List of people executed in the United States in 1934

One hundred and sixty-six people, one hundred and sixty-five male and one female, were executed in the United States in 1934, one hundred and thirty by electrocution, thirty by hanging, and six by gas chamber.

List of people executed in the United States in 1934 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 5, 1934 21 19 2Male Black TennesseeElectrocution 2January 8, 1934 22 21 1WhitePennsylvania 3 19 18 4January 11, 1934 23 22 BlackNew York 5 34 33 6 24 23 7January 12, 1934 25 24 District of Columbia 8 20 19 9 26 25 10 19 Unknown Unknown Georgia 11 January 18, 1934 38 37 1 White Texas 12 January 23, 1934 37 36 Arab Massachusetts 13 January 24, 1934 Unknown Unknown UnknownBlack LouisianaHanging 14February 2, 1934 46 45 1 Maryland 15 26 Unknown Unknown Mississippi 16 39 39 0 TexasElectrocution 17February 5, 1934 37 2Tennessee 18 20 18 19 February 6, 1934 27 26 1 White Ohio 20February 9, 1934 21 20 BlackAlabama 21 32 Unknown Unknown 22 38 Unknown Unknown 23 21 Unknown Unknown 24 24 22 2 25 29 28 1 Arkansas 26 41 40 Asian California Hanging 27 19 19 0BlackTexasElectrocution 28 18 17 1 29 34 33 30February 22, 1934 21 18 3WhiteMassachusetts 31 24 21 32 22 Unknown Unknown 33February 26, 1934 33 32 1BlackPennsylvania 34 36 34 2 35 28 26 Tennessee 36 March 1, 1934 22 21 1 New York 37March 2, 1934 24 Unknown Unknown Georgia 38 39 38 1White Indiana 39March 5, 1934 23 22 Pennsylvania 40 24 23 41 March 12, 1934 49 49 0 South Carolina 42March 16, 1934 27 24 3BlackGeorgia 43 48 46 2 44 25 Unknown UnknownMississippiHanging 45 23 Unknown Unknown 46 Unknown Unknown 47 Unknown Unknown 2 48 46 45 1North CarolinaElectrocution 49 26 Unknown Unknown 50 March 23, 1934 30 30 0 51 March 26, 1934 34 Unknown Unknown New Jersey 52April 4, 1934 29 27 2Tennessee 53 30 28 54 20 Unknown Unknown 55 April 6, 1934 27 Unknown Unknown Texas 56 April 9, 1934 23 22 1 White Pennsylvania 57 April 13, 1934 24 24 0 Black South Carolina 58April 20, 1934 47 46 1White Georgia 59 21 20 Illinois 60 28 27 61 35 34 Black 62April 27, 1934 25 23 2 District of Columbia 63 29 28 1 North Carolina 64 18 18 0South Carolina 65 20 20 66 60 60 WhiteTexas 67 May 1, 1934 29 26 3Black 68May 11, 1934 25 23 2 Arkansas 69 29 28 1 Georgia 70 25 23 2 White Washington Hanging 71May 15, 1934 30 Unknown UnknownBlackGeorgiaElectrocution 72 26 Unknown Unknown 73May 18, 1934 30 29 1WhiteLouisianaHanging 74 29 28 75 38 38 0 76 45 44 1North CarolinaElectrocution 77 47 Unknown Unknown 78 May 25, 1934 22 22 0Black Mississippi Hanging 79 May 28, 1934 31 29 2 Pennsylvania Electrocution 80 May 31, 1934 25 24 1 Mississippi Hanging 81June 1, 1934 38 37 District of ColumbiaElectrocution 82 34 33 83 29 28 Texas 84June 6, 1934 19 19 0South Carolina 85 17 17 86June 7, 1934 25 23 2WhiteNew York 87 28 27 1 88 29 28 89June 14, 1934 24 23 90 26 24 2 91June 15, 1934 23 22 1BlackGeorgia 92 22 21 93 20 Unknown Unknown North Carolina 94June 22, 1934 30 30 0White Colorado Gas chamber 95 31 1 North CarolinaElectrocution 96 June 25, 1934 26 25 Black Ohio 97 June 26, 1934 25 24 White Illinois 98June 29, 1934 26 26 0 Black CaliforniaHanging 99 34 30 4White Missouri 100 July 5, 1934 27 26 1 New York Electrocution 101July 6, 1934 18 17 HispanicArizonaGas chamber 102 19 18 103 37 36 BlackCaliforniaHanging 104 22 22 0 105 25 23 2 WhiteNorth CarolinaElectrocution 106 17 161 Black 107 July 12, 1934 51 50 White New York 108July 13, 1934 19 18 Arizona Gas chamber 109 25 25 0 HispanicCaliforniaHanging 110 24 24 Black 111 35 32 3 Arab Nevada Gas chamber 112 22 22 0 WhiteSouth CarolinaElectrocution 113 July 20, 1934 18 18 Black 114 July 27, 1934 25 22 3 Louisiana Hanging 115August 9, 1934 29 26 FemaleWhiteNew YorkElectrocution 116 42 40 2Male 117 33 31 118August 24, 1934 49 47 BlackKentucky 119 37 35 White 120August 31, 1934 47 45 Arizona Gas chamber 121 Unknown Unknown Unknown Black Louisiana Hanging 122 September 6, 1934 29 23 6 White New YorkElectrocution 123 September 14, 1934 26 Unknown UnknownBlack Georgia 124September 15, 1934 31 30 1Tennessee 125 23 22 126 September 21, 1934 28 26 2 North Carolina 127September 28, 1934 25 3 White Indiana 128 42 41 1BlackNorth Carolina 129 22 21 130 45 43 2 White Texas 131 October 1, 1934 34 31 3 Black Indiana 132 October 3, 1934 43 39 4White WashingtonHanging 133October 5, 1934 42 42 0 California 134 41 1Black GeorgiaElectrocution 135 October 8, 1934 31 31 0 Florida 136 October 9, 1934 22 22 White Indiana 137October 12, 1934 29 29 BlackIllinois 138 20 20 139 24 24 South Carolina 140 October 15, 1934 29 28 1WhiteOhio 141 October 17, 1934 32 30 2 142October 19, 1934 24 23 1Black Louisiana Hanging 143 60 60 0 OklahomaElectrocution 144November 2, 1934 21 21 Arkansas 145 46 45 1 Mississippi Hanging 146 November 15, 1934 29 28 GeorgiaElectrocution 147November 16, 1934 26 25 North Carolina 148 19 18 149 22 21 150 November 19, 1934 36 36 0 Texas 151November 22, 1934 21 20 1WhiteOhio 152 24 23 153November 23, 1934 46 43 3Black California Hanging 154 23 22 1 OhioElectrocution 155 36 34 2 Texas 156 November 30, 1934 19 19 0 South Carolina 157 December 6, 1934 Unknown Unknown Unknown MississippiHanging 158December 7, 1934 41 33 8White California 159 29 27 2 KentuckyElectrocution 160 44 43 1North Carolina 161 22 21 162 25 24 163 December 12, 1934 48 47 Black Mississippi Hanging 164 December 14, 1934 44 43 White North CarolinaElectrocution 165December 15, 1934 39 39 0 HispanicIllinois 166 27 27 White

Demographics Gender Male 165 Female 1 Ethnicity Black 101 White 58 Hispanic 4 Arab 2 Asian 1 State North Carolina 20 New York 15 Georgia 13 Texas 12 Mississippi 10 South Carolina 10 California 9 Tennessee 9 Illinois 8 Pennsylvania 8 Louisiana 7 Ohio 7 District of Columbia 6 Alabama 5 Arizona 4 Indiana 4 Massachusetts 4 Arkansas 3 Kentucky 3 Washington 2 Colorado 1 Florida 1 Maryland 1 Missouri 1 Nevada 1 New Jersey 1 Oklahoma 1 Method Electrocution 130 Hanging 30 Gas chamber 6 Month January 13 February 22 March 16 April 15 May 14 June 19 July 15 August 7 September 9 October 13 November 13 December 10 Age Unknown 4 10–19 14 20–29 88 30–39 35 40–49 22 50–59 1 60–69 2 Total 166 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 1935 198 1934 166 1933 162 Total 526

References