List of people executed in the United States in 1900

Ninety-nine people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1900, ninety-five by hanging, and four by electrocution.

List of people executed in the United States in 1900 Date of execution Name Age Gender Ethnicity State Method 1 January 3, 1900 Edward Cressinger 19 Male White Pennsylvania Hanging 2 January 5, 1900 Go See 47 Asian California 3 Charley Wilson — Black South Carolina 4 Zachariah Singleton — 5 January 6, 1900 Antonio Flores — Hispanic Texas 6 Geronimo Para — 7 January 8, 1900 George Smiley — White Arizona 8 January 9, 1900 James Eagen — Pennsylvania 9 Cornelius Shew — 10 William Wasco 34 11 January 11, 1900 Robert W. Brown — Black 12 January 12, 1900 Charley Wilson — Georgia 13 Ellis Misebel — Texas 14 January 16, 1900 William Patterson — Pennsylvania 15 January 19, 1900 Philip Denson — Georgia 16 January 24, 1900 Samuel Peter Meyers — White Pennsylvania 17 February 2, 1900 William G. Magers 26 Oregon 18 February 8, 1900 William Truesdale — Black North Carolina 19 George St. Clair — Pennsylvania 20 February 9, 1900 Will Golson 28 Alabama 21 Sam Wright — Louisiana 22 James K. Brown — New Jersey 23 February 10, 1900 Reuben Ross — North Carolina 24 February 15, 1900 George Weeks — Pennsylvania 25 Thomas Brennen — White 26 February 23, 1900 Handy Davis — Black Louisiana 27 February 26, 1900 Antonio Ferraro 37 White New York Electrocution 28 March 2, 1900 Will Leonard — Black Georgia Hanging 29 Charles Brown — Louisiana 30 John Green — 31 March 9, 1900 Wayman King 38 Florida 32 Thomas Nathaniel — Louisiana 33 Edward Williams — New Jersey 34 Willie Jones 28 Texas 35 March 15, 1900 John Taylor — North Carolina 36 Robert Fortune — 37 March 16, 1900 King Martin — Texas 38 March 18, 1900 William Wallace Calder 25 White Montana 39 March 23, 1900 Nevison Morris 30 Black Texas 40 Frank White — 41 March 29, 1900 Joseph C. Hurst — White Montana 42 March 30, 1900 George Webster 28 Washington 43 April 2, 1900 Allen Fuller — Black Georgia 44 April 6, 1900 King Goosby 16 45 Lewis Goosby 14 46 William Pepo 48 White Montana 47 Albert Michaud — Washington 48 April 16, 1900 Bob McKinney — Black Texas 49 April 20, 1900 Homer Crawford — Georgia 50 April 23, 1900 Joaquin Eslabe 29 Native American California 51 April 25, 1900 Bill Brown — White Tennessee 52 Sonny Crain 40 Black 53 John C. Watson 58 White 54 May 7, 1900 James Nettles — Black Missouri 55 Henry Brown 18 Texas 56 May 8, 1900 Edward Clifford — Unknown New Jersey 57 May 18, 1900 Walter Gordon — Black Alabama 58 Beauty Ingram 18 59 Elbert Curry — 60 May 21, 1900 Fritz Meyer 46 White New York Electrocution 61 May 23, 1900 Frank Krause — Pennsylvania Hanging 62 June 1, 1900 Jose P. Ruiz — Hispanic New Mexico 63 June 5, 1900 William Hummel — White Pennsylvania 64 June 15, 1900 Ernest B. Clevenger — Unknown Missouri 65 June 18, 1900 Sid Spears — Black Texas 66 June 29, 1900 Thomas W. Flannelly 31 White California 67 Benjamin Hill Snell 42 Washington D.C 68 July 6, 1900 Nelson Vale 59 Black 69 July 20, 1900 Charles B. Cross 18 White Connecticut 70 July 23, 1900 Joseph Mullen 23 New York Electrocution 71 July 27, 1900 John Renfro — Texas Hanging 72 August 3, 1900 Amos B. Smith — Black Maryland 73 August 17, 1900 Dillard Herndon — Unknown Georgia 74 August 28, 1900 Hiram Sharp 51 White 75 August 31, 1900 William Black — Black Maryland 76 Thomas Jones — North Carolina 77 September 1, 1900 Sam Robinson 22 Georgia 78 September 14, 1900 Daniel Lucey 42 White Montana 79 Ira O. Jenkins — Unknown North Dakota 80 Hans Thorp — White 81 September 19, 1900 Henderson House — Black Tennessee 82 September 27, 1900 Dillard Warren — White 83 September 28, 1900 Archie Kinsauls 35 North Carolina 84 October 5, 1900 Coleman Gillespie 20 Oregon 85 October 26, 1900 Warby Wine — Black South Carolina 86 October 29, 1900 William Branch — Georgia 87 November 9, 1900 Frank Funk 25 White Washington, D.C. 88 Richard Gardner 25 Black Ohio Electrocution 89 November 15, 1900 Isaac Birriola 55 White Pennsylvania Hanging 90 November 16, 1900 William Halderman 24 Arizona 91 Thomas Halderman 22 92 Santiago Ortiz 23 Hispanic 93 William Sullivan 40 White California 94 November 19, 1900 George Puttman 25 95 November 22, 1900 William Simms — Unknown Pennsylvania 96 December 13, 1900 William Woodson — Black Virginia 97 December 21, 1900 John Owens — White Illinois 98 John Holden — Black Virginia 99 December 28, 1900 Sylvester Griffin —

Demographics Gender Male 99 Female 0 Ethnicity Unknown 5 Black 51 White 37 Hispanic 4 Asian 1 Native American 1 State Pennsylvania 14 Georgia 11 Texas 11 North Carolina 6 California 5 Louisiana 5 Tennessee 5 Alabama 4 Arizona 4 Montana 4 District of Columbia 3 New Jersey 3 New York 3 South Carolina 3 Virginia 3 Maryland 2 Missouri 2 North Dakota 2 Oregon 2 Washington 2 Connecticut 1 Florida 1 Illinois 1 New Mexico 1 Ohio 1 Method Hanging 95 Electrocution 4 Month January 16 February 11 March 15 April 11 May 8 June 6 July 4 August 5 September 7 October 3 November 9 December 4 Age Unknown 61 14–19 6 20–29 15 30–39 6 40–49 7 50–59 4 Total 99 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 1899 129 1900 99 1901 113 Total 341

See also Lists of people executed in the United States

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