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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.
Nov 9, 2009 · Mary Surratt was an American boarding house owner who was convicted of taking part in the conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln. Sentenced to death, she was hanged, becoming the...
Apr 12, 2011 · Who Was Mary Surratt, Alleged Conspirator in the Lincoln Assassination? The widowed boardinghouse owner went to the gallows for her role in John Wilkes Booth's plot to kill the 16th president.
Mar 6, 2017 · A picture gallery of images connected with the trial and execution of Mary Surratt, convicted of being a co-conspirator in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. She asserted her innocence.
Jun 30, 2015 · Among them was Mary Surratt, who was the first woman to be executed by the federal government—but whose story remains a mystery to this day. Surratt stands at the border of Civil...
Mary Surratt (born May/June 1823, near Waterloo, Maryland, U.S.—died July 7, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was an American boardinghouse operator, who, with three others, was convicted of conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln.
Aug 28, 2013 · Early in the afternoon of July 7, 1865, Mary Surratt entered the courtyard of the Old Arsenal Prison in Washington, D.C. Behind her filed three other who had plotted to kill President...
Mar 22, 2024 · Mary Surratt is known for her contentious role in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, in 1865. Prior to Lincoln’s murder, Surratt would have been regarded as an ordinary woman living a typical middle-class existence.
Mar 4, 2019 · Mary Surratt was executed by hanging, with three others convicted of being part of the conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln, in Washington, DC, on July 7, 1865, less than three months after the assassination.
At 1:22pm on July 7, 1865, Mary Surratt became the first woman ever to be executed by the United States government. Surratt, Lewis Powell (aka Lewis Payne), David Herold, and George Atzerodt were all involved in John Wilkes Booth’s elaborate plot to completely disrupt the Union government by killing President Abraham Lincoln, Vice President ...
