The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas between 1950 and 1959. During this period 76 people were executed by electrocution at the Huntsville Unit in Texas.The Espy File: 1608–2002. Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved 23 February 2009.List of Electrocuted Offenders . Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
Three electrocutions took place on September 5, 1951; though no intervening law to prohibit multiple executions on a single day was passed, since this date Texas has not executed more than two people in a single day.
Executions 1950–1959 1950 – 13 executions#Executed personRaceAgeSexDate of executionCrime(s)Governor257 Samuel Gibson Black 24 M 29-Jan-1950Murder and Burglary Allan Shivers258 William Wilson, Jr. Black 31 M 05-Feb-1950Rape259 James Morrow White 29 M 09-Feb-1950Murder260 James Blackmon Black 24 M 05-Apr-1950Robbery and Murder261 William Smith, Jr. Black 22 M 05-Apr-1950Robbery and Murder262 Lee Bunn Black 27 M 03-May-1950Murder263 Nathaniel Edwards Black 27 M 17-May-1950Rape264 Dan White White 49 M 02-Jun-1950Robbery and Murder265 William Ray White 35 M 09-Jun-1950Rape266 Porter Henderson Black 47 M 14-Jun-1950Murder267 Felix Lewis White 47 M 21-Jun-1950Rape268 Eugene McFarland Black 26 M 30-Jun-1950Rape269 Edward Johnson Black 31 M 29-Dec-1950Rape1951 – 13 executions270 Ben Pickett, Jr.Black 35 M 13-Jan-1951Rape Allan Shivers271 Thomas Price White 30 M 01-Feb-1951Robbery and Murder272 Jim Patterson White 44 M 14-Mar-1951Murder273 Allen Williams White 40 M 21-Mar-1951Rape274 Morris Bessard Black 22 M 27-Jun-1951Rape275 Sam Williams Black 53 M 03-Jul-1951Murder276 Y. D. Robinson Black 33 M 16-Jul-1951Murder277 Allen Matthews Black 24 M 05-Sep-1951Rape278 L. C. Sims Black 26 M 05-Sep-1951Rape279 Fred Adair, Jr. White 27 M 05-Sep-1951Rape280 Steve Mitchell White 49 M 25-Sep-1951Murder281 Albert Edwards White 39 M 09-Oct-1951Murder282 Abbie Morton (or Mouton)Black 32 M 08-Dec-1951Robbery and Murder1952 – 10 executions283 Richard McMurrin Black 21 M 08-Jan-1952Rape Allan Shivers284 Robert Johnson White 34 M 12-Mar-1952Murder285 Marvin Johnson White 21 M 09-Apr-1952Murder286 William Jones White 58 M 26-Apr-1952Murder287 Henry Savage Black 26 M 30-Apr-1952Rape288 Herman Ross Black 32 M 04-Jun-1952Robbery and Murder289 Thomas Haley White 27 M 10-Jul-1952Rape290 Major Preston Black 34 M 08-Aug-1952Rape291 Booker Reed Black 46 M 28-Oct-1952Robbery and Murder292 Alton Paris Black 60 M 02-Dec-1952Murder1953 – 5 executions293 Darious Goleman White 31 M 04-Feb-1953Robbery and Murder Allan Shivers294 Roy Hulen White 43 M 06-Feb-1953Murder295 Samuel Gasway White 35 M 21-Mar-1953Rape296 Jack Farmer White 53 M 10-Jun-1953Murder297 Lewis Allison Black 23 M 17-Oct-1953Rape1954 – 9 executions298 Walter Green White 25 M 19-Feb-1954Robbery and Murder Allan Shivers299 Charles Clark White 43 M 25-Mar-1954Murder300 Willie Gage Black 42 M 23-Apr-1954Rape301 Charles Klinedinst White 29 M 19-Jun-1954Rape302 Jimmy Richardson Black 32 M 24-Jun-1954Rape303 Charles Barnes Black 24 M 14-Jul-1954Murder304 Marvin Rayson Black 28 M 17-Jul-1954Robbery and Murder305 Walter Whitaker, Jr. White 22 M 01-Aug-1954Murder306 Maurice Sampson Black 21 M 29-Sep-1954Robbery and Murder1955 – 4 executions307 Donald Brown White 26 M 22-Jan-1955Murder Allan Shivers308 Harry Butcher, Jr.White 29 M 20-May-1955Rape309 Henry Meyer White 65 M 08-Jun-1955Murder310 Floyd Jackson Black 21 M 18-Aug-1955Rape1956 – 7 executions311 Carrol Farrar White 36 M 04-Jan-1956Murder Allan Shivers312 Johnnie Gordon Black 25 M 24-Jan-1956Rape313 Tommy Lee Walker Black 21 M 12-May-1956Murder, Rape and Robbery314 Marion Washington Black 29 M 08-Jun-1956Murder315 Flandell Fite Black 27 M 23-Aug-1956Rape316 Timothy Pierce Black 23 M 30-Aug-1956Rape317 Leonard Bingham White 26 M 30-Oct-1956Robbery and Murder1957 – 6 executions318 John McHenry Black 26 M 03-Jan-1957Rape and Robbery Allan Shivers319 Leslie Webb Black 32 M 04-Jan-1957Murder Price Daniel320 Merle Ellisor White 34 M 04-Apr-1957Murder321 Yancy (or Yancey) McGowen White 64 M 24-Apr-1957Murder322 Wilburn(e) Hall White 29 M 21-Aug-1957Murder323 John Wright Black 38 M 14-Sep-1957Rape1958 – 6 executions324 Charlie White White 46 M 06-Feb-1958Robbery and Murder Price Daniel325 John Mack Black 25 M 06-Mar-1958Rape326 Alvin BlankenshipBlack 27 M 11-Jun-1958Robbery327 Theodore Thompson Black 23 M 20-Jun-1958Rape328 Jimmy ShaverWhite 33 M 25-Jul-1958Rape and Murder329 Marshall Lamkin Black 53 M 19-Sep-1958Murder1959 – 3 executions330 Phillip Slater Black 36 M 04-Feb-1959Rape and Murder Price Daniel331 Milton Williams Black 28 M 28-May-1959Rape332 Jessie Smith Black 42 M 04-Aug-1959Robbery and Murder
See also Capital punishment in Texas
References
External links Death Row 1923-1973. Texas Department of Criminal Justice