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
801 1922 Sep, 1st Riot Labor   Ohio (OH), Cleveland 1   The New York Times   📰
802 1922 Aug, 1st Lynching Race   Louisiana (LA), Morehouse 3   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
803 1922 Aug, 1st Riot Labor   Illinois (IL), Joliet 2   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
804 1922 Aug, 1st Riot Political   Texas (TX), Houston 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
805 1922 Jun, 1st Riot Labor   Illinois (IL), Herrin 23   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
806 1922 May, 1st Riot Labor   Illinois (IL), Chicago 2   The New York Times   📰
807 1922 Apr, 1st Riot Extralegal   California (CA), Inglewood 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
808 1922 Mar, 1st Riot Prison   South Carolina (SC) 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
809 1922 Feb, 1st Riot Labor   Rhode Island (RI), Pawtucket 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
810 1922 Jan, 1st Riot Labor   Arkansas (AR), Harrison 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
811 1921 Aug, 1st Riot Labor   West Virginia (WV), Logan 100   Wikipedia   📰
812 1921 Jul, 1st Riot Prison   Oklahoma (OK), Mcalester 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
813 1921 Jun, 1st Riot Race   Oklahoma (OK), Tulsa 250   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
814 1921 May, 1st Riot Labor   West Virginia (WV), Merrimac 20   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
815 1921 Apr, 1st Riot Race   Florida (FL), Winter Haven 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
816 1921 Mar, 1st Lynching Race   Kentucky (KY), Versailles 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
817 1921 Jan, 1st Lynching Race   Arkansas (AR), Nodena 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
818 1920 Dec, 1st Lynching Extralegal   California (CA), Santa Rosa 3   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
819 1920 Dec, 1st Riot Race   Kansas (KS), Independence 2   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
820 1920 Dec, 1st Lynching Race   Oklahoma (OK), Holdenville 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
821 1920 Oct, 1st Riot Labor   West Virginia (WV), Blair 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
822 1920 Sep, 1st Terrorism Political   New York (NY), New York 38   Wikipedia   📰
823 1920 Sep, 1st Riot Labor   Alabama (AL), Birmingham 4   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
824 1920 Sep, 1st Riot Race   Illinois (IL), Chicago 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
825 1920 Aug, 1st Riot Extralegal   Illinois (IL), West Frankfort 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
826 1920 Aug, 1st Lynching Extralegal   Oklahoma (OK), Tulsa 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
827 1920 Jul, 1st Riot Labor   West Virginia (WV), Roderfield 2   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
828 1920 Jul, 1st Riot Labor   Connecticut (CT), Waterbury 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
829 1920 Jun, 1st Riot Race   Illinois (IL), Chicago 2   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
830 1920 Jun, 1st Riot Labor   Pennsylvania (PA), Philadelphia 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
831 1920 May, 1st Riot Labor   West Virginia (WV), Matewan 10   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States, The New York Times   📰
832 1920 Mar, 1st Lynching Race   Kentucky (KY), Paris 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
833 1920 Feb, 1st Riot Labor   Louisiana (LA), Chalmette 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
834 1920 Jan, 1st Lynching Race   Mississippi (MS), Tylertown 2   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
835 1920 Jan, 1st Lynching Race   Florida (FL), Jacksonville 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
836 1919 Dec, 1st Riot Labor   West Virginia (WV), Wheeling 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
837 1919 Nov, 1st Riot Labor   Washington (WA), Centralia 6   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
838 1919 Nov, 1st Riot Labor   Missouri (MO), Louisiana 3   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
839 1919 Nov, 1st Riot Race   Delaware (DE), Wilmington 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
840 1919 Oct, 1st Riot Race   Arkansas (AR), Elaine 200 EARR: earr   📰
841 1919 Oct, 1st Riot Labor   Indiana (IN), Gary 3   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
842 1919 Oct, 1st Riot Race   Nebraska (NE), Omaha 3 EARR: earr   📰
843 1919 Oct, 1st Riot Race   Georgia (GA), Washington 2   The New York Times   📰
844 1919 Oct, 1st Riot Labor   Pennsylvania (PA), Donora 2   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
845 1919 Oct, 1st Terrorism Race   Pennsylvania (PA), Chester 2   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
846 1919 Oct, 1st Riot Labor   Pennsylvania (PA), Braddock 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
847 1919 Sep, 1st Riot Race   Arkansas (AR), Philips 30   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
848 1919 Sep, 1st Riot   UNKNOWN (UNK), Boston 9   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
849 1919 Sep, 1st Riot Labor   Pennsylvania (PA), Farrell 4   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
850 1919 Sep, 1st Riot Labor   Pennsylvania (PA) 2   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
851 1919 Sep, 1st Riot Labor   New York (NY), Lackawanna 2   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
852 1919 Sep, 1st Riot Extralegal, Race   Nebraska (NE), Omaha 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
853 1919 Sep, 1st Lynching Race   Georgia (GA), Athens 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
854 1919 Aug, 1st Riot Race   Tennessee (TN), Knoxville 7   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
855 1919 Aug, 1st Riot Labor   Colorado (CO), Denver 4   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
856 1919 Aug, 1st Riot Prison   Connecticut (CT), Wethersfield 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
857 1919 Aug, 1st Riot Race   Georgia (GA) 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
858 1919 Aug, 1st Lynching Race   Georgia (GA), Pope City 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
859 1919 Aug, 1st Lynching Race   Georgia (GA) 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
860 1919 Jul, 1st Riot Race   Illinois (IL), Chicago 38   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States, Waskon   📰
861 1919 Jul, 1st Riot Race   Virginia (VA), Norfolk 6   The New York Times   📰
862 1919 Jul, 1st Riot Race   Arizona (AZ), Bisbee 5 EARR: earr   📰
863 1919 Jul, 1st Riot Race   Washington (WA), Washington, D.C., District of Columbia 5   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
864 1919 Jul, 1st Riot Race   Texas (TX), Longview 4 EARR: earr   📰
865 1919 Jul, 1st Riot Labor   Illinois (IL), Argo 2   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
866 1919 Jul, 1st Riot Labor   Illinois (IL), Argos 2   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
867 1919 Jul, 1st Riot Race   Pennsylvania (PA), Philadelphia 1   Wikipedia   📰
868 1919 Jul, 1st Riot Race   Georgia (GA), Dublin 1   The New York Times   📰
869 1919 Jun, 1st Riot Race   Illinois (IL), Chicago 2   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
870 1919 Jun, 1st Terrorism Political   UNKNOWN (UNK), USA, mulitple locations 2   Wikipedia   📰
871 1919 Jun, 1st Lynching Race   Mississippi (MS), Ellisville 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
872 1919 May, 1st Riot Race   South Carolina (SC), Charleston 3   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
873 1919 May, 1st Lynching Race   Mississippi (MS), Pickens 2   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
874 1919 May, 1st Riot Race   Georgia (GA), Milan 2 EARR: earr   📰
875 1919 May, 1st Riot Race   Georgia (GA), Sylvester 1   The New York Times   📰
876 1919 May, 1st Lynching Race   Georgia (GA), Warrington 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
877 1919 May, 1st Riot Political   UNKNOWN (UNK), Cleveland 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
878 1919 May, 1st Lynching Race   Mississippi (MS), Laurel 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
879 1919 May, 1st Lynching Race   Mississippi (MS), Vicksburg 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
880 1919 May, 1st Lynching Extralegal   Missouri (MO), Lamar 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
881 1919 Apr, 1st Riot Race   Georgia (GA), Mullen 7   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
882 1919 Apr, 1st Riot Race   Georgia (GA), Ocmulgee 1   The New York Times   📰
883 1919 Feb, 1st Riot Race   Georgia (GA), Blakely 4   The New York Times   📰
884 1919 Feb, 1st Riot Extralegal, Race   Georgia (GA), Berkeley Lake 4   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
885 1919 Jan, 1st Riot Labor, Race   Louisiana (LA), Bogalusa 4 EARR: earr   📰
886 1919 Jan, 1st Riot Labor, Race   Florida (FL), Mulberry 2 EARR: earr   📰
887 1919 Jan, 1st Riot Labor, Race   Ohio (OH), Youngstown 2 EARR: earr   📰
888 1919 Jan, 1st Lynching Race   Georgia (GA), Buena Vista 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
889 1919 Jan, 1st Lynching Race   Georgia (GA), Lincolnton 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
890 1919 Jan, 1st Riot Military   Virginia (VA), Norfolk 1   Hartford Daily Courant Or The Hartford Courant   📰
891 1919 Jan, 1st Lynching Race   Georgia (GA), Macon 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
892 1919 Jan, 1st Lynching Race   Georgia (GA), Americus 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
893 1918 Dec, 1st Lynching Race   Mississippi (MS), Shubuta 4   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
894 1918 Nov, 1st Riot Extralegal, Race   North Carolina (NC), Winston-Salem 5   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
895 1918 Aug, 1st Lynching Race   Georgia (GA), Colquitt 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
896 1918 Aug, 1st Lynching Race   Mississippi (MS), Natchez 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
897 1918 Aug, 1st Lynching Race   Georgia (GA), Macon 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
898 1918 Aug, 1st Lynching Race   Louisiana (LA), Bastrop 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
899 1918 Aug, 1st Riot Race   New Jersey (NJ), Camp Merritt 1   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰
900 1918 Jul, 1st Riot Race   Pennsylvania (PA), Philadelphia 4   Paul A. Gilje, Riots In The United States   📰