19th-century American murderers

American outlaw and gunfighter (1859–1881)

John Brown was an American abolitionist in the decades preceding the Civil War. First reaching national prominence in the 1850s for his radical abolitionism and fighting in Bleeding Kansas, Brown was captured, tried, and executed by the Commonwealth of Virginia for a raid and incitement of a slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859.

American outlaw, confederate guerrilla, and train robber

Hamilton Howard "Albert" Fish was an American serial killer, rapist, child molester and cannibal who committed at least three child murders between July 1924 and June 1928. He was also known as the Gray Man, the Werewolf of Wysteria, the Brooklyn Vampire, the Moon Maniac, and the Boogey Man. Fish was a suspect in at least ten murders during his lifetime, although he only confessed to three murders that police were able to trace to a known homicide. He also confessed to stabbing at least two other people.

American con artist and serial killer (1861–1896)

American slave rebellion leader (1800-1831)

American murderer (1860–1890)

Charles Julius Guiteau was an American office seeker who assassinated 20th United States president James A. Garfield in 1881. A failed lawyer suffering from mental illness, Guiteau delusionally believed he had played a major role in Garfield's election victory, for which he should have been rewarded with a consulship. Guiteau felt frustrated and offended by the Garfield administration's rejections of his applications to serve in Vienna or Paris to such a degree that he shot Garfield in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. Garfield died on September 19 from infections related to the wounds. Caught immediately after shooting Garfield, Guiteau was tried, convicted, and publicly executed by hanging on June 30, 1882.

Norwegian-American serial killer

American upholsterer, radical labor activist, and newspaper editor (1855-1887)

American Old West character (1853–1895)

American serial killer (1854–1938)

American anarchist and trade union activist (1864–1887)

American socialist and anarchist newspaper editor (1848–1887)

American outlaw (1862-1892)

American murderer who became the first woman to die in the electric chair

25th governor of Missouri (1833 to 1887)

Confederate Army officer (1833-1916)

Governor of Texas, Confederate States of America general, Texas A&M University president (1838-1898)

Kintpuash (c. 1837 – October 3, 1873), also known as Kientpoos, Keintpoos, or by his English name Captain Jack, was a prominent Modoc leader from present-day northern California and southern Oregon. His name in the Modoc language translates to "strikes the water brashly." Kintpuash is best known for leading his people in resisting forced relocation during the Modoc War of 1872–1873. Using the rugged terrain of the Lava Beds in California, his small band of warriors held off vastly superior US Army forces for several months. He remains the only Native American leader to be charged with war crim

German anarchist and labor union (1858–1887)

former Methodist pastor and colonel in the United States Volunteers

US military officer and diplomat (1837–1911)

Union general in the American Civil War (1828–1879)

United States fugitive enslaved person

American murderer (1859–1932)

German anarchist (1836–1887)

American politician (1863-1939) and Governor from Louisiana

Youngest child sentenced to death/excuted at age 23

American executed murderer (1802–1826)

American gunman (1863–1901)

American sheriff (1832–1864)

Leader in the LDS Church (1812-1877)

American convict (1868–1950)

serial killer in Austin, Texas, USA between 1884-1885

American anarchist (1853-1898)

Murderer of Wild Bill Hickok

Confederate Army soldier (1846-1868)

American murderer (1793–1820)

Irish-American serial killer

man enslaved in United States

United States Army general (1800-1889)

American baseball player and murderer

American pirate

American outlaw

Wrongfully convicted of murder in Britain

U.S. American murder

American outlaw

American outlaw (1876-1896)

American politician

The late 19th century cattle rustler and highwayman in the American Wild West

American outlaw (1849-1929)

American academic (1793-1850)

American rebel (1834-1859)

American outlaw, born 1861

American outlaw

US Army officer and explorer (1840-1892)