- Clyde Arwood
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Clyde Arwood (died August 14, 1943[1]) was the only person ever executed by the United States Federal Government in Tennessee[2][3]. He was convicted for killing a federal agent during a moonshine raid. Murdering of a federal employee is a federal capital crime.
Arwood was put to death by electric chair[4] in Tennessee State Penitentiary in Nashville.[5] He was 24 at time of his death.
Arwood was the last federal inmate executed under administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
References
- ^ http://users.bestweb.net/~rg/execution/DATA%20FEDERAL.htm
- ^ [1] at www.deathrowspeaks.info
- ^ Execution in Tennessee - Feature Edition - jacksonsun.com
- ^ http://www.hawaii.edu/hivandaids/Tennessee_Department_of_Corrections_Executions.pdf
- ^ [2] at www.deathrowspeaks.info
Categories:- 1943 deaths
- People executed by electric chair
- People executed by the United States federal government
- Executed American people
- American people convicted of murdering police officers
- People convicted of murder by the United States federal government
- People from Lauderdale County, Tennessee
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