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List of people executed in the United States in 1908

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One hundred and sixteen people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1908, one hundred and three by hanging, and thirteen by electrocution.[1]

List of people executed in the United States in 1908

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No. Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref.
At execution At offense Age difference
1 January 3, 1908 Clarence Sturgeon 22 21 1 Male White Kentucky Hanging [2]
2 Lee H. Coleman Unknown Unknown 0 Louisiana [3]
3 Faint Hopkins Unknown Unknown 1 Black Mississippi [4]
4 Henry "Will Washington" Turner Unknown Unknown 5
5 January 11, 1908 Peter W. Turner 37 36 1 Tennessee [5]
6 January 17, 1908 Frank Barker 31 27 4 White Nebraska [6]
7 January 18, 1908 George Kenny 19 18 1 Black South Carolina [7]
8 January 23, 1908 Saverio Curcio 20 2 White Pennsylvania [8]
9 January 31, 1908 Arthur Price Glover 55 53 Georgia [9]
10 February 4, 1908 George James Stewart 22 21 1 Black New Jersey Electrocution [10]
11 February 4, 1908 John Culpepper Unknown Unknown Louisiana Hanging [11]
12 Calvin Thomas Unknown Unknown
13 Albert West Unknown Unknown
14 Edmond Williams Unknown Unknown
15 February 10, 1908 Henry Thaxton Unknown Unknown 2 Alabama [12]
16 February 14, 1908 Charles Summerlin Unknown Unknown 0 Georgia [13]
17 Wes Summerlin Unknown Unknown
18 George Midgets Unknown Unknown 2 Virginia [14]
19 February 20, 1908 William H. Handy 32 31 1 Pennsylvania [15]
20 William H. Johnson Unknown Unknown Unknown
21 February 25, 1908 Willie Rogers 25 23 2 White Georgia [16]
22 Gilbert Matticks 45 44 1 Black New Jersey Electrocution [17]
23 February 27, 1908 John Carmack 29 27 2 Tennessee Hanging [18]
24 Edward Turner 24 23 1 White [19]
25 February 28, 1908 Lee Holmes 29 28 Black Georgia [1]
26 Edward A. Wilson Maryland [20]
27 March 3, 1908 George Wilson 37 37 0 New Jersey Electrocution [21]
28 March 5, 1908 Luigi Ferruchi 19 17 2 White Pennsylvania Hanging [1]
29 March 9, 1908 Michael Tomassi 25 24 1 New Jersey Electrocution [22]
30 Antonio Strollo 24 22 2 New York [23]
31 March 10, 1908 Jung Jow 27 25 Asian Pennsylvania Hanging [24]
32 Mock Kung
33 March 12, 1908 Morris B. Holmes 19 18 1 White [25]
34 Charles Werzel 33 32 [26]
35 March 18, 1908 Andrew Johnson Unknown Unknown 0 Black Georgia [27]
36 March 20, 1908 Mack Brown Unknown Unknown [1]
37 Ingram Canida 20 19 1 [28]
38 March 23, 1908 Joseph Paolucci 31 29 2 White District of Columbia [29]
39 John McPherson 26 24 Tennessee [30]
40 March 27, 1908 John H. Brown 31 30 1 Black Texas [31]
41 March 30, 1908 Chester Ellsworth Gillette 24 22 2 White New York Electrocution [32]
42 April 7, 1908 Max Soifer 21 20 1 Pennsylvania Hanging [33]
43 Joseph Talrico Unknown Unknown
44 April 9, 1908 Warrick Brooks 29 Unknown Unknown Black [34]
45 April 10, 1908 Leo C. Thurman 25 23 2 White Virginia [35]
46 April 16, 1908 Sam Murchison Unknown Unknown 0 Black North Carolina [36]
47 April 17, 1908 Robert Golatt 42 Unknown Unknown Georgia [37]
48 April 24, 1908 Tobe Stevens Unknown Unknown 0 Louisiana [1]
49 April 28, 1908 William Smith 42 41 1 White Pennsylvania [38]
50 May 1, 1908 Arthella C. DuBose Unknown Unknown Unknown Black Alabama [1]
51 Gaddy Graham 35 34 1 South Carolina [39]
52 Ned Toland 19 19 0 [40]
53 Brack Toland 17 17
54 May 5, 1908 Frank Paese 39 38 1 White Pennsylvania [41]
55 Dominic Ramunno Unknown Unknown 2 [42]
56 May 8, 1908 Henry Campbell 54 54 0 Black Georgia [1]
57 May 15, 1908 Porter Cooper Unknown Unknown [43]
58 May 26, 1908 Peter Celop 22 21 1 White Pennsylvania [44]
59 Felix Radzius 19 18 [45]
60 May 29, 1908 James Bennett Cason 35 34 Texas [1]
61 June 2, 1908 Orrin Warren "Ora" Odell 39 37 2 Pennsylvania [46]
62 June 4, 1908 William Jeffries 28 24 4 Missouri [47]
63 June 12, 1908 Frank Ford 26 25 1 Black Oklahoma [48]
64 June 15, 1908 George J. Rock 35 35 0 White Montana [49]
65 June 19, 1908 Sonnie Williams Unknown Unknown 1 Black Georgia [50]
66 June 20, 1908 Tom Jones Unknown Unknown 0 Texas [51]
67 June 23, 1908 Harry E. Lyles 27 26 1 White Georgia [52]
68 June 28, 1908 Henry "Monk" Gibson 19 16 3 Black Texas [53]
69 June 29, 1908 Albert Brown 23 23 0 District of Columbia [1]
70 Richard Gregory 37 36 1
71 July 1, 1908 John Washelesky 32 27 5 White Connecticut [54]
72 July 2, 1908 Willis Macklin Unknown Unknown 2 Black Texas [55]
73 July 14, 1908 Rosario Sergi 18 16 White Pennsylvania [1]
74 July 15, 1908 Giuseppe Alia 56 56 0 Colorado [56]
75 July 17, 1908 Edward "Frank Johnson" Walton Unknown Unknown Black West Virginia [57]
76 July 20, 1908 Angelo Laudiero 27 25 2 White New York Electrocution [58]
77 Charles H. Rogers 38 35 3
78 July 24, 1908 Lorenzo Rossi 31 31 0 Connecticut Hanging [1]
79 July 31, 1908 Louis V. Dabner 18 17 1 California [59]
80 John Siemsen 28 26 2
81 James Williams 27 27 0 Black Texas [1]
82 August 1, 1908 Frank Mitchell Unknown Unknown Unknown [60]
83 August 8, 1908 Henry Johnson 19 18 1 Tennessee [1]
84 August 18, 1908 Mikola Holka 20 19 White Pennsylvania
85 August 28, 1908 Delfine Albitre 27 25 2 Hispanic California [61]
86 John Hopkins 38 38 0 White Oklahoma [1]
87 September 11, 1908 Constantino Borsei 27 27 California [62]
88 Neal Ryals 42 41 1 Black Georgia [63]
89 Lee Strother Unknown Unknown Unknown Virginia [64]
90 September 21, 1908 Albert Filley 33 32 1 White Missouri [65]
91 September 22, 1908 Ned Bowles Unknown Unknown Unknown Black Mississippi [66]
92 Jim Burleson Unknown Unknown Unknown
93 October 8, 1908 James Lynn 50 50 0 Colorado [67]
94 October 9, 1908 Leon Harrison 23 23 Georgia [68]
95 October 13, 1908 Henry Smith 22 Unknown Unknown Virginia Electrocution [69]
96 October 15, 1908 Jim Bennett 23 23 0 Georgia Hanging [70]
97 October 23, 1908 Joe James 17 17 Illinois [71]
98 Edward Ayles Unknown Unknown 1 Louisiana
99 Robert Hall Unknown Unknown Unknown
100 Edward Honore Unknown Unknown Unknown
101 Ernest Montgomery 31 Unknown Unknown
102 Jacques Pierre Unknown Unknown Unknown
103 October 29, 1908 Salvatore Garrito Unknown Unknown 1 White Pennsylvania [72]
104 Richard McKwayne 24 23 Black [73]
105 October 30, 1908 Winston Green 17 17 0 Virginia Electrocution [74]
106 November 16, 1908 Andrea Del Vermo 24 22 2 White New York [75]
107 November 20, 1908 Lewis Fletcher Unknown Unknown 0 Black North Carolina Hanging [76]
108 November 27, 1908 Will Herring Unknown Unknown South Carolina [1]
109 November 28, 1908 William Sobert Brasch 25 23 2 White New York Electrocution [77]
110 December 11, 1908 George Joiner 21 21 0 Black Georgia Hanging [1]
111 Will Johnson Unknown Unknown Oklahoma [78]
112 December 18, 1908 Frank Bryant 26 26 White Illinois [79]
113 Will Graham 19 Unknown Unknown Black North Carolina [80]
114 December 21, 1908 John Zett 48 48 0 White Connecticut [81]
115 December 22, 1908 Giacinto Ricci 35 35 New Jersey Electrocution [82]
116 December 28, 1908 Fletcher Willis Unknown Unknown Black Georgia Hanging [83]
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Demographics

More information Gender, Ethnicity ...
Gender
Male 116 100%
Female 0 0%
Ethnicity
Black 67 58%
White 46 40%
Asian 2 2%
Hispanic 1 1%
State
Pennsylvania 21 18%
Georgia 18 16%
Louisiana 11 9%
Texas 7 6%
New York 6 5%
New Jersey 5 4%
South Carolina 5 4%
Tennessee 5 4%
Virginia 5 4%
California 4 3%
Mississippi 4 3%
Connecticut 3 3%
District of Columbia 3 3%
North Carolina 3 3%
Oklahoma 3 3%
Alabama 2 2%
Colorado 2 2%
Illinois 2 2%
Missouri 2 2%
Kentucky 1 1%
Maryland 1 1%
Montana 1 1%
Nebraska 1 1%
West Virginia 1 1%
Method
Hanging 103 89%
Electrocution 13 11%
Month
January 9 8%
February 17 15%
March 15 13%
April 8 7%
May 11 9%
June 10 9%
July 11 9%
August 5 4%
September 6 5%
October 13 11%
November 4 3%
December 7 6%
Age
Unknown 37 32%
10–19 13 11%
20–29 37 32%
30–39 20 17%
40–49 5 4%
50–59 4 3%
Total 116 100%
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Executions in recent years

More information Number of executions, Total ...
Number of executions
1909 138
1908 116
1907 119
Total 373
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