List of people executed in New Hampshire

The following is a list of people executed in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. Between 1739 and 1939, during which New Hampshire was first the Province of New Hampshire and then became a U.S. state, 24 people were so punished. The sole method used was hanging.

Capital punishment in New Hampshire was abolished on May 30, 2019; however, the abolition was not retroactive and one inmate, Michael K. Addison, remains on the state's death row. Should the state carry out his execution, it would be by lethal injection, with hanging as an alternative should lethal injection be ruled unconstitutional or found inefficient, or if the inmate so requested.

List New Hampshire had public executions through 1868, which were held (after becoming a U.S. state) at county seats. Executions then moved to the state capital, Concord, held at the state prison.

NameRaceAgeSexDate of executionCountyCrimeVictim(s)GovernorSarah SimpsonWhite27FDecember 27, 1739RockinghamMurder Her illegitimate daughter, newborn, whiteJonathan BelcherPenelope KennyWhite20FHer illegitimate child, newborn, whiteEliphaz DowWhite50MMay 8, 1755RockinghamMurder Peter Clough, whiteBenning WentworthRuth BlayWhite31FDecember 30, 1768RockinghamConcealing childbirth Her illegitimate child, newborn, whiteJohn WentworthElisha ThomasWhiteMJune 3, 1788StraffordMurder Capt. Peter Downe, whiteJohn SullivanThomas PowersMixed19MJuly 28, 1796GraftonRape John Taylor GilmanJosiah BurnhamWhite63MAugust 12, 1806GraftonMurder Capt. Joseph Starkweather and Russell Freeman, whiteJohn LangdonDaniel FarmerWhite28MJanuary 3, 1822HillsboroughMurder Anna Ayers, whiteSamuel BellAbraham PrescottWhite18MJanuary 6, 1836MerrimackMurder-Rape Sally Cochrane, whiteWilliam BadgerAndrew HowardWhiteMJuly 8, 1846StraffordMurder-Burglary Phoebe Hanson, whiteAnthony ColbyRev. Enos DudleyWhiteMMay 23, 1849GraftonMurder Female, white (wife)Jared W. WilliamsSamuel MillsWhite28MMay 6, 1868GraftonMurder-Robbery George Maxwell, 65, whiteWalter HarrimanJosiah PikeWhite31MNovember 9, 1869Rockingham Murder-Burglary Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brown, elderly, whiteOnslow StearnsFranklin B. EvansWhite67MFebruary 17, 1874Rockingham Murder-Rape Georgianna Lovering, 14, white (niece)Ezekiel A. StrawElwin MajorWhite29MJanuary 5, 1877Hillsborough Murder Ida Lovejoy Major, 17, white (wife)Person Colby CheneyJoseph LaPageWhite38MMarch 15, 1878Merrimack Murder-Rape Josie Langmaid, 17, whiteBenjamin F. PrescottJohn PinkhamWhite50MMarch 14, 1879Strafford Murder Mrs. Berry, whiteJoseph BuzzellWhite42MJuly 10, 1879Carroll Murder Susan Hanson, white (ex-fiancée)Nathaniel HeadThomas SamonWhite36MApril 17, 1885Belknap Murder Three people, whiteSamuel W. HaleJames PalmerWhite21MMay 1, 1890Rockingham Murder Henry T. Whitehouse, whiteDavid H. GoodellFrank AlmyWhite35MMay 16, 1893GraftonMurder-Rape Christie Warden, 25, whiteJohn Butler SmithOscar ComeryWhite34MFebruary 18, 1916Hillsborough Murder Female, white (wife)Rolland H. SpauldingFrederick L. SmallWhite51MJanuary 15, 1918Carroll Murder Florence Arlene Small, 37, white (wife)Henry W. KeyesHoward LongWhite33MJuly 14, 1939Merrimack Murder Mark Neville Jensen, 10, whiteFrancis P. Murphy

See also Capital punishment in the United States

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External links Executions in the U.S. 1608–1987: The Espy File (by state) (PDF)