List of people executed in the United States in 1912

One hundred and sixty-one people, one hundred and sixty male and one female, were executed in the United States in 1912, one hundred and five by hanging, fifty-three by electrocution, and three by firing squad.

Virginia Christian became the last female juvenile offender to be executed in the United States.

List of people executed in the United States in 1912 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1January 5, 1912 Unknown Unknown 4Male Black ArkansasHanging 2 33 30 3White Vermont 3 January 8, 1912 53 50 New York Electrocution 4January 12, 1912 Unknown Unknown Unknown Black AlabamaHanging 5 62 58 4 White California 6 Unknown Unknown UnknownBlack Louisiana 7 January 13, 1912 Unknown Unknown 0 Tennessee 8January 16, 1912 Unknown Unknown 1 Georgia 9 26 Unknown Unknown Asian Hawaii Territory 10 28 Unknown UnknownWhite New Jersey Electrocution 11January 26, 1912 Unknown Unknown UnknownArkansasHanging 12 Unknown Unknown Unknown 13 Unknown Unknown 1 Black 14 39 38 White MassachusettsElectrocution 15 January 29, 1912 20 18 2 New York 16 January 30, 1912 Unknown UnknownBlack Texas Hanging 17 January 31, 1912 22 21 1 KentuckyElectrocution 18 February 5, 1912 29 27 2 New York 19 February 9, 1912 Unknown Unknown Unknown LouisianaHanging 20February 16, 1912 Unknown Unknown UnknownFlorida 21 30 Unknown Unknown 22 29 27 2 Illinois 23 23 22 1 Texas 24February 17, 1912 24 23 WhiteIllinois 25 26 21 20 27 34 33 28 February 19, 1912 50 48 2 Alabama 29February 22, 1912 Unknown Unknown 0BlackGeorgia 30 Unknown Unknown 1 31 February 27, 1912 23 22 WhitePennsylvania 32 March 5, 1912 28 27 33 March 7, 1912 22 21 34March 8, 1912 Unknown Unknown 2 Georgia 35 Unknown Unknown Unknown BlackLouisiana 36 30 28 2White 37 Unknown Unknown Unknown 38 March 12, 1912 25 Unknown Unknown New Jersey Electrocution 39March 15, 1912 33 32 1 Texas Hanging 40 20 Unknown Unknown Black VirginiaElectrocution 41 March 18, 1912 26 24 2WhiteNew York 42 March 20, 1912 Unknown Unknown Unknown 43March 26, 1912 31 30 1 MissouriHanging 44 43 42 BlackPennsylvania 45 March 28, 1912 22 19 3White 46March 29, 1912 26 25 1 Connecticut 47 Unknown Unknown 0BlackGeorgia 48 Unknown Unknown 1 49 26 25 Texas 50 March 31, 1912 Unknown Unknown White Illinois 51 April 13, 1912 25 23 2 Black Texas 52 April 19, 1912 38 38 0 White Kentucky Electrocution 53 April 25, 1912 Unknown Unknown 1 BlackPennsylvaniaHanging 54April 30, 1912 42 41 White 55 44 43 Utah 56 May 3, 1912 24 23 Florida 57 May 6, 1912 27 25 2 New York Electrocution 58May 10, 1912 Unknown Unknown Unknown FloridaHanging 59 41 39 2Georgia 60 May 14, 1912 Unknown Unknown Black 61May 17, 1912 Unknown Unknown Unknown Alabama 62 35 34 1 North CarolinaElectrocution 63 May 21, 1912 36 35 White Massachusetts 64 May 22, 1912 23 21 2 Utah Firing squad 65 May 23, 1912 28 26 PennsylvaniaHanging 66May 24, 1912 Unknown Unknown Unknown Black Georgia 67 32 Unknown UnknownWhite Wyoming 68 May 28, 1912 Unknown Unknown 2 New York Electrocution 69May 31, 1912 24 23 1Black AlabamaHanging 70 Unknown Unknown 0Florida 71 Unknown Unknown 72 Unknown Unknown 73 June 6, 1912 25 23 2White Massachusetts Electrocution 74 June 7, 1912 38 37 1 ArkansasHanging 75 June 11, 1912 48 Unknown Unknown Pennsylvania 76June 14, 1912 20 Unknown UnknownBlackVirginiaElectrocution 77 Unknown Unknown 78June 18, 1912 25 23 2WhiteNew York 79 24 22 80June 21, 1912 Unknown Unknown 0Black Arkansas Hanging 81 27 Unknown Unknown North CarolinaElectrocution 82 18 18 0Virginia 83 24 Unknown Unknown 84July 5, 1912 34 33 1ArkansasHanging 85 Unknown Unknown 86July 8, 1912 23 22 WhiteNew YorkElectrocution 87 31 30 Black 88 25 24 White 89 July 9, 1912 29 Unknown UnknownBlack AlabamaHanging 90 July 12, 1912 Unknown Unknown 1 Texas 91July 26, 1912 25 25 0WhiteTennessee 92 19 19 93 August 6, 1912 24 24 Black South Carolina Electrocution 94August 9, 1912 27 27 MarylandHanging 95 39 37 2Texas 96 19 18 1 97August 12, 1912 26 25 WhiteNew YorkElectrocution 98 23 25 Black 99 22 21 White 100 25 24 101 28 27 102 30 29 103 22 21 104 August 13, 1912 55 53 2 Black South Carolina 105 August 14, 1912 28 27 1 White New York 106 August 16, 1912 17 16 FemaleBlack Virginia 107 August 22, 1912 40 Unknown UnknownMale South Carolina 108August 23, 1912 Unknown Unknown Unknown AlabamaHanging 109 Unknown Unknown 0 Georgia 110 August 26, 1912 66 65 1White Tennessee 111 August 30, 1912 34 33 Kentucky Electrocution 112 August 31, 1912 Unknown Unknown ColoradoHanging 113 September 4, 1912 Unknown Unknown 0 Black Tennessee 114September 6, 1912 26 25 1 White Georgia 115 Unknown Unknown Black Louisiana 116 September 16, 1912 21 20 New YorkElectrocution 117 September 17, 1912 31 28 3 White Massachusetts 118 September 20, 1912 25 Unknown Unknown Black South Carolina 119 September 24, 1912 32 27 5White Massachusetts 120 September 26, 1912 19 17 2 Utah Firing squad 121September 27, 1912 55 54 1BlackArkansasHanging 122 Unknown Unknown 123 Unknown Unknown 0Florida 124 Unknown Unknown 125 26 25 1KentuckyElectrocution 126 24 23 127 September 30, 1912 Unknown Unknown UnknownWhite Louisiana Hanging 128 October 1, 1912 27 26 1 South Carolina Electrocution 129 October 16, 1912 45 45 0 Black TexasHanging 130 October 18, 1912 54 54 White Illinois 131 October 24, 1912 27 25 2 Utah Firing squad 132October 25, 1912 17 17 0BlackGeorgiaHanging 133 134November 1, 1912 61 60 1White Arkansas 135 22 21 Connecticut 136 November 4, 1912 62 62 0 New Jersey Electrocution 137November 8, 1912 Unknown Unknown 1Black Georgia Hanging 138 20 20 0 VirginiaElectrocution 139 November 12, 1912 19 Unknown Unknown South Carolina 140 November 15, 1912 46 45 1White Ohio 141November 22, 1912 43 Unknown Unknown California Hanging 142 30 29 1 KentuckyElectrocution 143 36 35 Ohio 144 November 23, 1912 Unknown Unknown Unknown Black FloridaHanging 145November 29, 1912 28 27 1 Native American California 146 40 32 8Black Texas 147 December 4, 1912 26 25 1 Georgia 148December 6, 1912 Unknown UnknownCalifornia 149 44 41 3 Asian 150 Unknown Unknown 0Black Maryland 151December 13, 1912 40 Unknown Unknown Alabama 152 26 25 1 WhiteGeorgia 153 24 Unknown Unknown Black 154 29 28 1WhiteOregon 155 38 38 0 156 42 42 157 30 29 1 158 December 16, 1912 33 32 New York Electrocution 159 December 19, 1912 17 17 0Black TennesseeHanging 160 December 20, 1912 Unknown Unknown Unknown Louisiana 161 December 27, 1912 29 28 1 White California

Demographics Gender Male 160 Female 1 Ethnicity White 80 Black 78 Asian 2 Native American 1 State New York 22 Georgia 17 Arkansas 11 Florida 10 Texas 10 Pennsylvania 9 Louisiana 8 Alabama 7 Illinois 7 Virginia 7 California 6 Kentucky 6 South Carolina 6 Tennessee 6 Massachusetts 5 Oregon 4 Utah 4 New Jersey 3 Connecticut 2 Maryland 2 North Carolina 2 Ohio 2 Colorado 1 Hawaii Territory 1 Missouri 1 Vermont 1 Wyoming 1 Method Hanging 105 Electrocution 53 Firing squad 3 Month January 17 February 14 March 19 April 5 May 17 June 11 July 9 August 20 September 15 October 6 November 13 December 15 Age Unknown 44 10–19 9 20–29 62 30–39 24 40–49 13 50–59 5 60–69 4 Total 161 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 1913 133 1912 161 1911 106 Total 400

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