List of people executed in the United States in 1964

Fifteen people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1964, eleven by electrocution, and four by gas chamber.

The last executions for the crimes of rape and robbery in the United States occurred this year, with the executions of Ronald Wolfe and James Cobern, respectively. Since Cobern, who was not tried for murder, had still killed his victim, Wolfe is the last person to be executed for a crime that did not result in the death of anyone.

James Andrew Echols became the last juvenile offender to be executed in the United States prior to Furman v. Georgia. No other juvenile offenders would be executed in the United States until Charles Rumbaugh in 1985.

List of people executed in the United States in 1964 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 14, 1964 34 33 1MaleWhite GeorgiaElectrocution 2 January 24, 1964 32 30 2 Arkansas 3 February 12, 1964 23 21 Black Texas 4 March 6, 1964 32 29 3 White Missouri Gas chamber 5 March 11, 1964 31 1BlackTexasElectrocution 6 April 26, 1964 26 24 2 7 May 1, 1964 22 21 1 Mississippi Gas chamber 8 May 7, 1964 19 17 2 Texas Electrocution 9 May 8, 1964 33 29 4White Missouri Gas chamber 10May 12, 1964 32 30 2FloridaElectrocution 11 44 40 4Black 12 July 30, 1964 30 27 3 Texas 13 August 14, 1964 26 4White Colorado Gas chamber 14 September 4, 1964 40 35 5 AlabamaElectrocution 15 October 16, 1964 34 30 4 Georgia

Demographics Gender Male 15 Female 0 Ethnicity White 8 Black 7 State Texas 5 Florida 2 Georgia 2 Missouri 2 Alabama 1 Arkansas 1 Colorado 1 Mississippi 1 Method Electrocution 11 Gas chamber 4 Month January 2 February 1 March 2 April 1 May 5 June 0 July 1 August 1 September 1 October 1 November 0 December 0 Age 10–19 1 20–29 3 30–39 9 40–49 2 Total 15 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 1965–1967 10 1964 15 1963 21 Total 46

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