List of people executed in the United States in 1933

One hundred and sixty-one people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1933, one hundred and twenty-one by electrocution, thirty-nine by hanging, and one by gas chamber. ^[1]

List of people executed in the United States in 1933

No.	Date of execution	Name	Age of person			Gender	Ethnicity	State	Method	Ref.
			At execution	At offense	Age difference
1	January 5, 1933	Joseph Hudock	24	23	1	Male	White	Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[2]
2	January 7, 1933	William Enzulus	22	22	0			Ohio		[1]
3	January 12, 1933	Peter Harris	21	20	1			New York		[3]
4		Thomas Carpenter	19	18			Black
5		Charles Bates
6	January 19, 1933	C.W. Johnson	28	Unknown	Unknown		White	California	Hanging	[1]
7		Alexander Nunes	44	43	1			New York	Electrocution	[4]
8	January 20, 1933	James William Kellar Jr.	30	29				Missouri	Hanging	[5]
9	January 27, 1933	Hezekiah Avant						North Carolina	Electrocution	[6]
10		Ivory Covington	25	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Oklahoma		[7]
11	February 2, 1933	William Turner	22	21	1		White	New York		[8]
12	February 3, 1933	Willie James Johnson	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Alabama		[9]
13		Charlie Jones	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
14		Buce Jones	26	Unknown	Unknown			Louisiana	Hanging	[10]
15	February 10, 1933	David Andrew Miller	48	44	4		White	Missouri		[11]
16		Harry E. Worden	27	Unknown	Unknown
17	February 24, 1933	Nathan Rightsell		25	2			Oklahoma	Electrocution	[1]
18	March 2, 1933	John Edward Moore	28	28	0			Indiana		[12]
19	March 3, 1933	Phillip Morgan	42	41	1		Black	Louisiana	Hanging	[1]
20		George Woods	26	25
21		James Arthur Dicks	27	Unknown	Unknown			South Carolina	Electrocution	[13]
22		James Jones	23	Unknown	Unknown
23		William Sanders	18	18	0
24	March 10, 1933	Nelivelt Moss	20	19	1			Colorado	Hanging	[1]
25		John Downing	44	43			White	Ohio	Electrocution	[14]
26		Athay Brown	26	25			Black
27	March 20, 1933	Giuseppe Zangara	32	32	0		White	Florida		[15]
28	March 22, 1933	Herbert W. Meeker	23	23				Ohio		[16]
29	March 24, 1933	Peter Martin Farrington	36	33	3			California	Hanging	[17]
30		Elvin E. Jeffcoat	43	40				Florida	Electrocution	[18]
31		Charles Jack Lattimer	29	27	2			Oklahoma		[19]
32	April 4, 1933	Lawrence Welch	46	44			Black	Georgia		[1]
33	April 5, 1933	John Hart	33	32	1			New Jersey
34	April 7, 1933	Frank Carson	19	Unknown	Unknown		White	Kentucky		[20]
35		Sam McGee	31	29	2		Black
36		Walter Hoskins	32	30				Texas		[21]
37	April 14, 1933	Richard Gaines	25	23				Kentucky		[22]
38		Kermit Roosevelt Pope	33	32	1
39		John L. Young Sr.	32	32			White
40	April 20, 1933	Alexander Kasprzcak	39	Unknown	Unknown			New York		[23]
41		Bruno Polowicz	36	Unknown	Unknown
42	April 25, 1933	Andrew Prince	21	19	2		Black	Mississippi	Hanging	[24]
43	April 28, 1933	Anthony Rotunno	31	30	1		White	Ohio	Electrocution	[25]
44		Ralph Atterholt	30	29
45	May 5, 1933	Joe L. Martin	54	53				Oklahoma		[26]
46		Proctor McDonald	24	22	2
47		Albert Floyd Ellis	27	26	1
48	May 8, 1933	Ray Elmer Miller	34	34	0			Nevada	Gas chamber	[27]
49	May 11, 1933	Talton Taylor	33	33				Wyoming	Hanging	[28]
50	May 19, 1933	Koji Hatamoto	38	37	1		Asian	California		[29]
51		Johnny Todd	18	18	0		Black	Georgia	Electrocution	[30]
52		David McNair	23	22	1			North Carolina		[31]
53		Luke Fink Nichols	44	43			White	Oklahoma		[32]
54	May 20, 1933	Pat Randall	Unknown	Unknown			Black	Georgia		[33]
55	May 25, 1933	Antonio Lopez	26	25			Hispanic	New York		[34]
56	June 1, 1933	William H. Jackson	40	Unknown	Unknown		Black			[35]
57	June 12, 1933	Louis Fine	50	49	1		White	New Jersey		[36]
58	June 14, 1933	Raider Davis	26	26	0		Black	Georgia		[37]
59	June 26, 1933	John Kurutz	48	47	1		White	Pennsylvania		[38]
60	June 30, 1933	George Hill	19	18			Black	Arkansas		[39]
61		Frank J. Paciga	26	24	2		White	California	Hanging	[40]
62		Sampson Carter	25	25	0		Black	Louisiana		[1]
63	July 3, 1933	John Thomas Shaw	31	29	2			Tennessee	Electrocution	[41]
64	July 7, 1933	James Sandidge	45	Unknown	Unknown			Mississippi	Hanging	[1]
65	July 10, 1933	Victor Palmer	24	22	2	White	Florida	Electrocution	[42]
66		Louis D. Leavine	34	32
67		Norman Henry Heidt	26	24
68	July 13, 1933	Nathaniel Covington	28	26		Black	New York		[43]
69	July 14, 1933	Woodie Williams	40	39	1		Arkansas		[44]
70		Albert Fuller	44	42	2	White	California	Hanging	[45]
71	July 15, 1933	Leonicio Encio	37	Unknown	Unknown	Asian	Hawaii Territory		[1]
72	July 21, 1933	Eli Terrell	25	22	3	Black	Louisiana		[46]
73		Thomas Franklin	Unknown	Unknown
74		Mose Conner	Unknown	Unknown
75		Thomas C. Johnson	43	41	2		New Mexico	Electrocution	[47]
76		Santiago Garduno	48	47	1	Hispanic
77		Ronnie Smith	21	21	0	Black	South Carolina		[1]
78	July 28, 1933	Glen Donald Shustrom	24	23	1	White	Indiana		[48]
79		Ollie Lee Stratton	23	21	2		Washington	Hanging	[49]
80	August 4, 1933	Olin Clay Fogleman Sr.	30	29	1		North Carolina	Electrocution	[50]
81	August 10, 1933	Omer Garland Brill	21	21	0		West Virginia	Hanging	[51]
82	August 11, 1933	Richard Morris	18	17	1	Black	Georgia	Electrocution	[52]
83		Richard Sims
84		Mose White
85	August 14, 1933	Joseph Murphy					Ohio		[53]
86		James Murphy	23	22
87	August 17, 1933	John Jordan	33	Unknown	Unknown	White	New York		[54]
88		George Swan	21	Unknown	Unknown
89		Stephen Russell Witherell	30	29	1
90	August 18, 1933	Joseph Francis Regan	26	24	2		California	Hanging	[55]
91		R.T. Bennett	24	23	1	Black	Texas	Electrocution	[56]
92	August 23, 1933	George Oliver	18	18	0	White	Oklahoma		[57]
93		Claude Oliver	28	28
94	August 24, 1933	Alexander Carrion	27	26	1	Hispanic	New York		[58]
95		Frank Negron	25	24
96	August 25, 1933	Thomas Andrew McCullough	58	57		White	Georgia		[59]
97		Eugene Key	24	Unknown	Unknown	Black
98	August 29, 1933	George Hoffman	53	52	1	White	Montana	Hanging	[60]
99	September 1, 1933	Henry Edmonds	50	Unknown	Unknown	Black	New York	Electrocution	[61]
100		John McKinney	42	41	1
101		John Tinsley	25	Unknown	Unknown
102	September 7, 1933	Andrew Wilcoxen	26	25	1		Tennessee		[62]
103		Oscar Bevins	25	24
104	September 8, 1933	Rochelle Jackson	27	26			Georgia		[63]
105		Bryant Stone	45	44		White	North Carolina		[64]
106	September 15, 1933	Johnny Lee	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Black			[65]
107	September 18, 1933	Robert Roland Lilly	27	26	1		Pennsylvania		[66]
108	September 22, 1933	George Smith	23	21	2	White	California	Hanging	[67]
109	October 6, 1933	Frank Mann	38	Unknown	Unknown	Black	Virginia	Electrocution	[1]
110	October 13, 1933	Morris Cohen	36	36	0	White	Illinois		[68]
111	October 16, 1933	Ross King	29	29					[69]
112	October 20, 1933	Dallas Egan	40	39	1		California	Hanging	[70]
113		Harry Simpson	33	Unknown	Unknown	Black	Georgia	Electrocution	[1]
114		Jesse Patterson	32	32	0		Mississippi	Hanging	[71]
115		Charles Dumas	29	28	1		Oklahoma	Electrocution	[72]
116		Charles William "Ted" Patton	25	24		White
117	October 27, 1933	George Meadows	27	27	0	Black	Alabama		[73]
118		William Clinton Robinson	20	18	2		District of Columbia		[74]
119		Grady Brooks	19		1		Georgia		[75]
120		George Zuber	29	28
121		Euel Lee	60	58	2		Maryland	Hanging	[76]
122	October 30, 1933	Willie Jones	24	23	1		Tennessee	Electrocution	[1]
123	November 1, 1933	Risaleno Tabiolo	23	Unknown	Unknown	Asian	Hawaii Territory	Hanging
124	November 2, 1933	John Winston Boyd	32	Unknown	Unknown	Black	Missouri		[77]
125	November 3, 1933	William Waters	36	35	1	White	Kentucky	Electrocution	[78]
126		Ishmael Scott	24	23
127	November 8, 1933	Andreacy R. Kumachinsky	52	Unknown	Unknown		New Jersey		[79]
128	November 10, 1933	Harve Burton	46	Unknown	Unknown		Kentucky		[80]
129		Walter Dewberry	22	20	2	Black
130		William Johnson	28	27	1		Oklahoma		[1]
131	November 17, 1933	John C. Fleming	41	39	2	White	California	Hanging	[81]
132	November 20, 1933	Marshall Williams	24	24	0	Black	Texas	Electrocution	[1]
133	November 24, 1933	Charles Edward Washington	23	21	2		District of Columbia		[82]
134		Chester Probaski	26	25	1	White	Ohio		[83]
135		Merrill E. Chandler	23	21	2	Black
136		Tom Morris	40	39	1		Oklahoma		[84]
137		Earl Quinn	29	26	3	White
138		Leo Fraser	30	30	0		West Virginia	Hanging	[1]
139	December 1, 1933	Dick Villon	29	Unknown	Unknown	Asian	California
140		Walter Jones	23	22	1	White	Colorado		[85]
141		Benjamin Montague	29	28		Black	District of Columbia	Electrocution	[1]
142	December 4, 1933	James Holmes	26	Unknown	Unknown		South Carolina		[86]
143		Tom Wardlaw	53	52	1
144	December 7, 1933	Jesse Scott	24	24	0		Mississippi	Hanging	[87]
145	December 8, 1933	Jake C. Banks					Arkansas	Electrocution	[88]
146		Len McDaniels	Unknown	Unknown
147		Claude Forbes	25	24	1	Native American	California	Hanging	[89]
148		Joseph M. Corey	43	42		Arab	West Virginia		[90]
149	December 12, 1933	Pantaleon Ortiz	35	Unknown	Unknown	Hispanic	Texas	Electrocution	[91]
150	December 15, 1933	Sam Gordon	22	20	2	Black	Missouri	Hanging	[92]
151		March Jefferson	28	26
152		Clarence Thomas	19	Unknown	Unknown		Texas	Electrocution	[1]
153	December 19, 1933	Tom Cook	34	32	2				[93]
154	December 22, 1933	Harry Shelby	46	45	1	White	Illinois		[94]
155		John Allen	26	26	0
156		Martin Gray	28	28		Black
157	December 29, 1933	James Franklin Barbee	47	44	3	White	Georgia		[95]
158		Frank Vacchiano	23	22	1		Ohio		[96]
159		Dewey R. Hunt	27		5		Texas		[97]
160		Carl Stewart	24	23	1	Black
161		Clarence Booker	25	24

Demographics

Gender
Male	161	100%
Female	0	0%
Ethnicity
Black	81	50%
White	69	43%
Hispanic	5	3%
Asian	4	2%
Arab	1	1%
Native American	1	1%
State
New York	18	11%
Georgia	14	9%
Oklahoma	14	9%
California	11	7%
Ohio	11	7%
Kentucky	9	6%
Texas	9	6%
Louisiana	7	4%
Missouri	6	4%
South Carolina	6	4%
Florida	5	3%
Illinois	5	3%
North Carolina	5	3%
Arkansas	4	2%
Mississippi	4	2%
Tennessee	4	2%
Alabama	3	2%
District of Columbia	3	2%
New Jersey	3	2%
Pennsylvania	3	2%
West Virginia	3	2%
Colorado	2	1%
Hawaii Territory	2	1%
Indiana	2	1%
New Mexico	2	1%
Maryland	1	1%
Montana	1	1%
Nevada	1	1%
Virginia	1	1%
Washington	1	1%
Wyoming	1	1%
Method
Electrocution	121	75%
Hanging	39	24%
Gas chamber	1	1%
Month
January	10	6%
February	7	4%
March	14	9%
April	13	8%
May	11	7%
June	7	4%
July	17	11%
August	19	12%
September	10	6%
October	14	9%
November	16	10%
December	23	14%
Age
Unknown	7	4%
10–19	13	8%
20–29	79	49%
30–39	31	19%
40–49	23	14%
50–59	7	4%
60–69	1	1%
Total	161	100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
1934	166
1933	161
1932	148
Total	475

References

1. "Executions in the U.S. 1608-2002: The ESPY File" (PDF). Death Penalty Information Center . Retrieved October 13, 2025.
2. "Youth Dies in Electric Chair". Gettysburg Times. January 5, 1933. p. 2.
3. "Three Murderers Die in Sing Sing's Electric Chair". The Grape Belt and Chautauqua Farmer. January 13, 1933. p. 1.
4. "Yonkers Slayer Put to Death". The New York Times. January 20, 1933.
5. "Hanged for Killing Wife Of Employer". The Telegraph-Herald and Times-Journal. January 20, 1933. p. 1.
6. "Hezzie Avant Goes To Death In Chair". The Mount Airy News. February 2, 1933. p. 3.
7. "In re Opinion of the Judges". Justia Law.
8. ""3 Gun" Turner, Killer, Probably Will Get Wish To Die In Electric Chair". The Meriden Daily Journal. February 2, 1933. p. 2.
9. "Four Negroes Face Last Hope for Clemency". Times Daily. January 12, 1933. p. 10.
10. "State v. Jones". CaseMine.
11. "Governor Park Will Not Interfere". St. Joseph Gazette. February 10, 1933. p. 2.
12. "Slayer of Two Pays Penalty in Electric Chair". Warsaw Union. March 2, 1933. p. 11.
13. "Three Put to Death". The Evening Independent. March 3, 1933. p. 1.
14. "Two Electrocuted in Ohio Penitentiary". The Pittsburgh Press. March 11, 1933. p. 2.
15. "Zangara Meets Death Today In Electric Chair". Ottawa Citizen. March 20, 1933. p. 1.
16. "Prison Power Fails After Execution". The Toledo News-Bee. March 23, 1933. p. 2.
17. "Hangs for Slaying". Spokane Daily Chronicle. March 24, 1933. p. 18.
18. "Reporter Describes Sensations In Raiford's Death Chamber as Jeffcoat Pays Penalty in Chair". The Evening Independent. March 25, 1933. p. 6.
19. "Man Executed in Oklahoma in Wife's Slaying". The Southeast Missourian. March 24, 1933. p. 1.
20. "Kentucky Executes Two". St. Joseph News-Press. April 7, 1933. p. 21.
21. "Hoskins v. State". CaseMine.
22. "Three Executed In State Prison". The Evening Independent. April 14, 1933. p. 1.
23. "Sing Sing Executes Two". The Pittsburgh Press. April 21, 1933. p. 25.
24. "Wash Tub Used for Baptism as Prisoner Approaches Gallows". The Afro-American. April 29, 1933. p. 13.
25. "Penalty is Paid in Death Chair". The Portsmouth Times. April 29, 1933. p. 1.
26. "3 Men Executed for 2 Slayings And A Robbery". The Meriden Daily Journal. May 5, 1933. p. 4.
27. "Almond Blossom Fragrance Fills Lethal Chamber as Slayer Dies". Rochester Evening Journal. May 8, 1933. p. 1.
28. "Cattleman Dies on Gallows". The Spokesman-Review. May 12, 1933. p. 1.
29. "Picture of Child Goes to Gallows". Spokane Daily Chronicle. May 20, 1933. p. 13.
30. "Murderer Dies in Georgia Death Chair". Waycross Journal-Herald. May 20, 1933. p. 1.
31. "McNair Pays With Life For Killing Mrs. McCown". The Mount Airy News. May 25, 1933. p. 2.
32. "Sorry at End". The Southeast Missourian. May 19, 1933. p. 1.
33. "Randall v. State". CourtListener.
34. "Commutation Pleas Of 2 Heard by Bray". Rochester Evening Journal. May 18, 1933. p. 4.
35. "Eats Biggest Steak Ever in Death House". Lewiston Evening Journal. June 2, 1933. p. 10.
36. "Guilty of Jersey Trunk Murder". The New York Times. June 10, 1932.
37. "Rader Davis Confesses Slaying Atlanta Woman Before Dying in Chair". Waycross Journal-Herald. June 14, 1933. p. 1.
38. "Boy's Slayer Dies in Chair". Reading Eagle. June 26, 1933. p. 9.
39. "Negro Electrocuted for Attack on Girl". The Tuscaloosa News. June 30, 1933. p. 1.
40. "Executed After Five Reprieves". The Tuscaloosa News. June 30, 1932. p. 1.
41. "John Shaw is Put to Death". Indianapolis Times. July 10, 1933. p. 1.
42. "Three Die in Electric Chair". Waycross Journal-Herald. July 10, 1933. p. 1.
43. "Slayer Dies in Chair; Another Given Life". Rochester Evening Journal. July 14, 1933. p. 13.
44. "No Money to Execute Negro So He Lives". Ellensburg Daily Record. March 30, 1933. p. 1.
45. "Noose Claims Fuller's Life". Waycross Journal-Herald. July 14, 1933. p. 1.
46. "Negroes Hanged for Cop's Death". Herald-Journal. July 22, 1933. p. 7.
47. "Execute Two Men in Home-Made Hot Seat". Lewiston Morning Tribune. July 21, 1933. p. 6.
48. "Slayer of Girl Dies in Chair". Gettysburg Times. July 28, 1933. p. 2.
49. "To Live a Time With Death". The Spokesman-Review. May 10, 1933. p. 7.
50. "Innocent Man May Have Paid Death Penalty". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. August 6, 1933. p. 1.
51. "Condemned Slayer Says He's Innocent". Gettysburg Times. August 10, 1933. p. 2.
52. "Three Executed in Police Murder". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. August 12, 1933. p. 1.
53. "Two Brothers Die in Pen Chair". The Portsmouth Times. August 14, 1933. p. 7.
54. "THREE SLAYERS EXECUTED.; Two Put to Death for Murders Here, One for Up-State Crimo". The New York Times. August 18, 1933.
55. "Officer's Slayer Dies on Gallows". Berkeley Daily Gazette. August 18, 1933. p. 8.
56. "Dallas Negro Ready for Electric Chair". The Victoria Advocate. August 18, 1933. p. 1.
57. "Boy and Uncle Electrocuted in Oklahoma". The Meriden Daily Journal. August 25, 1933. p. 3.
58. "Today". Rochester Evening Journal. August 26, 1933. p. 1.
59. "McCullough Reunited With Son After 21 Years, Only To Die Quickly For Murder". Athens Banner-Herald. August 25, 1933. p. 1.
60. "Faces Death Calmly". The Spokesman-Review. August 30, 1933. p. 3.
61. "Three Electrocuted". Reading Eagle. September 1, 1933. p. 26.
62. "Two Negroes Die for Girl Attack". The Tuscaloosa News. September 7, 1933. p. 1.
63. "Waycross Case is Affirmed in Atlanta". Waycross Journal-Herald. June 20, 1933. p. 1.
64. "Bryant Stone Dies In Electric Chair". The Mount Airy News. September 14, 1933. p. 2.
65. "Lee, Shoeshine Boy, Pays Death Penalty". The Mount Airy News. September 21, 1933. p. 2.
66. "Negro Dies in Chair for Murder of Wife". The Pittsburgh Press. September 18, 1933. p. 4.
67. "People v. Smith". CourtListener.
68. "Last Minute Appeals For Convicted Men". The Telegraph-Herald. October 12, 1933. p. 1.
69. "Chicago Slayer Pays With Life". The Evening Independent. October 16, 1933. p. 1.
70. "Whiskey Fond Slayer Hangs Sober on Drop". The Newburgh News. October 20, 1933. p. 1.
71. "State Executes Negro Killer of Tuscaloosa Pair". The Tuscaloosa News. October 20, 1933. p. 1.
72. "Youth, 25, Pays With Life for Slaying Chum". The Southeast Missourian. October 20, 1933. p. 1.
73. "Governor Miller will not interfere..." Times Daily. October 10, 1933. p. 38.
74. "3 Stick-Up Men Must Burn". The Afro-American. January 21, 1933. p. 1.
75. "Electric Chair Takes Lives of Two Murderers". Waycross Journal-Herald. October 27, 1933. p. 1.
76. "Euel Lee". The Afro-American. October 28, 1933. p. 37.
77. "Negro Dies On Gallows for Attacking Fifteen Women". The Telegraph-Herald. November 2, 1933. p. 1.
78. "Two Mountaineers Die for Slayings". Rochester Evening Journal. November 3, 1933. p. 33.
79. "Jersey Murderer Executed.; Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES". The New York Times. November 9, 1933.
80. "Kentucky Executes Two Slayer Convicts". The Deseret News. November 10, 1933. p. 1.
81. "Murderer Hangs at Folsom". San Jose Evening News. November 17, 1933. p. 1.
82. "Murderer Saved By President Is Taken to Death". San Jose Evening News. November 24, 1933. p. 7.
83. "2 Go to Death In Pen Chair". The Portsmouth Times. November 25, 1933. p. 1.
84. "To Die at Midnight". Lawrence Journal-World. November 23, 1933. p. 1.
85. "Slayer Dies Calmly". St. Joseph News-Press. December 2, 1933. p. 3.
86. "Negroes Die in Death Chair". The Newberry Observer. December 8, 1933. p. 1.
87. "Negro Executed". The Tuscaloosa News. December 7, 1933. p. 2.
88. "Condemned Negro Given Reprieve Only Five Minutes Before Time For Execution in Death Chair". The Evening Independent. December 9, 1933. p. 1.
89. "Chauffeur Hangs at Quentin". San Jose Evening News. December 8, 1933. p. 1.
90. "State v. Corey". CaseMine.
91. "Girl's Slayer Executed". The Pittsburgh Press. December 12, 1933. p. 21.
92. "Two Negroes Hanged for Murder in Holdup". The Southeast Missourian. December 15, 1933. p. 1.
93. "Negro is Electrocuted". The Spokesman-Review. December 19, 1933. p. 1.
94. "3 Executed at Chester Prison; One Goes Singing". The Southeast Missourian. December 22, 1933. p. 1.
95. "Executed in Chair". St. Petersburg Times. December 29, 1933. p. 12.
96. "Vacchiano Dies in Chair After He Confesses". The Toledo News-Bee. December 30, 1933. p. 4.
97. "Three Men Go to Chair Death". Herald-Journal. December 30, 1933. p. 23.

Preceded by 1932

List of people executed       in the United States in    1933

Succeeded by 1934