The “closing” of the eastern and western frontiers through the establishment of stable state authority on the high seas and across the continental United States diminished the role of the federal death penalty. Into this void emerged a federal criminal justice asserting authority over newly created federal crimes – such as kidnapping, bank robbery, and trafficking – beginning in the early twentieth century.
| DEFENDANT NAME | EXECUTION DATE | EXECUTION LOCATION |
| BROWN, HENRY A. | 09/01/1921 | MARYLAND |
| GREENHILL, SAMUEL | 10/09/1925 | ALABAMA |
| SUJYNAMIE, GEORGE DIXON | 10/10/1925 | ARIZONA |
| ALDERMAN, JAMES HORACE | 08/17/1929 | FLORIDA |
| PANZRAM, CHARLES “CARL” | 09/05/1930 | KANSAS |
| BARRETT, GEORGE W. | 03/24/1936 | INDIANA |
| GOOCH, ARTHUR | 06/19/1936 | OKLAHOMA |
| GARDNER, EARL | 07/12/1936 | ARIZONA |
| CHEBATORIS, ANTHONY | 07/08/1938 | MICHIGAN |
| SEADLUND, JOHN HENRY | 07/14/1938 | ILLINOIS |
| APPLEGATE, GLEN J. | 08/12/1938 | KANSAS |
| SUHAY, ROBERT J. | 08/12/1938 | KANSAS |
| DALHOVER, RHUEL JAMES | 11/18/1938 | INDIANA |
| ARWOOD, JAMES CLYDE | 08/14/1943 | TENNESSEE |
| RUHL, HENRY | 04/27/1945 | WYOMING |
| WATSON, DAVID JOSEPH | 09/15/1948 | FLORIDA |
| SHOCKLEY, SAMUEL R. | 12/03/1948 | CALIFORNIA |
| THOMPSON, MIRAN E. | 12/03/1948 | CALIFORNIA |
| OCHOA, CARLOS ROMERO | 12/10/1948 | CALIFORNIA |
| ROSENBERG, ETHEL | 06/19/1953 | NEW YORK |
| ROSENBERG, JULIUS | 06/19/1953 | NEW YORK |
| HEADY, BONNIE BROWN | 12/18/1953 | MISSOURI |
| HALL, CARL AUSTIN | 12/18/1953 | MISSOURI |
| PUFF, GERHARD ARTHUR | 08/12/1954 | NEW YORK |
| BROWN, ARTHUR ROSS | 02/24/1956 | MISSOURI |
| KRULL, MICHAEL | 08/21/1957 | GEORGIA |
| KRULL, GEORGE | 08/21/1957 | GEORGIA |
| FEGUER, VICTOR HARRY | 03/15/1963 | IOWA |
The Federal Death Penalty Project 