List of people executed in the United States in 1924

One hundred and twenty-seven people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1924, sixty-nine by electrocution, fifty-six by hanging, one by firing squad, and one by gas chamber.

The execution of Gee Jon this year marked the first time a gas chamber was used as a method of execution in the United States.

List of people executed in the United States in 1924 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1January 4, 1924 39 38 1MaleWhite California Hanging 2 24 23 Ohio Electrocution 3 32 31 OregonHanging 4 26 Unknown UnknownWest Virginia 5 Unknown Unknown 6 43 Unknown Unknown 7January 13, 1924 45 44 1OklahomaElectrocution 8 21 20 9 January 15, 1924 32 32 0 New Jersey 10January 18, 1924 26 24 2 Black Iowa Hanging 11 48 46 White Utah Firing squad 12 January 28, 1924 26 25 1 Black PennsylvaniaElectrocution 13January 29, 1924 39 36 3WhiteNew Jersey 14 36 33 15February 1, 1924 28 27 1 Black Ohio 16 37 35 2White South Carolina 17 February 3, 1924 Unknown Unknown Unknown Mississippi Hanging 18February 8, 1924 29 26 3 Asian Nevada Gas chamber 19 56 55 1 White OhioElectrocution 20 19 Unknown UnknownBlackTexas 21 39 Unknown Unknown 22 22 Unknown Unknown 23 27 Unknown Unknown 24 38 Unknown Unknown 25 February 15, 1924 42 Unknown Unknown White West Virginia Hanging 26 February 25, 1924 24 21 3Black Pennsylvania Electrocution 27March 7, 1924 54 53 1 AlabamaHanging 28 23 21 2 Hispanic California 29 20 20 0 Black KentuckyElectrocution 30 March 10, 1924 34 26 8 WhitePennsylvania 31 March 17, 1924 32 31 1Black 32 March 21, 1924 Unknown Unknown 2 AlabamaHanging 33 March 22, 1924 Unknown Unknown 1 Louisiana 34March 28, 1924 24 23 OhioElectrocution 35 36 35 Texas 36 39 38 37 March 31, 1924 25 24 Pennsylvania 38April 4, 1924 Unknown Unknown Unknown Louisiana Hanging 39 19 19 0 TexasElectrocution 40 April 10, 1924 41 39 2White New York 41April 11, 1924 53 51 CaliforniaHanging 42 Unknown Unknown Unknown Black Illinois 43 Unknown Unknown 2 White Louisiana 44 April 15, 1924 31 Unknown Unknown Black OhioElectrocution 45April 17, 1924 32 30 2 White New York 46 25 Unknown Unknown Black Texas 47April 18, 1924 34 33 1 White Arkansas 48 Unknown Unknown 0BlackIllinoisHanging 49 Unknown Unknown 50April 21, 1924 38 35 3WhiteCalifornia 51 40 37 52 April 26, 1924 Unknown Unknown 2 Colorado 53April 28, 1924 52 Unknown Unknown Black OhioElectrocution 54 28 26 2WhitePennsylvania 55 56 56 0 56 April 29, 1924 33 33 Ohio 57 May 5, 1924 27 25 2 Pennsylvania 58May 9, 1924 69 66 3 Hispanic California Hanging 59 71 68 WhiteKentuckyElectrocution 60 50 49 1 61 25 23 2 Black 62 41 38 3WhiteLouisianaHanging 63 36 33 64 24 21 65 35 32 66 33 30 67 28 25 68 May 22, 1924 19 18 1 BlackTexasElectrocution 69 May 23, 1924 34 32 2 Hispanic 70 May 24, 1924 45 42 3 White Georgia Hanging 71 June 9, 1924 40 Unknown Unknown Black TexasElectrocution 72 June 12, 1924 32 31 1White New York 73 June 13, 1924 22 20 2 WashingtonHanging 74June 20, 1924 38 37 1Black Arizona 75 25 37 South CarolinaElectrocution 76June 23, 1924 35 37 WhitePennsylvania 77 32 31 78 June 24, 1924 33 32 Ohio 79June 27, 1924 35 35 0BlackArkansas 80 30 30 81 34 34 White Washington Hanging 82 June 30, 1924 22 20 2PennsylvaniaElectrocution 83 July 7, 1924 35 Unknown Unknown 84 July 11, 1924 30 29 1 Alabama Hanging 85July 15, 1924 26 Unknown UnknownNew JerseyElectrocution 86 24 23 1 87 25 Unknown Unknown 88 39 Unknown Unknown 89July 18, 1924 21 19 2MissouriHanging 90 35 32 3 91 42 38 4 Montana 92 July 22, 1924 59 Unknown Unknown New JerseyElectrocution 93 July 24, 1924 26 25 1 Asian New York 94July 25, 1924 36 35 WhiteMississippiHanging 95 37 36 96 July 30, 1924 51 45 6 Massachusetts Electrocution 97 August 1, 1924 Unknown Unknown 1Black LouisianaHanging 98August 8, 1924 29 Unknown UnknownAlabama 99 26 Unknown Unknown 100 25 1White Louisiana 101August 15, 1924 29 26 3 California 102 15 15 0 Black Georgia 103 August 22, 1924 30 28 2White California 104 September 5, 1924 27 26 1 OklahomaElectrocution 105September 12, 1924 18 18 0BlackVirginia 106 17 17 107 23 23 White West Virginia Hanging 108 September 13, 1924 20 Unknown Unknown BlackGeorgia Electrocution 109 September 19, 1924 56 55 1 WhiteHanging 110October 3, 1924 23 23 0BlackLouisiana 111 Unknown Unknown 112 Unknown Unknown 113 October 7, 1924 19 18 1 FloridaElectrocution 114 October 10, 1924 57 55 2 Texas 115 November 7, 1924 Unknown Unknown Unknown South Carolina 116 November 14, 1924 26 25 1 White Indiana 117 November 28, 1924 22 Unknown UnknownBlack North Carolina 118December 5, 1924 41 41 0 Ohio 119 24 24 WhiteSouth Carolina 120 23 23 121December 12, 1924 24 1Black CaliforniaHanging 122 23 0 Louisiana 123 19 Unknown UnknownWhite Ohio Electrocution 124 39 38 1 WashingtonHanging 125December 19, 1924 23 22 Black California 126 32 31 Idaho 127 December 22, 1924 24 24 0 White Illinois

Demographics Gender Male 127 Female 0 Ethnicity White 70 Black 52 Hispanic 3 Asian 2 State Louisiana 15 Texas 13 Pennsylvania 12 California 10 Ohio 10 New Jersey 8 Alabama 5 South Carolina 5 West Virginia 5 Georgia 4 Illinois 4 Kentucky 4 New York 4 Arkansas 3 Mississippi 3 Oklahoma 3 Washington 3 Missouri 2 Virginia 2 Arizona 1 Colorado 1 Florida 1 Idaho 1 Indiana 1 Iowa 1 Massachusetts 1 Montana 1 Nevada 1 North Carolina 1 Oregon 1 Utah 1 Method Electrocution 69 Hanging 56 Firing squad 1 Gas chamber 1 Month January 14 February 12 March 11 April 19 May 14 June 12 July 14 August 7 September 6 October 5 November 3 December 10 Age Unknown 13 10–19 8 20–29 45 30–39 38 40–49 11 50–59 10 60–69 1 70–79 1 Total 127 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 1925 144 1924 127 1923 114 Total 385

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