List of people executed in the United States in 1932

One hundred and forty-seven people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1932, one hundred and five by electrocution, forty-one by hanging, and one by gas chamber. ^[1]

List of people executed in the United States in 1932

No.	Date of execution	Name	Age of person			Gender	Ethnicity	State	Method	Ref.
			At execution	At offense	Age difference
1	January 7, 1932	Alfonso Carrato	41	40	1	Male	White	New York	Electrocution	[2]
2		Joseph Caricari	27	26
3	January 8, 1932	Francis Henry Bell	30	29				Illinois		[3]
4		Asbury Respus	53	53	0		Black	North Carolina		[4]
5		Gust Tangules	37	37			White	Ohio		[5]
6		James L. Sturdevant	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Black	South Carolina		[6]
7		David King	22	21	1
8		Richard Dean	17	16
9		Alfred Jackson	49	47	2			Texas		[7]
10		Ira McKee	32	31	1		White
11	January 13, 1932	Waddell Cosey	21	20			Black	Mississippi	Hanging	[8]
12	January 14, 1932	Joseph Senna	32	31			White	New York	Electrocution	[9]
13	January 15, 1932	Charlie Williams	28	27			Black	Alabama		[10]
14		Richard Ashe	24	23
15		Benjamin Norsingle	26	26	0			Illinois		[11]
16		John Reed	19	19
17		Thomas Blackson	42	Unknown	Unknown			Maryland	Hanging	[1]
18		Joe Hershon	25	23	2		White	Missouri		[12]
19		David Guy Fairley	43	42	1			Mississippi		[13]
20	January 21, 1932	Francis Crowley	19	18				New York	Electrocution	[14]
21	January 28, 1932	Gavino Demiar	32	32	0		Asian			[15]
22	January 29, 1932	William Henry Burkhart	29	27	2		White	California	Hanging	[16]
23		John Henry Lee	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Louisiana		[1]
24	February 1, 1932	Joseph Kosh	28	26	2		White	Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[17]
25	February 9, 1932	Major Johnson	43	42	1			Georgia		[18]
26		Eddie March	16	15			Black			[1]
27	February 12, 1932	Herbert Johnson	33	32			White	Indiana		[19]
28		Shade Lee	38	36	2		Black	Louisiana	Hanging	[20]
29	February 26, 1932	Lee Jacobs	22	Unknown	Unknown			Florida	Electrocution	[21]
30	February 29, 1932	Joseph Roman	39	39	0		White	Pennsylvania		[22]
31	March 3, 1932	Lew Edward Worden	34	34				Missouri	Hanging	[23]
32	March 11, 1932	Percy Irvin	40	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Alabama	Electrocution	[24]
33		Isaac Mims	25	Unknown	Unknown
34		Daniel Hunt	58	58	0		White	Ohio		[25]
35		Martin A. Keeney	49	48	1			Oklahoma		[26]
36	March 18, 1932	E.J. Farmer	58	56	2			Colorado	Hanging	[27]
37		Harry F. Powers	39	38	1			West Virginia		[28]
38	March 25, 1932	John Myers	30	30	0		Black	North Carolina	Electrocution	[1]
39	March 28, 1932	Quincy Wallandz	25	24	1			Pennsylvania		[29]
40	March 31, 1932	Peter Sardini	28	27			White	New York		[30]
41		Dominick Scifo	24	23
42		Michael Roadick	21	20
43		Walter Borowsky	24	23
44	April 1, 1932	William Moore Frazer	32	31				New Jersey		[31]
45		Jake White	45	45	0		Black	Texas		[32]
46	April 8, 1932	James H. Parker	38	36	2		White	Georgia		[33]
47		Walter F. Wright	29	29	0		Black	Maryland	Hanging	[34]
48	April 15, 1932	Tresco Lacang	26	24	2		Asian	California		[35]
49		Harold Carpenter	31	30	1		White	Washington		[36]
50		Walter Dubuc	17	16
51	April 21, 1932	Charlie Wright	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Mississippi		[1]
52	April 22, 1932	John W. Glasscock	35	34	1		White	Ohio	Electrocution	[37]
53	April 25, 1932	Raymond George	23	Unknown	Unknown		Black	New Jersey		[38]
54	April 29, 1932	A.B. Cooksey		20	3			Kentucky		[39]
55		Walter Holmes	32	31	1
56		Charles Rodgers	23	22
57		Dudley Moore	19	18				North Carolina		[40]
58		Roy Jones	23	Unknown	Unknown			South Carolina		[41]
59	May 6, 1932	Alfred Scott Aldridge	28	25	3			District of Columbia		[42]
60	May 12, 1932	Eddie B. Weeks	24	Unknown	Unknown			Mississippi	Hanging	[1]
61		James Blount	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown			West Virginia
62	May 13, 1932	Frank Franco	53	51	2		White	California		[43]
63	May 16, 1932	Fredrick Collins	37	37	0		Black	Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[44]
64	May 20, 1932	James Williams	27	Unknown	Unknown			Texas		[1]
65		Sam Pannell	18	Unknown	Unknown	Virginia
66	May 27, 1932	Joe Maestas	25	24	1	White	Colorado	Hanging	[45]
67		Emanuel Jackson				Black	Mississippi		[46]
68	June 1, 1932	Austin Hart	28	26	2	White	Louisiana		[47]
69		Ito Jacques	26	24		Black
70		George O'Day	21	19		White
71		E.L. Patterson	48	47	1
72		Donald Rylich	26	24	2
73		Boris Tolett	30	29	1
74	June 3, 1932	Walker Brown	26	26	0	Black	Ohio	Electrocution	[48]
75		Henry Cleveland Loudermilk	47	47		White
76		Randolph Cornelius Cox	41	39	2	Black	Virginia		[49]
77	June 8, 1932	Eugene Edgar Compo	22	21	1	White	New Jersey		[50]
78	June 9, 1932	John Dawson	35	Unknown	Unknown	Black	New York		[51]
79	June 10, 1932	Victor Farolan	48	46	2	Asian	California	Hanging	[52]
80		Willie Rounds	26	25	1	Black	Georgia	Electrocution	[1]
81		Lacey Adams	38	38	0		Ohio		[53]
82		Estanislado Lopez	30	Unknown	Unknown	Hispanic	Texas		[1]
83	June 15, 1932	Armand Savoie	43	43	0	Black	Louisiana	Hanging
84	June 17, 1932	Sam Jennings	37	35	2		Ohio		[54]
85		Albert M. Harris	49	47		White	Oklahoma	Electrocution	[55]
86	June 27, 1932	William Hall DeGrasse Jr.	21	21	0		Pennsylvania		[56]
87	June 29, 1932	John Borum	26	24	2	Black	District of Columbia		[57]
88		John Logan	24	22
89	July 1, 1932	Ulysses MacKneezer	31	28	3		Indiana		[58]
90	July 2, 1932	Frank Giordano	33	32	1	White	New York		[59]
91		Dominick Odierno	21	20
92	July 7, 1932	Bert A. Stacy	58	56	2		Vermont		[60]
93	July 8, 1932	Louis McBride	36	35	1	Black	Arkansas		[61]
94	July 15, 1932	William Plato Edney	32	31		White	North Carolina		[62]
95		Alfred Corbellini	21	20			New York		[63]
96		Alfred Cozzi	20	19
97		Hilton Williams	28	26	2	Black	South Carolina		[64]
98	July 20, 1932	Giuseppe Di Dolce	43	41		White	New Jersey		[65]
99	July 21, 1932	Luigi Raffa	36	35	1		New York		[66]
100		Louis Katoff	25	Unknown	Unknown
101		Frank Mayo	29	28	1
102	July 22, 1932	Arthur Little	39	38		Black	Ohio		[67]
103	July 28, 1932	Lazaro Calibo	23	23	0	Asian	Hawaii Territory	Hanging	[68]
104		Charlie Grogans	35	34	1	Black	Texas	Electrocution	[69]
105	July 29, 1932	Booker T. Copeland		35	0		South Carolina		[70]
106		Buster Tucker	25	25
107		Eban Woods	32	Unknown	Unknown				[1]
108	August 5, 1932	John L. Green	18	17	1		Texas		[71]
109		Ernest Johnson	21	20
110	August 8, 1932	Willie Jones	24	24	0		Georgia		[1]
111	August 10, 1932	Richard Brown	19	18	1		Texas		[72]
112		Richard Johnson	31	30
113	August 12, 1932	Sylvester Norman Fernandes	24	23		White	Massachusetts		[73]
114	August 19, 1932	Thomas H. Walker	49	48			California	Hanging	[74]
115		Clarence Dixon	38	38	0	Black	Louisiana		[75]
116		Ira Jay Alder	50	49	1	White	Oklahoma	Electrocution	[76]
117		Charles Fillmore Davis	42	41		Black
118	August 26, 1932	Nord Donnell	24	23			North Carolina		[77]
119	August 27, 1932	Elmer Gray	42	41		White	Illinois		[78]
120	September 2, 1932	George Harris	35	33	2		New York		[79]
121	September 16, 1932	Louis Rudd	30	30	0	Black	Louisiana	Hanging	[80]
122	September 23, 1932	James Smith	21	20	1		Illinois	Electrocution	[81]
123	October 7, 1932	Albert Jackson		19	2		Georgia		[1]
124	October 14, 1932	Leroy Lee	24	23	1		North Carolina		[82]
125	October 28, 1932	Billy Monroe	30	30	0	White	California	Hanging	[83]
126		Paschall Baker	32	32		Black	Georgia	Electrocution	[84]
127		Charlie Green Jr.
128		Roger Dudley Roberts	Unknown	Unknown			Mississippi	Hanging	[85]
129	November 4, 1932	Fred Avery Hulsey Sr.	31	28	3	White	Georgia	Electrocution	[86]
130		William Avery Hulsey	54	52	2
131	November 5, 1932	John Lee Humphreys	20	Unknown	Unknown	Black			[1]
132	November 16, 1932	J.C. Jackson	23	23	0
133	November 18, 1932	Robert Woodward	35	34	1		Mississippi	Hanging	[87]
134		Will Dixon	50	49
135	November 25, 1932	Freeling Daniels	34	34	0		Arkansas	Electrocution	[88]
136		Leaval Hubbard	21	21			Louisiana	Hanging	[1]
137		Columbus Barton	48	47	1		Mississippi
138	November 28, 1932	John Hall	53	51	2	White	Nevada	Gas chamber	[89]
139	December 1, 1932	Willie Ross Weatherford	34	33	1	Native American	Mississippi	Hanging	[90]
140	December 3, 1932	Charles Morris	33	31	2	Black	District of Columbia	Electrocution	[91]
141	December 10, 1932	Charles Markowitz	21	20	1	White	New York		[92]
142		Joseph Brown	20	19
143	December 16, 1932	Harvey Wallace	32	32	0	Black	North Carolina		[93]
144		Alec Grier	22	Unknown	Unknown
145		Oliver Edgar Smith Howell	42	40	2	White	South Carolina		[94]
146	December 17, 1932	Jeff Covington	30	29	1	Black	Kentucky		[95]
147	December 30, 1932	Henry Lewis	24	23			Louisiana	Hanging	[96]

Demographics

Gender
Male	147	100%
Female	0	0%
Ethnicity
Black	80	54%
White	61	41%
Asian	4	3%
Hispanic	1	1%
Native American	1	1%
State
New York	20	14%
Louisiana	13	9%
Georgia	12	8%
Mississippi	10	7%
Texas	10	7%
South Carolina	9	6%
North Carolina	8	5%
Ohio	7	5%
California	6	4%
Illinois	5	3%
Kentucky	5	3%
Pennsylvania	5	3%
Alabama	4	3%
District of Columbia	4	3%
New Jersey	4	3%
Oklahoma	4	3%
Arkansas	2	1%
Colorado	2	1%
Indiana	2	1%
Maryland	2	1%
Missouri	2	1%
Virginia	2	1%
Washington	2	1%
West Virginia	2	1%
Florida	1	1%
Hawaii Territory	1	1%
Massachusetts	1	1%
Nevada	1	1%
Vermont	1	1%
Method
Electrocution	105	71%
Hanging	41	28%
Gas chamber	1	1%
Month
January	23	16%
February	7	5%
March	13	9%
April	15	10%
May	9	6%
June	21	14%
July	19	13%
August	12	8%
September	3	2%
October	6	4%
November	10	7%
December	9	6%
Age
Unknown	5	3%
10–19	9	6%
20–29	59	40%
30–39	45	31%
40–49	20	14%
50–59	9	6%
Total	147	100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
1933	162
1932	147
1931	155
Total	464

References

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2. "Two Put To Death In Sing Sing Chair". Meriden Record. January 8, 1932. p. 3.
3. "Chicago Slayer Dies in Chair". The Portsmouth Times. January 8, 1932. p. 10.
4. "Slayer of 8 Pays Penalty In 'Hot Seat'". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. January 8, 1932. p. 1.
5. "Dies in Chair at Penitentiary". The Portsmouth Times. January 9, 1932. p. 1.
6. "Three Men Die In Electric Chair". The Newberry Observer. January 12, 1932. p. 6.
7. "Two Doomed to Die in Electric Chair in Texas Tonight". The Victoria Advocate. January 7, 1932. p. 2.
8. "Cosey v. State". CaseMine.
9. "Executed at Sing Sing". St. Joseph News-Press. January 15, 1932. p. 15.
10. "Negroes Face Death in Chair". Times Daily. January 2, 1932. p. 6.
11. "Three Murderers Pay Death Penalty". The Pittsburgh Press. January 15, 1932. p. 25.
12. "Hanged for Murder". Lawrence Journal-World. January 15, 1932. p. 1.
13. "Farmer Dies on Gallows". The Tuscaloosa News. January 15, 1932. p. 5.
14. "CROWLEY, KILLER, DIES IN THE CHAIR; Slayer of Policeman Is Pale as He Enters Chamber, but Says "I Don't Mind It."". The New York Times. January 22, 1932.
15. "Filipino Dies in Chair". The Pittsburgh Press. January 29, 1932. p. 44.
16. "Burkhart, Wife Slayer, Dies On Quentin Gallows". San Jose News. January 29, 1932. p. 1.
17. "EXECUTED IN PENNSYLVANIA; Joseph Kosh Pays Penalty at Rock- view for Murder of Woman". The New York Times. February 2, 1932.
18. "Body of Man Electrocuted for Murder Displayed As A Warning". The Evening Independent. February 10, 1932. p. 1.
19. "Dies in Chair and Says He Deserves It". The Telegraph-Herald. February 12, 1932. p. 11.
20. "7 Louisiana Condemned Men Welcome Another". The Afro-American. February 6, 1932. p. 17.
21. "Negro Dies in Chair". The Evening Independent. February 27, 1932. p. 8.
22. "Wife Slayer is Executed at Rockview". The Washington Reporter. February 29, 1932. p. 21.
23. "Worden Executed at Carthage Jail". The Nevada Daily Mail. March 3, 1932. p. 1.
24. "50-Cent Robbery Costs Two Lives". Rochester Evening Journal and the Post Express. March 11, 1932. p. 98.
25. "Pays With Life". St. Joseph Gazette. March 12, 1932. p. 1.
26. "Put to Death". St. Joseph Gazette. March 11, 1932. p. 1.
27. "State News Items". The Pueblo Indicator. February 13, 1932. p. 4.
28. "Was Near Collapse". Meriden Record. March 19, 1932. p. 5.
29. "Man's Execution Halted for Time By Snowstorm". The Evening Independent. March 28, 1932. p. 12.
30. "4 SLAYERS DIE AT SING SING.; Gorden Gets Sixth Reprieve for Thirty Days at Noon". The New York Times. April 1, 1932.
31. "Frazer Will Go to Death Tonight for Murder of Woman". The Newburgh News. April 1, 1932. p. 1.
32. "Negro Pays With Life". Lewiston Morning Tribune. April 1, 1932. p. 3.
33. "Georgia Man Sent to Electric Chair". The Owosso Argus-Press. April 8, 1932. p. 1.
34. "Slayer Writes Lee, Duker on Eve of Hanging". The Afro-American. April 16, 1932. p. 5.
35. "Wife Slayer Hangs". Berkeley Daily Gazette. April 16, 1932. p. 1.
36. "Carpenter, Dubuc Die Today for Killing Farmer". Ellensburg Daily Record. April 15, 1932. p. 1.
37. "Policeman's Slayer Dies Smiling in Chair". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 23, 1932. p. 1.
38. "Article 4 -- No Title". The New York Times. March 31, 1932.
39. "Convict Stabs Guard Before Death in Chair". Painesville Telegraph. April 29, 1932. p. 1.
40. "Dudley Moore Scheduled To Die Tomorrow". The Dispatch. April 28, 1932. p. 1.
41. "Jones Reads Last Message Before Death House Doom". Herald-Journal. April 30, 1932. p. 1.
42. "Cop Slayer Dies With Song on Lips". The Afro-American. May 14, 1932. p. 16.
43. "Franco Hanging". San Jose News. June 10, 1932. p. 6.
44. "Negro Slayer Electrocuted". The Washington Reporter. May 16, 1932. p. 4.
45. "Maestas v. People". CaseMine.
46. "Gallows Claim Negro Killer". Times Daily. May 27, 1932. p. 1.
47. "Six Executed in Louisiana; Killed During Holdups". The Southeast Missourian. June 2, 1932. p. 3.
48. "Two Slayers Die in Chair". Painesville Telegraph. June 4, 1932. p. 1.
49. "Cox v. Commonwealth". vLex.
50. "Jersey Slayer Put to Death". The New York Times. June 9, 1932.
51. "Slayer Put to Death at Sing Sing". The New York Times. June 10, 1932.
52. "Gilroy Slayer Executed At San Quentin". San Jose News. June 10, 1932. p. 1.
53. "Killer Sings Hymn On Walk to Chair". The Toledo News-Bee. June 11, 1932. p. 1.
54. "Negro Hanged". The Tuscaloosa News. June 18, 1932. p. 5.
55. "Killer Electrocuted". San Jose News. June 18, 1932. p. 7.
56. "William DeGrasse Is Electrocuted". Gettysburg Times. June 27, 1932. p. 2.
57. "Freed of Firing Death Shot, But Held as Killers". The Meriden Daily Journal. January 18, 1932. p. 5.
58. "Mack, Slayer of Tolleston Girl Killed in Chair". The News-Sentinel. July 1, 1932. p. 1.
59. "TWO COLL AIDES DIE IN ELECTRIC CHAIR; Giordano Repudiates Story of Killing Boy That Won 24-Hour Reprieve". The New York Times. July 2, 1932.
60. "Protests to End His Innocence of Murdering Wife". The Meriden Daily Journal. July 8, 1932. p. 3.
61. "Louis McBride Is Electrocuted For Murder Foreman". Paragould Soliphone via newspapers.com. July 11, 1932. p. 6.
62. "Admits Slaying Wife As He Sits In Death Chair". The Mount Airy News. July 21, 1932. p. 4.
63. "TWO SLAYERS PUT TO DEATH; Die at Sing Sing for Policeman's Murder -- Killer Wins Reprieve". The New York Times. July 15, 1932.
64. "Hilton Williams To Die at Dawn". Herald-Journal. July 15, 1932. p. 4.
65. "Pays Penalty for Killing Officer". The Daily Times. July 21, 1932. p. 2.
66. "Triple Execution". The Lewiston Daily Sun. July 22, 1932. p. 1.
67. "Take 4th Life For One Death". Painesville Telegraph. July 23, 1932. p. 1.
68. "Calibo Pays Penalty for Girl Murder". Honolulu Star-Advertiser via newspapers.com. July 29, 1932. p. 7.
69. "Electrocuted in Texas". The Border Cities Star. July 28, 1932. p. 10.
70. "Guard Troops Hunt Slayers". Gazette and Bulletin. April 18, 1932. p. 1.
71. "Electric Chair Takes Two Negroes". The Victoria Advocate. August 7, 1932. p. 2.
72. "Two Negroes Die in Electric Chair for Killing Texan". The Victoria Advocate. August 11, 1932. p. 1.
73. "Dies In Chair For Murder Of Cranberry Picker". Meriden Record. August 12, 1932. p. 6.
74. "Walker Hangs on Folsom Gallows for Kern Murder". The Fresno Bee via newspapers.com. August 19, 1932. p. 1.
75. "Negro Hangs at Leesville". The Times via newspapers.com. August 20, 1932. p. 1.
76. "Denies Clemency to Pair- 30 See Deaths". The News-Sentinel. August 18, 1932. p. 6.
77. "Donnell Dies With Denial of Shooting". The Dispatch. September 1, 1932. p. 1.
78. "Farmer's Slayer to Doom". St. Joseph News-Press. August 27, 1932. p. 2.
79. "Police Slayer Dies In Chair". Rochester Evening Journal and the Post Express. September 2, 1932. p. 116.
80. "Negro, 30, Hangs in Natchitoches Jail for Murdering Man". Weekly Town Talk via newspapers.com. September 24, 1932. p. 8.
81. "Pays Penalty in Electric Chair". The Telegraph-Herald and Times-Journal. September 23, 1932. p. 1.
82. "Lee Also Denies Killing Andrew". The Dispatch. October 17, 1932. p. 1.
83. "Outlaw Hanged for Slaying of Deputy". Berkeley Daily Gazette. October 28, 1932. p. 8.
84. "Negroes Electrocuted". The Evening Independent. October 28, 1932. p. 2.
85. "Negroes Electrocuted". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. September 23, 1932. p. 1.
86. "Suicide Attempt Fails to Avert Death in Chair". The Evening Independent. November 4, 1932. p. 1.
87. "2 Negroes Are Hanged For Murder". Clarion-Ledger via newspapers.com. November 19, 1932. p. 5.
88. "Daniels v. State". CaseMine.
89. "Tar Heel Gives Life For Murder In Nevada Prison". The Mount Airy News. December 1, 1932. p. 3.
90. "Weatherford v. State". vLex.
91. "Chas. Morris Pays Penalty". The Afro-American. December 10, 1932. p. 6.
92. "Two Die in Chair at Sing Sing, Third Saved by Roosevelt". Rochester Evening Journal. December 10, 1932. p. 29.
93. "Two Negroes Confess Crimes Before Death". The Mount Airy News. December 22, 1932. p. 2.
94. "3 Electrocuted In Southern States". Gettysburg Times. December 16, 1932. p. 2.
95. "National News Briefs". The Hart County Herald. December 22, 1932. p. 1.
96. "Henry Lewis Pays Supreme Penalty for Killing Here". The Shreveport Journal via newspapers.com. December 30, 1932. p. 1.

Preceded by 1931

List of people executed       in the United States in    1932

Succeeded by 1933