List of people executed in the United States in 1915

One hundred and thirty-two people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1915, sixty-eight by hanging, sixty-three by electrocution, and one by firing squad.

List of people executed in the United States in 1915 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1January 5, 1915 24 24 0MaleBlackNew JerseyElectrocution 2 46 46 3 16 16 4 January 8, 1915 19 Unknown Unknown Virginia 5January 22, 1915 44 43 1 White CaliforniaHanging 6 26 25 Black Florida 7 January 26, 1915 30 Unknown Unknown White New Jersey Electrocution 8 January 29, 1915 Unknown Unknown 1 Black GeorgiaHanging 9 February 1, 1915 Unknown Unknown 0 Hispanic Texas 10 February 2, 1915 40 40 White New JerseyElectrocution 11February 5, 1915 20 17 3AsianNew York 12 30 27 13 February 6, 1915 24 Unknown Unknown Black South Carolina 14 February 13, 1915 Unknown Unknown 1 White IllinoisHanging 15 February 19, 1915 21 20 Black Texas 16 February 23, 1915 32 30 2White PennsylvaniaElectrocution 17February 26, 1915 28 27 1New York 18 37 35 2 19 36 Unknown Unknown 20 21 19 2 BlackTexasHanging 21 March 3, 1915 15 15 0 Hispanic 22 March 8, 1915 25 23 2 White Pennsylvania Electrocution 23 March 12, 1915 50 48 Black AlabamaHanging 24March 15, 1915 24 22 WhiteCalifornia 25 26 24 26 March 17, 1915 26 25 1Black South CarolinaElectrocution 27 March 19, 1915 48 Unknown Unknown Arkansas 28 March 22, 1915 23 22 1 White New York 29 March 26, 1915 29 Unknown UnknownBlack Virginia 30April 2, 1915 Unknown Unknown UnknownArkansas 31 Unknown Unknown 1 32 April 5, 1915 Unknown Unknown Unknown White Pennsylvania 33 April 9, 1915 Unknown Unknown 1 Black GeorgiaHanging 34 April 15, 1915 Unknown Unknown HispanicTexas 35 April 17, 1915 Unknown Unknown UnknownBlack 36 April 30, 1915 22 Unknown Unknown VirginiaElectrocution 37 May 11, 1915 23 22 1White Massachusetts 38 May 14, 1915 25 25 0 Delaware Hanging 39 May 21, 1915 Unknown Unknown Black VirginiaElectrocution 40 May 31, 1915 36 35 1 White New York 41 June 4, 1915 22 Unknown UnknownBlack Virginia 42 June 9, 1915 47 Unknown Unknown Georgia Hanging 43 June 10, 1915 24 23 1 Virginia Electrocution 44June 11, 1915 27 27 0 FloridaHanging 45 Unknown Unknown 1 Louisiana 46 23 23 0White Virginia Electrocution 47 June 18, 1915 Unknown Unknown Unknown LouisianaHanging 48 June 24, 1915 25 24 1 Colorado 49June 25, 1915 Unknown Unknown UnknownBlackAlabama 50 Unknown Unknown 4 51 Unknown Unknown 1 White 52 38 Unknown Unknown Asian Hawaii Territory 53 June 30, 1915 26 25 1 White New York Electrocution 54July 2, 1915 Unknown Unknown Unknown Black Alabama Hanging 55 20 19 1 White New York Electrocution 56 Unknown Unknown 0Black TexasHanging 57 Unknown Unknown West Virginia 58 Unknown Unknown Unknown 59 July 8, 1915 Unknown Unknown 0 North Carolina Electrocution 60 July 9, 1915 24 23 1White West Virginia Hanging 61 July 12, 1915 30 28 2 Pennsylvania Electrocution 62July 16, 1915 27 26 1 IllinoisHanging 63 41 40 Missouri 64 July 28, 1915 30 29 ArkansasElectrocution 65July 30, 1915 24 24 0Kentucky 66 25 Unknown Unknown Black 67 45 41 4 WhiteNew York 68 52 51 1Black 69 August 4, 1915 17 Unknown Unknown South Carolina 70August 6, 1915 24 22 2AlabamaHanging 71 20 18 White 72 23 23 0Black 73 Unknown Unknown 74 23 23 White Connecticut 75 Unknown Unknown 1Black Georgia 76 Unknown Unknown UnknownMississippi 77 Unknown Unknown Unknown 78 Unknown Unknown Unknown 79August 13, 1915 41 41 0 White Connecticut 80 30 Unknown UnknownBlack Florida 81 August 19, 1915 Unknown Unknown 4 Georgia 82August 20, 1915 Unknown Unknown UnknownFlorida 83 30 Unknown Unknown 84 32 Unknown UnknownVirginiaElectrocution 85 30 Unknown Unknown 86August 27, 1915 33 32 1 White CaliforniaHanging 87 18 18 0 Black Maryland 88 22 20 2 White New YorkElectrocution 89 September 2, 1915 26 Unknown UnknownBlack South Carolina 90September 3, 1915 41 41 0 Kentucky 91 23 21 2White North Carolina 92 26 25 1New York 93 47 46 94 40 38 2 95 42 Unknown Unknown 96 27 26 1 Black 97 September 6, 1915 Unknown Unknown 2White MississippiHanging 98September 10, 1915 48 47 1 California 99 31 Unknown UnknownBlack Virginia Electrocution 100 Unknown Unknown Unknown West Virginia Hanging 101 September 17, 1915 18 18 0 Virginia Electrocution 102 September 24, 1915 14 14 GeorgiaHanging 103 September 25, 1915 Unknown Unknown 2 104September 29, 1915 20 18 South CarolinaElectrocution 105 33 31 106 25 23 107 27 25 108 45 40 5 109 October 8, 1915 28 26 2 CaliforniaHanging 110October 15, 1915 26 Unknown UnknownAsianHawaii Territory 111 22 Unknown Unknown 112 21 Unknown Unknown 113 17 17 0Black South Carolina Electrocution 114 October 16, 1915 21 21 IllinoisHanging 115 October 22, 1915 44 43 1 Florida 116November 5, 1915 21 19 2WhiteCalifornia 117 20 1 118 November 8, 1915 Unknown Unknown 0BlackGeorgia 119 18 18 120 Unknown Unknown 121November 19, 1915 29 29 Kentucky Electrocution 122 36 34 2White Utah Firing squad 123 November 26, 1915 Unknown Unknown 0 Maryland Hanging 124 November 30, 1915 26 26 New JerseyElectrocution 125 December 7, 1915 28 27 1 126December 10, 1915 29 28 Hispanic Arizona Hanging 127 28 0Black Oklahoma Electrocution 128December 17, 1915 Unknown Unknown Unknown GeorgiaHanging 129 Unknown Unknown Unknown Louisiana 130 50 48 2WhiteNew YorkElectrocution 131 58 Unknown Unknown 132 December 22, 1915 Unknown Unknown Unknown Black Georgia Hanging

Demographics Gender Male 132 Female 0 Ethnicity Black 73 White 49 Asian 6 Hispanic 4 State New York 19 Georgia 12 Virginia 11 South Carolina 10 Alabama 9 California 8 New Jersey 7 Texas 7 Florida 6 Arkansas 4 Hawaii Territory 4 Kentucky 4 Mississippi 4 Pennsylvania 4 West Virginia 4 Illinois 3 Louisiana 3 Connecticut 2 Maryland 2 North Carolina 2 Arizona 1 Colorado 1 Delaware 1 Massachusetts 1 Missouri 1 Oklahoma 1 Utah 1 Method Hanging 68 Electrocution 63 Firing squad 1 Month January 8 February 12 March 9 April 7 May 4 June 13 July 15 August 20 September 20 October 7 November 9 December 8 Age Unknown 35 10–19 9 20–29 52 30–39 17 40–49 15 50–59 4 Total 132 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 1916 107 1915 132 1914 99 Total 338

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