List of people executed in the United States in 1916

One hundred and thirteen people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1916, fifty-eight by electrocution, and fifty-five by hanging.

Six followers of Pancho Villa were executed in New Mexico for their roles in the Battle of Columbus.

List of people executed in the United States in 1916 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1January 7, 1916 46 44 2Male White California Hanging 2 28 27 1 Hispanic New York Electrocution 3 Unknown Unknown 2 Black TexasHanging 4 January 21, 1916 28 28 0 Hispanic California 5January 28, 1916 33 32 1 White Colorado 6 27 26 BlackNorth CarolinaElectrocution 7 26 25 8February 1, 1916 28 27 Indiana 9 23 22 Texas Hanging 10February 4, 1916 28 27 White New YorkElectrocution 11 25 25 0Black South Carolina 12 February 11, 1916 26 1 North Carolina 13 February 13, 1916 35 Unknown Unknown TexasHanging 14February 18, 1916 23 22 1 Asian California 15 30 29 White New Hampshire 16 35 32 3 New YorkElectrocution 17February 21, 1916 33 30 Pennsylvania 18 21 19 2 19February 25, 1916 24 23 1BlackNorth Carolina 20 21 17 17 0 South Carolina 22 February 26, 1916 29 25 4White ColoradoHanging 23March 3, 1916 18 17 1California 24 23 22 25 22 20 2Connecticut 26 30 28 27 41 40 1 New York Electrocution 28March 10, 1916 28 27 ConnecticutHanging 29 Unknown Unknown Black Louisiana 30 March 11, 1916 20 19 Texas 31 March 14, 1916 37 35 2 White MassachusettsElectrocution 32 March 15, 1916 16 16 0 Black Virginia 33 March 20, 1916 43 41 2WhitePennsylvania 34 April 10, 1916 62 61 1 35 April 14, 1916 17 16 Black Maryland Hanging 36 April 21, 1916 83 Unknown Unknown Virginia Electrocution 37 April 25, 1916 33 29 4 White Pennsylvania Hanging 38 April 28, 1916 25 25 0 Black South Carolina Electrocution 39 April 29, 1916 32 31 1White Texas Hanging 40May 1, 1916 27 5 New YorkElectrocution 41 39 38 1Black Pennsylvania 42 May 5, 1916 22 Unknown Unknown South Carolina 43 May 12, 1916 Unknown Unknown Unknown Alabama Hanging 44 May 15, 1916 57 47 10 South Carolina Electrocution 45May 19, 1916 34 28 6 Hispanic ArizonaHanging 46 37 36 1 White Georgia 47Gideon McKinney2423Black48Zack ColsonUnknownUnknown0Florida49Arthur JonesUnknownUnknown0 50 25 241HispanicTexas 51 19 18 52 May 22, 1916 Unknown Unknown UnknownBlack PennsylvaniaElectrocution 53 May 28, 1916 23 Unknown Unknown Virginia 54June 2, 1916 28 25 3 Georgia Hanging 55 30 29 1WhiteNew YorkElectrocution 56 31 30 57June 9, 1916 36 6Hispanic ArizonaHanging 58 22 22 0New Mexico 59 16 16 60 June 16, 1916 50 49 1White Wyoming 61June 26, 1916 Unknown Unknown 2PennsylvaniaElectrocution 62 30 28 63June 30, 1916 Unknown Unknown Unknown Black MarylandHanging 64 21 21 0HispanicNew Mexico 65 24 24 66 26 26 67 23 23 68 23 20 3White New YorkElectrocution 69 July 5, 1916 30 30 0 New Jersey 70July 7, 1916 39 35 4 Hispanic Arizona Hanging 71 23 Unknown UnknownBlack North CarolinaElectrocution 72 18 18 0 Virginia 73 July 10, 1916 Unknown Unknown Unknown White Pennsylvania 74 July 12, 1916 Unknown Unknown 1Black Mississippi Hanging 75 July 13, 1916 22 22 0 TennesseeElectrocution 76 July 17, 1916 21 20 1White Pennsylvania 77July 21, 1916 32 31 California Hanging 78 14 14 0BlackNorth CarolinaElectrocution 79 August 1, 1916 26 26 80August 4, 1916 51 51 81 29 Unknown Unknown New York 82 24 23 1 White West VirginiaHanging 83August 8, 1916 29 26 3BlackMissouri 84 27 24 85 August 11, 1916 34 32 2 White Wyoming 86August 25, 1916 19 Unknown UnknownBlackVirginiaElectrocution 87 Unknown Unknown 88September 1, 1916 22 21 1 White CaliforniaHanging 89 60 59 Black Florida 90 36 Unknown UnknownWhiteNew YorkElectrocution 91 33 32 1 92 Unknown Unknown UnknownBlack West Virginia Hanging93Walter DurhamUnknownUnknown0Florida 94 September 8, 1916 23 Unknown Unknown VirginiaElectrocution 95 September 15, 1916 38 Unknown South Carolina 96 September 27, 1916 33 31 2 White Pennsylvania 97October 2, 1916 22 Unknown UnknownBlackVirginia 98 19 Unknown 99 October 7, 1916 27 26 1 White New York 100 October 18, 1916 21 21 0Black TexasHanging 101October 20, 1916 Unknown Unknown Unknown Florida 102John David WrightUnknownUnknown1Georgia 103 28 25 3 Wyoming 104October 27, 191635350Florida 105 35 34 1 Texas 106 November 6, 1916 22 22 0 Oklahoma Electrocution 107 November 10, 1916 50 491 White New Mexico Hanging 108 November 17, 1916 20 19 Black KentuckyElectrocution 109December 4, 1916 Unknown UnknownWhitePennsylvania 110 18 17 1 111 December 11, 1916 43 40 3 112December 19, 1916 20 Unknown UnknownNew York 113 19 18 1

Demographics Gender Male 113 Female 0 Ethnicity Black 55 White 44 Hispanic 13 Asian 1 State Pennsylvania 15 New York 14 North Carolina 9 Texas 9 Virginia 9 California 7 New Mexico 7 Florida 6 South Carolina 6 Georgia 4 Arizona 3 Connecticut 3 Wyoming 3 Colorado 2 Maryland 2 Missouri 2 West Virginia 2 Alabama 1 Indiana 1 Kentucky 1 Louisiana 1 Massachusetts 1 Mississippi 1 New Hampshire 1 New Jersey 1 Oklahoma 1 Tennessee 1 Method Electrocution 58 Hanging 55 Month January 7 February 15 March 11 April 6 May 14 June 15 July 10 August 9 September 9 October 9 November 3 December 5 Age Unknown 14 10–19 13 20–29 48 30–39 27 40–49 4 50–59 4 60–69 2 70–79 0 80–89 1 Total 113 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 1917 90 1916 113 1915 132 Total 335

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