List of people executed in the United States in 1926

One hundred and forty-one people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1926, eighty-seven by electrocution, fifty-one by hanging, two by firing squad, and one by gas chamber. ^[1]

List of people executed in the United States in 1926

No.	Date of execution	Name	Age of person			Gender	Ethnicity	State	Method	Ref.
			At execution	At offense	Age difference
1	January 1, 1926	Melton Carr	23	22	1	Male	Black	Texas	Electrocution	[2]
2	January 8, 1926	Tyrus Clark	28	28	0		White	Arkansas		[3]
3		Aaron Harris	Unknown	Unknown	1		Black
4		William Andrew Lawrence	26	26	0		White	Arizona	Hanging	[4]
5		John Wesley Dawkins	20	Unknown	Unknown		Black	North Carolina	Electrocution	[3]
6	January 9, 1926	James Henry	37	37	0			Ohio		[5]
7		Agapito Rueda	29	27	2		Hispanic	Texas		[6]
8	January 15, 1926	Ralph W. Seybolt	25	25	0		White	Utah	Firing squad	[7]
9	January 16, 1926	Edward Stewart		24	1		Black	Indiana	Electrocution	[8]
10	January 22, 1926	Murray Rankin	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown			Alabama	Hanging	[1]
11		Peter Jankowski	27	26	1		White	Indiana	Electrocution	[9]
12		Arthur Montague	22	21			Black	North Carolina		[10]
13		William Spencer	28	27				Virginia		[11]
14	January 25, 1926	Robert Brue	45	43	2			Pennsylvania		[12]
15		Leamon Crocker	24	22
16		Irvin P. Grinage	31	29
17	January 28, 1926	Will Champion	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown			Florida		[13]
18		Luigi Rapito	34	Unknown	Unknown		White	New York		[14]
19		Emil Klatt	35	25	10
20	January 29, 1926	Gervis Lee Bloodworth	24	22	2			Georgia	Hanging	[15]
21		Willie Jones	20	17	3
22		Campbell McCarthy	19	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Illinois		[16]
23		Howard G. Roberson	33	32	1		White	Louisiana		[17]
24		Robert Ford	25	24			Black	West Virginia		[1]
25	February 4, 1926	Matthew Wasser	37	Unknown	Unknown		White	New York	Electrocution	[18]
26		Ernest T. Mimms	29	28	1		Black
27	February 5, 1926	Roy Edmons	22	22	0			Arkansas		[1]
28		Lee Walker	23	23
29		Edward McGowan	51	49	2			Utah	Firing squad	[19]
30	February 12, 1926	Ishman Jones	23	22	1			Arkansas	Electrocution	[20]
31		Cephus Johnson	26	25
32		Clinton Mason
33		John Canady	30	29
34	February 13, 1926	Harry Garbutt	44	42	2		White	California	Hanging	[21]
35		Alva C. Grimmett	42	41	1			Illinois		[22]
36		Joseph W. Holmes	25	25	0					[23]
37		Jack Woods	Unknown	Unknown	1
38	February 19, 1926	Rudolph Ernest Disse	20	20	0			Virginia	Electrocution	[24]
39		Lee E. Mosley	45	43	2		Black	Washington	Hanging	[25]
40	February 26, 1926	Harry Butler	21	Unknown	Unknown			Delaware		[26]
41	March 1, 1926	Thomas Legins	28	26	2			Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[27]
42	March 5, 1926	Herbert Julius						Alabama	Hanging	[28]
43		Ed Harris	42	42	0			Kentucky		[29]
44	March 11, 1926	Charlie Walton	39	38	1			Georgia	Electrocution	[1]
45	March 12, 1926	Willie Vaughn	22	20	2			Texas		[30]
46	March 19, 1926	Louis Watkins	28	27	1			Virginia		[31]
47	March 25, 1926	Theodore L. Coggeshall	21	20			White	Georgia		[32]
48		Floyd McClelland	20	19
49	March 26, 1926	Henry Smith	26	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Indiana		[33]
50		Patrick Donahue	37	36	1		White	Mississippi	Hanging	[34]
51	March 29, 1926	George H. Prescott	Unknown	Unknown	2			Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[35]
52	April 6, 1926	Gerald Chapman	38	37	1			Connecticut	Hanging	[36]
53		Forest Robinson	26	26	0		Black	Texas	Electrocution	[37]
54		S.A. Robinson	28	28
55	April 16, 1926	Raymond Costello	22	22			White	Illinois	Hanging	[38]
56		Emil F. Fricker	45	39	6
57		Charles Hobbs	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Black
58		Jose Ortiz	19	18	1		Hispanic			[39]
59		Aubry Brown	Unknown	Unknown			Black	Mississippi		[40]
60		Archie Binard Cody	33	31	2		White	Oregon		[41]
61		John Smith	24	23	1		Black	Texas	Electrocution	[42]
62	April 19, 1926	Harry Sawyer		24	0			West Virginia	Hanging	[43]
63	April 23, 1926	William Brodes	38	Unknown	Unknown			Louisiana		[44]
64	May 3, 1926	T. Harris	32	30	2			Texas	Electrocution	[1]
65	May 5, 1926	Richard J. Stewart		31	1	Massachusetts		[45]
66	May 7, 1926	Robert S. Milton	27	26		Mississippi		Hanging	[1]
67	May 12, 1926	Roy Dunwood	Unknown	Unknown		Florida		Electrocution	[46]
68	May 14, 1926	Sam Phillips	31	29	2	Texas			[1]
69	May 18, 1926	John Simmons	Unknown	Unknown	1	Florida
70		Mack Wooten	52	48	4	Georgia		Hanging	[47]
71	May 21, 1926	Stanko Jukich	29	28	1	White	Nevada	Gas chamber	[48]
72	May 24, 1926	Milo Dwight Dorst	27	26			Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[49]
73	May 25, 1926	Harry Scrimm	48	47			Florida		[50]
74	May 28, 1926	Elisha Sloan	30	29			Kentucky		[51]
75		Edward Ricker Lake	31	Unknown	Unknown
76		John Baker	34	33	1	Black
77	June 1, 1926	Charles Steele	26	25		White	Pennsylvania		[52]
78	June 9, 1926	Albert Jones	37	Unknown	Unknown	Black	Arkansas		[53]
79		Willie Martin	36	35	1
80	June 11, 1926	Fred Jones	24	Unknown	Unknown		North Carolina		[54]
81	June 18, 1926	Amos Stewart	28	28	0		Georgia		[1]
82	June 24, 1926	Frank A. Daly	22	21	1	White	New York		[55]
83	June 25, 1926	Campbell L. Starks	30	30	0	Black	Alabama	Hanging	[56]
84		Felix Sloper	29	28	1	White	California		[57]
85		Frank Liska	42	41			Ohio	Electrocution	[58]
86	June 28, 1926	Angelo Cicere	34	30	4		Pennsylvania		[59]
87	July 8, 1926	William R. Clark	19	19	0		Ohio		[60]
88	July 9, 1926	John Jurko	41	39	2		Idaho	Hanging	[61]
89		Fred G. Tilford	24	24	0	Black	Texas	Electrocution	[62]
90	July 12, 1926	John Musztuk	35	Unknown	Unknown	White	Pennsylvania		[1]
91	July 15, 1926	Sam Wing	27	26	1	Asian	New York		[63]
92	July 16, 1926	R.B. Henderson	21	Unknown	Unknown	Black	Louisiana	Hanging	[64]
93		Jefferson Davis Wallace	65	64	1	White	Mississippi		[65]
94	July 23, 1926	Isaac J. Benson	37	37	0	Black	Maryland		[66]
95	August 6, 1926	Willie Johnson	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Louisiana		[67]
96	August 13, 1926	Richard Reese Whittemore	24	23	1	White	Maryland		[68]
97	August 19, 1926	David DeMaio	33	32			New York	Electrocution	[69]
98		William Hoyer	26	Unknown	Unknown	Black
99	August 20, 1926	Charles Barr	23	20	3		Tennessee		[70]
100		Philip Euman	18	18	0		West Virginia	Hanging	[71]
101	August 26, 1926	Cosimo Brescia	19		1	White	New York	Electrocution	[1]
102		John Garguila
103	August 27, 1926	Charles Peevia	53	53	0	Black	California	Hanging
104		Sylvester Mackey	22	22			Mississippi		[72]
105		John Cooper	43	43			South Carolina	Electrocution	[1]
106		James Patterson	37	Unknown	Unknown		Virginia
107	September 2, 1926	John Bryant	40	40	0		Ohio		[73]
108		Richard Rhodes	29	29		White
109		John Hedrick	30		1
110	September 9, 1926	Ed Glover	Unknown	Unknown	0	Black	Georgia		[74]
111	September 10, 1926	Isaac Wolfgang	57	53	4	White	California	Hanging	[75]
112		Henry Jackson	44	44	0	Black	West Virginia		[76]
113	September 18, 1926	Ray F. Shank	51	50	1	White	Colorado		[77]
114	September 21, 1926	John Williams	30	Unknown	Unknown	Black	North Carolina	Electrocution	[1]
115	September 24, 1926	Frank Owens	Unknown	Unknown	2		Alabama	Hanging	[78]
116		Tom Johnson	48	48	0		Georgia	Electrocution	[1]
117		James Satchell	25	Unknown	Unknown		Virginia
118	October 1, 1926	Tony Vettere	47	46	1	White	Montana	Hanging	[79]
119	October 8, 1926	Willie Adams	23	22		Hispanic	California		[80]
120		Alfonse Rincon	24	23
121		Pringle Williams	17	Unknown	Unknown	Black	Georgia	Electrocution	[1]
122	October 15, 1926	Mauricio Trinidad	33	32	1	Hispanic	California	Hanging	[81]
123		Joseph Howard Watts	32	30	2	White
124	October 28, 1926	Phillip Taylor	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Black	Florida	Electrocution	[82]
125	October 29, 1926	Richard B. Evans	20	19	1	White	Illinois	Hanging	[83]
126	November 12, 1926	Antonio Casias	42	42	0	Hispanic	Colorado		[84]
127	November 13, 1926	James Johnson	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Georgia	Electrocution	[85]
128	November 23, 1926	Willie Green	Unknown	Unknown	1		Florida		[86]
129	November 26, 1926	Emanuel Ross	18	17			Ohio		[87]
130	November 30, 1926	James Lynch	28	27		White	New Jersey		[88]
131	December 2, 1926	John Joseph Brennan	29	28			New York		[89]
132	December 9, 1926	Casimir Barszyouk	21	21	0				[90]
133		William Barszyouk	28	28
134		John Maxwell	21	21
135	December 11, 1926	Arthur Williams	36	35	1	Black	Florida		[91]
136	December 17, 1926	Roger J. Brannon	21	20		White	Kentucky		[92]
137		Sam Harris	36	35		Black
138	December 27, 1926	Paul Fasci	25	22	3	White	Pennsylvania		[93]
139		Paul Orlakowski	28	26	2
140	December 31, 1926	James Gricius	22	22	0		Illinois	Hanging	[94]
141		Thomas James McWane	20	19	1

Demographics

Gender
Male	141	100%
Female	0	0%
Ethnicity
Black	76	54%
White	58	41%
Hispanic	6	4%
Asian	1	1%
State
New York	14	10%
Georgia	11	8%
Illinois	11	8%
Pennsylvania	11	8%
Arkansas	10	7%
Texas	9	6%
California	8	6%
Florida	7	5%
Ohio	7	5%
Kentucky	6	4%
Mississippi	5	4%
Virginia	5	4%
Alabama	4	3%
Louisiana	4	3%
North Carolina	4	3%
West Virginia	4	3%
Indiana	3	2%
Colorado	2	1%
Maryland	2	1%
Utah	2	1%
Arizona	1	1%
Connecticut	1	1%
Delaware	1	1%
Idaho	1	1%
Massachusetts	1	1%
Montana	1	1%
Nevada	1	1%
New Jersey	1	1%
Oregon	1	1%
South Carolina	1	1%
Tennessee	1	1%
Washington	1	1%
Method
Electrocution	87	62%
Hanging	51	36%
Firing squad	2	1%
Gas chamber	1	1%
Month
January	24	17%
February	16	11%
March	11	8%
April	12	9%
May	13	9%
June	10	7%
July	8	6%
August	12	9%
September	11	8%
October	8	6%
November	5	4%
December	11	8%
Age
Unknown	15	11%
10–19	8	6%
20–29	65	46%
30–39	32	23%
40–49	15	11%
50–59	5	4%
60–69	1	1%
Total	141	100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
1927	139
1926	141
1925	144
Total	424

References

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2. "Death Penalty Ushers In 1926 at Huntsville". The Victoria Advocate. January 3, 1926. p. 1.
3. "Four Men Pay Extreme Toll For Murders". The Evening Independent. January 8, 1926. p. 1.
4. "Noted Bad Man Hung". Times Daily. January 8, 1926. p. 1.
5. "New Law Gives Killer 17 Hours". Youngstown Vindicator. January 10, 1926. p. 4.
6. "Electric Chair Death". Berkeley Daily Gazette. January 11, 1926. p. 1.
7. "Firing Squad in Action at Salt Lake City". Warsaw Union. January 15, 1926. p. 1.
8. "Negro Dies in Electric Chair at State Prison". Warsaw Union. January 16, 1926. p. 1.
9. "Indiana Harbor Murderer Is Executed Today". Warsaw Union. January 22, 1926. p. 4.
10. "Montague Dies For His Crime". The Mount Airy News. January 28, 1926. p. 1.
11. "National Association Had Best Year In History". The Afro-American. January 9, 1926. p. 3.
12. "Confession Too Late, Three Die In Pen Prison". The Afro-American. January 30, 1926. p. 1.
13. "Florida Negro To Die in Chair". The Evening Independent. January 28, 1926. p. 12.
14. "TWO MURDERERS DIE IN SING SING CHAIR; Emil Klatt and Luigi Rapito Are Put to Death by New Executioner". The New York Times. January 29, 1926.
15. "Last Hanging in Georgia is Double Affair". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. January 30, 1926. p. 1.
16. "Hang Murderer, Aged 19". Youngstown Vindicator. January 30, 1926. p. 6.
17. "State v. Roberson". Google Books.
18. "TWO PUT TO DEATH IN SING SING CHAIR; Wasser Tells Warden Lawes He Opposes His Efforts to Abolish Capital Punishment". The New York Times. February 5, 1926.
19. "Negro Executed". The Telegraph-Herald. February 5, 1926. p. 6.
20. "Execute 4 For Murder". Youngstown Vindicator. February 12, 1926. p. 53.
21. "Harry Garbutt Hanged for Murder of Woman". The Oxnard Daily Courier. February 13, 1926. p. 1.
22. "Doomed Man Awakened From Sleep to Hang". Youngstown Vindicator. February 14, 1926. p. 4.
23. "Daring Bandits Are Executed". Youngstown Vindicator. February 13, 1926. p. 8.
24. "Electrocute Triangle Love Affair Murderer". Youngstown Vindicator. February 19, 1926. p. 15.
25. "State v. Mosley". Google Books.
26. "NEGRO ON SCAFFOLD CRIES "GOING TO GLORY"; After Hanging at Georgetown, Del., His Body Is Viewed by 5,000 Visitors". The New York Times. February 27, 1926.
27. "Young Negro Is Electrocuted At Rockview Today". Gettysburg Times. March 1, 1926. p. 1.
28. "Rope Breaks as Negro Hangs in Alabama Crime". Middlesboro Daily News. March 5, 1926. p. 1.
29. "SWIFTLY TRIED NEGRO HANGED IN KENTUCKY; Harris Regrets Neglect of Own People and Clergy -- Victim's Brother Jeers at Him". The New York Times. March 6, 1926.
30. "Negro Dies in Chair For Attack on White Girl". Warsaw Union. March 12, 1926. p. 6.
31. "Dies In Electric Chair For Detective's Death". The Telegraph-Herald. March 19, 1926. p. 1.
32. "TWO DIE IN CHAIR FOR GEORGIA CRIME; Youths, Convicted of Murder of School Superintendent, Deny Guilt to the Last". The New York Times. March 26, 1926.
33. "Electric Chair At State Prison To Work Again". Warsaw Union. January 21, 1926. p. 6.
34. "Reprieve Comes as Surprise For Man". Times Daily. March 19, 1926. p. 2.
35. "Prescott Dies in Electric Chair". The Daily Times. March 29, 1926. p. 1.
36. "Gerald Chapman Pays Death Penalty On The Gallows". Rochester Evening Journal the Post Express. April 7, 1926. p. 1.
37. "Negro Brothers Die In Texas For Slaying Officer". The Washington Reporter. April 6, 1926. p. 1.
38. "Three Hanged for Murders". Youngstown Vindicator. April 16, 1926. p. 13.
39. "Youth Hangs For Killing 17-Year-Old Sweetheart". Youngstown Vindicator. April 16, 1926. p. 72.
40. "Brown v. State". CaseMine.
41. "Prison Gallows Claim Arch Cody". Eugene Register-Guard. April 16, 1926. p. 1.
42. "Special by Associated Press". Warsaw Union. April 16, 1926. p. 6.
43. "Make Quick Work Disposing of Case in West Virginia". The Bonham Daily Favorite. March 15, 1926. p. 12.
44. "State v. Brodes". vLex.
45. "Commonwealth v. Stewart". Justia Law.
46. "Electric Chair Claims Victim". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. May 13, 1926. p. 1.
47. "Negro Last to Be Hung In Georgia". The Evening Independent. May 19, 1926. p. 28.
48. "NEVADA GIRL'S SLAYER PUT TO DEATH BY GAS; Jokick Is Unconscious in Half a Minute After Lethal Vapor Is Turned On". The New York Times. May 22, 1926.
49. "Dorst Pays Death Penalty". The Pittsburgh Press. May 24, 1926. p. 1.
50. "Florida Man Put to Death at Pen Farm". The Evening Independent. May 27, 1926. p. 15.
51. "Three Kentucky Convicts Die in Chair for Murders". The Evening Independent. May 28, 1926. p. 1.
52. "Steele Dies Today After 24 Hours' Grace". The Gazette Times. June 1, 1926. p. 10.
53. "Victim's Relatives See Negro Executed". Lewiston Evening Journal. June 10, 1926. p. 1.
54. "Fred Jones Goes To Electric Chair". The Mount Airy News. June 17, 1926. p. 1.
55. "DALY PUT TO DEATH FOR TROLLEY MURDER; Plea to the Supreme Court to Stay the Execution to Aid DeMaio Fails". The New York Times. June 25, 1926.
56. "Negro is Hanged in Mobile Today". Times Daily. June 25, 1926. p. 1.
57. "Sloper Dies on Gallows". Berkeley Daily Gazette. June 25, 1926. p. 5.
58. "10,000 At Wife Killer's Burial". The Sunday Vindicator. June 28, 1926. p. 71.
59. "Cicere Pays Penalty For Slaying of Shoup". Greensburg Daily Tribune. June 28, 1926. p. 1.
60. "Youth Electrocuted". St. Petersburg Times. July 10, 1926. p. 15.
61. "Man Who Killed Partner Hanged". The Evening Independent. July 9, 1926. p. 1.
62. "Negro Confesses in Electric Chair". The Victoria Advocate. July 11, 1926. p. 2.
63. "Becomes Catholic Before His Death". Lewiston Evening Journal. July 20, 1926. p. 1.
64. "Negro Executed". St. Petersburg Times. July 16, 1926. p. 22.
65. "Eighty-Year-Old Murderer To Die Today on Gallows". St. Petersburg Times. July 16, 1926. p. 1.
66. "Isaac Benson Pays Penalty on Gallows". The Afro-American. July 31, 1926. p. 10.
67. "Moron Sentenced To Die". The Afro-American. June 26, 1926. p. 1.
68. "WHITTEMORE HANGS; SLAYER DIES CALMLY AS LAST PLEA FAILS; Pays Penalty for Killing Guard in Baltimore Prison in His Escaped in February, 1925". The New York Times. August 13, 1926.
69. "TWO DIE IN CHAIR; DE MAIO GOES FIRST; Near Collapse When He Heard Stay Was Denied -- Slew Two in Westchester Hold-Up". The New York Times. August 20, 1926.
70. "Negro Petting Party Bandit Dies in Chair". Middlesboro Daily News. August 20, 1926. p. 1.
71. "To Hang Negro". Portsmouth Daily Times. August 20, 1926. p. 8.
72. "Negro Who Killed Deputy Sheriff is Hanged in Yard". Warsaw Union. August 27, 1926. p. 1.
73. "Three Expiate Brutal Killing". The Meriden Daily Journal. September 3, 1926. p. 1.
74. "Negro Convicted of Killings Dies". The Evening Independent. September 10, 1926. p. 15.
75. "Slayer Hanged". Prescott Evening Courier. September 10, 1926. p. 2.
76. "Hang W. Va. Convict for Guard's Murder". The Gazette Times. September 11, 1926. p. 2.
77. "Shank is Executed". The Border Cities Star. September 18, 1926. p. 2.
78. "Back Home In Alabama". St. Petersburg Times. September 30, 1926. p. 10.
79. "Death Prisoner Hurls Missiles At Executioners". The Evening Independent. October 1, 1926. p. 1.
80. "Finds Lost Brother Only To Leave Him To Gallows". The Mount Airy News. September 30, 1926. p. 18.
81. "Joseph H. Watts..." Evening Sun. October 15, 1926. p. 1.
82. "Gleamings From the Press". The Evening Independent. October 21, 1926. p. 14.
83. "Youth Hangs For Murder of Chicago Policeman". Portsmouth Daily Times. October 29, 1926. p. 14.
84. "Friendless Mexican Who Killed Mother of Four Children in Colorado Goes to Death in Stoic Fortitude, With None to See Him". Prescott Evening Courier. November 12, 1926. p. 1.
85. "Brothers of Slain Woman Forgive Doomed Murderer". The Evening Independent. November 15, 1926. p. 8.
86. "Governor Martin Has a Record For Signing Death Warrants". The Evening Independent. October 12, 1926. p. 2.
87. "Negro Electrocuted For Murder". The Southeast Missourian. November 26, 1926. p. 12.
88. ""ONE-EYE' LYNCH DIES FOR HOLD-UP MURDER; New York Gunman in Chair Asks Priest to Care for Wife and Child". The New York Times. December 1, 1926.
89. "BRENNAN EXECUTED AS APPEALS FAIL; Former Brooklyn Policeman Dies at Sing Sing for Murder of Shopkeeper". The New York Times. December 3, 1926.
90. "Doomed Slayer Clears Youth". The Saskatoon Phoenix. December 16, 1926. p. 1.
91. "Electric Chair Beckons 5 For Florida Crimes". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. December 5, 1926. p. 21.
92. "Two Pay Penalty in Chair in Kentucky". Portsmouth Daily Times. December 17, 1926. p. 1.
93. "Prisoners, Put To Death, Make No Confession". The Evening Independent. December 27, 1926. p. 1.
94. "One Youth Smiles Other Is Grim as They Go to Death". Prescott Evening Courier. December 31, 1926. p. 1.

Preceded by 1925

List of people executed       in the United States in    1926

Succeeded by 1927