title: List of people executed in Vermont
text: # List of people executed in Vermont
  
  The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Vermont from 1778 to 1954.
  
  Capital punishment was abolished in Vermont in 1972. From 1778-1954, 26 people were executed in Vermont, 21 by hanging and 5 by electrocution. 24 of the executions were of males, while 2 were of females.
  
  ## Executions 1778-1954
  
  | Name | Race | Sex | Date of Execution | Method | Crime(s) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | David Redding | White | M | June 11, 1778 | Hanging | Treason |
  | Cyrus Dean | White | M | November 11, 1808 | Hanging | Murder |
  | Samuel Godfrey | White | M | February 13, 1818 | Hanging | Murder |
  | Luther Virginia | Black | M | January 14, 1820 | Hanging | Murder |
  | Archibald Bates | White | M | February 6, 1839 | Hanging | Murder |
  | William Barnett | White | M | January 20, 1864 | Hanging | Murder |
  | Sandy Kavanaugh | White | M | January 20, 1864 | Hanging | Murder |
  | John Ward | White | M | March 21, 1868 | Hanging | Murder |
  | Hiram Miller | White | M | June 25, 1869 | Hanging | Robbery and Murder |
  | Henry Welcome | White | M | January 20, 1871 | Hanging | Robbery and Murder |
  | Henery Gravelin | White | M | March 14, 1879 | Hanging | Murder |
  | John Phair | White | M | April 10, 1879 | Hanging | Robbery and Murder |
  | Asa Magoon | White | M | November 28, 1879 | Hanging | Murder |
  | Edward Tatro | White | M | April 2, 1880 | Hanging | Murder |
  | Edwin Hayden | White | M | February 25, 1881 | Hanging | Murder |
  | Royal Carr | White | M | April 29, 1881 | Hanging | Murder |
  | Emeline Meaker | White | F | March 30, 1883 | Hanging | Murder |
  | Sylvester Bell | White | M | January 1, 1892 | Hanging | Murder |
  | Mary Rogers | White | F | December 8, 1905 | Hanging | Murder |
  | Elroy Kent | White | M | July 5, 1912 | Hanging | Robbery and Murder |
  | Arthur Bosworth | White | M | January 2, 1914 | Hanging | Murder |
  | George Warner | White | M | July 12, 1919 | Electrocution | Murder |
  | Bert Stacey | White | M | July 7, 1932 | Electrocution | Murder |
  | Ronald Watson | ? | M | January 2, 1947 | Electrocution | Murder |
  | Francis Blair | White | M | February 8, 1954 | Electrocution | Robbery and Murder |
  | Donald DeMag | White | M | December 8, 1954 | Electrocution | Robbery and Murder |
  