List of people executed in the United States in 1934

One hundred and sixty-six people, one hundred and sixty-five male and one female, were executed in the United States in 1934, one hundred and thirty by electrocution, thirty by hanging, and six by gas chamber. ^[1]

List of people executed in the United States in 1934

No.	Date of execution	Name	Age of person			Gender	Ethnicity	State	Method	Ref.
			At execution	At offense	Age difference
1	January 5, 1934	James Allen	21	19	2	Male	Black	Tennessee	Electrocution	[1]
2	January 8, 1934	Frank Stabinski	22	21	1		White	Pennsylvania		[2]
3		Anthony P. Tetrosky	19	18
4	January 11, 1934	Herman Cunningham	23	22			Black	New York		[3]
5		Winston C. Owens	34	33
6		Joseph Willis	24	23
7	January 12, 1934	Ralph Edward Holmes	25	24				District of Columbia		[4]
8		Joseph James Jackson	20	19
9		Irvin Murray	26	25
10		Will Osborne	19	Unknown	Unknown			Georgia		[1]
11	January 18, 1934	Ira Kelly	38	37	1		White	Texas		[5]
12	January 23, 1934	Ahmed Osman	37	36			Arab	Massachusetts		[6]
13	January 24, 1934	William White	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Louisiana	Hanging	[1]
14	February 2, 1934	Page Jupiter	46	45	1			Maryland		[7]
15		Thurman Ricks	26	Unknown	Unknown			Mississippi		[1]
16		Frank Flours	39	39	0			Texas	Electrocution	[8]
17	February 5, 1934	Joseph Emory		37	2			Tennessee		[9]
18		James Swann	20	18
19	February 6, 1934	Albert Bruno	27	26	1		White	Ohio		[10]
20	February 9, 1934	Bennie Foster	21	20			Black	Alabama		[11]
21		Hardie White	32	Unknown	Unknown
22		John Thompson	38	Unknown	Unknown
23		Ernest Waller	21	Unknown	Unknown
24		Solomon Roper	24	22	2
25		Benjamin Butler	29	28	1			Arkansas		[1]
26		Quang Shick	41	40			Asian	California	Hanging	[12]
27		Bluitt Burkley	19	19	0		Black	Texas	Electrocution	[13]
28		Thurman Burkley	18	17	1
29		Jesse Mott	34	33
30	February 22, 1934	Herman Snyder	21	18	3		White	Massachusetts		[14]
31		John A. Donnellon	24	21
32		Henry Clay Bull	22	Unknown	Unknown
33	February 26, 1934	Joseph Sterling	33	32	1		Black	Pennsylvania		[15]
34		Robert Harris	36	34	2
35		Lewis Fain	28	26				Tennessee		[16]
36	March 1, 1934	Lloyd Price	22	21	1			New York		[17]
37	March 2, 1934	Homer Lee Short	24	Unknown	Unknown			Georgia		[1]
38		Harley Wesley Edwards	39	38	1		White	Indiana		[18]
39	March 5, 1934	Wallace Skawinski	23	22				Pennsylvania		[19]
40		James Joseph Riggs	24	23
41	March 12, 1934	Robert Henry Wiles	49	49	0			South Carolina		[20]
42	March 16, 1934	John Downer	27	24	3		Black	Georgia		[21]
43		Sandy Walker	48	46	2
44		Isaac Howard	25	Unknown	Unknown			Mississippi	Hanging
45		Ernest McGehee	23	Unknown	Unknown
46		Johnny Jones		Unknown	Unknown
47		Bob Owens	Unknown	Unknown	2
48		Jesse Brooks	46	45	1			North Carolina	Electrocution
49		James Johnson	26	Unknown	Unknown
50	March 23, 1934	Walter Thaxton	30	30	0					[22]
51	March 26, 1934	Melroyal Burrell	34	Unknown	Unknown			New Jersey		[23]
52	April 4, 1934	Jasper Graham	29	27	2			Tennessee		[24]
53		Frank Mays	30	28
54		Percy Smith	20	Unknown	Unknown
55	April 6, 1934	Sack Jackson	27	Unknown	Unknown			Texas		[25]
56	April 9, 1934	Richard C. Bach	23	22	1		White	Pennsylvania		[26]
57	April 13, 1934	John Watkins	24	24	0		Black	South Carolina		[27]
58	April 20, 1934	Miley Washington Lively	47	46	1		White	Georgia		[28]
59		John F. Scheck	21	20				Illinois		[29]
60		George Dale	28	27
61		Joseph Francis	35	34			Black
62	April 27, 1934	Ernest H. Bolden	25	23	2			District of Columbia		[30]
63		Theodore Roosevelt Cooper	29	28	1			North Carolina		[31]
64		John Ellis	18	18	0			South Carolina		[32]
65		James Kinloch	20	20
66		Charlie Outlaw	60	60		White	Texas	[33]
67	May 1, 1934	Johnnie Williams	29	26	3	Black		[34]
68	May 11, 1934	Luther Dean Jackson	25	23	2		Arkansas	[35]
69		Mack James	29	28	1		Georgia	[1]
70		Ted Bradley	25	23	2	White	Washington	Hanging	[36]
71	May 15, 1934	Hosea Patrick	30	Unknown	Unknown	Black	Georgia	Electrocution	[37]
72		Claude Harold Hicks	26	Unknown	Unknown
73	May 18, 1934	John F. Capaci	30	29	1	White	Louisiana	Hanging	[38]
74		George Dalleo	29	28
75		Daniel Bryan Napier	38	38	0
76		Mike Stefanoff	45	44	1		North Carolina	Electrocution	[39]
77		James Robert Sheffield	47	Unknown	Unknown
78	May 25, 1934	James Keaton	22	22	0	Black	Mississippi	Hanging	[40]
79	May 28, 1934	Charles Thomas Walker	31	29	2		Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[41]
80	May 31, 1934	Pearlie Davis	25	24	1		Mississippi	Hanging	[1]
81	June 1, 1934	Joe Goodman	38	37			District of Columbia	Electrocution	[42]
82		George McKinley Pitmond	34	33
83		Nathan Brooks	29	28			Texas		[43]
84	June 6, 1934	Eddie Lee	19	19	0		South Carolina		[44]
85		Thomas Richardson	17	17
86	June 7, 1934	Francis Pasqua	25	23	2	White	New York		[45]
87		Anthony Marino	28	27	1
88		Daniel Kriesberg	29	28
89	June 14, 1934	Ross Caccamise	24	23					[46]
90		William Vogel	26	24	2
91	June 15, 1934	Reese Castleberry Jr.	23	22	1	Black	Georgia		[47]
92		Floyd South	22	21
93		Ossie Smith	20	Unknown	Unknown		North Carolina		[1]
94	June 22, 1934	William Cody Kelly	30	30	0	White	Colorado	Gas chamber	[48]
95		Joseph Lee Dalton	31		1		North Carolina	Electrocution	[49]
96	June 25, 1934	Irmel Kittrells	26	25		Black	Ohio		[50]
97	June 26, 1934	Warren Little	25	24		White	Illinois		[51]
98	June 29, 1934	George Williams	26	26	0	Black	California	Hanging	[52]
99		Paul H. Kauffman	34	30	4	White	Missouri		[53]
100	July 5, 1934	Joseph Murphy	27	26	1		New York	Electrocution	[54]
101	July 6, 1934	Manuel Hernandez	18	17		Hispanic	Arizona	Gas chamber	[55]
102		Fernando Hernandez	19	18
103		Daniel Harris	37	36		Black	California	Hanging	[56]
104		John Mix	22	22	0
105		Clyde B. Ferrell	25	23	2	White	North Carolina	Electrocution	[57]
106		John Lewis Edwards	17	16	1	Black
107	July 12, 1934	Frank Canora	51	50		White	New York		[58]
108	July 13, 1934	George Joseph Shaughnessy	19	18			Arizona	Gas chamber	[59]
109		Jose Aragon	25	25	0	Hispanic	California	Hanging	[60]
110		Walker Rippy	24	24		Black
111		Joseph Behiter	35	32	3	Arab	Nevada	Gas chamber	[61]
112		Payton G. Brown Sr.	22	22	0	White	South Carolina	Electrocution	[62]
113	July 20, 1934	Reuben Jones	18	18		Black			[63]
114	July 27, 1934	Willie Walton	25	22	3		Louisiana	Hanging	[64]
115	August 9, 1934	Anna Antonio	29	26		Female	White	New York	Electrocution	[65]
116		Sam Faraci	42	40	2	Male
117		Vincent Saeta	33	31
118	August 24, 1934	Will Chaney	49	47			Black	Kentucky		[66]
119		George W. Tincher	37	35			White
120	August 31, 1934	Louis Sprague Douglas	47	45				Arizona	Gas chamber	[67]
121		Roosevelt Swain	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Louisiana	Hanging	[1]
122	September 6, 1934	Alphonse Brengard	29	23	6		White	New York	Electrocution	[68]
123	September 14, 1934	Clifford Duncan	26	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Georgia		[1]
124	September 15, 1934	John Deal	31	30	1			Tennessee		[69]
125		James Pillow	23	22
126	September 21, 1934	George Keaton	28	26	2			North Carolina		[70]
127	September 28, 1934	Louis Hamilton		25	3		White	Indiana		[71]
128		Emanuel Spice Bittings	42	41	1		Black	North Carolina		[72]
129		Willie J. Crockett	22	21
130		Ed Stanton	45	43	2		White	Texas		[73]
131	October 1, 1934	Richard Perkins	34	31	3		Black	Indiana		[74]
132	October 3, 1934	Byron Miller	43	39	4		White	Washington	Hanging	[75]
133	October 5, 1934	Peter Alosi	42	42	0			California		[76]
134		Frank Johnson		41	1		Black	Georgia	Electrocution	[1]
135	October 8, 1934	Walter Williams	31	31	0			Florida
136	October 9, 1934	Edward Elijah Coffin	22	22			White	Indiana		[77]
137	October 12, 1934	Alonzo McNeil	29	29			Black	Illinois		[78]
138		George Walker	20	20
139		Eaver Pugh	24	24				South Carolina		[1]
140	October 15, 1934	Edward H. Miller	29	28	1		White	Ohio		[79]
141	October 17, 1934	Harry L. Pierpont	32	30	2					[80]
142	October 19, 1934	Levi Hicks	24	23	1		Black	Louisiana	Hanging	[81]
143		Frank Clark	60	60	0			Oklahoma	Electrocution	[82]
144	November 2, 1934	Purcell Mitchell	21	21				Arkansas		[1]
145		Mildrich Tinsley	46	45	1			Mississippi	Hanging
146	November 15, 1934	Mose Street	29	28				Georgia	Electrocution
147	November 16, 1934	Tom Johnson	26	25				North Carolina		[83]
148		Preston Howard	19	18
149		Johnny Hart	22	21
150	November 19, 1934	Jack Jackson	36	36	0			Texas		[84]
151	November 22, 1934	Herbert Thacker	21	20	1		White	Ohio		[85]
152		Ray Freeman	24	23
153	November 23, 1934	Pat Nobles	46	43	3		Black	California	Hanging	[86]
154		Isaac Mosley	23	22	1			Ohio	Electrocution	[87]
155		June Woolfolk	36	34	2			Texas		[88]
156	November 30, 1934	Joe Cunningham	19	19	0			South Carolina		[1]
157	December 6, 1934	Phil Williams	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown			Mississippi	Hanging
158	December 7, 1934	Leo Dwight Murphy	41	33	8		White	California		[89]
159		Francis Harold Glenday	29	27	2			Kentucky	Electrocution	[90]
160		Bascom G. Greene	44	43	1			North Carolina		[91]
161		James Lester Greene	22	21
162		Robert Edward Black	25	24
163	December 12, 1934	Obediah McKnight	48	47			Black	Mississippi	Hanging	[92]
164	December 14, 1934	Rufus Prince Satterfield	44	43			White	North Carolina	Electrocution	[93]
165	December 15, 1934	Herman Boulan	39	39	0		Hispanic	Illinois		[94]
166		Walter Dittman	27	27			White

Demographics

Gender
Male	165	99%
Female	1	1%
Ethnicity
Black	101	61%
White	58	35%
Hispanic	4	2%
Arab	2	1%
Asian	1	1%
State
North Carolina	20	12%
New York	15	9%
Georgia	13	8%
Texas	12	7%
Mississippi	10	6%
South Carolina	10	6%
California	9	5%
Tennessee	9	5%
Illinois	8	5%
Pennsylvania	8	5%
Louisiana	7	4%
Ohio	7	4%
District of Columbia	6	4%
Alabama	5	3%
Arizona	4	2%
Indiana	4	2%
Massachusetts	4	2%
Arkansas	3	2%
Kentucky	3	2%
Washington	2	1%
Colorado	1	1%
Florida	1	1%
Maryland	1	1%
Missouri	1	1%
Nevada	1	1%
New Jersey	1	1%
Oklahoma	1	1%
Method
Electrocution	130	78%
Hanging	30	18%
Gas chamber	6	4%
Month
January	13	8%
February	22	13%
March	16	10%
April	15	9%
May	14	8%
June	19	11%
July	15	9%
August	7	4%
September	9	5%
October	13	8%
November	13	8%
December	10	6%
Age
Unknown	4	2%
10–19	14	8%
20–29	88	53%
30–39	35	21%
40–49	22	13%
50–59	1	1%
60–69	2	1%
Total	166	100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
1935	198
1934	166
1933	161
Total	525

References

1. "Executions in the U.S. 1608-2002: The ESPY File" (PDF). Death Penalty Information Center . Retrieved October 9, 2025.
2. "Two Executed for Killing of Luzerne Girl". The Pittsburgh Press. January 8, 1934. p. 32.
3. "Three Die at Sing Sing Tonight". The New York Times. January 11, 1934.
4. "Double Funeral Services for Executed Pair". The Afro-American. January 20, 1934. p. 12.
5. "Man Convicted of Assault on Young Girl is Electrocuted". The Victoria Advocate. January 18, 1934. p. 1.
6. "Son of Allah Put to Death". The Meriden Daily Journal. January 23, 1934. p. 3.
7. "Jupiter Swooning, Hangs". The Afro-American. February 3, 1934. p. 1.
8. "Negro Who Killed Woman for Poker "Stake" Doomed". The Victoria Advocate. February 2, 1934. p. 1.
9. "Two Negro Murderers Pay Supreme Penalty in Tennessee Chair". Waycross Journal-Herald. February 5, 1934. p. 5.
10. "Albert Bruno Pays Penalty in Death Chair". The Toledo News-Bee. February 7, 1934. p. 2.
11. "5 Negroes Executed In 45 Minutes In Alabama For Killing 4 Persons". The Meriden Daily Journal. February 9, 1934. p. 1.
12. "Chinaman Sees Slayer of His Father Hanged". Gettysburg Times. February 12, 1934. p. 5.
13. "Doomed Men Sing Hymn, Die in Chair". The Pittsburgh Press. February 9, 1934. p. 5.
14. "Three Murderers Executed in Boston". The Pittsburgh Press. February 22, 1934. p. 14.
15. "2 Negroes Die in the Chair". The Washington Reporter. February 27, 1934. p. 2.
16. "Negro Confesses Just Before Dying in Chair". The Tuscaloosa News. February 26, 1934. p. 2.
17. "Girl's Killer Dies in Electric Chair". Schenectady Gazette. March 2, 1934. p. 1.
18. "Suicide Failing, Slayer Dies in Electric Chair". The Tuscaloosa News. March 2, 1934. p. 2.
19. "2 Lads Die in Electric Chair for Killing Cop". The Meriden Daily Journal. March 5, 1934. p. 4.
20. "Takes Hot Seat". Lewiston Morning Tribune. March 13, 1934. p. 2.
21. "Eight Executed". Lewiston Morning Tribune. March 17, 1934. p. 2.
22. "Negro Dies in Chair, Making Confession". The Mount Airy News. March 29, 1934. p. 3.
23. "Newark Negro Dies for Woman's Murder". The Daily Record via newspapers.com. March 27, 1934. p. 12.
24. "Newark Negro Dies for Woman's Murder". The Meriden Daily Journal. April 4, 1934. p. 3.
25. "Negro is Calm as He Goes To Chair". The Victoria Advocate. April 8, 1934. p. 2.
26. "Girl's Slayer Dies in Chair". Reading Eagle. April 9, 1934. p. 1.
27. "Dies in Chair". Herald-Journal. April 14, 1934. p. 1.
28. "Lively Adjudged Sane". Waycross Journal-Herald. April 18, 1934. p. 13.
29. "3 Convicted Slayers Die in Electric Chair". The Meriden Daily Journal. April 20, 1934. p. 11.
30. "Wife Slayer Chants Hymn, Dies in Chair". The Afro-American. May 5, 1934. p. 11.
31. "Negro Electrocuted in N. Carolina Chair". Waycross Journal-Herald. April 27, 1934. p. 1.
32. "Two Doomed Men are Baptized in State's Prison". Herald-Journal. April 20, 1934. p. 3.
33. "Texas Hammer Slayer Dies in Electric Chair". Waycross Journal-Herald. April 27, 1934. p. 1.
34. "Johnnie Williams, Texas Negro, Is Electrocuted". The Lewiston Daily Sun. May 2, 1934. p. 4.
35. "Arkansas Negro Saved From Chair by Futrell". The Tuscaloosa News. April 15, 1934. p. 8.
36. "Pays With Life". Lewiston Morning Tribune. May 11, 1934. p. 1.
37. "Two Georgia Negroes Die in Death Chair". Waycross Journal-Herald. May 15, 1934. p. 1.
38. "Slayer of Young Girl is Hanged". The Evening Independent. May 19, 1934. p. 7.
39. "Two White Men Die in North Carolina Chair". The Tuscaloosa News. May 18, 1934. p. 1.
40. "Lowndes Negro Will Hang Today". Clarion-Ledger via newspapers.com. May 25, 1934. p. 1.
41. "Walker Pays in Chair For Death of Philly Girl". The Afro-American. June 2, 1934. p. 11.
42. "Goodman v. United States". CaseMine.
43. "Electrocute Negro". Spokane Daily Chronicle. June 1, 1934. p. 53.
44. "2 Electrocuted, One Takes Blame". Herald-Journal. June 7, 1934. p. 7.
45. "3 Die in Chair, Fourth Wins Respite". Rochester Evening Journal. June 8, 1934. p. 80.
46. "Electric Chair Takes Lives of 2 at Sing Sing". Schenectady Gazette. June 15, 1934. p. 1.
47. "Two Negroes Executed". The Tuscaloosa News. June 15, 1934. p. 2.
48. "Kelly Executed In Gas Chamber". The Calgary Daily Herald. June 23, 1934. p. 2.
49. "Wife Slayer Dies in North Carolina Chair". Waycross Journal-Herald. June 22, 1934. p. 5.
50. "English Sees Another Victim". The Toledo News-Bee. June 26, 1934. p. 1.
51. "Youthful Killer Pays With Life in Illinois Pen". The Tuscaloosa News. June 26, 1934. p. 2.
52. "Convicted Killer In Holdup Hanged". Berkeley Daily Gazette. June 30, 1934. p. 1.
53. "World War Veteran Hanged; Insists He Didn't Attack Girl". The Telegraph-Herald. June 29, 1934. p. 1.
54. "Murphy Goes to the Chair". The New York Times. July 6, 1934.
55. "Two Brothers Executed in Ariz. Lethal Gas Chamber". The Lewiston Daily Sun. July 7, 1934. p. 7.
56. "State Takes Lives of Two With Scaffold". San Jose News. July 6, 1934. p. 4.
57. "Electric Chair Takes 2 Lives". Waycross Journal-Herald. July 6, 1934. p. 1.
58. "Dies After He Saw 21 Others Put to Death". The Meriden Daily Journal. July 13, 1934. p. 5.
59. "Youth Who Killed Befriender Dies". Berkeley Daily Gazette. July 13, 1934. p. 2.
60. "Two Lives Snuffed Out". The Oxnard Daily Courier. July 13, 1934. p. 1.
61. "Two Lives Snuffed Out". Warsaw Union. July 13, 1934. p. 6.
62. "Peyton Brown Smokes As He Goes to Death". The Newberry Observer. July 17, 1934. p. 1.
63. "Young Negro is Electrocuted in Lancaster Case". Herald-Journal. July 21, 1934. p. 2.
64. "Hanged in New Orleans". The Afro-American. August 4, 1934. p. 8.
65. "MRS. ANTONIO DIES IN ELECTRIC CHAIR; HOPED TO THE LAST; Woman, Two Men Accomplices Are Put to Death for Murder of Husband for Insurance". The New York Times. August 10, 1934.
66. "Current Trouble Gives Hour Delay in Electrocution". Kentucky New Era. August 24, 1934. p. 1.
67. "Plays Accordion As He Faces Death". Youngstown Vindicator. August 31, 1934. p. 3.
68. "Former State Cop Pays Penalty for 6-Year-Old Crime". The Day. September 7, 1934. p. 19.
69. "Two Put to Death". The Evening Independent. September 15, 1934. p. 1.
70. "Negro Poet Dies in Electric Chair". Herald-Journal. September 21, 1934. p. 16.
71. "Second Slayer Pays With Life in Killing". The Pittsburgh Press. September 28, 1934. p. 28.
72. "Two Men Die in Electric Chair". Waycross Journal-Herald. September 28, 1934. p. 1.
73. "Stanton Waiting Death in Chair". The Victoria Advocate. September 28, 1934. p. 2.
74. "Negro Slayer Dies in Electric Chair". Warsaw Union. October 1, 1934. p. 6.
75. "Byron Miller Pays Life on Scaffold". Lewiston Morning Tribune. October 3, 1934. p. 1.
76. "Peter Alosi Hanged For Murders Today". The Lodi Sentinel. October 5, 1934. p. 7.
77. "Execution at Prison on Tuesday". Warsaw Union. October 9, 1934. p. 6.
78. "Fools Calendar in Death". The Toledo News-Bee. October 12, 1934. p. 20.
79. "Killer Executed, Girl Tries Suicide". The Pittsburgh Press. October 21, 1934. p. 14.
80. "DILLINGER RESCUER IS EXECUTED IN OHIO; Harry Pierpont Goes to Chair Smiling Faintly but With Eyes Red From Weeping". The New York Times. October 17, 1934.
81. "State v. Hicks". vLex.
82. "In re Clark". Justia Law.
83. "Triple Execution for One Murder". Spokane Daily Chronicle. November 16, 1934. p. 17.
84. "Texas Negro Slayer Electrocuted Today". Lewiston Morning Tribune. November 19, 1934. p. 1.
85. "Two Die in Electric Chair for Murdering". Lewiston Morning Tribune. November 23, 1934. p. 5.
86. "Negro is Hanged Today". San Jose News. November 23, 1934. p. 4.
87. "Killer Electrocuted Wearing Long White Robe "Like Christ's"". The Afro-American. December 1, 1934. p. 6.
88. "Woolfolk v. State". vLex.
89. "Leo Murphy Hanged". Lewiston Morning Tribune. December 8, 1934. p. 3.
90. "Banker's Slayer is Electrocuted". Kentucky New Era. December 7, 1934. p. 1.
91. "State Executes Father and Son". The Evening Independent. December 7, 1934. p. 1.
92. "McKnight v. State". vLex.
93. "Hard to Kill". San Jose News. December 14, 1934. p. 2.
94. "Convicted Slayers Are Electrocuted". Spokane Daily Chronicle. December 15, 1934. p. 3.

Preceded by 1933

List of people executed       in the United States in    1934

Succeeded by 1935