One hundred and twenty-two people, one hundred and nineteen male and three female, were executed in the United States in 1944, eighty-four by electrocution, twenty-four by gas chamber, thirteen by hanging, and one by firing squad.

The U.S. territory of Hawaii would conduct its final execution this year before abolishing the death penalty in 1957; it was not a state until 1959. Kansas carried out its first executions since 1870. The state had reinstated the death penalty in 1935 after initially abolishing it in 1907.

Finally, four notable executions were those of Emanuel Weiss, Louis Buchalter, and Louis Capone (no relation to Al Capone). In addition, Fourteen-year-old George Stinney was controversially executed by South Carolina, becoming the youngest person with an exact birth date confirmed to be executed in the United States in the 20th century. Stinney's murder conviction was posthumously vacated in 2014, with Judge Carmen Mullen finding that he had not received a fair trial. Judge Mullen explained in his opinion that, while Stinney may have actually been guilty, his pre-trial confession was likely coerced, his civil rights had been violated, and his execution was thus illegal.

List of people executed in the United States in 1944 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 5, 1944 28 Unknown UnknownMale Black GeorgiaElectrocution 2 January 6, 1944 32 31 1White New York 3January 7, 1944 31 29 2 Georgia 4 33 32 1 Asian Hawaii Territory Hanging 5 January 8, 1944 28 27 Black LouisianaElectrocution 6 January 13, 1944 35 Unknown Unknown New York 7 January 14, 1944 17 17 0 White Ohio 8January 21, 1944 31 31 Asian California Gas chamber 9 43 42 1White New York Electrocution 10January 28, 1944 31 30 CaliforniaGas chamber 11 48 47 North Carolina 12 February 3, 1944 18 Unknown UnknownBlack GeorgiaElectrocution 13 February 4, 1944 20 19 1Mississippi 14 February 9, 1944 23 21 2 15 February 10, 1944 34 32 White New York 16February 15, 1944 19 18 1 California Gas chamber 17 26 24 2 Black New Jersey Electrocution 18 February 18, 1944 251 White North Carolina Gas chamber 19February 25, 1944 33 32 Black Maryland Hanging 20 31 29 2 North Carolina Gas chamber 21 February 29, 1944 30 27 3 New JerseyElectrocution 22March 2, 1944 28 26 2WhiteNew York 23 26 24 24 March 3, 1944 36 36 0 Virginia 25March 4, 1944 27 Unknown Unknown Black Louisiana 26 47 40 7WhiteNew York 27 37 30 28 47 39 8 29March 6, 1944 30 28 2Black Louisiana 30 39 37 Oregon Gas chamber 31 March 7, 1944 22 Unknown Unknown Georgia Electrocution 32March 10, 1944 32 31 1 White Kansas Hanging 33 37 36 Black OhioElectrocution 34 March 15, 1944 25 23 2 White Illinois 35 March 17, 1944 24 Unknown Unknown Black Georgia 36 March 20, 1944 45 44 1 White Pennsylvania 37March 24, 1944 28 Unknown UnknownBlack Alabama 38 17 16 1 Mississippi 39 March 31, 1944 20 Unknown Unknown Maryland Hanging 40 April 7, 1944 72 71 1 Georgia Electrocution 41April 15, 1944 47 46 WhiteKansasHanging 42 26 25 Black 43 April 16, 1944 25 24 White TexasElectrocution 44April 28, 1944 26 25 BlackGeorgia 45 23 3 46 Unknown Unknown Unknown Mississippi 47 May 2, 1944 40 Unknown Unknown Hispanic Texas 48 May 3, 1944 19 19 0White Connecticut 49 May 5, 1944 44 42 2 Mississippi 50May 12, 1944 53 51 California Gas chamber 51 20 Unknown Unknown Black South CarolinaElectrocution 52May 19, 1944 44 431 WhiteMississippi 53 23 22 FemaleBlack 54May 25, 1944 36 34 2Male Georgia 55 41 40 1 New York 56 May 26, 1944 27 Unknown Unknown Virginia 57 June 2, 1944 40 Unknown Unknown Arkansas 58 June 3, 1944 24 22 2 White New York 59June 16, 1944 35 34 1Black California Gas chamber 60 25 25 0 Maryland Hanging 61 72 71 1 Missouri Gas chamber 62 14 14 0South CarolinaElectrocution 63 20 20 64 34 33 1White Virginia 65 June 19, 1944 38 38 0 Utah Firing squad 66June 23, 1944 20 182BlackNew YorkElectrocution 67 22 20 68 June 26, 1944 21 19 Florida 69June 29, 1944 25 23 WhiteNew York 70 23 21 71 72 June 30, 1944 30 29 1 Nevada Gas chamber 73 July 7, 1944 53 Unknown UnknownBlack ArkansasElectrocution 74July 9, 1944 41 40 1Texas 75 19 17 2 76 July 14, 1944 61 Unknown Unknown White Arkansas 77 July 28, 1944 39 38 1 Georgia 78 July 30, 1944 37 36 Texas 79 August 10, 1944 35 34 Black Mississippi 80 August 18, 1944 31 29 2 Hispanic California Gas chamber 81August 19, 1944 25 23 WhiteFloridaElectrocution 82 33 31 83August 27, 1944 30 Unknown UnknownBlackTexas 84 38 36 2 85August 31, 1944 19 17AsianNew York 86 24 23 1 87 September 8, 1944 38 38 0 Black Washington Hanging 88 September 15, 1944 29 28 1 White IllinoisElectrocution 89 September 25, 1944 37 37 0 Black Pennsylvania 90 September 26, 1944 Harry Ralph Bever 28 26 2 White U.S. military Hanging 91 September 29, 1944 17 15 White Nevada Gas chamber 92October 9, 1944 16 160BlackFloridaElectrocution 93 20 20 94 26 26 95 October 19, 1944 20 18 2 Missouri Gas chamber 96November 3, 1944 38 31 7 Alabama Electrocution 97 22 20 2 CaliforniaGas chamber 98 48 Unknown Unknown North Carolina 99 Unknown Unknown Unknown South CarolinaElectrocution 100November 16, 1944 37 36 1 FemaleNew York 101 27 26 Male 102November 17, 1944 24 24 0 Maryland Hanging 103 Unknown Unknown North CarolinaGas chamber 104 27 26 1 Wyoming 105November 24, 1944 20 20 0North Carolina 106 19 19 107 November 27, 1944 25 23 2 PennsylvaniaElectrocution 108December 1, 1944 41 41 0 Arkansas 109 50 46 4White Mississippi 110December 8, 1944 36 35 1 Oregon Gas chamber 111 32 32 0 Washington Hanging 112 December 18, 1944 Charlie B. Williams 26 26 Black U.S. military 113 December 19, 1944 37 361White TexasElectrocution 114 December 22, 1944 23 22 Black Mississippi 115 December 28, 1944 45 43 2 Florida 116December 29, 1944 36 35 1White Iowa Hanging 117 1918 MississippiElectrocution 118 119 20 190 FemaleBlackNorth CarolinaGas chamber 120 18 18 Male 120 24 23 1 121 December 31, 1944 32 30 2 Texas Electrocution

Demographics Gender Male 119 Female 3 Ethnicity Black 70 White 46 Asian 4 Hispanic 2 State New York 20 Mississippi 12 Georgia 10 North Carolina 10 Texas 9 California 7 Florida 7 Arkansas 4 Maryland 4 South Carolina 4 Kansas 3 Louisiana 3 Pennsylvania 3 Virginia 3 Alabama 2 Illinois 2 Missouri 2 Nevada 2 New Jersey 2 Ohio 2 Oregon 2 U.S. military2 Washington 2 Connecticut 1 Hawaii Territory 1 Iowa 1 Utah 1 Wyoming 1 Method Electrocution 84 Gas chamber 24 Hanging 13 Firing squad 1 Month January 11 February 10 March 18 April 7 May 10 June 16 July 6 August 8 September 5 October 4 November 12 December 15 Age Unknown 2 10–19 14 20–29 48 30–39 37 40–49 15 50–59 3 60–69 1 70–79 2 Total 122 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 1945 142 1944 122 1943 138 Total 402

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