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List of people executed in the United States in 1949

One hundred and twenty people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1949, eighty-four by electrocution, twenty-eight by gas chamber, and eight by hanging.[1]

List of people executed in the United States in 1949

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No. Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref.
At execution At offense Age difference
1 January 3, 1949 Robert Murl Daniels 24 24 0 Male White Ohio Electrocution [2]
2 January 6, 1949 Harris Gray 18 17 1 Black New York [3]
3 January 7, 1949 Robert Shorts 21 19 2 California Gas chamber [4]
4 Robert S. Battalino 37 36 1 White Colorado [5]
5 January 13, 1949 Louis Smiley 20 19 Black New York Electrocution [6]
6 January 14, 1949 Shirley M. Harris 24 23 District of Columbia [7]
7 January 20, 1949 William Grant 25 23 2 New York [8]
8 George Monge
9 Eugene Pannell 27 25
10 January 24, 1949 Felix Combs 24 24 0 Florida [9]
11 January 28, 1949 Marvin James Tuthill 45 43 2 White California Gas chamber [10]
12 Charlie Pool 44 40 4 Black Kentucky Electrocution [11]
13 James Rufus Creech Jr. 37 36 1 White North Carolina Gas chamber [12]
14 February 1, 1949 Wilson Moore 29 27 2 Black Texas Electrocution [1]
15 February 2, 1949 Harold Alfred Beach Jr. 23 22 1 White Ohio [13]
16 February 4, 1949 John Thomas 35 34 Black [14]
17 Willie Lincoln 25 24 South Carolina [15]
18 February 7, 1949 Aaron Quince 20 18 2 Florida [16]
19 February 13, 1949 Thurman Williams 23 22 1 Texas [17]
20 February 17, 1949 Barney Thompson 32 31 Tennessee [18]
21 February 18, 1949 Maxwell Bowie 23 21 2 California Gas chamber [19]
22 Henry Williams 25 23
23 February 21, 1949 Thomas Larkin 27 Unknown Unknown Texas Electrocution [1]
24 February 23, 1949 Frank Badgley 51 48 3 White Indiana [20]
25 Robert Oscar Brown 37 35 2
26 February 25, 1949 John Henry Hall 31 29 2 Black District of Columbia [21]
27 Bud Peterson 53 51 West Virginia Hanging [22]
28 February 28, 1949 Howard Elwood Payton 30 29 1 Ohio Electrocution [23]
29 March 3, 1949 Santo Bretagna 27 28 White New York [24]
30 William Rosenberg 42 41
31 March 4, 1949 Herbert H. Workman 20 18 2 Kentucky [25]
32 Lester Nichols 44 43 1 Ohio [26]
33 March 11, 1949 Phillip Cobb 26 23 3 Black Alabama [27]
34 L.C. Lloyd 32 Unknown Unknown Louisiana [1]
35 March 15, 1949 Theodore Holmes 20 19 1 District of Columbia [28]
36 March 18, 1949 Perry Lee Haygood Jr. 26 25 Alabama [29]
37 Emmett Garner 37 35 2 White North Carolina Gas chamber [30]
38 March 25, 1949 Buster Snead 42 39 3 Black Alabama Electrocution [31]
39 Clarence Joseph Jr. Unknown Unknown Unknown Louisiana [1]
40 Roy Thomas Cockrell 42 42 0 White North Carolina Gas chamber [32]
41 March 29, 1949 Thomas Kallas 58 56 2 Indiana Electrocution [33]
42 April 1, 1949 Clayburne Campbell 33 31 Black California Gas chamber [34]
43 Joel Harrison 23 21
44 April 4, 1949 Arthur Edward Berry 22 1 White Florida Electrocution [35]
45 April 8, 1949 Jesse Thurman Carroll 47 46 Georgia [36]
46 Asbell Glenn Adams 20 19 Ohio [37]
47 April 11, 1949 Roger Alton Williams 35 33 2 [38]
48 April 16, 1949 Buster Northern 20 17 3 Texas [39]
49 April 20, 1949 Junior Moore 24 23 1 Black Georgia [1]
50 April 22, 1949 David Leonard Blackwell 19 18 White Nevada Gas chamber [40]
51 April 29, 1949 Andrew Martin Berry Jr. 44 43 Ohio Electrocution [41]
52 May 4, 1949 Ralph Reed 27 26 [42]
53 May 20, 1949 Morgan Persons 39 38 Black Georgia [1]
54 Joseph Cook 24 23 Louisiana [43]
55 Matthew Cook 23 22
56 May 25, 1949 Frank Millhouse 21 2 Ohio [1]
57 May 27, 1949 John Ross Burson 33 32 1 White [44]
58 June 1, 1949 A.C. Williams Black Georgia [45]
59 June 7, 1949 Laszlo Varga 19 18 White Nevada Gas chamber [46]
60 June 10, 1949 Bruce Edward Watson 24 22 2 Black Tennessee Electrocution [47]
61 June 17, 1949 James Edward Lewis 26 Unknown Unknown North Carolina Gas chamber [1]
62 June 23, 1949 Barney Kenneth Davis Jr. 23 22 1 Ohio Electrocution [48]
63 June 24, 1949 Lawrence Benjamin Lightfoot 28 26 2 White Kentucky [49]
64 June 27, 1949 Ralph Cordasco 51 50 1 New Jersey [50]
65 June 30, 1949 Harold Dupree 27 25 2 Black New York [51]
66 Herman Dupree 33 31
67 July 1, 1949 Daniel Jerome Zatzke 23 21 White California Gas chamber [52]
68 July 6, 1949 Corliss Robert Bruntlett 52 50 Iowa Hanging [53]
69 July 7, 1949 John Michael Dunn 38 36 New York Electrocution [54]
70 Andrew Sheridan 49 46 3
71 July 8, 1949 Howard Andrew Fram 31 29 2 Maryland Hanging [55]
72 July 11, 1949 Rufus E. Keller 29 28 1 Pennsylvania Electrocution [56]
73 July 15, 1949 William Paul Sanford 21 20 California Gas chamber [57]
74 Jake Bird 47 45 2 Black Washington Hanging [58]
75 July 17, 1949 Mizell Palmer 25 23 Arkansas Electrocution [59]
76 July 22, 1949 Harvie Lee Rorie 46 45 1 White [60]
77 James Erich Osinski 40 39 Ohio [61]
78 July 25, 1949 Mahlon Wisecup 49 48 [1]
79 July 29, 1949 George A. Garner 27 26 Black District of Columbia [62]
80 Lawrence J. Garner 25 24
81 August 8, 1949 Flem Monroe Griffis 30 28 2 White Florida [63]
82 August 10, 1949 Fred W. Jones 40 37 3 Texas [64]
83 General Kerzee 53 52 1 Black
84 August 12, 1949 Nehemiah Green 26 24 2 Alabama [65]
85 J.C. Winters 20 20 0
86 Eugene H. James 31 30 1 Maryland Hanging [66]
87 John Thomas Knowles 27 26 [67]
88 August 14, 1949 F.M. McClendon 23 21 2 Texas Electrocution [68]
89 August 16, 1949 Alfred Collins 37 36 1 New Jersey [69]
90 August 19, 1949 Andrew Dorsey Jr. 23 21 2 Georgia [1]
91 September 1, 1949 Floyd Arrington 22 21 1 New York [70]
92 William McKinley Jackson 23 22
93 September 8, 1949 Walter Davis 21 20 [71]
94 September 11, 1949 Cleveland Stovall Jr. 22 21 Texas [72]
95 September 12, 1949 John Albert Jones Jr. 17 16 Georgia [1]
96 Wilbur Gene Jones 18 17
97 September 16, 1949 Herman Frederick Weber Jr. 25 23 2 White Illinois [73]
98 September 26, 1949 George A. Neill 24 21 3 Pennsylvania [74]
99 October 18, 1949 Eugene Leo Gambetta 46 44 2 Nevada Gas chamber [75]
100 October 26, 1949 James W. Buchanan 26 24 Black Ohio Electrocution [76]
101 October 28, 1949 Willie Talbot Jr. Unknown Unknown Unknown South Carolina [1]
102 November 4, 1949 Ernest Afton Scott 49 48 1 White Missouri Gas chamber [77]
103 Arthur Bruce Perkins 24 22 2 Washington Hanging [78]
104 November 15, 1949 Steve Paul Lacy 28 28 0 Black Tennessee Electrocution [1]
105 November 18, 1949 Wayne Leroy Williams 33 31 2 White Washington Hanging [79]
106 November 26, 1949 James Michael Morelli 22 20 Illinois Electrocution [80]
107 December 2, 1949 George U. Bell 37 36 1 Black Missouri Gas chamber [81]
108 December 9, 1949 Walter Pierce 21 Unknown Unknown Arkansas Electrocution [1]
109 Admiral Dewey Adamson 49 44 5 California Gas chamber [82]
110 Audie Lee Brown 27 26 1 North Carolina [83]
111 Allen T. Reid 29 28
112 Monroe Medlin 23 23 0
113 December 16, 1949 Jesse Albert Murphy 34 33 1 White California [84]
114 Albert Eugene Nixon 25 24
115 Paul Joseph Schneider Jr. 24 22 2 Colorado [85]
116 Lindsey Brown 26 Unknown Unknown Black Georgia Electrocution [1]
117 Uzelle Jones 35 Unknown Unknown North Carolina Gas chamber
118 December 23, 1949 Wesley Hildreth 26 25 1 Arkansas Electrocution
119 December 30, 1949 Hector Chavis 29 29 0 Native American North Carolina Gas chamber [86]
120 Leander Jacobs

Demographics

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Gender
Male 120 100%
Female 0 0%
Ethnicity
Black 70 58%
White 48 40%
Native American 2 2%
State
Ohio 15 13%
New York 14 12%
California 11 9%
North Carolina 10 8%
Georgia 8 7%
Texas 8 7%
Alabama 5 4%
District of Columbia 5 4%
Arkansas 4 3%
Florida 4 3%
Louisiana 4 3%
Indiana 3 3%
Kentucky 3 3%
Maryland 3 3%
Nevada 3 3%
Tennessee 3 3%
Washington 3 3%
Colorado 2 2%
Illinois 2 2%
Missouri 2 2%
New Jersey 2 2%
Pennsylvania 2 2%
South Carolina 2 2%
Iowa 1 1%
West Virginia 1 1%
Method
Electrocution 84 70%
Gas chamber 28 23%
Hanging 8 7%
Month
January 13 11%
February 15 13%
March 13 11%
April 10 8%
May 6 5%
June 9 8%
July 14 12%
August 10 8%
September 8 7%
October 3 3%
November 5 4%
December 14 12%
Age
Unknown 2 2%
10–19 5 4%
20–29 66 55%
30–39 24 20%
40–49 17 14%
50–59 6 5%
Total 120 100%

Executions in recent years

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Number of executions
1950 83
1949 120
1948 117
Total 320

References

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  2. ^ "Robert Daniels Dies in Chair". Youngstown Vindicator. January 4, 1949. p. 2.
  3. ^ "Gov. Asked To Save Five From Chair". Schenectady Gazette. December 22, 1948. p. 7.
  4. ^ "People v. Shorts". FindLaw.
  5. ^ "'Prayer' Killer To Die Cursing". The Owosso Argus-Press. January 7, 1949. p. 3.
  6. ^ "Dies in Chair". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. January 14, 1949. p. 23.
  7. ^ "Truman Commutes Death Sentences for 2 Youths". Baltimore Afro-American. January 8, 1949. p. 11.
  8. ^ "Three Die in Chair For Holdup Slaying". The Windsor Daily Star. January 21, 1949. p. 19.
  9. ^ "Clearwater Negro Goes To Chair For Assaulting Woman". The Evening Independent. January 24, 1949. p. 15.
  10. ^ "People v. Tuthill". Justia Law.
  11. ^ "Pool v. Commonwealth". vLex.
  12. ^ "James Creech Is Put To Death In State Gas Chamber". The Robesonian. January 28, 1949. p. 1.
  13. ^ "Beach Carries Grin to Chair, Prays as Electricity Goes On". Youngstown Vindicator. February 3, 1949. p. 17.
  14. ^ "Guard-Killing Convict Executed". Toledo Blade. February 5, 1949. p. 2.
  15. ^ "Willie Lincoln Dies In Chair For 1947 Double Slaying". The Times and Democrat via newspapers.com. February 5, 1949. p. 10.
  16. ^ "Negro Executed". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. February 7, 1949. p. 3.
  17. ^ "Rifle Slayer Dies In Electric Chair". The Victoria Advocate. February 14, 1949. p. 3.
  18. ^ "Negro Electrocuted For Slaying Woman". Kentucky New Era. February 17, 1949. p. 6.
  19. ^ "Two Oakland Youths Die In Gas Chamber". Lodi News-Sentinel. February 19, 1949. p. 4.
  20. ^ "Pair Slated To Die Tuesday". Warsaw Daily Times. February 17, 1949. p. 11.
  21. ^ "Hall v. United States". Justia Law.
  22. ^ "Woman's Slayer to Die On Gallows on Friday". Reading Eagle. February 24, 1949. p. 17.
  23. ^ "Lausche Refuses to Act To Save Killer from Chair". Youngstown Vindicator. February 27, 1949. p. 42.
  24. ^ "People v. Bretagna". vLex.
  25. ^ "Third Soldier Dies In Chair". Kentucky New Era. March 4, 1949. p. 1.
  26. ^ "Lester Nichols Dies in Chair". The Logan Daily News via newspapers.com. March 5, 1949. p. 1.
  27. ^ "Negro in Alabama Finally Executed". The Telegraph-Herald. March 11, 1949. p. 7.
  28. ^ "District Rapist Is Electrocuted". The Free Lance-Star. March 15, 1949. p. 2.
  29. ^ "Death sentence of Haygood sustained". The Anniston Star via newspapers.com. February 18, 1949. p. 2.
  30. ^ "Emmett Garner Goes To Death In Gas Chamber". Star-News. March 18, 1949. p. 25.
  31. ^ "Snead v. State". vLex.
  32. ^ "Cockrell Given Death Penalty For Slaying Wife". Statesville Record and Landmark via newspapers.com. December 6, 1948. p. 7.
  33. ^ "Kallas v. State". vLex.
  34. ^ "Stay is Refused To Doomed Pair". Spokane Daily Chronicle. April 1, 1949. p. 11.
  35. ^ "Execution For Berry Set". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. March 30, 1949. p. 1.
  36. ^ "Wife-Killer Is Executed". Times Daily. April 8, 1949. p. 1.
  37. ^ "Executed Man Buried at Whitesburg, Ky". Kentucky New Era. April 12, 1949. p. 5.
  38. ^ "Ohio Murderer Due To Get Chair Tonight". Toledo Blade. April 11, 1949. p. 10.
  39. ^ "Buster Northern Is Electrocuted". Denton Record-Chronicle via newspapers.com. April 17, 1949. p. 1.
  40. ^ "David Blackwell Dies in Prison Lethal Chamber". Reno Gazette-Journal via newspapers.com. April 22, 1949. p. 13.
  41. ^ "Ohio Supreme Court Rules Berry Must Die". Youngstown Vindicator. March 31, 1949. p. 8.
  42. ^ "Reed Dies in Chair For Holdup Killing". Youngstown Vindicator. May 5, 1949. p. 3.
  43. ^ "State v. Cook". CourtListener.
  44. ^ "Man Electrocuted; 4 Brothers in Prison". The Lewiston Daily Sun. May 28, 1949. p. 12.
  45. ^ "Williams v. State". vLex.
  46. ^ "State v. Varga". vLex.
  47. ^ "Tennessee Negro Executed For Rape". The Tuscaloosa News. June 10, 1949. p. 12.
  48. ^ "Ohio Killer Must Die". The Portsmouth Times. May 19, 1949. p. 8.
  49. ^ "Newport Slayer To Face Chair Tonight". Kentucky New Era. June 23, 1949. p. 9.
  50. ^ "State v. Cordasco". CourtListener.
  51. ^ "Brothers Electrocuted For New York Killing". The Telegraph-Herald. July 1, 1949. p. 1.
  52. ^ "People v. Zatzke". Stanford Law School.
  53. ^ "State v. Bruntlett". CourtListener.
  54. ^ "2 HINTZ SLAYERS DIE IN THE CHAIR; Dunn and Sheridan Stay Silent to the End About Unsolved Waterfront Crimes Her". The New York Times. July 8, 1949.
  55. ^ "Doomed Man Kills Self". Reading Eagle. July 8, 1949. p. 11.
  56. ^ "Rockview Switch Thrown At 1:32; Slayer Calm And at Peace with God". The Morning Call via newspapers.com. July 11, 1949. p. 1.
  57. ^ "People v. Sanford". Stanford Law School.
  58. ^ "Bird Hanged After Six He 'Hexed' Died". Baltimore Afro-American. July 16, 1949. p. 19.
  59. ^ "Palmer v. State". CourtListener.
  60. ^ "Confessed Slayer of Wife, Children Put to Death". Hope Star via newspapers.com. July 23, 1949. p. 2.
  61. ^ "Osinski Dies". Toledo Blade. July 23, 1949. p. 6.
  62. ^ "Tough Brothers Walk Last Mile-One Weeps". Baltimore Afro-American. July 30, 1949. p. 27.
  63. ^ "Florida Slayer Dies in Chair". St. Petersburg Times. August 9, 1949. p. 16.
  64. ^ "Killer Takes 2nd And Last Death Walk". Toledo Blade. August 10, 1949. p. 2.
  65. ^ "Two Convicted Slayers Doomed". The Tuscaloosa News. August 11, 1949. p. 5.
  66. ^ "Mentally Retarded James to Be Hanged Thursday". Baltimore Afro-American. August 9, 1949. p. 1.
  67. ^ "Knowles v. State". vLex.
  68. ^ "Negro Goes To Electric Chair Singing". The Victoria Advocate. August 15, 1949. p. 3.
  69. ^ "Killer Is Put to Death". The New York Times. August 17, 1949.
  70. ^ "Two Convicted of Taxi Murder". The New York Times. November 25, 1948.
  71. ^ "Slayer of Woman Put to Death". The New York Times. September 9, 1949.
  72. ^ "Stovall v. State". vLex.
  73. ^ "People v. Weber". vLex.
  74. ^ "Commonwealth v. Neill". vLex.
  75. ^ "Lethal Chamber Gets Gambetta". Spokane Daily Chronicle. October 18, 1949. p. 53.
  76. ^ "Ohio Killer Dies In Electric Chair". Toledo Blade. October 27, 1949. p. 4.
  77. ^ "Regards Execution in Gas Chamber 'Payment of Debt'". The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune via newspapers.com. November 3, 1949. p. 1.
  78. ^ "State v. Perkins". vLex.
  79. ^ "Wife Murderer Dies on Gallows". The Bulletin. November 18, 1949. p. 10.
  80. ^ "'Mad Dog' Killer is Put to Death". Star-News. November 26, 1949. p. 7.
  81. ^ "Man Goes Calmly to Gas Chamber". Spokane Daily Chronicle. December 2, 1949. p. 26.
  82. ^ "People v. Adamson". Stanford Law School.
  83. ^ "Three Negroes Die in Prison Chamber". Star-News. December 10, 1949. p. 5.
  84. ^ "People v. Nixon". Justia Law.
  85. ^ "Denver Killer To Die Tonight". The Bulletin. December 16, 1949. p. 1.
  86. ^ "State v. Chavis". vLex.
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1948 		   List of people executed   
   in the United States in   
1949 		Succeeded by
1950