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.
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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
801 1929 Oct, 1st Riot Prison   Colorado (CO), Canon City 13   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
802 1929 Oct, 1st Riot Prison   Colorado (CO), Colorado State Penitentiary 12   The New York Times   📰
803 1929 Oct, 1st Riot Labor   North Carolina (NC), Marion 6   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
804 1929 Sep, 1st Riot Political   North Carolina (NC), Gastonia 1   The New York Times   📰
805 1929 Aug, 1st Riot Labor   New York (NY), New York City 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
806 1929 Aug, 1st Riot Prison   Kansas (KS), Leavenworth 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
807 1929 Jul, 1st Riot Prison   New York (NY), Auburn 6 Leeke 1973: South Carolina Dept. of Corrections   📰
808 1929 Jul, 1st Riot Prison   New York (NY), Clinton 3 Leeke 1973: South Carolina Dept. of Corrections   📰
809 1929 Feb, 1st Riot Extralegal   Kentucky (KY), Lexington 9   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
810 1928 Jan, 1st Riot Labor, Race   Pennsylvania (PA), Broughton 8   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
811 1927 Nov, 1st Riot Prison   California (CA), Folsom 12   The New York Times   📰
812 1927 Nov, 1st Riot Labor   Colorado (CO), Serene 6   Wikipedia   📰
813 1927 Sep, 1st Riot Labor   North Carolina (NC), Gastonia 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
814 1927 Jun, 1st Riot Labor   North Carolina (NC), Gastonia 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
815 1927 May, 1st Terrorism Political   Michigan (MI), Bath 45   Wikipedia   📰
816 1927 May, 1st Riot Extralegal   Florida (FL), Tampa 5   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
817 1927 May, 1st Riot   New York (NY), New York City 2   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
818 1927 May, 1st Riot Race   Arkansas (AR), Little Rock 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States, Shapiro   📰
819 1926 Apr, 1st Riot Political   Illinois (IL), Herrin 6   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
820 1926 Jan, 1st Lynching Extralegal   Florida (FL), Ocala 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
821 1926 Jan, 1st Lynching Extralegal   Missouri (MO), Louisiana 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
822 1926 Jan, 1st Lynching Race   Florida (FL), Jacksonville 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
823 1925 Oct, 1st Lynching Race   South Carolina (SC), Aiken 3   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
824 1925 Sep, 1st Lynching Race   Mississippi (MS), Rocky Ford 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
825 1925 Sep, 1st Riot Race   Michigan (MI), Detroit 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
826 1925 Aug, 1st Riot Prison   Oregon (OR), Salem 3   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
827 1925 May, 1st Lynching Race   Florida (FL), Longwood 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
828 1925 May, 1st Riot Labor   Arkansas (AR), El Dorado 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
829 1925 Jan, 1st Lynching Race   Tennessee (TN), Dover 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
830 1925 Jan, 1st Lynching Race   Mississippi (MS), Union 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
831 1924 Nov, 1st Riot Race   Kentucky (KY), Mercer 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
832 1924 Nov, 1st Riot Political   Ohio (OH), Niles 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
833 1924 Sep, 1st Riot Labor   Hawaii (HI), Hanapepe 15   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
834 1924 Apr, 1st Riot Ethnic   Pennsylvania (PA), Lilly 4   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
835 1923 Aug, 1st Riot   Pennsylvania (PA), Johnstown 6   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
836 1923 Aug, 1st Riot Prison   New York (NY), Napanoch 2   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
837 1923 Aug, 1st Riot Ethnic   Pennsylvania (PA), Carnegie 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
838 1923 May, 1st Lynching Race   Pennsylvania (PA), Beaver 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
839 1923 Apr, 1st Riot Race   Alabama (AL), Birmingham 3   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
840 1923 Apr, 1st Lynching Race   Missouri (MO), Columbia 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
841 1923 Jan, 1st Riot Race   Florida (FL), Rosewood 4 EARR: earr   📰
842 1923 Jan, 1st Riot Labor   Arkansas (AR), Harrison 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
843 1923 Jan, 1st Lynching Race   Florida (FL), Palm Beach 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
844 1923 Jan, 1st Riot Race   Kentucky (KY), Cory 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
845 1923 Jan, 1st Riot Race   Mississippi (MS), Pickous 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
846 1922 Sep, 1st Riot Labor   Tennessee (TN), Memphis 1   The New York Times   📰
847 1922 Sep, 1st Riot Labor   Ohio (OH), Cleveland 1   The New York Times   📰
848 1922 Aug, 1st Lynching Race   Louisiana (LA), Morehouse 3   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
849 1922 Aug, 1st Riot Labor   Illinois (IL), Joliet 2   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
850 1922 Aug, 1st Riot Political   Texas (TX), Houston 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
851 1922 Jun, 1st Riot Labor   Illinois (IL), Herrin 23   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
852 1922 May, 1st Riot Labor   Illinois (IL), Chicago 2   The New York Times   📰
853 1922 Apr, 1st Riot Extralegal   California (CA), Inglewood 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
854 1922 Mar, 1st Riot Prison   South Carolina (SC) 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
855 1922 Feb, 1st Riot Labor   Rhode Island (RI), Pawtucket 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
856 1922 Jan, 1st Riot Labor   Arkansas (AR), Harrison 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
857 1921 Aug, 1st Riot Labor   West Virginia (WV), Logan 100   Wikipedia   📰
858 1921 Jul, 1st Riot Prison   Oklahoma (OK), Mcalester 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
859 1921 Jun, 1st Riot Race   Oklahoma (OK), Tulsa 250   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
860 1921 May, 1st Riot Labor   West Virginia (WV), Merrimac 20   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
861 1921 Apr, 1st Riot Race   Florida (FL), Winter Haven 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
862 1921 Mar, 1st Lynching Race   Kentucky (KY), Versailles 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
863 1921 Jan, 1st Lynching Race   Arkansas (AR), Nodena 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
864 1920 Dec, 1st Lynching Extralegal   California (CA), Santa Rosa 3   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
865 1920 Dec, 1st Riot Race   Kansas (KS), Independence 2   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
866 1920 Dec, 1st Lynching Race   Oklahoma (OK), Holdenville 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
867 1920 Oct, 1st Riot Labor   West Virginia (WV), Blair 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
868 1920 Sep, 1st Terrorism Political   New York (NY), New York 38   Wikipedia   📰
869 1920 Sep, 1st Riot Labor   Alabama (AL), Birmingham 4   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
870 1920 Sep, 1st Riot Race   Illinois (IL), Chicago 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
871 1920 Aug, 1st Riot Extralegal   Illinois (IL), West Frankfort 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
872 1920 Aug, 1st Lynching Extralegal   Oklahoma (OK), Tulsa 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
873 1920 Jul, 1st Riot Labor   West Virginia (WV), Roderfield 2   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
874 1920 Jul, 1st Riot Labor   Connecticut (CT), Waterbury 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
875 1920 Jun, 1st Riot Race   Illinois (IL), Chicago 2   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
876 1920 Jun, 1st Riot Labor   Pennsylvania (PA), Philadelphia 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
877 1920 May, 1st Riot Labor   West Virginia (WV), Matewan 10   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States, The New York Times   📰
878 1920 Mar, 1st Lynching Race   Kentucky (KY), Paris 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
879 1920 Feb, 1st Riot Labor   Louisiana (LA), Chalmette 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
880 1920 Jan, 1st Lynching Race   Mississippi (MS), Tylertown 2   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
881 1920 Jan, 1st Lynching Race   Florida (FL), Jacksonville 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
882 1919 Dec, 1st Riot Labor   West Virginia (WV), Wheeling 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
883 1919 Nov, 1st Riot Labor   Washington (WA), Centralia 6   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
884 1919 Nov, 1st Riot Labor   Missouri (MO), Louisiana 3   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
885 1919 Nov, 1st Riot Race   Delaware (DE), Wilmington 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
886 1919 Oct, 1st Riot Race   Arkansas (AR), Elaine 200 EARR: earr   📰
887 1919 Oct, 1st Riot Labor   Indiana (IN), Gary 3   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
888 1919 Oct, 1st Riot Race   Nebraska (NE), Omaha 3 EARR: earr   📰
889 1919 Oct, 1st Riot Race   Georgia (GA), Washington 2   The New York Times   📰
890 1919 Oct, 1st Riot Labor   Pennsylvania (PA), Donora 2   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
891 1919 Oct, 1st Terrorism Race   Pennsylvania (PA), Chester 2   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
892 1919 Oct, 1st Riot Labor   Pennsylvania (PA), Braddock 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
893 1919 Sep, 1st Riot Race   Arkansas (AR), Philips 30   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
894 1919 Sep, 1st Riot   UNKNOWN (UNK), Boston 9   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
895 1919 Sep, 1st Riot Labor   Pennsylvania (PA), Farrell 4   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
896 1919 Sep, 1st Riot Labor   Pennsylvania (PA) 2   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
897 1919 Sep, 1st Riot Labor   New York (NY), Lackawanna 2   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
898 1919 Sep, 1st Riot Extralegal, Race   Nebraska (NE), Omaha 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
899 1919 Sep, 1st Lynching Race   Georgia (GA), Athens 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
900 1919 Aug, 1st Riot Race   Tennessee (TN), Knoxville 7   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰