List of people executed in the United States in 1919

Sixty-four people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1919, forty by electrocution, twenty-three by hanging, and one by firing squad. ^[1]

List of people executed in the United States in 1919

No.	Date of execution	Name	Age of person			Gender	Ethnicity	State	Method	Ref.
			At execution	At offense	Age difference
1	January 9, 1919	Alton Cleveland	39	38	1	Male	White	New York	Electrocution	[2]
2	January 10, 1919	Samuel Johnson	18	Unknown	Unknown		Black	South Carolina		[1]
3	January 13, 1919	Samuel Barcons	26	24	2		White	Pennsylvania		[3]
4	February 21, 1919	Patrick Kearney	32	31	1			Kentucky		[4]
5		James Lawler
6		Frank Mazzano	19	18				Ohio		[5]
7		Rosario Borgio	25	24
8	February 28, 1919	Damasco Quiroz	31	30			Hispanic	California	Hanging	[1]
9		Albert Johnson	30	28	2		White	Illinois		[6]
10		John Snowden	28	27	1		Black	Maryland		[7]
11	March 18, 1919	Aaron Walker	25	Unknown	Unknown			South Carolina	Electrocution	[1]
12	March 21, 1919	Giovanni Ferraro	36	34	2		White	New York		[8]
13	March 26, 1919	Harvey Stuart		Unknown	Unknown		Black	Virginia		[1]
14		Horace Williams	21	Unknown	Unknown
15	April 26, 1919	James Henry Warren	19	Unknown	Unknown			North Carolina
16	April 28, 1919	Hardy Dickerson	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		White	Pennsylvania
17	May 2, 1919	William Shortridge	34	33	1		Black	California	Hanging	[9]
18	May 19, 1919	Patsy Medio	43	42			White	Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[10]
19	May 21, 1919	Frank Ewing	21	20			Black	Tennessee		[11]
20	May 23, 1919	James Tyren	59	58			White	California	Hanging	[12]
21		Paul Bates	Unknown	Unknown			Black	Georgia		[1]
22		Tibbets Roy Braught	28	26	2		White	Oklahoma	Electrocution	[13]
23	June 2, 1919	Bertie Franklin Moon	34	33	1			Pennsylvania		[14]
24	June 6, 1919	Lewis Harris	25	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Kentucky		[1]
25		James Howard	20	18	2
26	June 16, 1919	William Brown	26	Unknown	Unknown			Pennsylvania
27		Peter Smallock	45	Unknown	Unknown		White
28	June 20, 1919	Joseph Rogers	26	25	1			California	Hanging	[15]
29		Clarence Rollins	20	19			Native American
30	June 27, 1919	George Dock Bigham	50	49			White	Alabama		[16]
31		Erasmo Perretta	28	27				Connecticut		[17]
32		Joseph Perretta	33	32
33		Earl C. Dear	26	25				Illinois		[18]
34		Tom Gwynn	23	Unknown	Unknown		Black	North Carolina	Electrocution	[19]
35		Jerry Warren	29	Unknown	Unknown			Virginia		[1]
36	July 11, 1919	M. Furuya	37	36	1		Asian	California	Hanging	[20]
37		George Johnson	19	Unknown	Unknown		Black	South Carolina	Electrocution	[1]
38	July 12, 1919	George Edward Warner	51	46	5		White	Vermont		[21]
39	July 18, 1919	R. Morisawa	42	Unknown	Unknown		Asian	California	Hanging	[22]
40	July 24, 1919	Paul Chiavaro	30	29	1		White	Ohio	Electrocution	[23]
41	July 25, 1919	Lube Martin	34	31	3		Black	Kentucky		[24]
42	August 6, 1919	Hugh Ferguson	23	23	0			West Virginia	Hanging	[25]
43	August 8, 1919	Lucius Brown	Unknown	Unknown				Louisiana		[1]
44	August 19, 1919	Frank Laviere	27	25	2		White	New Jersey	Electrocution
45		Michael DePalma	33	31
46		Gerino Palmieri	24	22
47	September 19, 1919	Pedro Rico	36	35	1		Hispanic	California	Hanging	[26]
48		Ernest Hamlin	32	32	0		Black	Louisiana		[1]
49	September 26, 1919	James Morgan	51	50	1			Ohio	Electrocution	[27]
50	October 17, 1919	Tom Bellon	42	Unknown	Unknown		White	California	Hanging	[28]
51		Thomas Richard Fitzgerald	39	39	0			Illinois		[29]
52		Frank Seinich	30	30				Ohio	Electrocution	[30]
53	October 20, 1919	Tony Mulferno	33	32	1			Pennsylvania		[1]
54	October 27, 1919	William Evans	27	25	2		Black			[31]
55		John Pierce Sandoe	26	26	0		White
56		Gregory Psaros		Unknown	Unknown
57	October 30, 1919	Emper Jacobs	29	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Virginia		[1]
58	November 14, 1919	Aaron Dupree	34	28	6			North Carolina		[32]
59		Moses Witherspoon	27	27	0			South Carolina		[33]
60	November 28, 1919	Grover Cleveland Johnson	23	Unknown	Unknown		White	Louisiana	Hanging	[1]
61		Louis Werner	33	32	1
62	December 3, 1919	Nikifor Nechesnook	28	28	0			Connecticut		[34]
63	December 19, 1919	John Borich	33	33				Utah	Firing squad	[35]
64	December 22, 1919	Bronoslaw Bednoricki	29	26	3			Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[1]

Demographics

Gender
Male	64	100%
Female	0	0%
Ethnicity
White	35	55%
Black	24	38%
Asian	2	3%
Hispanic	2	3%
Native American	1	2%
State
Pennsylvania	11	17%
California	9	14%
Kentucky	5	8%
Ohio	5	8%
Louisiana	4	6%
South Carolina	4	6%
Virginia	4	6%
Connecticut	3	5%
Illinois	3	5%
New Jersey	3	5%
North Carolina	3	5%
New York	2	3%
Alabama	1	2%
Georgia	1	2%
Maryland	1	2%
Oklahoma	1	2%
Tennessee	1	2%
Utah	1	2%
Vermont	1	2%
West Virginia	1	2%
Method
Electrocution	41	63%
Hanging	23	36%
Firing squad	1	2%
Month
January	3	5%
February	7	11%
March	4	6%
April	2	3%
May	6	9%
June	13	20%
July	6	9%
August	5	8%
September	3	5%
October	8	13%
November	4	6%
December	3	5%
Age
Unknown	3	5%
10–19	4	6%
20–29	27	42%
30–39	22	34%
40–49	4	6%
50–59	4	6%
Total	64	100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
1920	102
1919	64
1918	90
Total	256

References

1. "Executions in the U.S. 1608-2002: The ESPY File" (PDF). Death Penalty Information Center . Retrieved December 11, 2025.
2. "Alton Cleveland Put to Death". The New York Times. January 10, 1919.
3. "Barcons Is Electrocuted". Washington Daily News. January 13, 1919. p. 1.
4. "Two Bandits Electrocuted". The Gazette Times. February 22, 1919. p. 5.
5. "Murderers Die". The Mansfield Shield. February 21, 1919. p. 1.
6. "Johnson Hanged in Chicago". The Telegraph-Herald. February 28, 1919. p. 11.
7. "Negro Hanged for Murder of Woman". The Telegraph-Herald. February 28, 1919. p. 11.
8. "Condemned Slayer Battles Keepers in Death House". The Gazette Times. March 20, 1919. p. 1.
9. "Negro Murderer is Hanged for Crime at Folsom Prison". Eugene Register-Guard. May 2, 1919. p. 1.
10. "Pays Death Penalty". Gettysburg Times. May 20, 1919. p. 2.
11. "Feeble-Minded Rapist Electrocuted". Google Books.
12. "People v. Tyren". Google Books.
13. "Electrocution in Oklahoma". St. Joseph News-Press. May 23, 1919. p. 25.
14. "Murderer Put to Death". Reading Eagle. June 2, 1919. p. 3.
15. "Bungled Hanging". Berkeley Daily Gazette. June 20, 1919. p. 2.
16. "States Needs Home For Feeble-Minded". Times Daily. July 4, 1919. p. 48.
17. "Brothers Hanged for Killing Friend". The Grape Belt. July 1, 1919. p. 4.
18. "Lawrence Co. Man Stretches Hemp". Robinson Constitution. June 27, 1919. p. 6.
19. "Negro Electrocuted". St. Petersburg Daily Times. June 27, 1919. p. 13.
20. "Japanese Merchant Hanged at San Quentin". San Diego Union and Daily Bee. July 12, 1919. p. 5.
21. "First Electrocution in Vermont". The Gazette Times. July 13, 1919. p. 28.
22. "People v. Morisawa". Google Books.
23. "Akron Italian Electrocuted". Urbana Daily Democrat. July 24, 1919. p. 4.
24. "Crooning Weird Song, Lube Martin, Unsupported, Walks to Death Chair". Kentucky New Era. July 25, 1919. p. 1.
25. "Negro Pays For Crime". Gettysburg Times. August 8, 1919. p. 3.
26. "People v. Rico". Google Books.
27. "Ohio Gleanings". The Northern Summit Independent. October 2, 1919. p. 3.
28. "Experiment Tried After Execution". The Bulletin. October 17, 1919. p. 3.
29. "Lowden Refuses Wife's Plea For Execution Stay". Warsaw Union. October 14, 1919. p. 7.
30. "Pays Penalty For His Crime". Urbana Daily Democrat. October 17, 1919. p. 3.
31. "3 Men Electrocuted at Rockview Prison". The Clinton County Times. October 31, 1919. p. 1.
32. "Pays Penalty for Murder". The Polk County News. November 21, 1919. p. 15.
33. "Negro Was Electrocuted in Columbia Friday". The Observer. November 18, 1919. p. 15.
34. "Waterbury Murderer Sentenced to Death". The Meriden Daily Journal. June 25, 1919. p. 1.
35. "Pays Death Penalty For Murdering Wife". Berkeley Daily Gazette. December 19, 1919. p. 15.

Preceded by 1918

List of people executed       in the United States in    1919

Succeeded by 1920