List of people executed in the United States in 1925

One hundred and forty-four people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1925, ninety-six by electrocution, forty-six by hanging, and two by firing squad. ^[1]

List of people executed in the United States in 1925

No.	Date of execution	Name	Age of person			Gender	Ethnicity	State	Method	Ref.
			At execution	At offense	Age difference
1	January 2, 1925	Archie Burris	33	30	3	Male	Black	Iowa	Hanging	[2]
2	January 5, 1925	Kenneth Hale	17	17	0			North Carolina	Electrocution	[3]
3		John Leak	Unknown	Unknown
4	January 8, 1925	John Emieleta	21	20	1		White	New York		[4]
5		John Rys	19	18
6	January 9, 1925	Sam Flowers	36	34	2		Black	Arizona	Hanging	[5]
7		Walter Vernon Yeager	42	41	1		White	California		[6]
8		Joseph Clarence Kane	21	20				Ohio	Electrocution	[7]
9	January 14, 1925	Ben Burchfield	44	42	2			Tennessee		[8]
10	January 15, 1925	Ralph Thomas	42	41	1		Black	District of Columbia	Hanging	[9]
11		Ambrose Geary	38	37			White	New York	Electrocution	[10]
12		Harry F. Malcolm	34	33
13		Edward C. Smith	37	36
14	January 16, 1925	Jack Ferdinand	30	29				California	Hanging	[11]
15		John Sears	21	20
16		John Geregac	22	21
17		Hess Conners		22	0		Black	Illinois		[12]
18	January 22, 1925	Herbert L. Copeland	50	43	7			District of Columbia		[13]
19		John Thomas Leonard	22	21	1		White	New York	Electrocution	[14]
20		Nicholas Ferranti	42	40	2
21		Florencio Lerma	25	24	1		Hispanic
22	January 30, 1925	Peter Vergolini	29	29	0		White	Indiana		[15]
23		Lester Hurd	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Mississippi	Hanging	[16]
24		Eddie Lee	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
25	February 9, 1925	Wilson Bertrim Highwarden	50	49	1			Ohio	Electrocution	[17]
26	February 13, 1925	Francisco Casade	42	40	2		Hispanic	California	Hanging	[18]
27		John Kammerer	47	47	0		White	Illinois		[19]
28		John Stacey	51	51
29		Carroll Gibson	18	17	1		Black	Maryland		[20]
30	February 14, 1925	Roy Walsh	22	20	2		White	Montana		[21]
31	February 18, 1925	David Jones	39	Unknown	Unknown		Black	North Carolina	Electrocution	[1]
32	February 20, 1925	Henry Brown	54	Unknown	Unknown			Ohio		[22]
33		Henry C. "George Allen" Hett	23	20	3		White	Utah	Firing squad	[23]
34	February 27, 1925	Clarence Bailey	26	24	2			Alabama	Hanging	[24]
35	March 6, 1925	Allen Germany	45	44	1		Black			[1]
36		Isaac Cooper	39	Unknown	Unknown			Virginia	Electrocution
37	March 12, 1925	Frank H. Minnick	27	26	1		White	New York		[25]
38		Patrick Murphy	30	28	2
39		Prince Dandridge	33	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Virginia		[1]
40	March 20, 1925	Leonard Griffin	25	23	2			Kentucky		[26]
41		Sid Davis	38	36
42		Martin Eustis Carricut	33	32	1		White	Louisiana	Hanging	[27]
43		Amos White	Unknown	Unknown	2		Black
44	March 27, 1925	Charles Thomas	24	23	1			Ohio	Electrocution	[28]
45	March 30, 1925	Henry Jackson		21	3			Pennsylvania		[29]
46	April 3, 1925	John Sidney Welk	31	29	2		White	Texas		[30]
47	April 6, 1925	Charles Oefinger	33	32	1			Pennsylvania		[31]
48		Grant Adams	21	20
49	April 17, 1925	Charles William Stewart	55	54				North Carolina		[32]
50		William Elmer Stewart	23	23	0
51		Jesse Carter	30	30			Black	Virginia		[33]
52	April 20, 1925	Angelo Gelfo	29	28	1		White	Pennsylvania		[34]
53	April 21, 1925	Len Walton		27	2		Black	North Carolina		[35]
54	April 24, 1925	Clarence Reid	20	18			White	California	Hanging	[36]
55		Joseph Prymas	24	23	1			Ohio	Electrocution	[37]
56	April 27, 1925	Michael Soos	25		2			Pennsylvania		[38]
57	April 30, 1925	Morris Barlow Diamond	28	27	1			New York		[39]
58		Joseph Diamond	22	20	2
59		John Farina	23	22	1
60	May 1, 1925	Jason Cox Adkins	33	32				Ohio		[40]
61		Percy Lee	34	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Virginia		[41]
62	May 6, 1925	J.C. Coachman	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown			Florida		[42]
63	May 8, 1925	Ronald Charles Erno	26	24	2		White	California	Hanging	[43]
64		William Singleton	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Black	North Carolina	Electrocution	[1]
65	May 15, 1925	Alex Williams	32	31	1	Georgia
66		Lawrence Washington	33	32		Illinois		Hanging	[44]
67		Pedro Cano	29	26	3	Hispanic	Utah	Firing squad	[45]
68	May 16, 1925	Fred Ward	30	29	1	White	Ohio	Electrocution	[46]
69	May 21, 1925	Robert Lee Currie	28	22	6		Georgia	Hanging	[47]
70	May 22, 1925	George McKay	45	44	1		Mississippi		[48]
71		Arthur Covell		43	2		Oregon		[49]
72		Llewellyn Wilson Peare	68	66
73	May 25, 1925	John Meleskie	34	31	3		Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[50]
74	May 29, 1925	Leroy Scott	22	Unknown	Unknown	Black	Oklahoma		[51]
75	June 1, 1925	Antonio Burchanti	Unknown	Unknown	2	White	Pennsylvania		[52]
76		John Torti	Unknown	Unknown
77	June 5, 1925	Jim Collins	19	18	1	Black	North Carolina		[53]
78		Carroll Orr	56	54	2		South Carolina		[54]
79		Lavannie Twitty	24	Unknown	Unknown		Texas		[55]
80	June 12, 1925	Willie Green	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Alabama	Hanging	[1]
81		Will Williams	25	24	1		North Carolina	Electrocution	[56]
82		Kondat Gwozdenkow	37	37	0	White	Ohio		[1]
83	June 19, 1925	Willis Sam	Unknown	Unknown	1	Black	Illinois	Hanging
84		George Henry Love	32	29	3		North Carolina	Electrocution	[57]
85	June 26, 1925	Jack Buster	20	16	4		Arkansas		[58]
86		Perk Flowers	22	Unknown	Unknown
87		George Farrell	24	23	1	White	Kentucky		[59]
88		Elmer Hall	26	25
89		Richard Newhouse	22	21
90	June 29, 1925	Henry Edwards	35	34		Black	Pennsylvania		[60]
91	July 3, 1925	J.C. Williams		35	0		Alabama	Hanging	[1]
92		Harry Armand	24	23	1		Kentucky	Electrocution	[61]
93		Frank Noel Jr.	22	22	0		Texas		[62]
94		Lorenzo Noel	23	23
95	July 10, 1925	Thomas Bailey	22	21	1	White	California	Hanging	[63]
96		Edmund Montijo	21	19	2
97		Lewis Perry	19	17
98		Rodney Hubert Hoke		Unknown	Unknown		Virginia	Electrocution	[64]
99	July 17, 1925	James Crump	25	24	1	Black	Missouri	Hanging	[65]
100		Leon Williams	27	25	2
101		Edwin Rushing	25	Unknown	Unknown		Texas	Electrocution	[66]
102		Horace Allen	45	45	0		Virginia		[67]
103	July 24, 1925	John Aloysius Connelly	38	35	3	White	California	Hanging	[68]
104	July 31, 1925	John Milton	36	35	1	Black	Alabama		[1]
105		Charles Craig	23	22		White	California		[69]
106	August 7, 1925	Lenzy Traylor	21	20			Ohio	Electrocution	[70]
107		George Clem Gray	40	38	2		Texas		[71]
108	August 11, 1925	Walter Ray Simmons	27	24	3		Nebraska		[72]
109	August 21, 1925	Harry Mack	Unknown	Unknown	0	Black	Alabama	Hanging	[73]
110	August 27, 1925	John Durkin	25	24	1	White	New York	Electrocution	[74]
111	August 28, 1925	Ray Ross	28	27		Black	Kentucky	Hanging	[75]
112		Draper Jeffries	31	30			South Carolina	Electrocution	[76]
113	September 4, 1925	Cosmo Ferranto	45	39	6	White	Ohio		[77]
114	September 17, 1925	Julius William Miller	44	44	0	Black	New York		[78]
115	September 18, 1925	Calvin Walters	28	28			Ohio		[79]
116	September 21, 1925	Michele Bassi	Unknown	Unknown	1	White	Pennsylvania		[80]
117		Tony Pezzi	Unknown	Unknown
118	September 26, 1925	Frank Jackson	Unknown	Unknown	0	Black	Georgia		[81]
119	September 28, 1925	Julius McKinley Branham	27	Unknown	Unknown		Pennsylvania		[82]
120		John A. Walker	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
121	September 29, 1925	Henry Perman	28	Unknown	Unknown		Virginia		[83]
122	October 2, 1925	John McMillan	18	Unknown	Unknown		North Carolina		[1]
123		Thomas Robinson	26	26	0
124	October 5, 1925	William Lyons	37	36	1		Pennsylvania		[84]
125	October 9, 1925	Sam Greenhill	36	34	2		Federal government	Hanging	[85]
126		Alfred Ballinger	41	Unknown	Unknown	White	California		[1]
127		Doc Earl McMillan	31	Unknown	Unknown	Black	Virginia	Electrocution
128	October 10, 1925	George Dixon Sujynamie	28	28	0	Native American	Federal government	Hanging	[86]
129	October 12, 1925	Edward Stevenson	Unknown	Unknown	1	Black	Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[87]
130	October 16, 1925	Frank Lanciano	30	Unknown	Unknown	White	Illinois	Hanging	[88]
131		John Koval	32	31	1		Indiana	Electrocution
132	October 19, 1925	James Scott	23	22		Black	Pennsylvania		[89]
133		Anthony Wichrowski	38	37		White
134	October 26, 1925	John Girsch	20	19					[90]
135		Michael Weiss	21	20
136	November 5, 1925	Robert Milton Tate	26	25			Tennessee		[91]
137	November 13, 1925	Jesse Cherry Kelley	31	30			Arkansas		[92]
138	November 16, 1925	Harland C. Simons	26	25			Iowa	Hanging	[93]
139	November 20, 1925	Robert Little	21	20		Black	Ohio	Electrocution	[94]
140		Bucur Todor	40	39		White
141	November 30, 1925	W.R. Lloyd	27	27	0		Oregon	Hanging	[95]
142		Philip Alfred Hartman	25	24	1		Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[96]
143	December 4, 1925	Johnnie Washington	29	28		Black	Oklahoma		[97]
144	December 15, 1925	Daniel Genese	25	24		White	New Jersey		[98]

Demographics

Gender
Male	144	100%
Female	0	0%
Ethnicity
White	74	51%
Black	66	46%
Hispanic	3	2%
Native American	1	1%
State
Pennsylvania	20	14%
New York	15	10%
California	13	9%
Ohio	13	9%
North Carolina	12	8%
Virginia	8	6%
Kentucky	7	5%
Alabama	6	4%
Illinois	6	4%
Texas	6	4%
Arkansas	3	2%
Georgia	3	2%
Mississippi	3	2%
Oregon	3	2%
District of Columbia	2	1%
Federal government	2	1%
Indiana	2	1%
Iowa	2	1%
Louisiana	2	1%
Missouri	2	1%
Oklahoma	2	1%
South Carolina	2	1%
Tennessee	2	1%
Utah	2	1%
Arizona	1	1%
Florida	1	1%
Maryland	1	1%
Montana	1	1%
Nebraska	1	1%
New Jersey	1	1%
Method
Electrocution	96	67%
Hanging	46	32%
Firing squad	2	1%
Month
January	24	17%
February	10	7%
March	11	8%
April	14	10%
May	15	10%
June	16	11%
July	15	10%
August	7	5%
September	9	6%
October	14	10%
November	7	5%
December	2	1%
Age
Unknown	16	11%
10–19	7	5%
20–29	64	44%
30–39	35	24%
40–49	15	10%
50–59	6	4%
60–69	1	1%
Total	144	100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
1926	141
1925	144
1924	126
Total	411

References

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2. "Negro Hanged". The Evening Independent. January 2, 1925. p. 7.
3. "Two Electrocuted". The Daily Star. January 5, 1925. p. 1.
4. "TWO DIE IN CHAIR FOR KILLING CHINESE; Sing Sing's New Chaplain Attends First Execution, That of Youths, 20 and 19". The New York Times. January 9, 1925.
5. "Negro Hanged for Wife Murder". Spokane Daily Chronicle. January 10, 1925. p. 19.
6. "New San Quentin Warden at First Hanging Friday". Berkeley Daily Gazette. January 8, 1925. p. 5.
7. "Joseph Kane, 21, Executed in the Ohio Penitentiary". Warsaw Daily Times and the Northern Indianian. January 9, 1925. p. 1.
8. "Death Penalty for 5 Murders". Gettysburg Times. January 14, 1925. p. 8.
9. "Ralph Thomas Hanged". The Afro-American. January 24, 1925. p. 1.
10. "3 SLAYERS DIE IN CHAIR; ONE MAKES AN APPEAL". The New York Times. January 16, 1925.
11. "Three Hanged for One Death in California". The Bulletin. January 16, 1925. p. 1.
12. "Negro Hanged in Illinois". Spokane Daily Chronicle. January 16, 1925. p. 12.
13. "Negro is Hanged for Killing 3 Policemen". The Newburgh Daily News. January 22, 1925. p. 2.
14. "THREE MURDERERS ARE PUT TO DEATH; John T. Leonard's Last Words Are, "I Was Drunk and I'm Willing to Pay the Price."". The New York Times. January 23, 1925.
15. "Man Electrocuted For Girl's Death". The Evening Independent. January 30, 1925. p. 7.
16. "Two Slayers Sing as They Go To Death". Warsaw Daily Times and the Northern Indianian. January 31, 1925. p. 7.
17. "Killer Pays Death Penalty in Chair". The Toledo News-Bee. February 9, 1925. p. 14.
18. "Mexican Killer Hangs". The Bulletin. February 13, 1925. p. 2.
19. "Noose Claims Life of Killer of Five Eders". The Telegraph-Herald. February 13, 1925. p. 1.
20. "News Briefs". Ellensburg Daily Record. February 13, 1925. p. 8.
21. "Pays Penalty With His Life for Murder". The Oxnard Daily Courier. February 14, 1925. p. 1.
22. "Goes to Death Humming Hymn". Youngstown Vindicator. February 20, 1925. p. 38.
23. "Killed by Firing Squad". Warsaw Daily Times and the Northern Indianian. February 21, 1925. p. 3.
24. "Bailey Meets Gallows Fate Gamely Today". Times Daily. February 27, 1925. p. 1.
25. "RAISE FUND FOR FAMILY AS MAN DIES IN CHAIR; Warden Lawes Takes Up Collection in Death Chamber for Frank Minnick's Children". The New York Times. March 13, 1925.
26. "2 Kentucky Negro Slayers Executed". The Telegraph-Herald. March 20, 1925. p. 13.
27. "Hang Man's Noose Claims Two Victims". The Meriden Daily Journal. March 21, 1925. p. 8.
28. "Electrocute Negro For Murdering of Columbus Officer". Easton Free Press. March 27, 1925. p. 1.
29. "Officer's Slayer Dies in Chair". Reading Eagle. March 30, 1925. p. 4.
30. "Texas Murderer is Electrocuted at Huntsville". Warsaw Union. April 3, 1925. p. 1.
31. "Two Men Die in Electric Chair This Morning". Gettysburg Times. April 6, 1925. p. 1.
32. "Father and Son Executed". Lewiston Evening Journal. April 17, 1925. p. 10.
33. "Tried, Sentenced to Die in 80 Minutes". The Toledo News-Bee. March 10, 1925. p. 16.
34. "Greensburg Man Dies in Chair For Murder of His Wife". The Pittsburgh Press. April 20, 1925. p. 14.
35. "State v. Walton". Google Books.
36. "Telegraphic Briefs". The Victoria Advocate. April 24, 1925. p. 1.
37. "Joe Prymas Pays Penalty For Murder of Policeman". Portsmouth Daily Times. April 24, 1925. p. 11.
38. "Goes to Chair For Killing Young Wife". The Norwalk Hour. April 27, 1925. p. 7.
39. "DIAMOND BROTHERS AND JOHN FARINA ARE PUT TO DEATH; One Slayer and Two Accomplices in Brooklyn Bank Murder Die at Sing Sing". The New York Times. May 1, 1925.
40. "Last Chapter in Life of Adkins to be Enacted Sunday at Fullerton; Admitted Guilt in Murder". Portsmouth Daily Times. May 2, 1925. p. 2.
41. "Percy Lee is Electrocuted". The Evening Leader via newspapers.com. May 1, 1925. p. 1.
42. "Raiford". The Evening Independent. May 11, 1925. p. 24.
43. "Gallows Faced Calmly By Siskiyou Murderer". The Bulletin. May 8, 1925. p. 1.
44. "Confectioner's Slayer Hanged in Chicago Jail". Warsaw Daily Times and the Northern Indianian. May 15, 1925. p. 1.
45. "Pedro Cano Goes to Death Today Saying Innocent". The Bonham Daily Favorite. May 15, 1925. p. 15.
46. "Fred Ward Electrocuted For Murder of Girl, 16". Youngstown Vindicator. May 16, 1925. p. 13.
47. "Lee Curry Dies On The Gallows". The Evening Independent. May 22, 1925. p. 21.
48. "Mackie v. State". Google Books.
49. "Two Hangings Are Grewsome Sights". Eugene Register-Guard. May 22, 1925. p. 2.
50. "Board of Pardons Refuses Rehearing, Commutation Pleas". The Washington Reporter. May 20, 1925. p. 3.
51. "Negro Murderer Is Put To Death". The Telegraph-Herald. May 29, 1925. p. 1.
52. "Hold-Up Men Die in Chair After $75,000 Theft". Reading Eagle. June 1, 1925. p. 4.
53. "News Of The Week From State Capital". The Robesonian. June 11, 1925. p. 12.
54. "Carroll Orr Put to Death". Herald-Journal. June 5, 1925. p. 12.
55. "Twitty v. State". Google Books.
56. "Reprieve at Midnight Saves Man's Life". The Mount Airy News. May 28, 1925. p. 3.
57. "Meet Their Just Desserts". The Robesonian. June 25, 1925. p. 3.
58. "Bandits Paid Death Penalty". The Southeast Missourian. June 29, 1925. p. 5.
59. "Three Kentucky Bandits Executed". The New York Times. June 27, 1925.
60. "Dies in Electric Chair For Murder of Policeman". Reading Eagle. June 29, 1925. p. 10.
61. "Daughters of Victim See Kentuckian Go to Chair". The Lewiston Daily Sun. July 3, 1925. p. 18.
62. "Two Negro Brothers Executed in Texas". The Meriden Daily Journal. July 3, 1925. p. 1.
63. "Youthful Slayers Pay on Gallows". Ellensburg Daily Record. July 10, 1925. p. 1.
64. "19-Year-Old Moonshiner Electrocuted". Warsaw Daily Times and the Northern Indianian. July 10, 1925. p. 1.
65. "Two Negroes Hanged". St. Joseph News-Press. July 17, 1925. p. 18.
66. "Death Penalty for Negro at Palestine". The Victoria Advocate. June 10, 1925. p. 2.
67. "Given Death Sentence". The Daily Star. May 28, 1925. p. 23.
68. "People v. Connelly". Google Books.
69. "Ranger Slayer Goes to Death". The Bulletin. July 31, 1925. p. 13.
70. "Murderer Must Die". Youngstown Vindicator. August 4, 1925. p. 69.
71. "Slayer Is Executed". St. Joseph News-Press. August 7, 1925. p. 2.
72. "Pleads Innocence On Brink Of Death". Ellensburg Daily Record. August 11, 1925. p. 1.
73. "Moron Jailed For Alleged Attack On Girl". The Atlanta Independent. July 23, 1925. p. 2.
74. "JOHN DURKIN, SLAYER, EXECUTED AT SING SING; Dies in Electric Chair for Killing Detective Connell in July, 1924 -- Calm in Last Hours". The New York Times. August 28, 1925.
75. "Hanged for Attack On Girl, 9". The Toledo News-Bee. August 28, 1925. p. 23.
76. "Says Woman And Drunk Were His Ruination". The Observer. September 1, 1925. p. 7.
77. "Italian Is Killed In Chair For Murder Two Years Ago". The Bulletin. September 4, 1925. p. 1.
78. "YELLOW CHARLESTON' PAYS DEATH PENALTY; Julius W. Miller Dies at Sing Sing for Slaying Barron Wilkins, Negro Cabaret Owner". The New York Times. September 18, 1925.
79. "Colored Slayer Is Put to Death". The Toledo News-Bee. September 18, 1925. p. 2.
80. "Deny Pardon to Four Murderers". The Pittsburgh Press. September 18, 1925. p. 9.
81. "Jackson v. State". Google Books.
82. "Two Convicts Give Lives at Rockview". Beaver Falls Tribune. September 28, 1925. p. 1.
83. "Virginia State Briefs". West Point News. August 28, 1925. p. 2.
84. "Negro Gives Life at Penitentiary". Beaver Falls Tribune. October 5, 1925. p. 1.
85. "Sam Greenhill Faces Penalty With Calmness". Times Daily. October 9, 1925. p. 5.
86. "Indian Ready to 'Die Like a Man,' Says". Times Daily. October 9, 1925. p. 5.
87. "Cripple Pays Death Penalty". The Pittsburgh Press. October 12, 1925. p. 2.
88. "Two Killers of Women Pay the Supreme Penalty For Their Deeds". The Evening Independent. October 16, 1925. p. 1.
89. "2 Men Die in Electric Chair". Gettysburg Times. October 20, 1925. p. 7.
90. "Go To Death Denying Guilt". Youngstown Vindicator. October 26, 1925. p. 93.
91. "Murderer is Dead In Electric Chair". Times Daily. November 5, 1925. p. 1.
92. "Killer Pays With Life In Electric Chair". The Telegraph-Herald. November 13, 1925. p. 1.
93. "Friendless Slayer, Defiant, Hanged". Easton Free Press. November 16, 1925. p. 6.
94. "Two Murderers Die In Electric Chair". The Telegraph-Herald. November 20, 1925. p. 13.
95. "Taxi Driver is Thugs' Victim". The Spokesman-Review. September 1, 1925. p. 49.
96. "Armed Guard Escorts Hartman to Rockview Prison Early Today; Execution Takes Place Monday". Gettysburg Times. November 28, 1925. p. 1.
97. "Telegraphic Briefs". The Victoria Advocate. December 3, 1925. p. 1.
98. "GENESE DIES IN CHAIR FOR KILLING TROOPER; Didn't Get Fair Trial, He Says Before Execution, 'but I Guess It's All Right.'". The New York Times. December 16, 1925.

Preceded by 1924

List of people executed       in the United States in    1925

Succeeded by 1926