem and Harry Storem | Arthur B. Langlie |
  | Persia Williams | September 8, 1944 | Hanging | murder of Joseph Romaglio | Arthur B. Langlie |
  | Edward Heberling | December 8, 1944 | Hanging | murder of Harriet Louise Lindstrom | Arthur B. Langlie |
  | Joe Bill | September 7, 1945 | Hanging | murder of Irma Irene McGough | Monrad C. Wallgren |
  | Joseph B. Wessel | January 19, 1946 | Hanging | murder of Mary Ann Wessel | Monrad C. Wallgren |
  | Woodrow Wilson Clark | February 5, 1946 | Hanging | murder of T.P. Dillon and Jane Staples | Monrad C. Wallgren |
  | John Henry Clark | January 7, 1947 | Hanging | murder of Sam Katz | Monrad C. Wallgren |
  | Jake Bird | July 15, 1949 | Hanging | murder of Bertha Kludt and Beverly Kludt | Monrad C. Wallgren |
  | Arthur Bruce Perkins | November 4, 1949 | Hanging | murder of Mr. L.E. Jessup and Mrs. L.E. Jessup | Monrad C. Wallgren |
  | Wayne Leroy Williams | November 18, 1949 | Hanging | murder of Hallie Lucille | Monrad C. Wallgren |
  | Wayne Dale Odell (WADOC lists name as Wayne O'Dell) | June 18, 1951 | Hanging | murder of Harold Rogers | Arthur B. Langlie |
  | Grant Ellis Rio | December 10, 1951 | Hanging | murder of Harold Rogers | Arthur B. Langlie |
  | Utah Eugene Wilson | January 3, 1953 | Hanging | murder of JoAnn Dewey | Arthur B. Langlie |
  | Truman Galilee Wilson | January 3, 1953 | Hanging | murder of JoAnn Dewey | Arthur B. Langlie |
  | Artell Bernard Farley Jr. | December 15, 1956 | Hanging | murder of Flora McFarland | Arthur B. Langlie |
  | Harvey John Collins | December 3, 1957 | Hanging | murder of Andrew Stolen | Albert D. Rosellini |
  | John Richard Broderson | June 25, 1960 | Hanging | murder of Harold Oster | Albert D. Rosellini |
  | Joseph Chester Self | June 20, 1963 | Hanging | murder of Ralph A. Gemmill Jr. | Albert D. Rosellini |
  | Westley Allan Dodd | January 5, 1993 | Hanging | murder of Cole Neer, William Neer, and Lee Iseli | Booth Gardner |
  | Charles Rodman Campbell | May 27, 1994 | Hanging | murder of Renae Wicklund, Shannah Wicklund, and Barbara Hendrickson | Mike Lowry |
  | Jeremy Vargas Sagastegui | October 13, 1998 | Lethal injection | murder of Kievan Sarbacher, Melissa Sarbacher, and Lisa Vera Acevado | Gary Locke |
  | James Homer Elledge | August 28, 2001 | Lethal injection | murder of Eloise Jane Fitzner | Gary Locke |
  | Cal Coburn Brown | September 10, 2010 | Lethal injection | murder of Holly Washa | Christine Gregoire |
  | Sources: List of persons executed by the Washington State Department of Corrections since 1904. |||||
  