List of people executed in the United States in 1939

One hundred and sixty-two people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1939, one hundred and eighteen by electrocution, thirty by gas chamber, and fourteen by hanging. ^[1]

The state of New Hampshire would conduct its most recent execution this year.

List of people executed in the United States in 1939

No.	Date of execution	Name	Age of person			Gender	Ethnicity	State	Method	Ref.
			At execution	At offense	Age difference
1	January 5, 1939	Salvatore Gati	29	28	1	Male	White	New York	Electrocution	[2]
2		Charles Sberna
3		David Lucas					Black
4	January 6, 1939	Joseph Arridy	23	21	2		Arab	Colorado	Gas chamber	[3]
5	January 11, 1939	White Miller Tollett	30	29	1		White	Tennessee	Electrocution	[4]
6	January 12, 1939	Vincent Forte	20	18	2			New York		[5]
7	January 17, 1939	Dominico Nadal	46	45	1			Nevada	Gas chamber	[6]
8	January 19, 1939	Ernest Stanley	Unknown	Unknown			Black	Tennessee	Electrocution	[1]
9	January 20, 1939	King Solomon Stovall	24	23				North Carolina	Gas chamber
10		LeRoy Hershel McCarthy	28	27			White	Oregon		[7]
11		Irving Brooks	23	22			Black	Virginia	Electrocution	[8]
12	January 25, 1939	Wilson Wright	20	18	2			Georgia		[9]
13	January 26, 1939	Arthur Friedman	21	20	1		White	New York		[10]
14		Dominick Guariglia	19	18
15		Joseph O'Laughlin	23	22
16	February 1, 1939	John William Cline	25	24				Ohio		[11]
17	February 3, 1939	Will Kinard	38	36	2		Black	District of Columbia		[12]
18	February 9, 1939	Thomas Kirby Gilmore	42	41	1		White	New York		[1]
19	February 10, 1939	Loren Sylvester Warner	29	24	5			Kentucky		[13]
20		Pearlie Houston Evans	37	36	1			Mississippi	Hanging	[14]
21		John Anderson	27	27	0		Black	Virginia	Electrocution	[15]
22	February 15, 1939	John Flannery Williamson	62	59	3		White	Missouri	Gas chamber	[16]
23	February 16, 1939	Thomas J. Bohan	33	24	9			New York	Electrocution	[17]
24		Michael Hermanowski	23	22	1
25	February 17, 1939	Fred Ware	24	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Alabama		[1]
26		Elgie Stephens		22	2			Louisiana	Hanging	[18]
27	February 20, 1939	Paul Fried Bunge	53	52	1		White	Florida	Electrocution	[19]
28	February 23, 1939	Michael Alex	27	26				New York		[20]
29	February 24, 1939	Franklin Pierce McCall Jr.	22	22	0			Florida		[21]
30	February 27, 1939	William McKinley Blackwell	41	39	2		Black	Pennsylvania		[22]
31	March 3, 1939	Bonnie Griffin	23	21			White	Kentucky		[23]
32		Arnold Powell	22	20
33		Frank Tracy	33	33	0			Ohio		[24]
34	March 6, 1939	Winzell Williams	18	17	1		Black	Texas		[25]
35	March 10, 1939	Joseph B. Anderson	37	36			White	Arkansas		[26]
36		Fred L. Brown	47	Unknown	Unknown			Maryland	Hanging	[27]
37	March 17, 1939	Joe Lee Kennedy	33	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Alabama	Electrocution	[28]
38		Edward Wimbush	22	21	1					[29]
39	March 24, 1939	Willie Waters	47	45	2			Kentucky		[30]
40		George B. Wingard	20	18			White	South Carolina		[31]
41		William B. Gentry	24	23	1
42		Roy D. Suttles	30	28	2
43		Herbert H. Moorman	42	40
44		Clayton Crans	29	27
45		John Valentine Bair Jr.	28		1
46	March 27, 1939	Thomas Roy Lockard	26	23	3			Pennsylvania		[32]
47	March 28, 1939	Hyman Johnson	22	21	1		Black	Tennessee		[33]
48		Frank Murray	19	18
49	March 31, 1939	Dave Johnson	33	33	0			Louisiana	Hanging	[34]
50	April 4, 1939	Hubert Harris	22	21	1			Tennessee	Electrocution	[1]
51	April 7, 1939	Clarence Bracy	24	23				North Carolina	Gas chamber	[35]
52		Batt DeJournette	38	37
53		Harry Williams	20	Unknown	Unknown			Virginia	Electrocution	[1]
54	April 10, 1939	James Otho Martin	43	42	1		White	Tennessee		[36]
55		Joseph McKay	Unknown	Unknown			Black
56		James Willis Smith	40	38	2
57		Harvey T. Nealy	19	18	1			Texas		[37]
58	April 11, 1939	Edward L. Humphries	Unknown	Unknown			White	South Carolina		[1]
59	April 14, 1939	Tom Williams	28	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Alabama
60		Elvin Lyle Wood	36	36	0		White	Illinois		[38]
61	April 15, 1939	Willie Williams	33	31	2		Black	Tennessee		[1]
62		Jesus Herrera	48	47	1		Hispanic	Texas		[39]
63	April 19, 1939	Harry Chapman	37	35	2		White	Ohio		[40]
64		Henry Dingledine	29	27
65		Harry B. Dingledine	56	54
66	April 23, 1939	Genaro Lugo	23	22	1	Hispanic	Texas	[41]
67		James Clifford Miles	22	20	2	Black
68	April 24, 1939	Ernest Miles Hipple		21	1	White	Pennsylvania	[42]
69	April 26, 1939	Harvey Lafayette Roush	48	47			Ohio	[43]
70	April 28, 1939	Archie Lee Short	27	26			Arizona	Gas chamber	[44]
71		Robert Kenyon	23	21	2		Missouri		[45]
72	May 5, 1939	James Dixon	38	37	1	Black	North Carolina		[1]
73	May 7, 1939	Bennie Randall	20	19			Texas	Electrocution	[46]
74	May 9, 1939	Nick Babich	54	54	0	White	Ohio		[47]
75	May 12, 1939	Johnny Smith	30	27	3	Black	Florida		[48]
76	May 19, 1939	Fred Arnell	18	18	0		Arkansas		[1]
77		Fred Dickerson	35	34	1	White
78		James Ervin	38	Unknown	Unknown	Black	Texas
79	May 21, 1939	Johnny Caesar	30	27	3				[49]
80	May 26, 1939	Edward Lee Mattocks	21	Unknown	Unknown		North Carolina	Gas chamber	[50]
81	June 3, 1939	Orelle J. Easton	26	25	1	White	Indiana	Electrocution	[51]
82	June 9, 1939	Ray Anderson	33	Unknown	Unknown	Black	Alabama		[52]
83		Charles W. White	51	Unknown	Unknown
84		Grady Tubbs	23	Unknown	Unknown
85		Joseph Frazier	22	21	1
86		Dave Burney	47	46			North Carolina	Gas chamber	[53]
87	June 14, 1939	Willie Caldwell	23	21	2		Ohio	Electrocution	[54]
88	June 16, 1939	Robert Nixon	19	18	1		Illinois		[55]
89		Ed Alston	Unknown	Unknown	2		North Carolina	Gas chamber	[56]
90	June 23, 1939	Harvey Lloyd Nelson	36	35	1	White	Georgia	Electrocution	[57]
91		James Reed Swain	20	18	2	Black	Indiana		[58]
92		Joseph Broughton	40	39	1		South Carolina		[59]
93	June 26, 1939	Ladell Rhodes	26	25			Texas		[1]
94	June 30, 1939	James Caruthers	23	25	5		Arkansas		[60]
95		Bubbles Clayton	25	20
96		Sylvester Williams	20		0
97		Rafe Lee Walker	32	Unknown	Unknown		Texas		[61]
98	July 7, 1939	Robert Sanders	37	37	0		Alabama		[1]
99		J.D. Vaughan	25	Unknown	Unknown		Georgia
100		Arvel P. Rice	20	19	1	White	Kentucky		[62]
101		Bricey Hammonds Sr.	24	24	0	Native American	North Carolina	Gas chamber	[63]
102		James Henderson	20	19	1	Black
103		Alfred Caper	23	22
104	July 12, 1939	Pang Young	18	17		Asian	Ohio	Electrocution	[64]
105	July 14, 1939	Charles H. Smith	41	40		White	Kentucky		[65]
106		Howard Long	33	31	2		New Hampshire	Hanging	[66]
107	July 21, 1939	Claud David	25	24	1		California	Gas chamber	[67]
108		Jack Davis	47	46			Kentucky	Electrocution	[68]
109	July 25, 1939	Edward Higgins	26	26	0	Black			[69]
110	July 26, 1939	Arthur Barker	35	34	1	White	Georgia		[1]
111	July 28, 1939	Otis McGill	34	33			South Carolina		[70]
112	August 2, 1939	Wallace W. Green	22	21			Massachusetts		[71]
113		Walter St. Saveur	19	18
114	August 4, 1939	Marion Hunter	25	24		Black	Georgia		[72]
115		Bernhard R. Leuch	48	46	2	White	Washington	Hanging	[73]
116	August 16, 1939	Adrian Hubert Miller	31	30	1		Indiana	Electrocution	[74]
117	August 18, 1939	Mack Jackson	23	Unknown	Unknown	Black	Alabama		[1]
118		Milton Williams	27	27	0		Arkansas
119	August 24, 1939	Arthur Perry	24	22	2		New York		[75]
120	August 28, 1939	Harley Evans	26	24		White	Tennessee		[76]
121	September 1, 1939	Arthur Morris	25	23		Black	North Carolina	Gas chamber	[77]
122	September 4, 1939	Harvey A. McGraw	20	20	0	White	Florida	Electrocution	[78]
123	September 8, 1939	William Gibson Smith	25	21	4		California	Hanging	[79]
124	September 15, 1939	Charles Augustine McLachlan	57	56	1			Gas chamber	[80]
125		Paul Leslie Buttry	39	37	2		Washington	Hanging	[81]
126	September 18, 1939	Earl Clayton Talbott	19	18	1				[82]
127	September 22, 1939	Frank Conner	22	Unknown	Unknown	Black	Arizona	Gas chamber	[83]
128		James Franklin Godwin	21	20	1	White	North Carolina		[1]
129	September 29, 1939	Angelo Agnes	33	31	2	Black	Colorado		[84]
130		Pete Catalina	41	Unknown	Unknown	White
131		Clarence Sheffield	36	35	1	Black	Georgia	Electrocution	[85]
132	October 6, 1939	Charles Fain	26	35			North Carolina	Gas chamber	[86]
133		Roy Wright	19	18		White	Washington	Hanging	[87]
134	October 13, 1939	Steven Cygan	35	24	11		Illinois	Electrocution	[88]
135	October 20, 1939	William Green	39	38	1	Black	California	Gas chamber	[89]
136	October 23, 1939	Paul Ferry	42	39	3	White	Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[90]
137		Willie Bailey	36	32	4	Black
138		Ira Bob Redmon	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
139	October 24, 1939	Grover Cleveland Odom	51	50	1	White	South Carolina		[91]
140	October 25, 1939	Lafayette Williams	47	45	2		Ohio		[92]
141	October 27, 1939	Charles Price	28	25	3	Black	Illinois		[93]
142		Willie Richardson	19	19	0		North Carolina	Gas chamber	[94]
143	October 28, 1939	Claude Bowser Jr.	22	21	1				[1]
144	October 30, 1939	Charles Golden	19	18			Pennsylvania	Electrocution	[95]
145		Walter Tankard	31	30
146	November 10, 1939	Nelson Charles	38	37		Native American	Federal government	Hanging	[96]
147	November 17, 1939	Sheppard Bruno	45	44		Black	Georgia	Electrocution	[1]
148	November 21, 1939	James Bivins	19	Unknown	Unknown
149		Burton Franklin Williamson	43	42	1	White	Nevada	Gas chamber	[97]
150	November 24, 1939	Raymond Williams	20	19		Black	North Carolina		[98]
151	December 8, 1939	Ralph Verdell Carson	54	52	2	White	Washington	Hanging	[99]
152	December 9, 1939	Harry Leopold	28	27	1		Colorado	Gas chamber	[100]
153	December 15, 1939	Leamon Steele	Unknown	Unknown	3	Black	Mississippi	Hanging	[1]
154		Sam Swanson	27	27	0		Virginia	Electrocution	[101]
155	December 16, 1939	Frank Salazar	24	23	1	Hispanic	Texas		[102]
156	December 18, 1939	James Fuller	25	25	0	Black	Pennsylvania		[103]
157		Fletcher LeGrand	22	22
158	December 19, 1939	Harry Lacy	42	38	4		Texas		[104]
159	December 21, 1939	Theodore Maselkiewicz	53	52	1	White	New York		[105]
160		Everett McDonald	41	Unknown	Unknown	Black
161		Anton Myslivec	54	53	1	White
162	December 30, 1939	Warren Lee Simpson		52	2		Montana	Hanging	[106]

Demographics

Gender
Male	162	100%
Female	0	0%
Ethnicity
Black	80	49%
White	75	46%
Hispanic	3	2%
Native American	2	1%
Arab	1	1%
Asian	1	1%
State
North Carolina	16	10%
New York	15	9%
Texas	12	7%
Alabama	10	6%
Ohio	10	6%
Pennsylvania	10	6%
South Carolina	10	6%
Tennessee	10	6%
Georgia	8	5%
Kentucky	8	5%
Arkansas	7	4%
Washington	5	3%
California	4	2%
Colorado	4	2%
Florida	4	2%
Illinois	4	2%
Virginia	4	2%
Indiana	3	2%
Arizona	2	1%
Louisiana	2	1%
Massachusetts	2	1%
Mississippi	2	1%
Missouri	2	1%
Nevada	2	1%
District of Columbia	1	1%
Federal government	1	1%
Maryland	1	1%
Montana	1	1%
New Hampshire	1	1%
Oregon	1	1%
Method
Electrocution	118	73%
Gas chamber	30	19%
Hanging	14	9%
Month
January	15	9%
February	15	9%
March	19	12%
April	22	14%
May	9	6%
June	17	10%
July	14	9%
August	9	6%
September	11	7%
October	14	9%
November	5	3%
December	12	7%
Age
Unknown	6	4%
10–19	13	8%
20–29	76	47%
30–39	34	21%
40–49	22	14%
50–59	10	6%
60–69	1	1%
Total	162	100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
1940	124
1939	162
1938	188
Total	474

References

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2. "Three Executed at Sing Sing". The Lewiston Daily Sun. January 6, 1939. p. 1.
3. "Murderer With 6-Year-Old Mind is Put to Death". The Meriden Daily Journal. January 7, 1939. p. 2.
4. "Executed for Dynamiting". Lawrence Journal-World. January 11, 1939. p. 3.
5. "FOUND GUILTY AGAIN ON MURDER CHARGE; Vincent Forte, 20, Faces Chair for Slaying Grocer". The New York Times. May 20, 1938.
6. "Local Residents Witness Execution of Dominico Nadal at Nevada Prison Tuesday". Mineral County Independent and Hawthrone News. January 18, 1939. p. 1.
7. "Oregon Slayer Must Die Today". Lewiston Morning Tribune. January 20, 1939. p. 2.
8. "Reprieved 5 Times, Execution Set Friday". Richmond News Leader. January 18, 1939. p. 3.
9. "Dies in Chair". St. Petersburg Times. January 26, 1939. p. 4.
10. "Young Trio Dies in Ossining Chair". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 27, 1939. p. 1.
11. "Ohio". St. Petersburg Times. January 18, 1939. p. 1.
12. "Will Kinard Electrocuted". Washington Afro-American. February 11, 1939. p. 3.
13. "Chandler Is Touched by Letter From Dying Man". Kentucky New Era. February 11, 1939. p. 1.
14. "Pearlie Evans Goes to Doom at Dawn Today". McComb Daily Journal via newspapers.com. February 10, 1939. p. 1.
15. "Attacker Executed". The Tuscaloosa News. February 10, 1939. p. 1.
16. "Man Executed by Gas for Killing Neighbor". St. Louis Post-Dispatch via newspapers.com. February 15, 1939. p. 3.
17. "2 KILLERS SENT TO CHAIR; Bohan and Hermanowski Are Put to Death at Sing Sing". The New York Times. February 17, 1939.
18. "Negro To Hang At Opelousas For Wife Murder Last Year". The Eunice News via newspapers.com. November 4, 1938. p. 1.
19. "Reprieve is Given Murderer". St. Petersburg Times. February 20, 1939. p. 1.
20. "MUCH-CONVICTED MAN PUT TO DEATH IN CHAIR; Michael Alex, Tried for Murder 6 Times, Dies at Sing Sing". The New York Times. February 24, 1939.
21. "McCall Faces Death Calmly". Waycross Journal-Herald. February 24, 1939. p. 1.
22. "Negro Killer Executed". Prescott Evening Courier. February 27, 1939. p. 2.
23. "Electric Chair of Kentucky Claims Two". The Victoria Advocate. March 3, 1939. p. 1.
24. "Slayer Pays Debt in Electric Chair". Spokane Daily Chronicle. March 4, 1939. p. 6.
25. "Negro Whom O'Daniel Reprieved, Executed". Lewiston Evening Journal. March 6, 1939. p. 3.
26. "'Smokey Joe' Anderson Dies In Arkansas Death Chair". The Windsor Daily Star. March 10, 1939. p. 1.
27. "Maryland Gibbet Back in Service". The Windsor Daily Star. March 11, 1939. p. 1.
28. "Kennedy v. State". CaseMine.
29. "Wimbush v. State". CourtListener.
30. "Negro Electrocuted for Slaying Wife". Kentucky New Era. March 24, 1939. p. 4.
31. "Six White Convicts Executed For Slaying". The Tuscaloosa News. March 24, 1939. p. 2.
32. "Lockard Dies in Chair for Child's Death". The Washington Reporter. March 27, 1939. p. 3.
33. "Negroes Pay Death Penalty". Middlesboro Daily News. March 28, 1939. p. 1.
34. "Coed Attacker Dies". The Tuscaloosa News. March 31, 1939. p. 1.
35. "Vance Negro Dies to Pay for Taking Life in $3 Robbery". The Herald-Sun via newspapers.com. April 8, 1939. p. 3.
36. "3 Put to Death in Youth Slaying". Herald-Journal. April 11, 1939. p. 2.
37. "Negro Electrocuted". The Evening Independent. April 10, 1939. p. 3.
38. "Calmly To His Doom". St. Joseph News-Press. April 14, 1939. p. 4.
39. "Herrera v. State". CourtListener.
40. "Three Partners In Crime Die for Slaying". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. April 20, 1939. p. 1.
41. "Two Men Executed In Texas' Electric Chair". The Daily Times. April 24, 1939. p. 24.
42. "Commonwealth v. Hipple". CaseMine.
43. "Quotes Bible as He Goes to Chair". Schenectady Gazette. April 27, 1939. p. 1.
44. "Goes to Death Calmly". St. Joseph News-Press. April 28, 1939. p. 3.
45. "Farm Youth Dies to Pay for Slaying". The Southeast Missourian. April 28, 1939. p. 1.
46. "Another Negro Is Refused Clemency". The Victoria Advocate. April 4, 1939. p. 19.
47. "Babich Dies For Slaying". Youngstown Vindicator. May 10, 1939. p. 1.
48. "Story Denied". St. Petersburg Times. May 11, 1939. p. 1.
49. "Dallas Negro to Be Sunday Chair Victim". The Victoria Advocate. May 21, 1939. p. 61.
50. "Gets Death Sentence". Herald-Journal. March 11, 1939. p. 3.
51. "Dies in Chair For His Crime". The Evening Independent. June 3, 1939. p. 10.
52. "4 Die In Second Largest Mass Execution At Kilby". The Montgomery Advertiser via newspapers.com. June 9, 1939. p. 1.
53. "State v. Burney". CourtListener.
54. "State v. Caldwell". CourtListener.
55. "Negro Put to Death In Illinois Chair". The Victoria Advocate. June 16, 1939. p. 11.
56. "State v. Alston". CourtListener.
57. "Slayer Is Executed". The Windsor Daily Star. June 24, 1939. p. 30.
58. "Execution Lays 'Ghost.'". St. Joseph News-Press. June 23, 1939. p. 14.
59. "Berkeley Negro Dies in Chair at Early Hour Today". Herald-Journal. June 23, 1939. p. 5.
60. "3 Negroes Die For Attack on White Girls". Kentucky New Era. June 30, 1939. p. 5.
61. "Negro is Indicted". Prescott Evening Courier. April 20, 1939. p. 5.
62. "Condemned Man Refuses Religious Consolation". Kentucky New Era. July 7, 1939. p. 1.
63. "Three Executed in Gas Chamber". Spokane Daily Chronicle. July 7, 1939. p. 16.
64. "Chinaman Is Carried To Death in the Chair". Youngstown Vindicator. July 13, 1939. p. 2.
65. "Man Dies for Third Slaying". Kentucky New Era. July 14, 1939. p. 1.
66. "New Hampshire Man Is Executed Today". The Victoria Advocate. July 14, 1939. p. 1.
67. "People v. David". Stanford Law School.
68. "Dying Slayer Expects to Do Much Better in Next World". Kentucky New Era. July 21, 1939. p. 1.
69. "What Odd Happenings". The Leader-Post. July 26, 1939. p. 8.
70. "McGill Dies For Slaying In Greenville". Herald-Journal. July 29, 1939. p. 1.
71. "Lethal Gas May Replace Electric Chair in Mass". Meriden Record. August 3, 1939. p. 3.
72. "Savannah Killer Dies". Waycross Journal-Herald. August 4, 1939. p. 2.
73. "State v. Leuch". CaseMine.
74. "Winchester Girl's Slayer Dies in Chair". Palladium-Item via newspapers.com. August 16, 1939. p. 1.
75. "Two Decline Switch Job At N. Y. Electric Chair; 'Death's Hired Man' III". Herald-Journal. August 1, 1939. p. 1.
76. "Mother Prays While Son Goes to Chair". Kentucky New Era. August 28, 1939. p. 3.
77. "Gassed For Burglary". The Fayetteville Observer. September 2, 1939. p. 4.
78. "Alabaman, 22 Electrocuted". The Tampa Times via newspapers.com. September 4, 1939. p. 10.
79. "People v. Smith". Stanford Law School.
80. "People v. McLachlan". Justia Law.
81. "Paul Buttry Hanged At Walla Walla Pen Today". Lewiston Morning Tribune. September 15, 1939. p. 1.
82. "Youth Executed at Walla Walla". Ellensburg Daily Record. September 18, 1939. p. 3.
83. "Pays With Life". Spokane Daily Chronicle. September 22, 1939. p. 17.
84. "Convict Meets Death By Gas Without Fear". The Deseret News. September 30, 1939. p. 8.
85. "Clarence Sheffield Will Die Tomorrow". Waycross Journal-Herald. September 28, 1939. p. 8.
86. "Cherokee County Negro Executed". The Fayetteville Observer. October 6, 1939. p. 10.
87. "Yakima Slayer Dies Regretting Life Of Crime". Ellensburg Daily Record. October 6, 1939. p. 15.
88. "Friday, The 13th, Brings Death To Chicago Slayer". Lewiston Morning Tribune. October 13, 1939. p. 7.
89. "People v. Green". Stanford Law School.
90. "New Executioner Gets Praise For His 'Swell Job'". Lewiston Morning Tribune. October 23, 1939. p. 1.
91. "Slayer Goes To His Death". The Charlotte News via newspapers.com. October 24, 1939. p. 3.
92. "Ohio's Death Row Empty First Time in 23 Years". Youngstown Vindicator. October 26, 1939. p. 31.
93. "Charles Price Finally Executed At Chicago". Lewiston Morning Tribune. October 27, 1939. p. 2.
94. "State v. Richardson". vLex.
95. "Six Sentenced to Be Executed". Gazette and Bulletin. May 13, 1939. p. 4.
96. "Alaska Has Hanging; Seventh in History". The Spokesman-Review. November 11, 1939. p. 27.
97. "Gambler Pays With Life in Gas Chamber". The Telegraph-Herald. November 21, 1939. p. 2.
98. "State v. Williams". CaseMine.
99. "Clallam Slayer Goes to Death". Ellensburg Daily Record. December 8, 1939. p. 1.
100. "Slayer, Before Execution, Says He Was An 'Ingrate'". Lewiston Mortning Tribune. December 9, 1939. p. 5.
101. "Pittsylvania Man Dies in Chair". The Afro-American. December 30, 1939. p. 23.
102. "Frank Salazar is Electrocuted at Prison Saturday". The Victoria Advocate. December 14, 1939. p. 7.
103. "Two Slayers Electrocuted At Rockview". Gazette and Bulletin. December 18, 1939. p. 2.
104. "Harry Lacy Pays For Womack Death". The Amarillo Globe-Times via newspapers.com. December 19, 1939. p. 6.
105. "THREE PUT TO DEATH IN CHAIR AT SING SING; Men Pay Penalty for New York, Buffalo and Suffolk Slayings". The New York Times. December 22, 1939.
106. "Simpson Executed By Man He Had Marked For Death on List". The Independent-Record. December 30, 1939. p. 1.

Preceded by 1938

List of people executed       in the United States in    1939

Succeeded by 1940