List of people executed in the United States in 1946

One hundred and twenty-nine people, one hundred and twenty-eight male and one female, were executed in the United States in 1946, ninety-five by electrocution, twenty-three by gas chamber, and eleven by hanging.

List of people executed in the United States in 1946 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 4, 1946 24 23 1Male White ArkansasElectrocution 2 January 7, 1946 52 50 2Black Pennsylvania 3 January 11, 1946 31 Unknown Unknown Virginia 4January 14, 1946 30 29 1Florida 5 28 27 6 37 34 3 White 7 January 17, 1946 22 21 1Black New York 8January 18, 1946 23 Unknown Unknown Alabama 9 21 Unknown Unknown Maryland Hanging 10 23 Unknown Unknown Texas Electrocution 11 44 43 1 White Washington Hanging 12January 25, 1946 17 16 Black AlabamaElectrocution 13 32 Unknown Unknown South Carolina 14 February 1, 1946 19 18 1 Alabama 15 February 2, 1946 45 43 2White Oregon Gas chamber 16 February 5, 1946 29 27 Washington Hanging 17 February 8, 1946 34 31 3 Black GeorgiaElectrocution 18February 9, 1946 33 32 1WhiteOhio 19 46 38 8 20February 15, 1946 39 38 1Black North Carolina Gas chamber 21 31 31 0 VirginiaElectrocution 22March 1, 1946 27 26 1Tennessee 23 33 32 24 March 7, 1946 48 46 2White New York 25March 15, 1946 65 62 3 Alabama 26 34 33 1 Kentucky 27 37 37 0Black Mississippi 28March 22, 1946 17 15 2Kentucky 29 20 18 30 March 24, 1946 22 21 1White 31March 25, 1946 29 29 0Pennsylvania 32 27 27 33March 29, 1946 19 19 BlackGeorgia 34 26 25 1 35 73 72 WhiteIowaHanging 36 45 43 2 37 April 2, 1946 44 1Black IndianaElectrocution 38 April 4, 1946 Unknown Unknown Unknown Mississippi 39April 12, 1946 Unknown Unknown Unknown Arkansas 40 26 25 1 White California Gas chamber 41 April 15, 1946 32 Unknown Unknown Black VirginiaElectrocution 42April 19, 1946 26 24 2 White Alabama 43 30 30 0Black Georgia 44 April 22, 1946 52 51 1 Florida 45 April 25, 1946 45 44 White New York 46April 26, 1946 38 36 2Black CaliforniaGas chamber 47 32 31 1North Carolina 48 May 4, 1946 Unknown Unknown Unknown 49 May 8, 1946 21 Unknown Unknown TexasElectrocution 50 May 9, 1946 24 22 2 Mississippi 51May 10, 1946 34 Unknown Unknown Delaware Hanging 52 54 52 2 Hispanic New MexicoElectrocution 53 May 20, 1946 19 19 0 White Virginia 54May 24, 1946 Unknown Unknown UnknownBlackAlabama 55 33 31 2 56 18 17 1 Louisiana 57 26 25 North Carolina Gas chamber 58May 31, 1946 30 Unknown Unknown GeorgiaElectrocution 59 40 37 3 White Oklahoma 60 June 14, 1946 30 29 1Black Alabama 61June 21, 1946 25 24 Mississippi 62 23 22 North Carolina Gas chamber 63 33 32 VirginiaElectrocution 64 29 28 65 22 21 66June 28, 1946 32 Unknown Unknown Louisiana 67 39 38 1 WhiteNorth CarolinaGas chamber 68 45 44 Black 69 32 31 TexasElectrocution 70July 5, 1946 28 Unknown Unknown Georgia 71 20 18 2 Tennessee 72 July 12, 1946 25 24 1 South Carolina 73July 19, 1946 23 2 White District of Columbia 74 41 40 1Black Georgia 75 31 Unknown Unknown Mississippi 76 21 19 2 South Carolina 77 26 Unknown Unknown Texas 78 August 2, 1946 22 21 1 White Georgia 79 August 9, 1946 Black Maryland Hanging 80August 16, 1946 41 40 White AlabamaElectrocution 81 33 31 2 Massachusetts 82 23 20 3BlackMissouriGas chamber 83 37 34 84 August 23, 1946 38 37 1White Nevada 85August 30, 1946 24 21 3TennesseeElectrocution 86 46 43 87September 1, 1946 30 30 0 HispanicTexas 88 34 34 Black 89 September 12, 1946 22 20 2White New York 90September 13, 1946 27 26 1 Oregon Gas chamber 91 21 21 0BlackVirginiaElectrocution 92 93 September 20, 1946 35 33 2 WhiteCaliforniaGas chamber 94 September 27, 1946 41 40 1Black 95 September 30, 1946 26 26 0 FloridaElectrocution 96October 1, 1946 19 172WhiteConnecticut 97 21 20 1 98 25 24 99October 4, 1946 23 22 BlackMarylandHanging 100 22 21 101 October 11, 1946 22 0 White West Virginia 102 October 14, 1946 20 2 Female Black PennsylvaniaElectrocution 103 October 22, 1946 23 22 1MaleWhite Georgia 104 October 25, 1946 28 24 4 California Gas chamber 105 October 28, 1946 25 1 Pennsylvania Electrocution 106November 1, 1946 43 42 North Carolina Gas chamber 107 34 31 3 Native American OklahomaElectrocution 108 November 8, 1946 29 28 1 WhiteGeorgia 109 November 15, 1946 16 15 Black 110November 22, 1946 25 24 White Arkansas 111 22 21 BlackGeorgia 112 17 16 113 24 222North CarolinaGas chamber 114 26 24 115November 29, 1946 23 22 1 Arkansas Electrocution 116 40 38 2 White California Gas chamber 117 22 21 1Black GeorgiaElectrocution 118 Unknown Unknown Unknown Mississippi 119 66 Unknown Unknown South Carolina 120December 13, 1946 24 Unknown Unknown Alabama 121 29 29 0 Georgia 122 25 24 1 Maryland Hanging 123 19 18 North CarolinaGas chamber 124 18 17 125December 20, 1946 38 36 2District of ColumbiaElectrocution 126 32 30 127 45 43 White 128 19 18 1Black Georgia 129 26 25 South Carolina

Demographics Gender Male 128 Female 1 Ethnicity Black 83 White 43 Hispanic 2 Native American 1 State Georgia 16 North Carolina 12 Alabama 10 Virginia 9 California 6 Mississippi 6 Texas 6 Florida 5 Maryland 5 Pennsylvania 5 South Carolina 5 Tennessee 5 Arkansas 4 District of Columbia 4 Kentucky 4 New York 4 Connecticut 3 Iowa 2 Louisiana 2 Missouri 2 Ohio 2 Oklahoma 2 Oregon 2 Washington 2 Delaware 1 Indiana 1 Massachusetts 1 Nevada 1 New Mexico 1 West Virginia 1 Method Electrocution 95 Gas chamber 23 Hanging 11 Month January 13 February 8 March 15 April 11 May 12 June 10 July 8 August 9 September 9 October 10 November 14 December 10 Age Unknown 5 10–19 13 20–29 56 30–39 33 40–49 16 50–59 3 60–69 2 70–79 1 Total 129 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 1947 158 1946 129 1945 142 Total 429

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