Section: CrisisDB / US Political Violence Database
🇺🇸 US Political Violence Database
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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.
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.
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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
1601 1868 Aug, 1st Riot Race   Arkansas (AR), Bradley, Columbia 10   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1602 1868 Aug, 1st Riot Race   Georgia (GA), Atlanta 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1603 1868 Jul, 1st Riot Race   Arkansas (AR), Louisville, Lafayette 20   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1604 1868 Jul, 1st Riot Race   Texas (TX), Milligan 10   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
1605 1868 Jul, 1st Riot Race   Texas (TX) 5   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1606 1868 Jul, 1st Lynching Race   Tennessee (TN), Maury 3   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1607 1868 Jul, 1st Lynching Race   Texas (TX), Columbia 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1608 1868 Jun, 1st Lynching Race   Tennessee (TN), Pulaski 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1609 1868 May, 1st Lynching Race   Arkansas (AR), Woodruff 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1610 1868 May, 1st Riot Race   UNKNOWN (UNK), Memphis 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
1611 1868 May, 1st Lynching Race   Louisiana (LA), Bienville 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1612 1868 May, 1st Assassination Political, Race   Louisiana (LA), Claiborne 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1613 1868 Mar, 1st Assassination Political   Georgia (GA), Columbus 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1614 1868 Mar, 1st Riot Section   Tennessee (TN), Nashville 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1615 1868 Feb, 1st Lynching Extralegal, Race   Tennessee (TN), Columbia 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1616 1868 Jan, 1st Riot Race   Louisiana (LA), Northern Louisiana 192   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1617 1868 Jan, 1st Riot Race   Florida (FL), Jackson 150   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1618 1868 Jan, 1st Riot Race   Georgia (GA) 31   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1619 1868 Jan, 1st Riot Section   Kentucky (KY), Southwestern KY 7   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1620 1868 Jan, 1st Riot Race   Texas (TX), Jefferson, Marion 3   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1621 1868 Jan, 1st Riot Race   Alabama (AL), Tennessee Valley 3   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1622 1868 Jan, 1st Riot Race   Texas (TX), Panola 3   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1623 1868 Jan, 1st Riot Race   Louisiana (LA), St. Helena 3   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1624 1868 Jan, 1st Riot Race, Section   Texas (TX), Jefferson 3   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1625 1868 Jan, 1st Lynching Section   Texas (TX), Columbus 2   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1626 1868 Jan, 1st Lynching Race   Alabama (AL), Moulton 2   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1627 1868 Jan, 1st Riot Section   Tennessee (TN), Fayetteville, Lincoln 2   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1628 1868 Jan, 1st Lynching Extralegal   Kentucky (KY), Nicholasville 2   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1629 1868 Jan, 1st Riot Political   Alabama (AL), Huntsville 2   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1630 1868 Jan, 1st Assassination Political   Arkansas (AR), AR 1 Kirkham Et Al 1970   📰
1631 1868 Jan, 1st Riot Race   Virginia (VA), Giles, Pulaski 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1632 1868 Jan, 1st Assassination Political   Montana (MT) 1 Kirkham Et Al 1970   📰
1633 1868 Jan, 1st Assassination Political   California (CA), Los Angeles 1 Kirkham Et Al 1970   📰
1634 1868 Jan, 1st Lynching Race, Section   Tennessee (TN), Maury 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1635 1868 Jan, 1st Lynching Extralegal   Tennessee (TN), Nashville 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1636 1867 Oct, 1st Riot Race   Maryland (MD), Baltimore 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
1637 1867 Sep, 1st Riot Race   Kentucky (KY), Walling 1   The New York Times   📰
1638 1867 Aug, 1st Riot Race   Arkansas (AR), Marion 2   The New York Times   📰
1639 1867 Jul, 1st Riot Political   Tennessee (TN), Rogersville 9   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
1640 1867 Jul, 1st Riot Political   Tennessee (TN), Franklin 5   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
1641 1867 Jul, 1st Riot Political   Tennessee (TN), Rogersville 2   The New York Times   📰
1642 1867 May, 1st Riot Section   Alabama (AL), Mobile 2   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1643 1867 Apr, 1st Riot Race   Virginia (VA), Yorktown 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
1644 1867 Feb, 1st Riot Labor   Pennsylvania (PA), Tuscarora 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1645 1867 Jan, 1st Assassination Political   Tennessee (TN), Nashville 3   The New York Times   📰
1646 1867 Jan, 1st Riot Race   South Carolina (SC), Hunnicutt's Crossing 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1647 1867 Jan, 1st Assassination Political   Georgia (GA) 1 Kirkham Et Al 1970   📰
1648 1867 Jan, 1st Assassination Political   New Mexico (NM) 1 Kirkham Et Al 1970   📰
1649 1866 Dec, 1st Lynching Extralegal   Texas (TX), Belton Bell 2   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1650 1866 Dec, 1st Riot Section   Tennessee (TN), Nashville 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1651 1866 Nov, 1st Lynching Race   South Carolina (SC), Orangeburg 2   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1652 1866 Oct, 1st Riot Labor, Race   Tennessee (TN), Shelby 2   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1653 1866 Jul, 1st Riot Political, Race   Louisiana (LA), New Orleans 38   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1654 1866 Jun, 1st Riot Labor, Race   Tennessee (TN), Burgett Plantation 2   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1655 1866 May, 1st Riot Race   Tennessee (TN), Memphis 48   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1656 1866 Apr, 1st Riot Political, Race   Virginia (VA), Norfolk 5   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1657 1866 Feb, 1st Riot Section   Tennessee (TN), Knoxville 2   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1658 1866 Jan, 1st Lynching Section   Missouri (MO), SW Missourri 10   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1659 1866 Jan, 1st Lynching Race   North Carolina (NC), Pitt 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1660 1865 Dec, 1st Riot Race   Virginia (VA), Alexandria 16   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1661 1865 Sep, 1st Riot Race, Section   Tennessee (TN), Springfield 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1662 1865 Jul, 1st Riot Military   Illinois (IL), Chicago 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
1663 1865 Jul, 1st Riot Race   South Carolina (SC), Charleston 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1664 1865 Jun, 1st Riot Military   New York (NY), New York City 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
1665 1865 Jan, 1st Riot Race   Georgia (GA), Augusta 6   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1666 1865 Jan, 1st Assassination Political   Washington (WA), Washington, D.C., District of Columbia 1 Kirkham Et Al 1970   📰
1667 1864 Oct, 1st Riot Political   Pennsylvania (PA), Philadelphia 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
1668 1864 Mar, 1st Riot Section   Illinois (IL), Charleston 9   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1669 1864 Mar, 1st Riot Section   Ohio (OH), Dayton 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
1670 1864 Mar, 1st Riot Section   Illinois (IL), Calhoun 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1671 1864 Feb, 1st Lynching Extralegal   Nevada (NV), Aurora 4   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1672 1864 Feb, 1st Riot Military   New York (NY), Elmira 2   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
1673 1864 Feb, 1st Lynching Section   Missouri (MO) 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1674 1864 Feb, 1st Riot Section   Illinois (IL), Paris 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1675 1863 Dec, 1st Lynching Extralegal   California (CA), Los Angeles 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1676 1863 Dec, 1st Lynching Extralegal   California (CA), Los Angeles 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1677 1863 Nov, 1st Lynching Extralegal   Montana (MT) 30   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1678 1863 Nov, 1st Lynching Extralegal   California (CA), Los Angeles 5   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1679 1863 Nov, 1st Riot Political   Pennsylvania (PA), Carbon 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1680 1863 Aug, 1st Riot Political   Illinois (IL), Dawville 5   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1681 1863 Aug, 1st Riot Section   Iowa (IA), South English, Keokuk 3   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1682 1863 Aug, 1st Riot Section   Pennsylvania (PA), Philadelphia 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1683 1863 Jul, 1st Riot Political   New York (NY), New York City 1000   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
1684 1863 Jul, 1st Riot Political   Massachusetts (MA), Boston 3   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
1685 1863 Jul, 1st Riot   New York (NY), Staten Island 3   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
1686 1863 Jul, 1st Lynching Race   Texas (TX), San Antonio 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1687 1863 Jun, 1st Riot Political   Illinois (IL), Chicago 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1688 1863 Jun, 1st Lynching Race   New York (NY), Newburgh 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1689 1863 Jun, 1st Riot Section   Indiana (IN), Rush 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1690 1863 May, 1st Riot Section   Ohio (OH), Dayton 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1691 1863 Mar, 1st Riot Race   Michigan (MI), Detroit 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1692 1863 Jan, 1st Riot Political   North Carolina (NC), Madison 4   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1693 1863 Jan, 1st Riot Labor   New York (NY), Buffallo 3   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1694 1862 Sep, 1st Riot Political   Pennsylvania (PA), Luzerne 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1695 1862 Aug, 1st Riot Military   New York (NY), New York City 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
1696 1862 Jul, 1st Riot Race   Ohio (OH), Toledo 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1697 1862 Jul, 1st Riot Race   Indiana (IN), New Albany 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1698 1862 Mar, 1st Lynching Extralegal   California (CA), Lake Elizabeth 5   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1699 1862 Jan, 1st Riot Political   North Carolina (NC), Madison 4   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
1700 1861 Oct, 1st Lynching Extralegal   California (CA), Los Angeles 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰