Sixty-three people, sixty male and three female, were executed in the United States in 1953, thirty-nine by electrocution, twenty-one by gas chamber, and three by hanging. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were executed by the federal government in New York, became the only people to be executed for espionage committed in peacetime in the United States.
List of people executed in the United States in 1953 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1January 3, 1953 26 23 3MaleWhiteWashingtonHanging 2 22 20 2 3January 9, 1953 26 22 4OregonGas chamber 4 50 48 2 5 January 15, 1953 42 39 3 New YorkElectrocution 6 January 16, 1953 28 27 1 Ohio 7 January 22, 1953 43 42 New York 8 January 23, 1953 19 18 Ohio 9 January 30, 1953 24 24 0 OregonGas chamber 10 February 2, 1953 30 28 2 California 11 February 4, 1953 31 27 4TexasElectrocution 12 February 6, 1953 43 41 2 13February 20, 1953 32 29 3Black California Gas chamber 14 38 36 2 OhioElectrocution 15February 27, 1953 67 66 1 Georgia 16 48 44 4 Kentucky 17 March 19, 1953 28 25 3 Illinois 18 March 20, 1953 25 22 District of Columbia 19 March 21, 1953 35 33 2White Texas 20March 30, 1953 40 34 6Pennsylvania 21 23 22 1Black 22 April 10, 1953 47 45 2 Louisiana 23 April 13, 1953 39 34 5 White Nevada Gas chamber 24April 16, 1953 26 24 2 Black GeorgiaElectrocution 25 56 54 White New York 26April 17, 1953 34 32 Black California Gas chamber 27 23 22 1 White West Virginia Electrocution 28 May 1, 1953 22 20 2Black North Carolina Gas chamber 29 May 8, 1953 34 33 1 Georgia Electrocution 30 May 15, 1953 37 36 California Gas chamber 31May 18, 1953 44 40 4WhitePennsylvaniaElectrocution 32 55 52 3 33 May 22, 1953 21 20 1 Hispanic CaliforniaGas chamber 34May 29, 1953 52 50 2Black Missouri 35 52 46 6North Carolina 36 22 19 3 37 June 10, 1953 53 51 2White TexasElectrocution 38June 19, 1953 35 32 3Federal government 39 37 34 Female 40 July 6, 1953 30 28 2MaleBlack Florida 41July 10, 1953 23 20 3 Missouri Gas chamber 42 29 28 1White OhioElectrocution 43 July 16, 1953 25 24 New York 44 July 23, 1953 34 30 4 45 August 14, 1953 48 46 2 Black Louisiana 46 August 24, 1953 22 20 White Georgia 47 August 25, 1953 31 30 1Black Maryland Hanging 48August 28, 1953 20 19 AlabamaElectrocution 49 23 Unknown Unknown Georgia 50 September 4, 1953 56 55 1 Female White Alabama 51 September 7, 1953 61 60 MaleBlack Florida 52 October 7, 1953 23 20 3 Texas 53 October 16, 1953 29 26 HispanicCaliforniaGas chamber 54 October 23, 1953 51 50 1 Black 55 October 30, 1953 38 37 White 56November 6, 1953 22 17 5BlackNorth Carolina 57 22 58 November 14, 1953 56 Unknown Unknown GeorgiaElectrocution 59 November 17, 1953 37 30 7 White Oklahoma 60December 18, 1953 30 29 1 Black Georgia 61 34 34 0WhiteFederal governmentGas chamber 62 41 41 Female 63 December 23, 1953 33 33 Male Black Georgia Electrocution
Demographics Gender Male 60 Female 3 Ethnicity White 31 Black 30 Hispanic 2 State California 8 Georgia 8 New York 5 North Carolina 5 Texas 5 Federal government 4 Ohio 4 Pennsylvania 4 Oregon 3 Alabama 2 Florida 2 Louisiana 2 Missouri 2 Washington 2 District of Columbia 1 Illinois 1 Kentucky 1 Maryland 1 Nevada 1 Oklahoma 1 West Virginia 1 Method Electrocution 39 Gas chamber 21 Hanging 3 Month January 9 February 7 March 5 April 6 May 9 June 3 July 5 August 5 September 2 October 4 November 4 December 4 Age 10–19 1 20–29 23 30–39 19 40–49 9 50–59 9 60–69 2 Total 63 100%
Executions in recent years Number of executions 1954 83 1953 63 1952 81 Total 227
References