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James David "JD" Vance [a] (né Bowman; formerly Hamel; [b] born August 2, 1984) is an American politician, author, and Marine veteran who has served since 2023 as the junior United States senator from Ohio.
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas between 1880 and 1889. ... George Young: Black: 31: M: 08-May-1886: Murder 144: Irvine Murray:
Mary Elizabeth Surratt (née Jenkins; 1820 or May 1823 – July 7, 1865) was an American boarding house owner in Washington, D.C., who was convicted of taking part in the conspiracy which led to the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
It was the first execution in the state since 1964. [1] Texas, which is the second most populous state of the Union, has executed 589 offenders since the U.S. capital punishment resumption in 1976 (beginning in 1982 with the Brooks execution) to August 7, 2024 (the execution of Arthur Lee Burton)—more than a third of the national total. [2]
George William Harris (born 20 October 1949) is a British actor. His notable roles include Kingsley Shacklebolt in the Harry Potter film series , Captain Simon Katanga in Raiders of the Lost Ark and Clive King in the BBC medical drama Casualty , where he was one of the original cast members.
George Peppard (/ p ə ˈ p ɑːr d /; October 1, 1928 – May 8, 1994) was an American actor. He secured a major role as struggling writer Paul Varjak when he starred alongside Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), [ 1 ] and later portrayed a character based on Howard Hughes in The Carpetbaggers (1964).
George W. Barrett (February 28, 1887 – March 24, 1936), also known as "The Diamond King" and "Bad George," [1] was an American car thief and murderer who became the first person sentenced to death by hanging under a congressional act that made it a capital offense to kill a federal agent. [1] [2]
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Florida since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. The total amounts to 105 people. Of the 105 people executed, 44 have been executed by electrocution and 61 have been executed by lethal injection .