List of people executed in the United States in 1942

One hundred and forty-eight people, one hundred and forty-seven male and one female, were executed in the United States in 1942, one hundred and nineteen by electrocution, twenty by gas chamber, eight by hanging, and one by firing squad.

Six Nazi saboteurs were executed by the federal government for their roles in Operation Pastorius. One of them, Herbert Hans Haupt, was an American citizen, making him the only American citizen to be executed by the United States for collaborating with the Axis powers. The military carried out its first wartime execution of World War II, that of Private James Rowe for the murder of a fellow soldier.

List of people executed in the United States in 1942 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 6, 1942 23 22 1Male White New JerseyElectrocution 2 January 8, 1942 28 27 Black New York 3January 9, 1942 34 32 2White Alabama 4 33 Unknown Unknown Delaware Hanging 5 60 59 1 Mississippi Electrocution 6 21 20 North Carolina Gas chamber 7January 15, 1942 26 25 Black IllinoisElectrocution 8 31 29 2New York 9 35 33 10January 16, 1942 24 24 0Virginia 11 19 19 12 January 17, 1942 19White Illinois 13 January 21, 1942 24 23 1 Ohio 14 January 22, 1942 36 32 4 Hispanic New York 15January 23, 1942 27 27 0Black Alabama 16 Unknown Unknown Unknown Arkansas 17 January 28, 1942 28 26 2 Texas 18 January 29, 1942 39 38 1 White New York 19 January 30, 1942 38 Unknown UnknownBlackGeorgia 20 January 31, 1942 25 24 1 21 February 6, 1942 28 25 3 22 February 9, 1942 23 21 2White Oklahoma 23 February 10, 1942 33 32 1 Indiana 24February 13, 1942 29 Unknown Unknown Black North Carolina Gas chamber 25 38 37 1WhiteTennesseeElectrocution 26February 14, 1942 24 22 2 27 20 18 28 February 15, 1942 38 Unknown Unknown Black Texas 29February 19, 1942 31 26 5WhiteNew York 30 33 28 31February 20, 1942 35 33 2Black Kentucky 32 30 29 1 South Carolina 33 February 22, 1942 37 37 0 Texas 34 February 26, 1942 24 23 1 White New York 35 March 2, 1942 29 29 0 Black Florida 36 March 5, 1942 24 23 1 White New York 37 March 6, 1942 35 Unknown UnknownBlack Georgia 38 March 10, 1942 31 30 1 New Jersey 39 March 11, 1942 24 23 White Georgia 40March 12, 1942 37 35 2New York 41 29 27 42March 13, 1942 32 31 1Alabama 43 69 67 2Black 44 30 23 7 South Carolina 45March 20, 1942 17 16 1 Hispanic Oregon Gas chamber 46 Unknown Unknown Unknown BlackTennesseeElectrocution 47 33 32 1 White 48 March 22, 1942 19 18 Black Texas 49March 23, 1942 27 22 5WhiteFlorida 50 49 47 2 51 28 25 3Black 52 42 41 1 53 March 27, 1942 18 15 3 Kentucky 54April 10, 1942 30 28 2CaliforniaGas chamber 55 52 50 56 April 24, 1942 36 35 1 Missouri 57May 1, 1942 42 Unknown UnknownAlabamaElectrocution 58 34 34 0 59 48 41 7 White CaliforniaHanging 60May 8, 1942 37 Unknown Unknown Black Maryland 61 26 25 1White TexasElectrocution 62 May 13, 1942 23 23 0 Illinois 63 May 15, 1942 28 24 4 Georgia 64 May 16, 1942 23 22 1 Black Texas 65 May 18, 1942 44 Unknown UnknownWhite Florida 66 May 22, 1942 40 38 2 Colorado Gas chamber 67June 5, 1942 46 45 1 ArkansasElectrocution 68 23 22 Black Kentucky 69 32 Unknown Unknown Maryland Hanging 70June 11, 1942 45 44 1WhiteNew YorkElectrocution 71 28 26 2 72June 15, 1942 32 26 6 BlackFlorida 73 26 20 White 74 55 54 1 Texas 75June 26, 1942 25 Unknown UnknownBlackAlabama 76 34 Unknown Unknown 77June 30, 1942 24 22 2WhiteMassachusetts 78 19 17 79July 2, 1942 25 24 1Black Georgia 80 23 2 Virginia 81 July 5, 1942 28 27 1 Texas 82July 10, 1942 41 39 2 White Alabama 83 23 20 3Black Georgia 84 54 Unknown Unknown Maryland Hanging 85 30 28 2 South CarolinaElectrocution 86July 20, 1942 23 22 1 WhiteFlorida 87 27 26 Black 88 July 22, 1942 48 47 White Ohio 89July 24, 1942 23 Unknown UnknownBlackMarylandHanging 90 27 Unknown Unknown 91 22 21 1 White MississippiElectrocution 92 July 29, 1942 25 24 Black Texas 93 July 30, 1942 White Utah Firing squad 94July 31, 1942 Unknown Unknown UnknownBlack ArkansasElectrocution 95 24 Unknown UnknownMississippi 96 20 Unknown Unknown 97 August 1, 1942 35 Unknown Unknown Texas 98August 7, 1942 26 25 1 White California Gas chamber 99 25 25 0Black Kentucky Electrocution 100 32 31 1 North Carolina Gas chamber 101 22 22 0 South CarolinaElectrocution 102August 8, 1942 22 WhiteFederal government 103 35 34 1 104 33 330 105 32 32 106 34 34 107 35 35 108 31 29 2 Hispanic Texas 109 August 10, 1942 21 20 1Black Pennsylvania 110 August 17, 1942 20 18 2 Florida 111August 21, 1942 26 25 1 CaliforniaGas chamber 112 64 63 White North Carolina 113August 28, 1942 56 55 BlackKentuckyElectrocution 114 30 28 2 115 63 61 White Nevada Gas chamber 116 September 2, 1942 36 35 1Black TexasElectrocution 117 September 9, 1942 31 Unknown Unknown Louisiana 118September 10, 1942 22 21 1 WhiteNew York 119 21 19 2Black 120 September 11, 1942 31 29 South Carolina 121September 17, 1942 22 21 1New York 122 19 18 123 48 47 Hispanic 124 September 18, 1942 20 19 White Illinois 125 September 24, 1942 Black Louisiana 126 October 9, 1942 34 33 District of Columbia 127October 16, 1942 24 23 WhiteGeorgia 128 20 20 0 Black 129 October 23, 1942 27 26 1 White Colorado Gas chamber 130 October 29, 1942 31 31 0 Black Louisiana Electrocution 131October 30, 1942 36 36 WhiteNorth CarolinaGas chamber 132 17 16 1 Black 133 November 6, 1942 James Rowe 36 36 0 U.S. military Hanging 134November 13, 1942 26 242WhiteCaliforniaGas chamber 135 24 22 136 31 Unknown UnknownBlack North Carolina 137November 20, 1942 19 18 1ArkansasElectrocution 138 34 34 0 139 24 22 2 White California Gas chamber 140 November 26, 1942 26 26 0 Black GeorgiaElectrocution 141 November 28, 1942 24 2 Female WhiteLouisiana 142 December 1, 1942 22 21 1MaleBlack 143 December 3, 1942 17 17 0 144 December 4, 1942 32 31 1 White California Gas chamber 145December 11, 1942 19 19 0 BlackSouth CarolinaElectrocution 146 18 17 1 White 147 December 17, 1942 35 34 Black Mississippi 148 December 18, 1942 22 22 0 District of Columbia

Demographics Gender Male 147 Female 1 Ethnicity Black 82 White 62 Hispanic 4 State New York 18 Texas 12 Florida 11 Georgia 11 Alabama 9 California 9 North Carolina 7 South Carolina 7 Federal government 6 Kentucky 6 Louisiana 6 Arkansas 5 Maryland 5 Mississippi 5 Tennessee 5 Illinois 4 Virginia 3 Colorado 2 District of Columbia 2 Massachusetts 2 New Jersey 2 Ohio 2 Delaware 1 Indiana 1 Missouri 1 Nevada 1 Oklahoma 1 Oregon 1 Pennsylvania 1 U.S. military1 Utah 1 Method Electrocution 119 Gas chamber 20 Hanging 8 Firing squad 1 Month January 20 February 14 March 19 April 3 May 10 June 12 July 18 August 19 September 10 October 7 November 9 December 7 Age Unknown 3 10–19 12 20–29 65 30–39 49 40–49 11 50–59 4 60–69 4 Total 148 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 1943 138 1942 148 1941 123 Total 408

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