One hundred and fifty-eighty people, one hundred and fifty-six male and two female, were executed in the United States in 1947, 113 by electrocution, thirty-six by gas chamber, and nine by hanging.

Massachusetts carried out its last executions this year before abolishing the death penalty in 1984. South Dakota conducted its first and only execution by electrocution, that of George Sitts. Sitts was also the first person to be executed in South Dakota since 1913. The state had reinstated the death penalty in 1939 after initially abolishing it in 1915.

James Lewis Jr. became the last person to be executed in the United States for a crime committed at the age of 14.

List of people executed in the United States in 1947 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 2, 1947 21 20 1Male White VermontElectrocution 2January 3, 1947 26 25 Black South Carolina 3 52 52 0White Virginia 4 20 20 West VirginiaHanging 5 January 7, 1947 27 26 1Black Washington 6 January 9, 1947 36 35 Missouri Gas chamber 7January 10, 1947 26 Unknown Unknown Arkansas Electrocution 8 25 23 2 White Nevada Gas chamber 9January 17, 1947 27 Unknown UnknownBlack Arkansas Electrocution 10 20 20 0 Maryland Hanging 11 49 Unknown Unknown Female South CarolinaElectrocution 12January 24, 1947 20 191Male Arkansas 13 60 59 Missouri Gas chamber 14 January 30, 1947 32 30 2White Oklahoma Electrocution 15 February 7, 1947 33 32 1 California Gas chamber 16February 8, 1947 20 Unknown UnknownBlackGeorgiaElectrocution 17 23 Unknown Unknown 18 February 14, 1947 21 Unknown Unknown South Carolina 19February 24, 1947 24 23 1Pennsylvania 20 28 28 0White 21 February 26, 1947 30 29 1 California Gas chamber 22 March 3, 1947 42 41 Black PennsylvaniaElectrocution 23March 6, 1947 22 21 WhiteNew York 24 23 22 25 25 24 26March 14, 1947 31 23 8Black Alabama 27 30 30 0 North Carolina Gas chamber 28 March 17, 1947 24 21 3 White Florida Electrocution 29March 21, 1947 32 29 Black California Gas chamber 30 21 Unknown Unknown Texas Electrocution 31 March 28, 1947 23 23 0 North Carolina Gas chamber 32 April 1, 1947 27 26 1 TexasElectrocution 33 April 2, 1947 23 22 White Ohio 34 April 4, 1947 24 23 Black North Carolina Gas chamber 35 April 8, 1947 33 32 White South Dakota Electrocution 36April 11, 1947 66 63 3 Female California Gas chamber 37 19 19 0MaleBlack Louisiana Electrocution 38 30 291 North Carolina Gas chamber 39 37 36 White TennesseeElectrocution 40 April 16, 1947 22 Unknown UnknownBlack Ohio 41April 17, 1947 21 20 1New York 42 28 27 43April 18, 1947 38 38 0 White Georgia 44 25 24 1Black South Carolina 45 April 21, 1947 19 18 Florida46April 22, 1947Garlon Mickles23 22 U.S. militaryHanging 47April 25, 1947 29 27 2 WhiteGeorgiaElectrocution 48 38 Unknown UnknownBlack 49 25 24 1 Mississippi 50 19 Unknown Unknown South Carolina 51April 28, 1947 23 21 2Pennsylvania 52 53May 2, 1947 30 29 1 Georgia 54 24 20 4 White Louisiana 55 36 35 1Black South Carolina 56 37 36 Texas 57 May 7, 1947 27 26 WhiteLouisiana 58May 9, 1947 18 15 3 Black 59 30 28 2WhiteMassachusetts 60 34 32 61May 16, 1947 20 19 1 Arkansas 62 49 48 Black Louisiana 63May 23, 1947 45 43 2 Alabama 64 49 46 ColoradoGas chamber 65 Unknown Unknown Unknown North Carolina 66 27 Unknown Unknown VirginiaElectrocution 67 May 29, 1947 45 44 1Texas 68 June 2, 1947 29 27 2 69 June 5, 1947 25 24 1 Ohio 70June 6, 1947 38 37 White CaliforniaGas chamber 71 20 19 BlackNorth Carolina 72 21 20 73 June 7, 1947 23 22 TexasElectrocution 74 June 13, 1947 47 45 2 New Mexico 75 June 16, 1947 36 Unknown Unknown Florida 76 June 17, 1947 25 25 0 Georgia 77 June 19, 1947 28 27 1 Tennessee 78June 20, 1947 31 30 White Colorado Gas chamber 79 37 36 Black IllinoisElectrocution 80 24 24 0 South Carolina 81 June 26, 1947 37 36 1 Texas 82June 27, 1947 21 20 Maryland Hanging 83 42 41 North CarolinaGas chamber 84 26 24 2 85 25 1 86 June 30, 1947 17 16 GeorgiaElectrocution 87 July 3, 1947 23 22 New York 88July 10, 1947 34 33 White 89 22 20 2Black 90 23 21 91 20 18 92July 11, 1947 23 21 White Kentucky 93 20 18 BlackLouisiana 94 25 25 0 95 33 33 South Carolina 96July 18, 1947 41 Unknown Unknown Louisiana 97 43 42 1 Virginia 98July 23, 1947 15 14 Mississippi 99 16 15 100 July 25, 1947 18 18 0 South Carolina 101July 29, 1947 21 21 WhiteKansasHanging 102 22 22 103 July 30, 1947 21 1Black MississippiElectrocution 104August 1, 1947 27 Unknown UnknownGeorgia 105 25 23 2 106 24 1 WhiteMarylandHanging 107 20 18 2Black 108 24 24 0 South CarolinaElectrocution 109August 4, 1947 42 41 1Florida 110 31 30 111 32 31 112August 8, 1947 24 23 Arkansas 113 40 40 0 114 August 9, 1947 29 27 2 White Georgia 115 August 11, 1947 18 16 Black Tennessee 116 August 13, 1947 26 Unknown Unknown Georgia 117August 15, 1947 25 25 0South Carolina 118 Unknown Unknown 119 August 21, 1947 37 Unknown Unknown New York 120 August 29, 1947 35 33 2 White California Gas chamber 121 September 5, 1947 37 36 1BlackTexasElectrocution 122 September 12, 1947 46 45 123 September 26, 1947 36 34 2 Missouri Gas chamber 124 September 29, 1947 47 46 1 White Pennsylvania Electrocution 125October 3, 1947 21 20 BlackNorth CarolinaGas chamber 126 20 19 127 21 21 0White 128 23 23 129 26 25 1Black 130 October 5, 1947 17 17 TexasElectrocution 131October 6, 1947 43 43 0 Georgia 132 39 38 1WhitePennsylvania 133 25 24 134October 10, 1947 29 28 BlackGeorgia 135 21 20 136 40 39 North Carolina Gas chamber 137 October 17, 1947 30 29 VirginiaElectrocution 138 October 20, 1947 37 35 2 White Pennsylvania 139October 24, 1947 23 23 0Black Illinois 140 29 28 1 Virginia 141 October 27, 1947 21 20 Pennsylvania 142October 31, 1947 24 Unknown Unknown District of Columbia 143 29 28 1North CarolinaGas chamber 144 27 27 0 145 25 25 146 28 27 1 147November 14, 1947 22 20 2White California 148 25 24 1North Carolina 149 35 34 150 43 Unknown Unknown Black 151 November 18, 1947 (or Morakes) 53 51 2 White GeorgiaElectrocution 152November 28, 1947 23 22 1BlackOhio 153 27 26 154 December 4, 1947 32 30 2 New York 155 December 5, 1947 25 Unknown Unknown Mississippi 156 December 8, 1947 22 21 1 Pennsylvania 157 December 12, 1947 South Carolina 158 December 18, 1947 26 25 Mississippi

Demographics Gender Male 156 Female 2 Ethnicity Black 116 White 42 State North Carolina 23 Georgia 16 South Carolina 13 New York 12 Pennsylvania 11 Texas 10 Louisiana 8 California 7 Arkansas 6 Florida 6 Mississippi 6 Ohio 5 Virginia 5 Maryland 4 Missouri 3 Tennessee 3 Alabama 2 Colorado 2 Illinois 2 Kansas 2 Massachusetts 2 District of Columbia 1 Kentucky 1 Nevada 1 New Mexico 1 Oklahoma 1 South Dakota 1 U.S. military1 Vermont 1 Washington 1 West Virginia 1 Method Electrocution 113 Gas chamber 36 Hanging 8 Month January 14 February 7 March 10 April 21 May 15 June 19 July 17 August 17 September 4 October 22 November 7 December 5 Age Unknown 1 10–19 11 20–29 90 30–39 35 40–49 17 50–59 2 60–69 2 Total 158 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 1948 117 1947 158 1946 129 Total 404

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