One hundred and forty-one people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1926, eighty-seven by electrocution, fifty-one by hanging, two by firing squad, and one by gas chamber.

List of people executed in the United States in 1926 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 1, 1926 23 22 1Male Black TexasElectrocution 2January 8, 1926 28 28 0 WhiteArkansas 3 Unknown Unknown 1 Black 4 26 26 0 White Arizona Hanging 5 20 Unknown UnknownBlack North CarolinaElectrocution 6January 9, 1926 37 37 0 Ohio 7 29 27 2 Hispanic Texas 8 January 15, 1926 25 25 0 White Utah Firing squad 9 January 16, 1926 24 1Black Indiana Electrocution 10January 22, 1926 Unknown Unknown Unknown Alabama Hanging 11 27 26 1 White IndianaElectrocution 12 22 21 Black North Carolina 13 28 27 Virginia 14January 25, 1926 45 43 2Pennsylvania 15 24 22 16 31 29 17January 28, 1926 Unknown Unknown Unknown Florida 18 34 Unknown UnknownWhiteNew York 19 35 25 10 20January 29, 1926 24 22 2GeorgiaHanging 21 20 17 3 22 19 Unknown Unknown Black Illinois 23 33 32 1 White Louisiana 24 25 24 Black West Virginia 25February 4, 1926 37 Unknown Unknown WhiteNew YorkElectrocution 26 29 28 1Black 27February 5, 1926 22 22 0Arkansas 28 23 23 29 51 49 2 Utah Firing squad 30February 12, 1926 23 22 1ArkansasElectrocution 31 26 25 32 33 30 29 34February 13, 1926 44 42 2White CaliforniaHanging 35 42 41 1Illinois 36 25 25 0 37 Unknown Unknown 1 38February 19, 1926 20 20 0 Virginia Electrocution 39 45 43 2Black WashingtonHanging 40 February 26, 1926 21 Unknown Unknown Delaware 41 March 1, 1926 28 26 2 Pennsylvania Electrocution 42March 5, 1926 AlabamaHanging 43 42 42 0 Kentucky 44 March 11, 1926 39 38 1 GeorgiaElectrocution 45 March 12, 1926 22 20 2 Texas 46 March 19, 1926 28 27 1 Virginia 47March 25, 1926 21 20 WhiteGeorgia 48 20 19 49March 26, 1926 26 Unknown Unknown Black Indiana 50 37 36 1White Mississippi Hanging 51 March 29, 1926 Unknown Unknown 2 Pennsylvania Electrocution 52April 6, 1926 38 37 1 Connecticut Hanging 53 26 26 0BlackTexasElectrocution 54 28 28 55April 16, 1926 22 22 WhiteIllinoisHanging 56 45 39 6 57 Unknown Unknown Unknown Black 58 19 18 1 Hispanic 59 Unknown Unknown Black Mississippi 60 33 31 2 White Oregon 61 24 23 1Black Texas Electrocution 62 April 19, 1926 24 0 West VirginiaHanging 63 April 23, 1926 38 Unknown Unknown Louisiana 64 May 3, 1926 32 30 2 TexasElectrocution 65 May 5, 1926 31 1 Massachusetts 66 May 7, 1926 27 26 Mississippi Hanging 67 May 12, 1926 Unknown Unknown FloridaElectrocution 68 May 14, 1926 31 29 2 Texas 69May 18, 1926 Unknown Unknown 1 Florida 70 52 48 4 Georgia Hanging 71 May 21, 1926 29 28 1White Nevada Gas chamber 72 May 24, 1926 27 26 PennsylvaniaElectrocution 73 May 25, 1926 48 47 Florida 74May 28, 1926 30 29 Kentucky 75 31 Unknown Unknown 76 34 33 1 Black 77 June 1, 1926 26 25 White Pennsylvania 78June 9, 1926 37 Unknown UnknownBlackArkansas 79 36 35 1 80 June 11, 1926 24 Unknown Unknown North Carolina 81 June 18, 1926 28 28 0 Georgia 82 June 24, 1926 22 21 1 White New York 83June 25, 1926 30 30 0 Black AlabamaHanging 84 29 28 1White California 85 42 41 OhioElectrocution 86 June 28, 1926 34 30 4 Pennsylvania 87 July 8, 1926 19 19 0 Ohio 88July 9, 1926 41 39 2 Idaho Hanging 89 24 24 0 Black TexasElectrocution 90 July 12, 1926 35 Unknown Unknown White Pennsylvania 91 July 15, 1926 27 26 1 Asian New York 92July 16, 1926 21 Unknown Unknown Black LouisianaHanging 93 65 64 1 White Mississippi 94 July 23, 1926 37 37 0Black Maryland 95 August 6, 1926 Unknown Unknown Unknown Louisiana 96 August 13, 1926 24 23 1White Maryland 97August 19, 1926 33 32 New YorkElectrocution 98 26 Unknown UnknownBlack 99August 20, 1926 23 20 3 Tennessee 100 18 18 0 West Virginia Hanging 101August 26, 1926 19 1WhiteNew YorkElectrocution 102 103August 27, 1926 53 53 0Black CaliforniaHanging 104 22 22 Mississippi 105 43 43 South CarolinaElectrocution 106 37 Unknown Unknown Virginia 107September 2, 1926 40 40 0Ohio 108 29 29 White 109 30 1 110 September 9, 1926 Unknown Unknown 0 Black Georgia 111September 10, 1926 57 53 4 White CaliforniaHanging 112 44 44 0 Black West Virginia 113 September 18, 1926 51 50 1 White Colorado 114 September 21, 1926 30 Unknown UnknownBlack North Carolina Electrocution 115September 24, 1926 Unknown Unknown 2 Alabama Hanging 116 48 48 0 GeorgiaElectrocution 117 25 Unknown Unknown Virginia 118 October 1, 1926 47 46 1 White MontanaHanging 119October 8, 1926 23 22 HispanicCalifornia 120 24 23 121 17 Unknown Unknown Black Georgia Electrocution 122October 15, 1926 33 32 1 HispanicCaliforniaHanging 123 32 30 2 White 124 October 28, 1926 Unknown Unknown Unknown Black Florida Electrocution 125 October 29, 1926 20 19 1 White IllinoisHanging 126 November 12, 1926 42 42 0 Hispanic Colorado 127 November 13, 1926 Unknown Unknown Black GeorgiaElectrocution 128 November 23, 1926 Unknown Unknown 1 Florida 129 November 26, 1926 18 17 Ohio 130 November 30, 1926 28 27 White New Jersey 131 December 2, 1926 29 28 New York 132December 9, 1926 21 21 0 133 28 28 134 21 21 135 December 11, 1926 36 35 1 Black Florida 136December 17, 1926 21 20 WhiteKentucky 137 36 35 Black 138December 27, 1926 25 22 3WhitePennsylvania 139 28 26 2 140December 31, 1926 22 22 0IllinoisHanging 141 20 19 1

Demographics Gender Male 141 Female 0 Ethnicity Black 76 White 58 Hispanic 6 Asian 1 State New York 14 Georgia 11 Illinois 11 Pennsylvania 11 Arkansas 10 Texas 9 California 8 Florida 7 Ohio 7 Kentucky 6 Mississippi 5 Virginia 5 Alabama 4 Louisiana 4 North Carolina 4 West Virginia 4 Indiana 3 Colorado 2 Maryland 2 Utah 2 Arizona 1 Connecticut 1 Delaware 1 Idaho 1 Massachusetts 1 Montana 1 Nevada 1 New Jersey 1 Oregon 1 South Carolina 1 Tennessee 1 Washington 1 Method Electrocution 87 Hanging 51 Firing squad 2 Gas chamber 1 Month January 24 February 16 March 11 April 12 May 13 June 10 July 8 August 12 September 11 October 8 November 5 December 11 Age Unknown 15 10–19 8 20–29 65 30–39 32 40–49 15 50–59 5 60–69 1 Total 141 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 1927 139 1926 141 1925 144 Total 424

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