Sixty-four people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1919, forty by electrocution, twenty-three by hanging, and one by firing squad.
John Snowden, a black man, was controversially executed in Maryland for the murder of a pregnant white woman. He was pardoned in 2001, based on allegations of racial bias and flimsy evidence against him.
List of people executed in the United States in 1919 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 9, 1919 39 38 1Male White New YorkElectrocution 2 January 10, 1919 18 Unknown Unknown Black South Carolina 3 January 13, 1919 26 24 2White Pennsylvania 4February 21, 1919 32 31 1Kentucky 5 6 19 18 Ohio 7 25 24 8February 28, 1919 31 30 Hispanic CaliforniaHanging 9 30 28 2 White Illinois 10 28 27 1Black Maryland 11 March 18, 1919 25 Unknown Unknown South CarolinaElectrocution 12 March 21, 1919 36 34 2 White New York 13March 26, 1919 Unknown UnknownBlackVirginia 14 21 Unknown Unknown 15 April 26, 1919 19 Unknown Unknown North Carolina 16 April 28, 1919 Unknown Unknown Unknown White Pennsylvania 17 May 2, 1919 34 33 1 Black California Hanging 18 May 19, 1919 43 42 White PennsylvaniaElectrocution 19 May 21, 1919 21 20 Black Tennessee 20May 23, 1919 59 58 White CaliforniaHanging 21 Unknown Unknown Black Georgia 22 28 26 2White OklahomaElectrocution 23 June 2, 1919 34 33 1 Pennsylvania 24June 6, 1919 25 Unknown UnknownBlackKentucky 25 20 18 2 26June 16, 1919 26 Unknown UnknownPennsylvania 27 45 Unknown UnknownWhite 28June 20, 1919 26 25 1CaliforniaHanging 29 20 19 Native American 30June 27, 1919 50 49 White Alabama 31 28 27 Connecticut 32 33 32 33 26 25 Illinois 34 23 Unknown UnknownBlack North CarolinaElectrocution 35 29 Unknown Unknown Virginia 36July 11, 1919 37 36 1 Asian California Hanging 37 19 Unknown Unknown Black South CarolinaElectrocution 38 July 12, 1919 51 46 5 White Vermont 39 July 18, 1919 42 Unknown Unknown Asian California Hanging 40 July 24, 1919 30 29 1 White OhioElectrocution 41 July 25, 1919 34 31 3Black Kentucky 42 August 6, 1919 26 260 West VirginiaHanging 43 August 8, 1919 Unknown Unknown Louisiana 44August 19, 1919 27 25 2WhiteNew JerseyElectrocution 45 33 31 46 24 22 47September 19, 1919 36 35 1 Hispanic CaliforniaHanging 48 32 32 0Black Louisiana 49 September 26, 1919 51 50 1 Ohio Electrocution 50October 17, 1919 42 Unknown UnknownWhite CaliforniaHanging 51 39 39 0 Illinois 52 30 30 OhioElectrocution 53 October 20, 1919 33 32 1Pennsylvania 54October 27, 1919 27 25 2 Black 55 26 26 0White 56 Unknown Unknown 57 October 30, 1919 29 Unknown UnknownBlack Virginia 58November 14, 1919 34 28 6 North Carolina 59 27 27 0 South Carolina 60November 28, 1919 23 Unknown UnknownWhiteLouisianaHanging 61 33 32 1 62 December 3, 1919 28 28 0 Connecticut 63 December 19, 1919 33 33 Utah Firing squad 64 December 22, 1919 29 26 3 Pennsylvania Electrocution
Demographics Gender Male 64 Female 0 Ethnicity White 35 Black 24 Asian 2 Hispanic 2 Native American 1 State Pennsylvania 11 California 9 Kentucky 5 Ohio 5 Louisiana 4 South Carolina 4 Virginia 4 Connecticut 3 Illinois 3 New Jersey 3 North Carolina 3 New York 2 Alabama 1 Georgia 1 Maryland 1 Oklahoma 1 Tennessee 1 Utah 1 Vermont 1 West Virginia 1 Method Electrocution 41 Hanging 23 Firing squad 1 Month January 3 February 7 March 4 April 2 May 6 June 13 July 6 August 5 September 3 October 8 November 4 December 3 Age Unknown 3 10–19 4 20–29 27 30–39 22 40–49 4 50–59 4 Total 64 100%
Executions in recent years Number of executions 1920 103 1919 64 1918 99 Total 266
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