List of people executed in the United States in 1916

One hundred and seven people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1916, fifty-eight by electrocution, and forty-nine by hanging. ^[1]

List of people executed in the United States in 1916

No.	Date of execution	Name	Age of person			Gender	Ethnicity	State	Method	Ref.
			At execution	At offense	Age difference
1	January 7, 1916	Lawrence Coutcure	46	44	2	Male	White	California	Hanging	[2]
2		Jose Antonio Ponton	28	27	1		Hispanic	New York	Electrocution	[3]
3		Floyd Thompson	Unknown	Unknown	2		Black	Texas	Hanging	[1]
4	January 21, 1916	Rito Bargas	28	28	0		Hispanic	California		[4]
5	January 28, 1916	George Alexander Quinn	33	32	1		White	Colorado		[5]
6		Jeff Dorsett Jr.	27	26			Black	North Carolina	Electrocution	[6]
7		Ed Walker	26	25
8	February 1, 1916	Kelly Robinson	28	27				Indiana		[7]
9		Louis Utley	23	22				Texas	Hanging	[8]
10	February 4, 1916	Giuseppe Marendi	28	27			White	New York	Electrocution	[9]
11		Peter Hamilton	25	25	0		Black	South Carolina		[1]
12	February 11, 1916	James Cooper	26		1			North Carolina		[10]
13	February 13, 1916	Henry Sampson	35	Unknown	Unknown			Texas	Hanging	[11]
14	February 18, 1916	Ung Sing	23	22	1		Asian	California		[12]
15		Oscar Joseph Comery	30	29			White	New Hampshire		[13]
16		Hans B. Schmidt	35	32	3			New York	Electrocution	[14]
17	February 21, 1916	George H. March	33	30				Pennsylvania		[15]
18		Rowland Satterthwait Pennington	21	19	2
19	February 25, 1916	Ernest Lowry	24	23	1		Black	North Carolina		[16]
20		George Poston
21		Israel Good	17	17	0			South Carolina		[17]
22	February 26, 1916	Oscar L. Cook	29	25	4		White	Colorado	Hanging	[18]
23	March 3, 1916	Charles Ethelbert Talbot Oxnam	18	17	1			California		[19]
24		Glenn Witt	23	22
25		Harry E. Roe	22	20	2			Connecticut		[20]
26		Isaac N. Williams	30	28
27		Walter Watson	41	40	1			New York	Electrocution	[21]
28	March 10, 1916	Pasquale Zuppa	28	27				Connecticut	Hanging	[22]
29		Robert Bacon	Unknown	Unknown			Black	Louisiana		[23]
30	March 11, 1916	Sam Jernigan	20	19				Texas		[24]
31	March 14, 1916	Anton Retkovitz	37	35	2		White	Massachusetts	Electrocution	[25]
32	March 15, 1916	Percy Ellis	16	16	0		Black	Virginia		[1]
33	March 20, 1916	Martin Kristan	43	41	2		White	Pennsylvania		[26]
34	April 10, 1916	Michael Louisa	62	61	1					[27]
35	April 14, 1916	Solomon Sudler Jr.	17	16			Black	Maryland	Hanging	[28]
36	April 21, 1916	Joe Lee	83	Unknown	Unknown			Virginia	Electrocution	[1]
37	April 25, 1916	James Reilly	33	29	4		White	Pennsylvania	Hanging	[29]
38	April 28, 1916	Stobo Bailey	25	25	0		Black	South Carolina	Electrocution	[30]
39	April 29, 1916	Robert H. Burgess	32	31	1		White	Texas	Hanging	[1]
40	May 1, 1916	Charles Sprague II		27	5			New York	Electrocution	[31]
41		Henry J. H. Webb	39	38	1		Black	Pennsylvania		[32]
42	May 5, 1916	Monroe Collins	22	Unknown	Unknown			South Carolina		[33]
43	May 12, 1916	Lamar Lightner	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown			Alabama	Hanging	[34]
44	May 15, 1916	Joe Grant	57	47	10			South Carolina	Electrocution	[35]
45	May 19, 1916	Francisco Rodriguez	34	28	6		Hispanic	Arizona	Hanging	[36]
46		Lon E. Lindsey	37	36	1		White	Georgia		[1]
47		Jose Buenrostro	25	24			Hispanic	Texas		[37]
48		Melquiades Chapa	19	18
49	May 22, 1916	Charles Douglas	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[38]
50	May 28, 1916	John Henry Williams	23	Unknown	Unknown			Virginia		[39]
51	June 2, 1916	Robert Kitchens	16	13	3			Georgia	Hanging	[40]
52		Roy Champlain	30	29	1		White	New York	Electrocution	[41]
53		Giovanni Supe	31	30
54	June 9, 1916	N.B. Chavez	36		6		Hispanic	Arizona	Hanging	[42]
55		Francisco Alvarez	22	22	0			New Mexico		[43]
56		Juan Sanchez	16	16
57	June 16, 1916	Willard George Flanders	50	49	1		White	Wyoming		[44]
58	June 26, 1916	Thomas Chickerella	Unknown	Unknown	2			Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[45]
59		Gaspar Marturano	30	28
60	June 30, 1916	John Brown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Maryland	Hanging	[1]
61		Taurino Garcia	21	21	0		Hispanic	New Mexico		[46]
62		Eusebio Renteria	24	24
63		Juan Castillo	26	26
64		Jose Rangel	23	23
65		Oresto Shilitano	23	20	3	White	New York	Electrocution	[47]
66	July 5, 1916	Emil Swentain	30	30	0		New Jersey		[48]
67	July 7, 1916	Miguel Peralta	39	35	4	Hispanic	Arizona	Hanging	[49]
68		Lawrence Swinson	23	Unknown	Unknown	Black	North Carolina	Electrocution	[50]
69		Milton Maloy	18	18	0		Virginia		[1]
70	July 10, 1916	Andrew Becze	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	White	Pennsylvania		[51]
71	July 12, 1916	Frank Anderson	Unknown	Unknown	1	Black	Mississippi	Hanging	[1]
72	July 13, 1916	Julius Morgan	22	22	0		Tennessee	Electrocution	[52]
73	July 17, 1916	Jacob B. Miller	21	20	1	White	Pennsylvania		[1]
74	July 21, 1916	Louis A. Fortine	32	31			California	Hanging	[53]
75		Willie Black	14	14	0	Black	North Carolina	Electrocution	[54]
76	August 1, 1916	Arthur Smith	26	26					[1]
77	August 4, 1916	John Savage	51	51
78		Allen Bradford	29	Unknown	Unknown		New York
79		Claude W. Sutton	24	23	1	White	West Virginia	Hanging	[55]
80	August 8, 1916	Harry Black	29	26	3	Black	Missouri		[56]
81		Andrew Black	27	24
82	August 11, 1916	Wilmer P. Palmer	34	32	2	White	Wyoming		[57]
83	August 25, 1916	Richard Green	19	Unknown	Unknown	Black	Virginia	Electrocution	[1]
84		Clifford Mickens		Unknown	Unknown
85	September 1, 1916	Kosta Kromphold	22	21	1	White	California	Hanging	[58]
86		Charles H. Haynes	60	59		Black	Florida		[1]
87		Joseph E. Hanel	36	Unknown	Unknown	White	New York	Electrocution	[59]
88		Jan Trybus	33	32	1
89		James Lay	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Black	West Virginia	Hanging	[1]
90	September 8, 1916	Henry Lewis	23	Unknown	Unknown		Virginia	Electrocution
91	September 15, 1916	Ellis Johnston	38	Unknown	Unknown		South Carolina
92	September 27, 1916	Harry E. Filler	33	31	2	White	Pennsylvania		[60]
93	October 2, 1916	James Corbett	22	Unknown	Unknown	Black	Virginia		[1]
94		Minzer Harris	19	Unknown	Unknown
95	October 7, 1916	Thomas Bambrick	27	26	1	White	New York		[61]
96	October 18, 1916	Clarence Cooley	21	21	0	Black	Texas	Hanging	[62]
97	October 20, 1916	Will Turner	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Florida		[1]
98		Oscar W. White	28	25	3		Wyoming		[63]
99	October 27, 1916	John Williams	35	34	1		Texas		[64]
100	November 6, 1916	Cecil Towery	22	22	0		Oklahoma	Electrocution	[65]
101	November 10, 1916	Lucius C. Hightower	50	49	1	White	New Mexico	Hanging	[1]
102	November 17, 1916	Harry Garrison	20	19		Black	Kentucky	Electrocution	[66]
103	December 4, 1916	Stanislof Woceshoski		Unknown	Unknown	White	Pennsylvania		[67]
104		Dominick Digiso	18	17	1
105	December 11, 1916	Joseph William O'Brien	43	40	3				[68]
106	December 19, 1916	Charles Kumrow	20	Unknown	Unknown		New York		[69]
107		Stanley J. Millstein	19	18	1

Demographics

Gender
Male	106	100%
Female	0	0%
Ethnicity
Black	49	46%
White	44	41%
Hispanic	13	12%
Asian	1	1%
State
Pennsylvania	15	14%
New York	14	13%
North Carolina	9	8%
Texas	9	8%
Virginia	9	8%
California	7	7%
New Mexico	7	7%
South Carolina	6	6%
Arizona	3	3%
Connecticut	3	3%
Wyoming	3	3%
Colorado	2	2%
Florida	2	2%
Georgia	2	2%
Maryland	2	2%
Missouri	2	2%
West Virginia	2	2%
Alabama	1	1%
Indiana	1	1%
Kentucky	1	1%
Louisiana	1	1%
Massachusetts	1	1%
Mississippi	1	1%
New Hampshire	1	1%
New Jersey	1	1%
Oklahoma	1	1%
Tennessee	1	1%
Method
Electrocution	58	54%
Hanging	49	46%
Month
January	7	7%
February	15	14%
March	11	10%
April	6	6%
May	11	10%
June	15	14%
July	10	9%
August	9	8%
September	8	7%
October	7	7%
November	3	3%
December	5	5%
Age
Unknown	10	9%
10–19	14	13%
20–29	46	43%
30–39	26	24%
40–49	4	4%
50–59	4	4%
60–69	2	2%
70–79	0	0%
80–89	1	1%
Total	107	100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
1917	90
1916	106
1915	131
Total	327

References

1. "Executions in the U.S. 1608-2002: The ESPY File" (PDF). Death Penalty Information Center . Retrieved January 24, 2026.
2. "Without a trace of fear..." Berkeley Daily Gazette. January 7, 1916. p. 1.
3. "Jose Antonio Ponton Gives His Life to the State". The Troy Northern Budget. January 9, 1916. p. 16.
4. "Pays Death Penalty". Eugene Register-Guard. January 21, 1916. p. 1.
5. "Quinn Dies on Gallows". Longmont Ledger. February 4, 1916. p. 2.
6. "Warden Sale Drops Dead". The Dispatch. February 2, 1916. p. 1.
7. "Electrocution of Negro Murderer". The Crawfordsville Review. February 1, 1916. p. 6.
8. "Houston Hanging Today". The Bonham Daily Favorite. February 1, 1916. p. 1.
9. "Marendi Electrocuted". The Newburgh Daily News. February 4, 1916. p. 6.
10. "State v. Cooper". Google Books.
11. "Murderer's Policy Payable". The Insurance Field. December 1, 1916. p. 5.
12. "Chinaman Hanged for Murder of Japanese". Berkeley Daily Gazette. February 18, 1916. p. 5.
13. "Trapdoor as Gibbet". Flushing Daily Times. February 19, 1916. p. 4.
14. "Hans Schmidt Dies in Chair". Flushing Daily Times. February 18, 1916. p. 4.
15. "First Quaker Electrocuted". The Daily Republican. February 22, 1916. p. 1.
16. "A double electrocution..." Dayton Review. March 2, 1916. p. 8.
17. "York Negro Convicted of Horrible Crime". The Observer. February 4, 1916. p. 2.
18. "Murderer Pays Penalty For His Crime". Prescott Journal Miner. February 27, 1916. p. 8.
19. "Two Are To Hang For Murder of Capitalist in Los Angeles-Governor Refuses Clemency". The Evening News. March 3, 1916. p. 3.
20. "Men Hanged For Murder Tried To Rob Railroad Station in Walden". The Newburgh Daily News. March 3, 1916. p. 10.
21. "Goes to Electric Chair Protesting Innocence". The Day. March 3, 1916. p. 8.
22. "Zuppa Hanged Early To-Day For Brutal Murder". The Meriden Daily Journal. March 10, 1916. p. 4.
23. "State v. Bacon". Google Books.
24. "Jernigan v. State". Google Books.
25. "Died Protesting His Innocence". The Lewiston Daily Sun. March 14, 1916. p. 21.
26. "Wife Murderer, Martin Kristan, is Electrocuted". The Pittsburgh Press. March 20, 1916. p. 1.
27. "Murderer Dies in Electric Chair". The Pittsburgh Press. April 10, 1916. p. 1.
28. "The Solomon Sudler Trial" (PDF). American Sentinel. February 18, 1916. p. 1.
29. "Gallows Soon To Be Used for Last Time". The Pittsburgh Press. March 6, 1916. p. 20.
30. "Hideous Crime Committed in Youngs Township". The Laurens Advertiser via newspapers.com. February 16, 1916. p. 5.
31. "Will Abolish Auburn Chair". Flushing Daily Times. May 2, 1916. p. 4.
32. "Negro Murderer is Electrocuted". The Gazette Times. May 2, 1916. p. 7.
33. "Greenville Negro Electrocuted". The Observer. May 12, 1916. p. 2.
34. "Lightner v. State". Google Books.
35. "Famous Negro Electrocuted Monday". The Observer. May 19, 1916. p. 2.
36. "Mexican, Saved From Death Nine Times, Is Executed for Killing Wife Five Years Ago". The Observer. May 19, 1916. p. 2.
37. "Mexican Raiders Paying Penalty of Murders on Border". The Deseret News. May 19, 1916. p. 8.
38. "Capture One of Three Hunted Jailbreakers". The Pittsburgh Press. January 25, 1916. p. 1.
39. "Genuine Case of Insanity Seemingly". News Leader. April 27, 1916. p. 5.
40. "Robert Kitchens, Negro, Sentenced to Gallows". Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal via newspapers.com. April 25, 1916. p. 6.
41. "Two Walk to Death in New York Electric Chair". The Meriden Daily Journal. June 2, 1916. p. 20.
42. "Chavez v. Sims". Google Books.
43. "Two Mexicans Are Hanged for Raid at Columbus, N.M." Ludington Daily News. June 9, 1916. p. 1.
44. "Wife Murderer Executed". Urbana Daily Democrat. June 17, 1916. p. 8.
45. "Commonwealth v. Chickerella". Google Books.
46. "Mexican Raiders Hanged at Deming". Youngstown Vindicator. June 30, 1916. p. 1.
47. "Murderer Must Die". Newburgh Journal. May 9, 1916. p. 6.
48. "Acquitted of Murder Beats Man to Death". Warsaw Union. February 18, 1916. p. 3.
49. "Peralta v. Sims". Google Books.
50. "Burglar Goes to Death Chair". Warsaw Union. July 8, 1916. p. 3.
51. "Andrew Becze..." Greensburg Daily Tribune. July 11, 1916. p. 6.
52. "Pays With His Life for Crime Committed in Dyer County. No Fear of Death". The Tennessean via newspapers.com. July 13, 1916. p. 9.
53. "Louis A. Fortine Executed". The Deseret News. July 21, 1916. p. 2.
54. "Will Black Executed". News and Record via newspapers.com. July 22, 1916. p. 4.
55. "Murderer Dies on Gallows". The Gazette Times. August 5, 1916. p. 3.
56. "2 Negro Brothers Are Hanged 25 Minutes Apart". St. Louis Post-Dispatch via newspapers.com. August 18, 1916. p. 3.
57. "Wilmer Palmer Hanged". Eugene Register-Guard. August 11, 1916. p. 4.
58. "People v. Kromphold". Google Books.
59. "Two Murderers Electrocuted". The Fostoria Review-Dispatch. September 7, 1916. p. 2.
60. "Harry E. Filler Pays Penalty of Brutal Crime in Death Chair Today". Greensburg Daily Tribune. September 27, 1916. p. 1.
61. "Bankers Unable to Save Man Thought To Be Innocent". Ludington Daily News. October 8, 1916. p. 1.
62. "Negro Murderer Meets His Doom". The Houston Post via newspapers.com. October 19, 1916. p. 8.
63. "Latest News Epitomized". The Arvada Sun. September 15, 1916. p. 2.
64. "Williams v. State". Google Books.
65. "Attempted Lynching Fails". St. Joseph News-Press. August 9, 1916. p. 2.
66. "Negro to Die in The Chair". The Mansfield Shield. August 18, 1916. p. 1.
67. "Two Murderers Die in Electric Chair". The Pittsburgh Press. December 4, 1916. p. 12.
68. "Paid Penalty for Crime". The Clinton County Times. December 15, 1916. p. 4.
69. "Go to Deaths Ahead Of Time". The Evening Independent. December 19, 1916. p. 2.

Preceded by 1915

List of people executed       in the United States in    1916

Succeeded by 1917