Title: List of school shootings in the United States (before 2000) - Wikipedia
Headings: List of school shootings in the United States (before 2000)
List of school shootings in the United States (before 2000)
Contents
19th century
1840s
1850s
1860s
1870s
1880s
1890s
20th century
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000–present
See also
Notes
References
Bibliography
External links

Content: Mass shootings by school staff, where victims are only other employees, are covered at workplace killings. This list does not include the 1970 Kent State shootings, or bombings such as the Bath School disaster . Contents
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19th century
1.1
1840s
1.2
1850s
1.3
1860s
1.4
1870s
1.5
1880s
1.6
1890s
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20th century
2.1
1900s
2.2
1910s
2.3
1920s
2.4
1930s
2.5
1940s
2.6
1950s
2.7
1960s
2.8
1970s
2.9
1980s
2.10
1990s
2.11
2000–present
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See also
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Notes
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References
5.1
Bibliography
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External links
19th century
1840s
Date
Location
Deaths
Injuries
Description
November 12, 1840
Charlottesville, Virginia
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0
John Anthony Gardner Davis, a law professor at the University of Virginia, was shot by student Joseph Semmes and died three days later. 1850s
Date
Location
Deaths
Injuries
Description
November 2, 1853
Louisville, Kentucky
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0
Student Mathews Flounoy Ward shot the schoolmaster William H.G. Butler as revenge for what Ward thought was excessive punishment of his brother the day before. Butler died, and Ward was acquitted. August 16, 1856
Florence, Alabama
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0
The schoolmaster warned students not to harm his tame sparrow, threatening death. One of the boys stepped on the bird and killed it. When the boy returned to school, the master took the boy into a private room and strangled him. The boy's father upon hearing what had happened went to the school and shot the schoolmaster dead. July 8, 1858
Baltimore, Maryland
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0
The 15-year-old son of Col.