This list of individuals executed in New York gives the names of some of the individuals executed by the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of New York, as well as the individual's date of execution, method of execution, and the name of the Governor of New York

Governor of New York

The Governor of the State of New York is the chief executive of the State of New York. The governor is the head of the executive branch of New York's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military and naval forces. The officeholder is afforded the courtesy title of His/Her...

 at the date of execution.

Name of the convict	Execution date	Method	Charge	Governor	Image
Gregory Peterson	5 August 1639	Firing squad	Unknown act of mutiny Mutiny Mutiny is a conspiracy among members of a group of similarly situated individuals to openly oppose, change or overthrow an authority to which they are subject... ; soldier of the Fort Amsterdam Fort Amsterdam For the historic fort on the island of Saint Martin, see Fort Amsterdam Fort Amsterdam was a fort on the southern tip of Manhattan that was the administrative headquarters for the Dutch and then British rule of New York from...  garrison; first execution in New York (Manhattan Manhattan Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York... )	Willem Kieft Willem Kieft Willem Kieft was a Dutch merchant and director-general of New Netherland , from 1638 until 1647. He formed the council of twelve men, the first representative body in New Netherland, but ignored its advice...
Jan Creoli	25 June 1646	Asphyxia Asphyxia Asphyxia or asphyxiation is a condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body that arises from being unable to breathe normally. An example of asphyxia is choking. Asphyxia causes generalized hypoxia, which primarily affects the tissues and organs... tion and burning Execution by burning Death by burning is death brought about by combustion. As a form of capital punishment, burning has a long history as a method in crimes such as treason, heresy, and witchcraft....	Sodomy Sodomy Sodomy is an anal or other copulation-like act, especially between male persons or between a man and animal, and one who practices sodomy is a "sodomite"...  (Charged with "Sodomy, buggery Anal sex Anal sex is the sex act in which the penis is inserted into the anus of a sexual partner. The term can also include other sexual acts involving the anus, including pegging, anilingus , fingering, and object insertion.Common misconception describes anal sex as practiced almost exclusively by gay men... , and bestiality Zoophilia Zoophilia, from the Greek ζῷον and φιλία is the practice of sex between humans and non-human animals , or a preference or fixation on such practice... ")	Willem Kieft
Jan Quisthout van der Linde	17 June 1660	Drowning Drowning Drowning is death from asphyxia due to suffocation caused by water entering the lungs and preventing the absorption of oxygen leading to cerebral hypoxia....	Sodomy Sodomy Sodomy is an anal or other copulation-like act, especially between male persons or between a man and animal, and one who practices sodomy is a "sodomite"...  (Charged with "Sodomy, buggery Anal sex Anal sex is the sex act in which the penis is inserted into the anus of a sexual partner. The term can also include other sexual acts involving the anus, including pegging, anilingus , fingering, and object insertion.Common misconception describes anal sex as practiced almost exclusively by gay men... , and bestiality Zoophilia Zoophilia, from the Greek ζῷον and φιλία is the practice of sex between humans and non-human animals , or a preference or fixation on such practice... ")	Petrus Stuyvesant
Jacob Leisler Jacob Leisler Jacob Leisler was a German-born American colonist. He helped create the Huguenot settlement of New Rochelle in 1688 and later served as the acting Lieutenant Governor of New York...	16 May 1691	Hanging Hanging Hanging is the lethal suspension of a person by a ligature. The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death by suspension by the neck", though it formerly also referred to crucifixion and death by impalement in which the body would remain...	Treason Treason In law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more extreme acts against one's sovereign or nation. Historically, treason also covered the murder of specific social superiors, such as the murder of a husband by his wife. Treason against the king was known as high treason and treason against a...  after leading the Leisler's Rebellion Leisler's Rebellion Leisler's Rebellion was an uprising in late 17th century colonial New York, in which German American merchant and militia captain Jacob Leisler seized control of the colony's south and ruled it from 1689 to 1691. The uprising took place in the aftermath of Britain's Glorious Revolution and the...	Henry Sloughter Henry Sloughter Henry Sloughter was briefly colonial governor of New York in 1691. Sloughter was the governor who put down Leisler's Rebellion, which had installed Jacob Leisler as de facto governor in 1689. Lieutenant Governor Richard Ingoldesby, who had served against Leisler's rebels, took over after...
34 people	April 1741	Hanging, burning	New York Conspiracy of 1741	George Clarke George Clarke George Clarke , the son of Sir William Clarke, enrolled at Brasenose College, Oxford in 1676. He was elected a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford in 1680. He became Judge Advocate to the Army and was William III of England's Secretary at War from 1690 to 1704...
John André John André John André was a British army officer hanged as a spy during the American War of Independence. This was due to an incident in which he attempted to assist Benedict Arnold's attempted surrender of the fort at West Point, New York to the British.-Early life:André was born on May 2, 1750 in London to...	2 October 1780	Hanging	British spy - recruited Benedict Arnold Benedict Arnold Benedict Arnold V was a general during the American Revolutionary War. He began the war in the Continental Army but later defected to the British Army. While a general on the American side, he obtained command of the fort at West Point, New York, and plotted to surrender it to the British forces... ; assisted in attempted surrender of West Point, New York West Point, New York West Point is a federal military reservation established by President of the United States Thomas Jefferson in 1802. It is a census-designated place located in Town of Highlands in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 7,138 at the 2000 census...	James Robertson James Robertson (loyalist) General James Robertson was the civil governor of the Province of New York from 1779 to 1783.-Life:He was born in Newbigging, Fife, Scotland in 1717. He came to the American colonies in 1756 as a Major of the royal American troops...
Edward Coleman	12 January 1839	Hanging	Murder of his wife	William H. Seward William H. Seward William Henry Seward, Sr. was the 12th Governor of New York, United States Senator and the United States Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson...
Nicholas Saul Nicholas Saul Nicholas Saul was a prominent nineteenth century criminal and one of the early leaders of the Daybreak Boys, a New York City street gang....	28 January 1853	Hanging	Murder of Charles Baxter	Horatio Seymour Horatio Seymour Horatio Seymour was an American politician. He was the 18th Governor of New York from 1853 to 1854 and from 1863 to 1864. He was the Democratic Party nominee for president of the United States in the presidential election of 1868, but lost the election to Republican and former Union General of...
Nicholas Howlett	28 January 1853	Hanging	Murder of Charles Baxter	Horatio Seymour Horatio Seymour Horatio Seymour was an American politician. He was the 18th Governor of New York from 1853 to 1854 and from 1863 to 1864. He was the Democratic Party nominee for president of the United States in the presidential election of 1868, but lost the election to Republican and former Union General of...
Joseph Clark	11 February 1853	Hanging	Murder of NYPD Policeman George T. Gillipse on 10 July 1851	Washington Hunt Washington Hunt Washington Hunt was an American lawyer and politician.-Life:He moved to Lockport, New York in 1828 to study law, was admitted to the bar in 1834, and opened a law office on Market Street in 1835...
Albert W. Hicks Albert W. Hicks Albert W. Hicks , also known as William Johnson, John Hicks and 'Pirate Hicks', was the name of the last person executed for piracy in the United States .-Confession:"The affair occurred," said Hicks, "about half past nine or ten o'clock at night, while...	13 July 1860	Hanging	Piracy Piracy Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence at sea. The term can include acts committed on land, in the air, or in other major bodies of water or on a shore. It does not normally include crimes committed against persons traveling on the same vessel as the perpetrator... . Notable because he was the last person to be executed for this crime in the United States (although the execution of the slaver Nathaniel Gordon Nathaniel Gordon Nathaniel Gordon was the only American slave trader to be tried, convicted, and executed "for being engaged in the Slave Trade" in accordance with the Piracy Law of 1820.Gordon was born in Portland, Maine...  in 1862 was under the terms of the Piracy Law).	Edwin D. Morgan Edwin D. Morgan Edwin Denison Morgan was the 21st Governor of New York from 1859 to 1862 and served in the United States Senate from 1863 to 1869. He was the first and longest-serving chairman of the Republican National Committee...
Nathaniel Gordon Nathaniel Gordon Nathaniel Gordon was the only American slave trader to be tried, convicted, and executed "for being engaged in the Slave Trade" in accordance with the Piracy Law of 1820.Gordon was born in Portland, Maine...	21 February 1862	Hanging	Slaver	Edwin D. Morgan Edwin D. Morgan Edwin Denison Morgan was the 21st Governor of New York from 1859 to 1862 and served in the United States Senate from 1863 to 1869. He was the first and longest-serving chairman of the Republican National Committee...
Bernard Friery Bernard Friery Bernard "Barney" Friery was a New York City criminal and independent gang leader during the 1850s and 1860s. Along with five or six others, he entered the East Houston Street saloon of Henry Lazarus on the morning of January 3, 1865...	17 August 1866	Hanging	Murder of Harry Lazarus	Reuben Fenton Reuben Fenton Reuben Eaton Fenton was an American merchant and politician from New York.-Life:He was the son of a farmer. He was elected a colonel of the New York State Militia in 1840. He became a lumber merchant, and entered politics as a Democrat...
Patrick Morrissey	6 September 1872	Hanging	Murder of his mother. (The executioner was future President of the United States, Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States. Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents... .)	John Thompson Hoffman
John Gaffney	14 February 1873	Hanging	Murder of Patrick Fahey. (The executioner was future President of the United States, Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States. Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents... .)	John Thompson Hoffman
Johnny Dolan Johnny Dolan "Dandy" Johnny Dolan was a New York City murderer and reputed leader of the Whyos street gang.-Inventive:...	21 April 1876	Hanging	Murder of James H. Noe	Samuel J. Tilden Samuel J. Tilden Samuel Jones Tilden was the Democratic candidate for the U.S. presidency in the disputed election of 1876, one of the most controversial American elections of the 19th century. He was the 25th Governor of New York...
William Merrick	29 January 1879	Hanging	Murder of his wife, Julia A. Merrick	Lucius Robinson Lucius Robinson Lucius Robinson was an American lawyer and politician. He was the 26th Governor of New York from 1877 to 1879.-Life:...
Mike McGloin Mike McGloin Mike McGloin was a 19th century criminal and leader of the Whyos, a New York City street gang.-Overview:An early member of the Whyos, Michael McGloin would rise to become leader of the gang by the late 1870s...	8 March 1883	Hanging	Murder of Louis Hanier	Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States. Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents...
George H. Mills	10 April 1885	Hanging	Murder of his wife. According to The New York Times The New York Times The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization... , he claimed he was insane when he killed her.	David B. Hill David B. Hill David Bennett Hill was an American politician from New York who was the 29th Governor of New York from 1885 to 1891.-Life:...
Roxana Druse Roxana Druse Roxana Druce née Flowers was the last woman hanged in the state of New York. Her botched execution resulted in the decision to replace the gallows with the electric chair in 1890....	28 February 1887	Hanging	Murder of her husband William Druse; last female to be hanged in New York	David B. Hill
Danny Lyons Danny Lyons Danny Lyons was, along with Danny Driscoll, the leader of the Whyos street gang during the 1870s and 1880s.A prominent member of the Whyos, a New York City street gang, Lyons led the gang with Danny Driscoll at their height during the late nineteenth century...	21 August 1888	Hanging	Murder of Joseph Quinn	David B. Hill
John Greenwall John Greenwall John Greenwall, also known as Johann Theodore Wild was a German immigrant to New York City who became the last person to be hanged in New York State...	6 December 1889	Hanging	Murder and burglary; last hanging in New York	David B. Hill
William Kemmler William Kemmler William Francis Kemmler of Buffalo, New York, was a convicted murderer and the first person in the world to be executed using an electric chair.-Early life:...	6 August 1890	Electric chair Electric chair Execution by electrocution, usually performed using an electric chair, is an execution method originating in the United States in which the condemned person is strapped to a specially built wooden chair and electrocuted through electrodes placed on the body...	Murder of his wife Tillie Ziegler; first use of the electric chair in the world	David B. Hill
Carlyle Harris Carlyle Harris Carlyle Harris was a New York medical student at New York College of Physicians and Surgeons who, the first of which would spark a series of "copy cat" poison murders to occur in New York during the early 1890s, murdered his young wife, Helen Potts, with an overdose of morphine in the form of...	7 May 1893	Electric chair	Murder of his wife, Helen Potts	Roswell P. Flower Roswell P. Flower Roswell Pettibone Flower was Governor of New York from 1892 to 1894.-Biography:He was a son of Nathan Monroe Flower and Mary Ann Flower, the sixth of nine children....
Bartholomew Shea	11 February 1896	Electric Chair	Murder of election reformer Robert Ross	Roswell P. Flower
Martha M. Place Martha M. Place Martha M. Place was the first woman to die in the electric chair. She was executed on March 20, 1899 at age 44, in Sing Sing prison for the murder of her stepdaughter Ida Place.-Background:...	20 March 1899	Electric chair	Murder of her daughter, Ida Place	Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity...
Leon F. Czolgosz	29 October 1901	Electric chair	Murder of US President William McKinley William McKinley William McKinley, Jr. was the 25th President of the United States . He is best known for winning fiercely fought elections, while supporting the gold standard and high tariffs; he succeeded in forging a Republican coalition that for the most part dominated national politics until the 1930s...	Benjamin Odell, Jr.
Chester Gillette Chester Gillette Chester Ellsworth Gillette , an American convicted murderer, became the basis for the fictional character Clyde Griffiths in the Theodore Dreiser novel, An American Tragedy, which in turn was the basis of the 1951 Academy Award-winning film A Place in the Sun.- Background :Gillette was born in...	30 March 1908	Electric chair	Murder of Grace Brown Grace Brown Grace Mae Brown was an American skirt factory worker whose murder caused a nationwide sensation, and whose life inspired the fictional character Roberta Alden in the Theodore Dreiser novel, An American Tragedy, as well as the Jennifer Donnelly novel, A Northern Light...	Charles Evans Hughes Charles Evans Hughes Charles Evans Hughes, Sr. was an American statesman, lawyer and Republican politician from New York. He served as the 36th Governor of New York , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States , United States Secretary of State , a judge on the Court of International Justice , and...
Harry Horowitz Harry Horowitz Harry Horowitz , also known as Gyp the Blood, was a Jewish-American underworld figure and a leader of the Lenox Avenue Gang in New York City.-Biography:...	13 April 1914	Electric chair	Murder of Herman "Beansie" Rosenthal	Martin H. Glynn Martin H. Glynn Martin Henry Glynn was an American politician. He was the 40th Governor of New York from 1913 to 1914, the first Irish American Roman Catholic head of government of what was then the most populated state of the US....
Charles Becker Charles Becker Charles Becker was a New York City police officer in the 1890s-1910s and who was tried, convicted and executed for ordering the murder of a Manhattan gambler, Herman Rosenthal in the Becker-Rosenthal trial. Becker was the first American police officer to receive the death penalty for murder...	30 July 1915	Electric chair	Murder of Herman "Beansie" Rosenthal	Charles S. Whitman Charles S. Whitman Charles Seymour Whitman served as the 41st Governor of New York from January 1915 to December 1918. He was also a delegate to Republican National Convention from New York in 1916.-Biography:...
Rickey Harrison Hudson Dusters The Hudson Dusters was a New York City street gang during the early twentieth century. Formed in the late 1890s by Circular Jack, Kid Yorke, and Goo Goo Knox the gang began operating from an apartment house on Hudson Street. Knox, a former member of the Gopher Gang, had fled after a failed attempt...	13 May 1920	Electric chair	Murder of Canadian soldier George Griffelns	Al Smith Al Smith Alfred Emanuel Smith. , known in private and public life as Al Smith, was an American statesman who was elected the 42nd Governor of New York three times, and was the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate in 1928...
Charles Goldson	6 January 1927	Electric chair	Murder of night watchman in Manhattan	Al Smith
Ruth Brown Snyder Ruth Snyder Ruth Brown Snyder was an American murderess. Her execution, in the electric chair at Sing Sing Prison, for the murder of her husband, Albert, was captured in a well-known photograph.-The crime:...	12 January 1928	Electric chair	Murder of her husband Albert Snyder with her lover, Judd Gray	Al Smith
Judd Gray	12 January 1928	Electric chair	Murder of Ruth Snyder Ruth Snyder Ruth Brown Snyder was an American murderess. Her execution, in the electric chair at Sing Sing Prison, for the murder of her husband, Albert, was captured in a well-known photograph.-The crime:... 's husband, Albert Snyder	Al Smith
Stephen "Bolly" Ziolkowski	May 29, 1930	Electric chair	Murder of John Perraton during robbery of Fedders Manufacturing company	Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...
Francis Crowley Francis Crowley Francis "Two Gun" Crowley was an American murderer and career criminal. His crime spree lasted nearly three months, ending in a two-hour shootout with the New York City Police Department in May 1931 viewed by 15,000 bystanders...	January 21, 1932	Electric chair	Murder of police officer Frederick Hirsch	Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...
Eva Coo Eva Coo Eva Coo was an American-Canadian murderer who was executed by electric chair at Sing Sing Prison.Born Eva Curry in Haliburton, Ontario, Canada, she moved to Toronto while a teenager...	27 June 1935	Electric chair	Murder of Henry Wright	Herbert H. Lehman Herbert H. Lehman Herbert Henry Lehman was a Democratic Party politician from New York. He was the 45th Governor of New York from 1933 to 1942, and represented New York in the United States Senate from 1950 to 1957.-Lehman Brothers:...
Albert Fish Albert Fish Hamilton Howard "Albert" Fish was an American serial killer. He was also known as the Gray Man, the Werewolf of Wysteria, the Brooklyn Vampire, the Moon Maniac and The Boogey Man. A child rapist and cannibal, he boasted that he "had children in every state," and at one time put the figure at...	16 January 1936	Electric chair	Murder of Grace Budd and two other children	Herbert H. Lehman
Mary Frances Creighton Mary Frances Creighton Mary Frances Creighton , was a 38-year-old housewife, who along with Everett Appelgate, a 36-year-old former American Legion official, were executed in Sing Sing Prison's electric chair, Old Sparky, for the poisoning of Appelgate's wife, Ada, in Baldwin, New York on September 27, 1935.-References:...	17 July 1936	Electric chair	Murder of Ada Applegate	Herbert H. Lehman
Everett Applegate	17 July 1936	Electric chair	Murder of his wife, Ada	Herbert H. Lehman
Harry Strauss Harry Strauss Harry "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss was a prolific contract killer for Murder, Inc. in the 1930s. He killed over thirty men using a variety of methods; shooting, stabbing with ice picks, drowning, live burial and strangling rope. Strauss never carried a weapon unless he was about to make a hit.Most...	12 June 1941	Electric chair	Member of Murder, Inc. Murder, Inc. Murder, Inc. was the name given by the press to organized crime groups in the 1920s through the 1940s that resulted in hundreds of murders on behalf of the American Mafia and Jewish Mafia groups who together formed the early organized crime groups in New York and...	Herbert H. Lehman
Martin Goldstein Martin Goldstein Martin "Buggsy" Goldstein was a member of a gang of hitmen, operating out of Brooklyn, New York in the 1930s, known as Murder, Inc.....	12 June 1941	Electric chair	Member of Murder, Inc. Murder, Inc. Murder, Inc. was the name given by the press to organized crime groups in the 1920s through the 1940s that resulted in hundreds of murders on behalf of the American Mafia and Jewish Mafia groups who together formed the early organized crime groups in New York and...	Herbert H. Lehman
Harry Maione Harry Maione Harry "Happy" Maione was a New York mobster who served as a hitman for Murder, Inc. during the 1930s...	19 February 1942	Electric chair	Member of Murder, Inc. Murder, Inc. Murder, Inc. was the name given by the press to organized crime groups in the 1920s through the 1940s that resulted in hundreds of murders on behalf of the American Mafia and Jewish Mafia groups who together formed the early organized crime groups in New York and...	Herbert H. Lehman
Frank Abbandando Frank Abbandando Frank Abbandando , nicknamed "The Dasher", was a New York contract killer who committed many murders as part of the infamous Murder, Inc. gang.-Early years:...	19 February 1942	Electric chair	Member of Murder, Inc. Murder, Inc. Murder, Inc. was the name given by the press to organized crime groups in the 1920s through the 1940s that resulted in hundreds of murders on behalf of the American Mafia and Jewish Mafia groups who together formed the early organized crime groups in New York and...	Herbert H. Lehman
Louis Buchalter Louis Buchalter Louis "Lepke" Buchalter was a Jewish American mobster and head of the Mafia hit squad Murder, Inc. during the 1930s. After Dutch Schultz' request of the Mafia Commission for permission to kill his enemy, U.S. Attorney Thomas Dewey, the Commission decided to kill Schultz in order to prevent the hit...	4 March 1944	Electric chair	Member of Murder, Inc. Murder, Inc. Murder, Inc. was the name given by the press to organized crime groups in the 1920s through the 1940s that resulted in hundreds of murders on behalf of the American Mafia and Jewish Mafia groups who together formed the early organized crime groups in New York and...	Thomas E. Dewey
Emanuel Weiss Emanuel Weiss Emanuel "Mendy" Weiss was a New York organized crime figure who was involved in drug trafficking and worked for the criminal organization known as Murder, Inc. during the 1930s and up to the time of his arrest in 1941...	4 March 1944	Electric chair	Member of Murder, Inc. Murder, Inc. Murder, Inc. was the name given by the press to organized crime groups in the 1920s through the 1940s that resulted in hundreds of murders on behalf of the American Mafia and Jewish Mafia groups who together formed the early organized crime groups in New York and...	Thomas E. Dewey
Louis Capone Louis Capone Louis Capone was a New York organized crime figure who became a supervisor for the notorious Murder Inc. Louis Capone was not related to the boss of the Chicago Outfit, Al Capone.-Murder, Inc.:...	4 March 1944	Electric chair	Member of Murder, Inc. Murder, Inc. Murder, Inc. was the name given by the press to organized crime groups in the 1920s through the 1940s that resulted in hundreds of murders on behalf of the American Mafia and Jewish Mafia groups who together formed the early organized crime groups in New York and...	Thomas E. Dewey
John M. Dunn John M. Dunn John M. "Cockeye" Dunn was a New York mobster involved in the numbers racket and labor racketeering as a top enforcer for his brother-in-law Eddie McGrath...	7 July 1949	Electric chair	Murder of Anthony "Andy" Hintz	Thomas E. Dewey
Andrew "Squint" Sheridan	7 July 1949	Electric chair	Murder of Anthony "Andy" Hintz	Thomas E. Dewey
Raymond Fernandez Raymond Fernandez Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck became known as "The Lonely Hearts Killers" after their arrest and trial for serial murder in 1949. Between 1947 and 1949 they are believed to have killed as many as twenty women...	8 March 1951	Electric chair	Murder of Paula Fay, Delphine Downing, and others	Thomas E. Dewey
Martha Beck Raymond Fernandez Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck became known as "The Lonely Hearts Killers" after their arrest and trial for serial murder in 1949. Between 1947 and 1949 they are believed to have killed as many as twenty women...	8 March 1951	Electric chair	Murder of Paula Fay, Delphine Downing, and others	Thomas E. Dewey
Julius Rosenberg	19 June 1953	Electric chair	Espionage	Thomas E. Dewey
Ethel Rosenberg	19 June 1953	Electric chair	Espionage	Thomas E. Dewey
Elmer "Trigger" Burke Elmer "Trigger" Burke Elmer "Trigger" Burke was a notorious hit man during the mid-to-late 1940s. He was brought up by his older brother, Charlie. In 1941, he was sent to reform school, but later had his sentence cut for joining the army, where he served in the Italian campaign. Later, he served a sentence of two years...	9 January 1958	Electric Chair	Murder of Edward "Poochy" Walsh	Averell Harriman
Henry Flakes	19 May 1960	Electric Chair	Murder of Joseph Friedman in a 1958 robbery	Nelson Rockefeller Nelson Rockefeller Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller was the 41st Vice President of the United States , serving under President Gerald Ford, and the 49th Governor of New York , as well as serving the Roosevelt, Truman and Eisenhower administrations in a variety of positions...
Eddie Mays Eddie Mays Eddie Lee Mays was convicted of murder and robbery in 1962 and executed by the State of New York in 1963. He was the last person executed by the State of New York....	15 August 1963	Electric chair	Murder and robbery. This was the last execution in New York prior to the death penalty being declared unconstitutional in New York.	Nelson Rockefeller

As a result of several United States Supreme Court decisions, capital punishment

Capital punishment in the United States

Capital punishment in the United States, in practice, applies only for aggravated murder and more rarely for felony murder. Capital punishment was a penalty at common law, for many felonies, and was enforced in all of the American colonies prior to the Declaration of Independence...

 was suspended in the United States from 1972 through 1976.

Since June 24, 2004, the New York State death penalty statute has been declared unconstitutional

Constitutionality

Constitutionality is the condition of acting in accordance with an applicable constitution. Acts that are not in accordance with the rules laid down in the constitution are deemed to be ultra vires.-See also:*ultra vires*Company law*Constitutional law...

 by the New York Court of Appeals

New York Court of Appeals

The New York Court of Appeals is the highest court in the U.S. state of New York. The Court of Appeals consists of seven judges: the Chief Judge and six associate judges who are appointed by the Governor to 14-year terms...

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