Clyde Arwood

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.

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