Seventy-nine people, seventy-eight male and one female, were executed in the United States in 1955, fifty-three by electrocution, twenty-one by gas chamber, four by hanging, and one by firing squad.
List of people executed in the United States in 1955 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 4, 1955 35 33 2MaleWhite New JerseyElectrocution 2 January 7, 1955 18 17 1 Georgia 3 January 11, 1955 45 43 2 New Jersey 4 January 12, 1955 26 24 Texas 5 January 14, 1955 42 39 3 Black Louisiana 6 February 4, 1955 43 41 2White California Gas chamber 7 February 10, 1955 18 16 New York Electrocution 8 February 11, 1955 29 28 1 California Gas chamber 9 February 17, 1955 38 36 2 Hispanic New York Electrocution 10March 1, 1955 25 21 4BlackU.S. militaryHanging 11 28 24 12 26 22 13 March 3, 1955 26 0White MississippiGas chamber 14March 4, 1955 56 55 1 Arizona 15 28 26 2 Black Mississippi 16March 18, 1955 49 45 4WhiteKentuckyElectrocution 17 25 22 3 18 April 1, 1955 46 44 2Black Missouri Gas chamber 19April 15, 1955 44 42 GeorgiaElectrocution 20 46 45 1 21 37 33 4 South Carolina 22 29 27 2 Tennessee 23 April 18, 1955 34 32 White Florida 24April 25, 1955 35 33 Pennsylvania 25 36 35 1 Black 26 April 28, 1955 24 23 White Mississippi Gas chamber 27May 3, 1955 26 25 AsianNew JerseyElectrocution 28 29 28 29 33 32 30 May 6, 1955 WhiteCaliforniaGas chamber 31 May 13, 1955 32 29 3 32 May 18, 1955 52 51 1 33 May 20, 1955 29 28 Texas Electrocution 34June 3, 1955 31 29 2 FemaleCaliforniaGas chamber 35 46 44 Male 36 54 52 37 June 8, 1955 65 63 TexasElectrocution 38June 10, 1955 31 29 Black Louisiana 39 32 30 Maryland Hanging 40 June 17, 1955 25 Unknown Unknown Georgia Electrocution 41 June 20, 1955 59 58 1MississippiGas chamber 42 June 23, 1955 21 19 2 43 July 1, 1955 35 31 4White Utah Firing squad 44July 9, 1955 47 42 5New YorkElectrocution 45 57 52 46 43 38 47July 11, 1955 34 31 3 Connecticut 48 28 26 2Black Pennsylvania 49 July 14, 1955 42 41 1 Virginia 50 July 15, 1955 29 28 North Carolina Gas chamber 51July 18, 1955 22 20 2WhiteConnecticutElectrocution 52 31 301 53July 25, 1955 Pennsylvania 54 23 22 Black 55August 1, 1955 33 31 2Tennessee 56 38 36 White 57 August 18, 1955 21 20 1Black Texas 58 August 19, 1955 18 17 Mississippi Gas chamber 59 August 29, 1955 54 Unknown Unknown Florida Electrocution 60 August 31, 1955 38 38 0 White Arizona Gas chamber 61September 2, 1955 24 22 2BlackNew JerseyElectrocution 62 23 21 63 24 23 1 64September 8, 1955 28 27 1New York 65 32 31 66 September 15, 1955 42 41 Tennessee 67 September 16, 1955 25 24 Kentucky 68 September 20, 1955 28 26 2White California Gas chamber 69September 26, 1955 24 22 PennsylvaniaElectrocution 70 26 23 3 71 October 7, 1955 41 39 2 South Carolina 72 October 31, 1955 20 19 1 Florida 73December 2, 1955 24 24 0BlackSouth Carolina 74 23 23 75 December 9, 1955 32 31 1White Mississippi Gas chamber 76 December 12, 1955 38 36 2 Florida Electrocution 77 December 18, 1955 21 20 1 Black Mississippi Gas chamber 78December 23, 1955 37 34 3 WhiteKentuckyElectrocution 79 55 54 1 Black
Demographics Gender Male 78 Female 1 Ethnicity White 40 Black 35 Asian 3 Hispanic 1 State California 9 Mississippi 8 New Jersey 8 New York 7 Pennsylvania 7 Kentucky 5 Florida 4 Georgia 4 South Carolina 4 Tennessee 4 Texas 4 Connecticut 3 U.S. military 3 Arizona 2 Louisiana 2 Maryland 1 Missouri 1 North Carolina 1 Utah 1 Virginia 1 Method Electrocution 53 Gas chamber 21 Hanging 4 Firing squad 1 Month January 5 February 4 March 8 April 9 May 7 June 9 July 12 August 6 September 10 October 2 November 0 December 7 Age 10–19 3 20–29 32 30–39 23 40–49 13 50–59 7 60–69 1 Total 79 100%
Executions in recent years Number of executions 1956 65 1955 79 1954 83 Total 227
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