Fifty people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1958, thirty-five by electrocution, thirteen by gas chamber, and two by hanging.
List of people executed in the United States in 1958 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 3, 1958 34 33 1MaleWhite OhioElectrocution 2 January 9, 1958 40 35 5 New York 3 January 10, 1958 23 22 1 Ohio 4January 17, 1958 Unknown Unknown Black Georgia 5 32 27 5White Mississippi Gas chamber 6 February 6, 1958 44 41 3 Texas Electrocution 7 February 14, 1958 26 23 Black CaliforniaGas chamber 8February 28, 1958 21 20 1 North Carolina 9 31 29 2 OhioElectrocution 10 March 6, 1958 25 24 1 Texas 11 March 28, 1958 22 16 6 Alabama 12April 11, 1958 23 21 2Louisiana 13 44 42 14April 15, 1958 34 28 6CaliforniaGas chamber 15 29 22 7 White 16April 18, 1958 23 22 1Black GeorgiaElectrocution 17 23 0 Virginia 18 May 26, 1958 45 44 1 Florida 19 May 28, 1958 23 21 2 Mississippi Gas chamber 20 June 5, 1958 30 29 1 White West VirginiaElectrocution 21 June 6, 1958 24 23 Black Virginia 22 June 7, 1958 21 19 2 White Utah Hanging 23 June 11, 1958 27 26 1 Black TexasElectrocution 24 June 13, 1958 23 19 4 White Florida 25 June 20, 1958 22 1 Black Texas 26 July 1, 1958 26 25 White West Virginia 27 July 3, 1958 20 19 Black New York 28July 7, 1958 40 37 3Ohio 29 31 28 30 July 23, 1958 29 25 4 U.S. military Hanging 31 July 25, 1958 33 29 White TexasElectrocution 32 August 7, 1958 31 2 New York 33 August 15, 1958 43 38 5Black Louisiana 34September 19, 1958 26 26 0 Georgia 35 53 50 3 Texas 36 September 26, 1958 23 20 White California Gas chamber 37 September 29, 1958 35 30 5 Florida Electrocution 38 October 24, 1958 52 48 4 AsianCaliforniaGas chamber 39November 7, 1958 24 18 6 White 40 36 Unknown Unknown BlackGeorgiaElectrocution 41 November 14, 1958 54 53 1 White 42 November 17, 1958 33 27 6Black Arizona Gas chamber 43 November 20, 1958 29 2 New YorkElectrocution 44 November 21, 1958 25 24 1 Virginia 45 November 22, 1958 28 23 5 White ArizonaGas chamber 46 December 5, 1958 43 Unknown UnknownBlack North Carolina 47December 19, 1958 20 19 1 GeorgiaElectrocution 48 28 25 3 White Illinois 49 23 23 0Black Mississippi Gas chamber 50 55 54 1 Ohio Electrocution
Demographics Gender Male 50 Female 0 Ethnicity Black 31 White 18 Asian 1 State California 6 Georgia 6 Ohio 6 Texas 6 New York 4 Florida 3 Louisiana 3 Mississippi 3 Virginia 3 Arizona 2 North Carolina 2 West Virginia 2 Alabama 1 Illinois 1 U.S. military 1 Utah 1 Method Electrocution 35 Gas chamber 13 Hanging 2 Month January 5 February 4 March 2 April 6 May 2 June 6 July 6 August 2 September 4 October 1 November 7 December 5 Age 20–29 28 30–39 11 40–49 7 50–59 4 Total 50 100%
Executions in recent years Number of executions 1959 50 1958 50 1957 69 Total 169
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