Section: CrisisDB / US Political Violence Database
🇺🇸 US Political Violence Database
(Paginated Mode)
Collection of historical records of violent incidents in the United States, spanning from 1782 to the present day. The dataset is categorized by date, incident type, subtypes, casualties, geographical location of the violence, documented fatalities, and the authoritative sources from which this data is derived. Additionally, each entry includes a detailed narrative describing the specific circumstances surrounding the violent incident.
This dataset is still a work in progress, especially for the 2010–2025 period. Suggestions for missing events are welcome. Please contact us at seshatghd@gmail.com.
For the explanation of the methodology underlying this data collection, see:
Turchin, P. 2012. Dynamics of Political Instability in the United States, 1780–2010. Journal of Peace Research 4:577-591.
Metadata:

Term Definition
Riot A group (12 or more people) attempting to impose their will through the use of lethal force outside the normal bounds of law (“group on group”)
Lynching A group of people killing one or few persons (“group on individual”)
Terrorism One or few people attempting to kill many members of a certain social category: racial, ethnic, government, school, business, society as a whole (“individual on group”)
Assassination One or few people killing another individual belonging to a certain social category (“individual on individual”)
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# Date Type Subtype(s)   Location(s) Fatalities Source(s) Narrative Edit
901 1919 Aug, 1st Riot Labor   Colorado (CO), Denver 4   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
902 1919 Aug, 1st Riot Prison   Connecticut (CT), Wethersfield 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
903 1919 Aug, 1st Lynching Race   Georgia (GA) 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
904 1919 Aug, 1st Lynching Race   Georgia (GA), Pope City 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
905 1919 Aug, 1st Riot Race   Georgia (GA) 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
906 1919 Jul, 1st Riot Race   Illinois (IL), Chicago 38   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States, Waskon   📰
907 1919 Jul, 1st Riot Race   Virginia (VA), Norfolk 6   The New York Times   📰
908 1919 Jul, 1st Riot Race   Washington (WA), Washington, D.C., District of Columbia 5   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
909 1919 Jul, 1st Riot Race   Arizona (AZ), Bisbee 5 EARR: earr   📰
910 1919 Jul, 1st Riot Race   Texas (TX), Longview 4 EARR: earr   📰
911 1919 Jul, 1st Riot Labor   Illinois (IL), Argos 2   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
912 1919 Jul, 1st Riot Labor   Illinois (IL), Argo 2   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
913 1919 Jul, 1st Riot Race   Georgia (GA), Dublin 1   The New York Times   📰
914 1919 Jul, 1st Riot Race   Pennsylvania (PA), Philadelphia 1   Wikipedia   📰
915 1919 Jun, 1st Terrorism Political   UNKNOWN (UNK), USA, mulitple locations 2   Wikipedia   📰
916 1919 Jun, 1st Riot Race   Illinois (IL), Chicago 2   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
917 1919 Jun, 1st Lynching Race   Mississippi (MS), Ellisville 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
918 1919 May, 1st Riot Race   South Carolina (SC), Charleston 3   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
919 1919 May, 1st Riot Race   Georgia (GA), Milan 2 EARR: earr   📰
920 1919 May, 1st Lynching Race   Mississippi (MS), Pickens 2   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
921 1919 May, 1st Lynching Race   Mississippi (MS), Laurel 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
922 1919 May, 1st Lynching Race   Mississippi (MS), Vicksburg 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
923 1919 May, 1st Lynching Extralegal   Missouri (MO), Lamar 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
924 1919 May, 1st Lynching Race   Georgia (GA), Warrington 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
925 1919 May, 1st Riot Race   Georgia (GA), Sylvester 1   The New York Times   📰
926 1919 May, 1st Riot Political   UNKNOWN (UNK), Cleveland 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
927 1919 Apr, 1st Riot Race   Georgia (GA), Mullen 7   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
928 1919 Apr, 1st Riot Race   Georgia (GA), Ocmulgee 1   The New York Times   📰
929 1919 Feb, 1st Riot Extralegal, Race   Georgia (GA), Berkeley Lake 4   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
930 1919 Feb, 1st Riot Race   Georgia (GA), Blakely 4   The New York Times   📰
931 1919 Jan, 1st Riot Labor, Race   Louisiana (LA), Bogalusa 4 EARR: earr   📰
932 1919 Jan, 1st Riot Labor, Race   Ohio (OH), Youngstown 2 EARR: earr   📰
933 1919 Jan, 1st Riot Labor, Race   Florida (FL), Mulberry 2 EARR: earr   📰
934 1919 Jan, 1st Lynching Race   Georgia (GA), Macon 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
935 1919 Jan, 1st Lynching Race   Georgia (GA), Lincolnton 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
936 1919 Jan, 1st Lynching Race   Georgia (GA), Buena Vista 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
937 1919 Jan, 1st Riot Military   Virginia (VA), Norfolk 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
938 1919 Jan, 1st Lynching Race   Georgia (GA), Americus 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
939 1918 Dec, 1st Lynching Race   Mississippi (MS), Shubuta 4   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
940 1918 Nov, 1st Riot Extralegal, Race   North Carolina (NC), Winston-Salem 5   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
941 1918 Aug, 1st Lynching Race   Georgia (GA), Colquitt 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
942 1918 Aug, 1st Lynching Race   Mississippi (MS), Natchez 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
943 1918 Aug, 1st Lynching Race   Georgia (GA), Macon 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
944 1918 Aug, 1st Riot Race   New Jersey (NJ), Camp Merritt 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
945 1918 Aug, 1st Lynching Race   Louisiana (LA), Bastrop 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
946 1918 Jul, 1st Riot Race   Pennsylvania (PA), Philadelphia 4   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
947 1918 Jul, 1st Lynching Race   Texas (TX), Ben Hur 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
948 1918 Jun, 1st Lynching Extralegal   Texas (TX) 6   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
949 1918 Jun, 1st Lynching Race   Oklahoma (OK), Madill 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
950 1918 Jun, 1st Lynching Extralegal   Louisiana (LA), Mangham 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
951 1918 Jun, 1st Lynching Extralegal   Arkansas (AR), Earle 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
952 1918 May, 1st Riot Race   Georgia (GA), Brooks Flowndes 11   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
953 1918 May, 1st Lynching Extralegal   Georgia (GA), Cordele 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
954 1918 May, 1st Lynching Race   Florida (FL), Miami 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
955 1918 May, 1st Lynching Race   Alabama (AL), Rel Level 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
956 1918 May, 1st Lynching Race   Tennessee (TN), Erwin 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
957 1918 May, 1st Lynching Race   Georgia (GA), Barnesville 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
958 1918 Apr, 1st Lynching Extralegal   Kentucky (KY), Lexington 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
959 1918 Apr, 1st Lynching Political   Illinois (IL), Collinsville 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
960 1918 Apr, 1st Lynching Extralegal   California (CA), Monroe 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
961 1918 Apr, 1st Lynching Extralegal, Race   Mississippi (MS), Poplarville 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
962 1918 Mar, 1st Lynching Race   Georgia (GA), Crawfordville 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
963 1918 Mar, 1st Riot Labor   Illinois (IL), Hillsboro 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
964 1918 Mar, 1st Lynching Race   Louisiana (LA), Monroe 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
965 1918 Mar, 1st Lynching Race   North Carolina (NC), Lewiston 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
966 1918 Feb, 1st Lynching Race   Louisiana (LA), Delhi 3   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
967 1918 Feb, 1st Lynching Race   Tennessee (TN), Estill Springs 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
968 1918 Feb, 1st Lynching Race   Tennessee (TN), Estill Springs 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
969 1918 Feb, 1st Lynching Race   Georgia (GA), Aberdeen 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
970 1918 Feb, 1st Lynching Race   Tennessee (TN), Estill Springs 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
971 1918 Jan, 1st Riot Race   Pennsylvania (PA), Chester 5 EARR: earr   📰
972 1918 Jan, 1st Lynching Race   Georgia (GA), Valdosta 4 EARR: earr   📰
973 1918 Jan, 1st Lynching Race   Mississippi (MS), Hazelhurst 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
974 1917 Dec, 1st Riot   Connecticut (CT), Bridgeport 2   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
975 1917 Dec, 1st Lynching Race   Wyoming (WY), Rock Spring 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
976 1917 Dec, 1st Lynching Race   Georgia (GA), Metter 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
977 1917 Dec, 1st Lynching Race   Tennessee (TN), Dyersburg 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
978 1917 Nov, 1st Terrorism Political   Wisconsin (WI), Milwaukee 10   Wikipedia   📰
979 1917 Nov, 1st Lynching Race   West Virginia (WV), Welch 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
980 1917 Nov, 1st Lynching Race   Georgia (GA) 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
981 1917 Oct, 1st Riot Other   New Jersey (NJ), Jersey City 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
982 1917 Oct, 1st Lynching Race   Louisiana (LA), New Orleans 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
983 1917 Oct, 1st Lynching Race   Virginia (VA), Danville 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
984 1917 Sep, 1st Riot Labor   Wisconsin (WI), Milwaukee 2   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
985 1917 Sep, 1st Lynching Race   Texas (TX), Goose Creek 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
986 1917 Sep, 1st Riot Political   Pennsylvania (PA), Philadelphia 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
987 1917 Aug, 1st Riot Military   Texas (TX), Houston 20   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
988 1917 Aug, 1st Riot Labor   Ohio (OH), Lima 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
989 1917 Aug, 1st Lynching Labor   Montana (MT), Butte 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
990 1917 Aug, 1st Lynching Race   Virginia (VA), Heathsville 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
991 1917 Jul, 1st Riot Labor, Race   Missouri (MO), St. Louis 150   Wikipedia   📰
992 1917 Jul, 1st Riot Race   Pennsylvania (PA), Chester 6   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
993 1917 Jul, 1st Riot Labor   Arizona (AZ), Bisbee 2   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
994 1917 Jul, 1st Riot Labor   Missouri (MO), Flat River 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
995 1917 Jun, 1st Riot Prison   Illinois (IL), Joliet Penitentiary 1 Leeke 1973: South Carolina Dept. of Corrections   📰
996 1917 May, 1st Lynching Extralegal   Tennessee (TN), Memphis 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
997 1917 May, 1st Riot Race   New York (NY), New York City 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
998 1917 Mar, 1st Riot Economic   Pennsylvania (PA), Philadelphia 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
999 1917 Feb, 1st Riot Labor   Pennsylvania (PA), Philadelphia 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1000 1916 Nov, 1st Riot Labor   Washington (WA), Everett 7   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰