The following is a list of people executed by the United States federal government.
Sixteen executions (none of them military) have occurred in the modern post-Gregg era. Since 1976, sixteen people have been executed under federal jurisdiction by the United States federal government. All were executed by lethal injection at the United States Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana.
From 1790 to 1963, there were at least 332 Federal, 271 Territorial and 40 Indian Tribunal executions according to the most complete records. The youngest person sentenced to death and subsequently executed was James Arcene, who was executed at the age of 23 on June 18, 1885, for his role in a robbery and murder committed when he was 10 years old.
Between 1942 and 1961, a total of 160 soldiers convicted of criminal offences were executed by the U.S. military, most of them during World War II. This figure does not include individuals executed by the U.S. military for varied contraventions of the laws of war during wartime. The most recent person to be executed by the military is U.S. Army Private John A. Bennett, executed on April 13, 1961, for rape and attempted murder. On January 31, 1945, Private Eddie Slovik was the last American soldier to be executed for the military offence of desertion.