Lincoln Conspirators Hanged: First U.S. Woman Executed
Mary Surratt went to the gallows first. Then George Atzerodt, David Herold, and Lewis Powell. Four people hanged in the yard of the Old Capitol Prison on a sweltering July afternoon in 1865. Surratt became the first woman executed by the U.S. federal government — her son had escaped capture. Atzerodt had lost his nerve the night of the assassination and never raised a hand against Vice President Johnson. He hanged anyway. The trial had lasted seven weeks. The executions lasted minutes.
July 7, 1865
161 years ago
Key Figures & Places
assassination of Abraham Lincoln
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George Atzerodt
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David Herold
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Lewis Powell
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Mary Surratt
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George Atzerodt
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David Herold
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Lewis Powell (conspirator)
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Mary Surratt
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John Wilkes Booth
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Abraham Lincoln
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