List of people executed in the United States in 1921

One hundred and forty-two people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1921, seventy-eight by electrocution, and sixty-four by hanging. ^[1]

List of people executed in the United States in 1921

No.	Date of execution	Name	Age of person			Gender	Ethnicity	State	Method	Ref.
			At execution	At offense	Age difference
1	January 7, 1921	Joszef Deli	25	24	1	Male	White	Ohio	Electrocution	[2]
2		Robert O'Neil	26	Unknown	Unknown		Black
3	January 14, 1921	Pedro Dominguez	27	27	0		Hispanic	Arizona	Hanging	[3]
4	January 20, 1921	Charles Cross		Unknown	Unknown		Black	Ohio	Electrocution	[4]
5	January 21, 1921	Robert Edwards	21	20	1			Alabama	Hanging	[1]
6		Ernest Williams	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
7	January 27, 1921	Enrique Garcia	38	36	2		Hispanic	New York	Electrocution
8		Augustin L. Sanchez	33	31						[5]
9	January 31, 1921	Lee Ellison	45	45	0		Black	Kentucky		[6]
10	February 1, 1921	Philip Schilling	29	28	1		White	New Jersey		[7]
11	February 4, 1921	Dan Charley	Unknown	Unknown	2		Black	Alabama	Hanging	[8]
12		James C. Clark	43	41			White	California		[1]
13		Will Lomax	27	26	1		Black	South Carolina	Electrocution
14	February 10, 1921	Jesse Edward Walker	20	19			White	New York		[9]
15	February 11, 1921	Edward J. Brislane	30	29				Illinois	Hanging	[10]
16		Settimi DeSantis	37	36
17	February 18, 1921	Ernest Nakis	34	32	2			California		[11]
18		Ivey Littlejohn	27	Unknown	Unknown		Black	South Carolina	Electrocution	[12]
19	February 25, 1921	Laodis Lincoln	35	Unknown	Unknown			Louisiana	Hanging	[1]
20		Charles Robert Robinson	16	16	0			Maryland		[13]
21		Felix Bell	Unknown	Unknown	2
22		Robert Washington Blakely	39	39	0		White	Oklahoma	Electrocution	[14]
23		John G. Ledbetter	31	30	1		Native American
24	February 28, 1921	James Davis	Unknown	Unknown	3		Black	Pennsylvania		[1]
25	March 3, 1921	Guy Nichols	24	23	1		White	New York		[15]
26	March 4, 1921	Adam Griffin	40	Unknown	Unknown		Black	South Carolina		[1]
27	March 5, 1921	John Williams	27	Unknown	Unknown			Virginia
28	March 11, 1921	William Henry Campbell	22	21	1			District of Columbia	Hanging	[16]
29		Yee Geow	25	24			Asian	Wyoming		[1]
30	March 15, 1921	Stephen Carrigan	35	33	2		White	New Jersey	Electrocution	[17]
31	March 18, 1921	William Davis	Unknown	Unknown	1		Black	Maryland	Hanging	[18]
32		Charles Lewis	Unknown	Unknown
33		Albert Howard	19	19	0			Texas		[1]
34	March 21, 1921	William Hopkins	21	21				North Carolina	Electrocution	[19]
35	March 25, 1921	Richard "Freddie" Fogle	16	16				South Carolina		[20]
36	April 1, 1921	Johann Schmitt	26	26			White	Washington	Hanging	[21]
37	April 8, 1921	Giles Sydnor	24	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Virginia	Electrocution	[1]
38	April 15, 1921	Mailo Segura	29	26	3		White	Federal government	Hanging	[22]
39		Sam Cardinella	26	25	1			Illinois		[23]
40		Joseph Costanzo	30	29
41		Sam Ferrara	26	25
42		Francis Jenkins Lowhone	36	34	2
43		Guy Vernon Thompson	41	40	1			Maryland		[24]
44		Lester Eugene Gandy	27	Unknown	Unknown			Mississippi		[25]
45		Jesse James Watts	34	33	1
46	April 18, 1921	Antonio Insano	45	44				Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[26]
47	April 22, 1921	Gus Bracy	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Louisiana	Hanging	[27]
48		Earl R. Holmes	19	19	0		White
49		John R. Parker	22	22
50	April 25, 1921	Clarence Raymond Collins	21	18	3			Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[28]
51		Charles Clinton Reinecker	20	17
52	April 29, 1921	Revertia Reynolds	21	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Arkansas		[1]
53		James Louis O'Dell	25	24	1		White	New York		[29]
54	May 3, 1921	Albert Wilson	Unknown	Unknown			Black	South Carolina		[30]
55	May 5, 1921	Michael Casalino	39	36	3		White	New York		[31]
56	May 6, 1921	Joe Berry	25	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Louisiana	Hanging	[1]
57	May 16, 1921	Charles Byrd	20	18	2			Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[32]
58		Timothy Green	23	Unknown	Unknown
59	May 20, 1921	Elwood Birdsey Wade	24	23	1		White	Connecticut	Hanging	[33]
60		Tom Brown	Unknown	Unknown			Black	Florida		[34]
61	May 23, 1921	John Currey	24	23				Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[35]
62		George Cox Tompkins	39	35	4		White
63	May 27, 1921	John Kaurawskas	36	36	0			Connecticut	Hanging	[1]
64		Luke Frazier	35	34	1		Black	North Carolina	Electrocution	[36]
65	May 28, 1921	Charles Rehfeld	42	41		White	Ohio	[37]
66	June 2, 1921	Senbichi Ichioka	61	Unknown	Unknown	Asian	Hawaii Territory	Hanging	[1]
67		Dick Howell	43	41	2	White	Ohio	Electrocution	[38]
68	June 3, 1921	George C. Williams	53	Unknown	Unknown		California	Hanging	[1]
69	June 17, 1921	Virgil Clarke	36	Unknown	Unknown	Black	Arkansas	Electrocution
70		Felix John Birbiglia	22	21	1	White	Louisiana	Hanging	[39]
71		Charles Jones Zalenka	20	19
72	June 20, 1921	Milton Hudson	30	29		Black	Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[40]
73		William Stragin	31	30
74		Steve Schiop	35	34		White
75		Robert Trammel	36	35		Black
76	June 24, 1921	William Turner	Unknown	Unknown			Federal government	Hanging	[41]
77		Oscar McGavick	Unknown	Unknown			Illinois		[42]
78		Grover Cleveland Redding	45	44
79	July 1, 1921	Royce Richardson	32	32	0		Ohio	Electrocution	[43]
80	July 8, 1921	Antonio Lopez	26	25	1	Hispanic	Illinois	Hanging	[44]
81	July 15, 1921	Harry Ward	25	24		White			[45]
82		Eli Thomas	22	21		Black	Oklahoma	Electrocution	[46]
83	July 21, 1921	John P. Bulge	27	26			New York		[47]
84		Jose Flores	17	16		Hispanic	Texas	Hanging	[48]
85		Jordan Israel	40	39		Black
86	July 22, 1921	Jacob Lutz	48	48	0	White	West Virginia		[49]
87	July 25, 1921	Joseph Allen	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[1]
88	July 26, 1921	Frederick Pierson	40	Unknown	Unknown	Black	New Jersey
89	August 3, 1921	Cyrenas J. Jackson	18	17	1		Tennessee		[50]
90		Taylor Neal	19	18
91	August 5, 1921	Hobart E. Grimm	23	22		White	West Virginia	Hanging	[51]
92	August 12, 1921	Charles William Jocoy					Missouri		[52]
93	August 17, 1921	Will Allen	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Tennessee	Electrocution	[53]
94		Hamp Gholson	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
95		Chesley Graham	Unknown	Unknown	1
96	August 23, 1921	Harold V. Lamble	29	26	3	White	New Jersey		[54]
97		William J. Fitzsimmons	32	31	1
98	August 26, 1921	Richard Davis	72	71		Black	Alabama	Hanging	[1]
99		Will Morton	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
100		John Whiteside	Unknown	Unknown	0
101		Albert Yick	29	28	1	White	Montana		[55]
102	August 29, 1921	Frank Motto	24	24	0		Ohio	Electrocution	[56]
103	August 30, 1921	Frank J. James	35	34	1		New Jersey		[57]
104		Raymond P. Schuck	29	28
105	September 1, 1921	Henry Alfred Brown	19	19	0	Black	Federal government	Hanging	[58]
106		Angelo Giordano	42	38	4	White	New York	Electrocution	[59]
107		Harry B. Van Reed	36	35	1
108	September 2, 1921	Pink Griffin	23	23	0	Black	South Carolina		[60]
109	September 9, 1921	Nichan Martin	25	22	3	White	Arizona	Hanging	[61]
110		Sylvester Brown	27	27	0	Black	Ohio	Electrocution	[62]
111	September 12, 1921	John William Carroll Jr.	23	22	1	White	Missouri	Hanging	[63]
112	September 15, 1921	Clyde Thomas	35	35	0	Black	Alabama		[64]
113		Edward J. McNally	30	Unknown	Unknown	White	New York	Electrocution	[65]
114	September 20, 1921	Andrew Davy	38	37	1		Ohio		[66]
115	September 23, 1921	Jacob Benjamin Martin	33	33	0		Florida	Hanging	[67]
116		Francis Putnam Ponsell	25	24	1
117	September 26, 1921	William Knight	24	Unknown	Unknown	Black	Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[68]
118	September 30, 1921	Carl Otto Wanderer	26	24	2	White	Illinois	Hanging	[69]
119		John Cooper	41	40	1	Black	Ohio	Electrocution	[1]
120		Judge Griffith	22	22	0		Virginia		[70]
121		Raleigh Haskins	18	18
122	October 3, 1921	Love Wilson	22	20	2		Pennsylvania		[71]
123	October 7, 1921	John Doe Hamilton	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Native American	Federal government	Hanging	[1]
124		Henry Harbor	29	Unknown	Unknown	Black	West Virginia		[72]
125	October 10, 1921	Frank Henderson	34	33	1	White	North Carolina	Electrocution	[73]
126	October 14, 1921	Amos Henry Ratliff	25	24			Arkansas		[74]
127	October 20, 1921	James T. Harris	53	52			North Carolina		[75]
128	October 21, 1921	David Clifton	36	35		Black	California	Hanging	[76]
129		John Edward Christmas	27	27	0		Illinois		[77]
130	October 24, 1921	Domenico Diaco	32	28	4	White	Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[78]
131	October 31, 1921	Harry Caldwell	33	32	1	Black	North Carolina		[79]
132	November 4, 1921	Harvey Whaley	40	40	0		South Carolina		[20]
133	November 9, 1921	Frank Ligreni	Unknown	Unknown	1	White	Illinois	Hanging	[80]
134	November 21, 1921	William Young Westmoreland	39	38			North Carolina	Electrocution	[81]
135	November 28, 1921	Frank Palma	Unknown	Unknown	2		Pennsylvania		[82]
136	November 30, 1921	Claude Morehead	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Black	North Carolina		[83]
137	December 2, 1921	Henry Barnett	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Alabama	Hanging	[1]
138		Willie Williams	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
139		Tillman Choice	30	Unknown	Unknown		South Carolina	Electrocution	[84]
140	December 9, 1921	Wilmer Amos Hadley	39	36	3	White	Virginia		[85]
141	December 15, 1921	George Brazee	59	58	1		New York		[1]
142	December 30, 1921	John Price	20	Unknown	Unknown	Black	Arkansas

Demographics

Gender
Male	142	100%
Female	0	0%
Ethnicity
Black	69	49%
White	64	45%
Hispanic	5	4%
Asian	2	1%
Native American	2	1%
State
Pennsylvania	17	12%
Illinois	13	9%
New York	11	8%
Ohio	10	7%
Alabama	9	6%
South Carolina	8	6%
Louisiana	7	5%
New Jersey	7	5%
North Carolina	7	5%
Maryland	5	4%
Tennessee	5	4%
Virginia	5	4%
Arkansas	4	3%
California	4	3%
Federal government	4	3%
Florida	3	2%
Oklahoma	3	2%
Texas	3	2%
West Virginia	3	2%
Arizona	2	1%
Connecticut	2	1%
Mississippi	2	1%
Missouri	2	1%
District of Columbia	1	1%
Hawaii Territory	1	1%
Kentucky	1	1%
Montana	1	1%
Washington	1	1%
Wyoming	1	1%
Method
Electrocution	78	55%
Hanging	64	45%
Month
January	9	6%
February	15	11%
March	11	8%
April	18	13%
May	12	8%
June	13	9%
July	10	7%
August	16	11%
September	17	12%
October	10	7%
November	5	4%
December	6	4%
Age
Unknown	23	16%
10–19	9	6%
20–29	55	39%
30–39	36	25%
40–49	14	10%
50–59	3	2%
60–69	1	1%
70–79	1	1%
Total	142	100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
1922	148
1921	142
1920	102
Total	392

References

1. "Executions in the U.S. 1608-2002: The ESPY File" (PDF). Death Penalty Information Center . Retrieved December 4, 2025.
2. "Cleveland Men Electrocuted This Morning". Painesville Telegraph. January 7, 1921. p. 1.
3. "Dominguez Hangs". Prescott Evening Courier. January 14, 1921. p. 1.
4. "Cleveland Murderer Electrocuted at Columbus". Painesville Telegraph. January 20, 1921. p. 1.
5. "Convicted Man to Die Today Notwithstanding "New Evidence"". Schenectady Gazette. January 24, 1921. p. 24.
6. "Prayed For Mercy". The Montreal Gazette. February 1, 1921. p. 8.
7. "State v. Schilling". Google Books.
8. "Second Negro Hanged for Murder of White". The Evening Independent. February 4, 1921. p. 4.
9. "Youth Smokes on Way to Death Chair- Cheered by Love Letters". The Lewiston Daily Sun. February 11, 1921. p. 1.
10. "Two Murderers Pay With Lives". Youngstown Vindicator. February 11, 1921. p. 17.
11. "'I'm Innocent' Is Man's Cry Until Trap is Sprung". The Evening News. February 18, 1921. p. 1.
12. "Ivey Littlejohn Gave Tip Before He Died". Herald-Journal. February 26, 1921. p. 4.
13. "Two Negroes Pay Death Penalty". Gettysburg Times. February 25, 1921. p. 28.
14. ""I Am Guilty;" Electrocuted". The Southeast Missourian. February 25, 1921. p. 1.
15. "NAVAL VETERAN DIES IN ELECTRIC CHAIR; Guy Nichols, Brooklyn Murderer, Left $5,000 War Risk Insurance to Parents". The New York Times. March 18, 1921.(subscription required)
16. "Campbell Hanged". The Afro-American. March 18, 1921. p. 2.
17. "Woman's Slayer Executed at Trenton". Reading Eagle. March 16, 1921. p. 10.
18. "Negro Smokes Cigar On Way To Gallows". The Telegraph-Herald. March 19, 1921. p. 12.
19. "William Hopkins..." The Dispatch. January 25, 1921. p. 14.
20. "Calhoun Negro To Die In The Electric Chair". The Observer. March 4, 1921. p. 4.
21. "Policeman's Murderer Will Hang on April Fool's Day". St. Petersburg Times. April 1, 1921. p. 16.
22. "Time Soon to Be Up For Alaskan Slayer". Dawson Daily News. March 29, 1921. p. 1.
23. "Four to Hang in Chicago Friday; Jail Riot Feared". The Telegraph-Herald. April 14, 1921. p. 1.
24. "Heed Murderer's Request". Gettysburg Times. April 14, 1921. p. 1.
25. "News of Mississippi". The Woodville Republican. April 23, 1921. p. 1.
26. "Slayer Put to Death in Rockview Chair". The Pittsburgh Press. April 18, 1921. p. 2.
27. "Three Are Hanged in Jails in Louisiana". Herald-Journal. April 23, 1921. p. 1.
28. "Pay the Death Penalty". Gettysburg Compiler. April 30, 1921. p. 1.
29. "'Beware of Wolves', Odell Wrote His Baby Daughter". The Newburgh Daily News. April 30, 1921. p. 1.
30. "State v. Wilson". Google Books.
31. "State v. Casalino". Google Books.
32. "Two Negroes Executed". The Clinton County Times. May 20, 1921. p. 1.
33. "Elwood Wade Hanged". Berkeley Daily Gazette. May 20, 1921. p. 10.
34. "Tom Brown Will Be Hanged On May 20". The Evening Independent. May 6, 1921. p. 4.
35. "Tompkins Executed at Rockview Prison; Meets End Calmly". The Pittsburgh Press. May 23, 1921. p. 1.
36. "The Death Chair". The Union Republican via newspapers.com. June 9, 1921. p. 1.
37. "Death Sentence for Rehfeld Upheld". The Toledo News-Bee. May 4, 1921. p. 5.
38. "Dick Howell is Executed". Youngstown Vindicator. June 2, 1921. p. 22.
39. "Woman Slayers to Hang Friday". The Evening Independent. June 17, 1921. p. 3.
40. "Four Die For One Crime". Reading Eagle. June 20, 1921. p. 2.
41. "Turner is Hanged For Killing Moore". Evening Star. June 24, 1921. p. 2.
42. "Jailer Frustrates a Plot to Restore Life to Hanged Men". Eugene Register-Guard. June 24, 1921. p. 1.
43. "Richardson Fourth Man to Die". The Toledo News-Bee. July 1, 1921. p. 2.
44. "Five Murderers Must Hang". The Blair Press. February 24, 1921. p. 2.
45. ""Lone Wolf" Pays Penalty For Murder". Urbana Daily Democrat. July 15, 1921. p. 1.
46. "Thomas v. State". Justia Law.
47. "Murderer of Two Is Executed in Chair". The Newburgh Daily News. July 22, 1921. p. 2.
48. "Will Have to Go to Gallows For Murder". The Bonham Daily Favorite. May 4, 1921. p. 1.
49. "State v. Lutz". Google Books.
50. "Negroes Executed". St. Petersburg Times. August 4, 1921. p. 18.
51. "Grimm Admits Having Part in Galchek Death". The Pittsburgh Press. July 8, 1921. p. 11.
52. "Jacoy Hanged at Union, Mo". The Nevada Daily Mail. August 12, 1921. p. 1.
53. "3 Negro Slayers are Electrocuted". The Victoria Advocate. August 18, 1921. p. 2.
54. "George Brandon Dies Protesting His Innocence". Providence News. August 24, 1921. p. 32.
55. "In Noose Shadow, To Get Hearings". Spokane Daily Chronicle. May 20, 1921. p. 30.
56. "Motto Dies for Murder of Two Men". Urbana Daily Democrat. August 29, 1921. p. 1.
57. "Messenger's Slayers Die in the Chair". Reading Eagle. August 31, 1921. p. 7.
58. "All White Jury Convicts Brown". The Afro-American. March 18, 1921. p. 31.
59. "Two Convicted Murderers Are Put To Death". Meriden Morning Record. September 2, 1921. p. 1.
60. "Negro Leaves Advice for Members of Race". Herald-Journal. September 4, 1921. p. 4.
61. "Sentence Murderer to Hang". The Spokesman-Review. June 28, 1921. p. 9.
62. "Brown Legally Dead". Youngstown Vindicator. September 12, 1921. p. 8.
63. "News Gathered in Fayette County". The Pittsburgh Press. July 29, 1921. p. 7.
64. "Negro Murderer Heavily Guarded". The Evening Independent. August 15, 1921. p. 1.
65. "Empire State Epitome". Cayuga Chief. September 9, 1921. p. 3.
66. "Davy Pays For His Crime In the Electric Chair". Urbana Daily Democrat. September 20, 1921. p. 3.
67. "Two Men Hang; Confess Guilt". St. Petersburg Times. September 24, 1921. p. 11.
68. "Walks Smiling to His Death". The Afro-American. September 30, 1921. p. 1.
69. "Sings Popular Song On Way To The Gallows". Portsmouth Daily Times. September 30, 1921. p. 1.
70. "Negro Admits Brutal Murder". The Evening Independent. July 16, 1921. p. 12.
71. "Executed For Crime Nearly Three Years Old". The Grape Belt. October 4, 1921. p. 4.
72. "Negro Murderer Dies On Gallows". The Evening Review via newspapers.com. October 8, 1921. p. 5.
73. "Frank Henderson in Put To Death". The Mount Airy News. October 13, 1921. p. 6.
74. "Kills Two to Win Back Love of His Wife; Goes to Electric Chair as She Spurns Him". The Southeast Missourian. September 28, 1921. p. 8.
75. "Three Harris Jurors Join in Plea For Life". The Robesonian. October 20, 1921. p. 3.
76. "California News Items In Brief". The Union Democrat. October 15, 1921. p. 3.
77. "Christmas, Wife Murderer Dies On Gallows, Oct. 21". Daily Illini. September 28, 1921. p. 1.
78. "Slayer Gets Stay". The Pittsburgh Press. June 26, 1921. p. 3.
79. "State v. Caldwell". CaseMine.
80. "Condensed News". Reading Eagle. September 1, 1921. p. 7.
81. "Indifferent In Face of Death". The Polk County News. December 2, 1921. p. 6.
82. "Dies Declaring Innocence". Gettysburg Times. November 28, 1921. p. 5.
83. "Woman Was Witness of A Negro's Electrocution". The Dispatch. December 5, 1921. p. 38.
84. "Tillman Choice Goes To Chair Singing Hymn". Herald-Journal. December 3, 1921. p. 3.
85. "Former Army Officer Pays Death Penalty". The Nevada Daily Mail. December 3, 1921. p. 1.

Preceded by 1920

List of people executed       in the United States in    1921

Succeeded by 1922