List of people executed in the United States in 1958

Fifty people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1958, thirty-five by electrocution, thirteen by gas chamber, and two by hanging. ^[1]

List of people executed in the United States in 1958

No.	Date of execution	Name	Age of person			Gender	Ethnicity	State	Method	Ref.
			At execution	At offense	Age difference
1	January 3, 1958	Norman E. Walker	34	33	1	Male	White	Ohio	Electrocution	[1]
2	January 9, 1958	Elmer Francis Burke	40	35	5			New York		[2]
3	January 10, 1958	Robert Victor Mohrhaus	23	22	1			Ohio		[3]
4	January 17, 1958	Edward Samuel Smith		Unknown	Unknown		Black	Georgia		[1]
5		William Alvin Wetzel	32	27	5		White	Mississippi	Gas chamber	[4]
6	February 6, 1958	Charles White	44	41	3			Texas	Electrocution	[5]
7	February 14, 1958	James Reese	26	23			Black	California	Gas chamber	[6]
8	February 28, 1958	Julius Bunton	21	20	1			North Carolina		[7]
9		James Vaughan	31	29	2			Ohio	Electrocution	[1]
10	March 6, 1958	John Wayne Mack	25	24	1			Texas		[8]
11	March 28, 1958	Jeremiah Reeves Jr.	22	16	6			Alabama		[9]
12	April 11, 1958	Alfred Thomas Faciane	23	21	2			Louisiana		[10]
13		Johnny McMiller	44	42
14	April 15, 1958	Eugene T. Burwell	24	18	6			California	Gas chamber	[11]
15		James Alonzo Rogers	22	16			White
16	April 18, 1958	William Golden	23	22	1		Black	Georgia	Electrocution	[12]
17		Jeremiah McCray		23	0			Virginia		[13]
18	May 26, 1958	Bozzie Nelson	45	44	1			Florida		[14]
19	May 28, 1958	Jimmy C. Cameron	23	21	2			Mississippi	Gas chamber	[15]
20	June 5, 1958	Eugene Henry Linger	30	29	1		White	West Virginia	Electrocution	[16]
21	June 6, 1958	E.J. Sherod	24	23			Black	Virginia		[1]
22	June 7, 1958	Barton Kay Kirkham	21	19	2		White	Utah	Hanging	[17]
23	June 11, 1958	Alvin Charles Blankenship	27	26	1		Black	Texas	Electrocution	[18]
24	June 13, 1958	George Lowell Everett	23	19	4		White	Florida		[19]
25	June 20, 1958	Theodore Thompson		22	1		Black	Texas		[20]
26	July 1, 1958	Larry Paul Fudge	26	25			White	West Virginia		[1]
27	July 3, 1958	Nicholas Dan Jr.	20	19			Black	New York
28	July 7, 1958	Robert Lee Jackson	40	37	3			Ohio		[21]
29		Lemuel Sam Trotter	31	28
30	July 23, 1958	Abraham Thomas	29	25	4			U.S. military	Hanging	[22]
31	July 25, 1958	Jimmy Nebron Shaver	33	29			White	Texas	Electrocution	[23]
32	August 7, 1958	Angelo John LaMarca		31	2			New York		[24]
33	August 15, 1958	Jasper Brazile	43	38	5		Black	Louisiana		[25]
34	September 19, 1958	Albert Curry	26	26	0			Georgia		[1]
35		Marshall Lamkin	53	50	3			Texas		[26]
36	September 26, 1958	John Calvin Tipton	23	20			White	California	Gas chamber	[27]
37	September 29, 1958	Harry Frank Long	35	30	5			Florida	Electrocution	[28]
38	October 24, 1958	Bart Luis Caritativo	52	48	4		Asian	California	Gas chamber	[29]
39	November 7, 1958	William Francis Rupp Jr.	24	18	6		White			[30]
40		Leroy Dobbs	36	Unknown	Unknown		Black	Georgia	Electrocution	[31]
41	November 14, 1958	Otha A. Adams	54	53	1		White			[32]
42	November 17, 1958	Arthur Thomas	33	27	6		Black	Arizona	Gas chamber	[33]
43	November 20, 1958	Virgil Richardson	29		2			New York	Electrocution	[34]
44	November 21, 1958	Clarence Dabney	25	24	1			Virginia		[35]
45	November 22, 1958	Richard Lewis Jordan	28	23	5		White	Arizona	Gas chamber	[36]
46	December 5, 1958	Matthew Phillip Bass	43	Unknown	Unknown		Black	North Carolina		[37]
47	December 19, 1958	Henry R. Woods	20	19	1			Georgia	Electrocution	[38]
48		Richard Carpenter	28	25	3		White	Illinois		[39]
49		Allen Dean Jr.	23	23	0		Black	Mississippi	Gas chamber	[40]
50		Bennie Collins	55	54	1			Ohio	Electrocution	[1]

Demographics

Gender
Male	50	100%
Female	0	0%
Ethnicity
Black	31	62%
White	18	36%
Asian	1	2%
State
California	6	12%
Georgia	6	12%
Ohio	6	12%
Texas	6	12%
New York	4	8%
Florida	3	6%
Louisiana	3	6%
Mississippi	3	6%
Virginia	3	6%
Arizona	2	4%
North Carolina	2	4%
West Virginia	2	4%
Alabama	1	2%
Illinois	1	2%
U.S. military	1	2%
Utah	1	2%
Method
Electrocution	35	70%
Gas chamber	13	26%
Hanging	2	4%
Month
January	5	10%
February	4	8%
March	2	4%
April	6	12%
May	2	4%
June	6	12%
July	6	12%
August	2	4%
September	4	8%
October	1	2%
November	7	14%
December	5	10%
Age
20–29	29	58%
30–39	10	20%
40–49	7	14%
50–59	4	8%
Total	50	100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
1959	50
1958	50
1957	69
Total	169

References

1. "Executions in the U.S. 1608-2002: The ESPY File" (PDF). Death Penalty Information Center . Retrieved June 18, 2025.
2. "TRIGGER BURKE DIES FOR WALSH MURDER". The New York Times. January 10, 1958.
3. "Sanity Of Murder Suspect Is Studied". The Daily Reporter via newspapers.com. December 15, 1956. p. 2.
4. "William Wetzel Is Executed in Mississippi". The Daily Advertiser via newspapers.com. January 19, 1958. p. 32.
5. "White v. State". Justia Law.
6. "James Reese, Appellant, v. Harley O. Teets, Warden of the California State Prison at San Quentin, Appellee, 248 F.2d 147 (9th Cir. 1957)". Justia Law.
7. "State v. Bunton". CaseMine.
8. "Mack v. State". Justia Law.
9. "The execution of Jeremiah Reeves: Alabama teen's death sentence helped drive civil rights movement". AL.com. February 4, 2015.
10. "2 Tangipahoa Men, Convicted Slayers, To Die April 11". The Daily Advertiser via newspapers.com. April 2, 1958. p. 9.
11. "People v. Burwell". CaseMine.
12. "Golden v. State". Justia Law.
13. "Former Prisoner Here Electrocuted". The Gettysburg Times via newspapers.com. April 19, 1958. p. 3.
14. "Nelson v. State". vLex.
15. "Cameron v. State". Justia Law.
16. "Linger v. Jennings". Justia Law.
17. "State v. Kirkham". Justia Law.
18. "Blankenship v. State". Justia Law.
19. "Death Delayed For Donation of Criminal's Eyes". The State via newspapers.com. June 7, 1958. p. 3.
20. "Thompson v. State". Justia Law.
21. "Hart's Slayers Must Die July 7". The Cincinnati Enquirer via newspapers.com. June 7, 1958. p. 5.
22. "Abraham Thomas, Appellant, v. Colonel James W. Davis, Commandant, United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Appellee, 249 F.2d 232 (10th Cir. 1957)". Justia Law.
23. "Jimmy N. Shaver, Appellant, v. O. B. Ellis, Manager Texas Prison System, Appellee, 255 F.2d 509 (5th Cir. 1958)". Justia Law.
24. "LaMarca Executed At 11:03". The Oneonta Star via newspapers.com. August 8, 1958. p. 1.
25. "State v. Brazile". Justia Law.
26. "Lamkin v. State". vLex.
27. "People v. Tipton". Justia Law.
28. "Long v. State". vLex.
29. "Bart Luis CARITATIVO, Petitioner, v. The PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA and Fred R. Dickson, Acting Warden. William Francis RUPP, Petitioner, v. Fred R. DICKSON, Acting Warden". Legal Information Institute.
30. "Law Catches Up With Sex-Killer of Girl; He Dies in Gas Chamber". Independent via newspapers.com. November 8, 1958. p. 3.
31. "Dobbs v. State". Justia Law.
32. "Otha Adams, 54". The Atlanta Constitution via newspapers.com. November 15, 1958. p. 3.
33. "Slayer Meets His Doom Calmly". Arizona Daily Star via newspapers.com. November 18, 1958. p. 1.
34. "People v. Richardson". CourtListener.
35. "Police Nab Man Wanted For Lynchburg Ax-Slaying". Covington Virginian via Virginia Chronicle. July 30, 1958. p. 1.
36. "State v. Jordan". Justia Law.
37. "State v. Bass". Justia Law.
38. "Woods v. State". Justia Law.
39. "Cop killer Richard Carpenter". Chicago Tribune. October 2, 2013.
40. "Dean v. State". vLex.

Preceded by 1957

List of people executed       in the United States in    1958

Succeeded by 1959