Ninety people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1917, forty-six by hanging , and forty-four by electrocution.
List of people executed in the United States in 1917 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 2, 1917 23 22 1MaleWhite New JerseyElectrocution 2 January 8, 1917 22 21 Pennsylvania 3 January 12, 1917 16 16 0 Black GeorgiaHanging 4 January 27, 1917 31 30 1 Asian Hawaii Territory 5 January 29, 1917 Unknown Unknown UnknownBlack Georgia 6 February 6, 1917 29 28 1 Ohio Electrocution 7 February 9, 1917 37 36 White CaliforniaHanging 8February 16, 1917 Unknown Unknown Black Georgia 9 25 23 2 Illinois 10 24 1Montana 11 30 29 12 27 26 13 March 13, 1917 24 24 0 ArkansasElectrocution 14 March 23, 1917 23 22 1 South Carolina 15March 27, 1917 Unknown UnknownWhiteNew Jersey 16 34 Unknown Unknown 17 March 31, 1917 Unknown Unknown UnknownBlack Arkansas 18April 13, 1917 44 43 1Oklahoma 19 32 30 2 20 27 Unknown Unknown 21 April 21, 1917 25 Unknown UnknownWhiteNew York 22 May 17, 1917 20 18 2 23 May 24, 1917 30 29 1 24 May 25, 1917 23 23 0Black North Carolina 25 June 15, 1917 Unknown UnknownVirginia 26June 20, 1917 25 25 0 27 32 32 28June 22, 1917 39 38 1Arkansas 29 45 44 30 30 29 White Ohio 31 June 29, 1917 60 57 3 Louisiana Hanging 32July 10, 1917 37 36 1PennsylvaniaElectrocution 33 Unknown Unknown 2 Black 34 July 12, 1917 24 22 White New York 35 July 20, 1917 Unknown Unknown UnknownBlack Georgia Hanging 36 July 23, 1917 29 29 0 Pennsylvania Electrocution 37August 3, 1917 Unknown Unknown AlabamaHanging 38 Unknown Unknown Unknown Georgia 39 August 10, 1917 48 47 1 KentuckyElectrocution 40 August 14, 1917 32 32 0White New Jersey 41August 30, 1917 30 28 2New York 42 26 25 1 43 August 31, 1917 35 Unknown Unknown Black Virginia 44 September 11, 1917 27 26 1 White Massachusetts 45 September 12, 1917 36 34 2Black District of Columbia Hanging 46September 17, 1917 21 20 1PennsylvaniaElectrocution 47 26 24 2 48 September 25, 1917 60 Unknown Unknown North Carolina 49September 28, 1917 34 33 1DelawareHanging 50 29 28 51 36 35 52 October 1, 1917 25 24 White Pennsylvania Electrocution 53October 5, 1917 22 21 Black CaliforniaHanging 54 24 23 WhiteConnecticut 55 25 24 56 October 10, 1917 Unknown Unknown 0Black North CarolinaElectrocution 57 October 12, 1917 20 20 South Carolina 58October 19, 1917 31 30 1 WhiteLouisianaHanging 59 Unknown Unknown UnknownBlack 60October 26, 1917 35 34 1 Alabama 61 24 Unknown UnknownAsianHawaii Territory 62 35 Unknown Unknown 63 29 Unknown Unknown Black Virginia Electrocution 64November 2, 1917 Unknown Unknown Unknown WhiteLouisianaHanging 65 Unknown Unknown UnknownBlack 66 November 5, 1917 40 39 1 PennsylvaniaElectrocution 67 November 9, 1917 60 58 2 White North Carolina 68November 12, 1917 19 18 1BlackPennsylvania 69 24 23 70November 16, 1917 20 20 0WhiteConnecticutHanging 71 21 21 72 Unknown Unknown UnknownAsianHawaii Territory 73 November 30, 1917 33 Unknown Unknown 74 December 3, 1917 19 17 2 White Pennsylvania Electrocution 75December 11, 1917 25 25 0BlackU.S. militaryHanging 76 Unknown Unknown 77 26 26 78 28 28 79 Unknown Unknown 80 24 24 81 Unknown Unknown 82 24 24 83 27 27 84 30 30 85 24 23 1 86 26 25 87 Unknown Unknown 0 88 December 12, 1917 27 26 1White Ohio Electrocution 89 December 14, 1917 23 23 0 ConnecticutHanging 90 December 21, 1917 Unknown Unknown Unknown Black Louisiana
Demographics Gender Male 90 Female 0 Ethnicity Black 58 White 27 Asian 5 State U.S. military 13 Pennsylvania 11 Louisiana 6 New York 6 Connecticut 5 Georgia 5 Hawaii Territory 5 Virginia 5 Arkansas 4 New Jersey 4 North Carolina 4 Delaware 3 Montana 3 Ohio 3 Oklahoma 3 Alabama 2 California 2 South Carolina 2 District of Columbia 1 Illinois 1 Kentucky 1 Massachusetts 1 Method Hanging 46 Electrocution 44 Month January 5 February 7 March 5 April 4 May 3 June 7 July 5 August 7 September 8 October 12 November 10 December 17 Age Unknown 17 10–19 3 20–29 42 30–39 21 40–49 4 50–59 0 60–69 3 Total 90 100%
Executions in recent years Number of executions 1918 99 1917 90 1916 113 Total 296
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