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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of West Virginia from 1861 to 1959. Capital punishment was abolished in West Virginia in 1965. [ 1 ] From 1861 to 1959, 112 people have been executed in West Virginia, [ 2 ] 102 by hanging , 9 by electrocution and 1 by hanging in chains .
J. R. Clifford, journalist, first African-American lawyer in West Virginia; founder of the Pioneer Press; George Esper, newspaper reporter; known for his coverage of the Vietnam War for the Associated Press; John S. Knight, newspaper publisher and editor; Hoda Kotb, television reporter; host of Today; Molly Line, news correspondent for Fox News ...
West Virginia History. West Virginia Historical Society. ISSN 0043-325X. Delf Norona (1958). West Virginia Imprints, 1790-1863: A Checklist of Books, Newspapers, Periodicals and Broadsides. Moundsville: West Virginia Library Association. OCLC 863601 – via Internet Archive. G. Thomas Tanselle (1971). "General Studies: West Virginia".
An Appalachian New Deal: West Virginia in the Great Depression (West Virginia University Press, 1998) 316 pp. ISBN 978-1-933202-51-8; Trotter Jr., Joe William. Coal, Class, and Color: Blacks in Southern West Virginia, 1915–32 (1990) William, John Alexander. West Virginia and the Captains of Industry (1976), economic history of late 19th century.
Classification: People: By nationality: American: By state: West Virginia Also: Countries: United States: States: West Virginia: People For more information, see List of people from West Virginia This category includes people who were identified with the future West Virginia before the partition of Virginia in 1863
Joshua Dotson has been sentenced to a total of 261 years in jail. He was connected to three other murders after killing his pregnant girlfriend and her unborn baby in June 2020, authorities have said
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. (April 16, 1923 – January 7, 2015) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as the 28th and 30th governor of West Virginia.He held office from 1969 to 1977 and again from 1985 to 1989, making him the longest-serving governor in the state's history with 12 years in office.
Reeves, a convicted rapist, is suspected in two similar murders in Virginia and multiple sexual assaults across North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee. Henry Louis Wallace [70] Raped and killed nine women between 1990 and 1994. 28 years, 30 days Known as "The Taco Bell Strangler". Wallace confessed to the murders of eleven women. Lesley Eugene ...