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List of people executed in the United States in 1912

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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.[1]

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

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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 5, 1912 Charley Harris Unknown Unknown 4 Male Black Arkansas Hanging [1]
2 Elroy Kent 33 30 3 White Vermont [2]
3 January 8, 1912 Philip Mangano 53 50 New York Electrocution [3]
4 January 12, 1912 Walter Bryer Unknown Unknown Unknown Black Alabama Hanging [1]
5 Mark A. Wilkins 62 58 4 White California [4]
6 Cliff Lee Unknown Unknown Unknown Black Louisiana [1]
7 January 13, 1912 Tom Kinnon Unknown Unknown 0 Tennessee [5]
8 January 16, 1912 Kid Glover Unknown Unknown 1 Georgia [6]
9 Eijiro Nakamura 26 Unknown Unknown Asian Hawaii Territory [1]
10 Antonio Luciano 28 Unknown Unknown White New Jersey Electrocution [7]
11 January 26, 1912 Henry Coats Unknown Unknown Unknown Arkansas Hanging [1]
12 John McElvain Unknown Unknown Unknown
13 Sylvester Thomas Unknown Unknown 1 Black
14 Silas Norman Phelps 39 38 White Massachusetts Electrocution [8]
15 January 29, 1912 Albert W. Wolter 20 18 2 New York [9]
16 January 30, 1912 Louis Oleva Johnson Unknown Unknown Black Texas Hanging [1]
17 January 31, 1912 Charles Howard 22 21 1 Kentucky Electrocution [10]
18 February 5, 1912 Charles Swenton 29 27 2 New York [11]
19 February 9, 1912 William Claxton Unknown Unknown Unknown Louisiana Hanging [1]
20 February 16, 1912 Henry Richards Unknown Unknown Unknown Florida
21 Dave Turner 30 Unknown Unknown
22 Thomas Jennings 29 27 2 Illinois [12]
23 Albert Varner 23 22 1 Texas [1]
24 February 17, 1912 Thomas Schultz 24 23 White Illinois [12]
25 Ewald Shiblawski
26 Frank Shiblawski 21 20
27 Phillip Somerling 34 33
28 February 19, 1912 James Lawrence Odom 50 48 2 Alabama [13]
29 February 22, 1912 Will Simms Unknown Unknown 0 Black Georgia [1]
30 Charles West Unknown Unknown 1
31 February 27, 1912 Matthew E. Vanaman 23 22 White Pennsylvania [14]
32 March 5, 1912 Joseph A. Stott 28 27 [15]
33 March 7, 1912 Harry Albert Claybaugh 22 21 [16]
34 March 8, 1912 William B. Walker Unknown Unknown 2 Georgia [1]
35 Claib Dupree Unknown Unknown Unknown Black Louisiana
36 Frank Oteri 30 28 2 White [17]
37 Sam Turner Unknown Unknown Unknown [1]
38 March 12, 1912 Mariano Bellini 25 Unknown Unknown New Jersey Electrocution [18]
39 March 15, 1912 James Barney Compton 33 32 1 Texas Hanging [19]
40 John Williamson 20 Unknown Unknown Black Virginia Electrocution [1]
41 March 18, 1912 Domenico DiPasquale 26 24 2 White New York [20]
42 March 20, 1912 C. Caruso Unknown Unknown Unknown [1]
43 March 26, 1912 Hezekiah Rasco 31 30 1 Missouri Hanging [21]
44 Henry Brent 43 42 Black Pennsylvania [22]
45 March 28, 1912 Joseph Polachinus 22 19 3 White [23]
46 March 29, 1912 Andrea Tanganelli 26 25 1 Connecticut [24]
47 Will Bell Unknown Unknown 0 Black Georgia [1]
48 Hezekiah Stevens Unknown Unknown 1
49 Dan McCline 26 25 Texas [25]
50 March 31, 1912 James Wilton Mensberger Unknown Unknown White Illinois [1]
51 April 13, 1912 Charlie McClennan 25 23 2 Black Texas [26]
52 April 19, 1912 Willard P. Richardson 38 38 0 White Kentucky Electrocution [27]
53 April 25, 1912 Leonidas W. Gilbert Unknown Unknown 1 Black Pennsylvania Hanging [28]
54 April 30, 1912 William F. Reed 42 41 White [29]
55 Frank J. J. Morris 44 43 Utah [30]
56 May 3, 1912 William Alexander 24 23 Florida [1]
57 May 6, 1912 Salvatore Candido 27 25 2 New York Electrocution [31]
58 May 10, 1912 Henry Horee Unknown Unknown Unknown Florida Hanging [1]
59 Edward B. Alford 41 39 2 Georgia [32]
60 May 14, 1912 Tom McCrary Unknown Unknown Black [33]
61 May 17, 1912 John Sims Unknown Unknown Unknown Alabama [34]
62 Brad Bagley 35 34 1 North Carolina Electrocution [35]
63 May 21, 1912 Clarence Virgil Thompson Richeson 36 35 White Massachusetts [36]
64 May 22, 1912 Julius C. E. Szirmay 23 21 2 Utah Firing squad [37]
65 May 23, 1912 Antonio Romezzo 28 26 Pennsylvania Hanging [38]
66 May 24, 1912 Lige Burdine Unknown Unknown Unknown Black Georgia [1]
67 Joseph V. Seng 32 Unknown Unknown White Wyoming [39]
68 May 28, 1912 Nicolo Consuli Unknown Unknown 2 New York Electrocution [1]
69 May 31, 1912 Phillip Travis 24 23 1 Black Alabama Hanging [40]
70 Eugene Baxter Unknown Unknown 0 Florida [41]
71 Steve Johnson Unknown Unknown
72 Tom White Unknown Unknown
73 June 6, 1912 Enrico "Harry Marshall" Mascioli 25 23 2 White Massachusetts Electrocution [42]
74 June 7, 1912 William Thomas Nichols 38 37 1 Arkansas Hanging [1]
75 June 11, 1912 Jan Ribarik 48 Unknown Unknown Pennsylvania [43]
76 June 14, 1912 John Furby 20 Unknown Unknown Black Virginia Electrocution [1]
77 William Pierce Unknown Unknown
78 June 18, 1912 Ralph Friedman 25 23 2 White New York [44]
79 Jacob Kuhn 24 22
80 June 21, 1912 Tim Powell Unknown Unknown 0 Black Arkansas Hanging [1]
81 G.G. Wilkins 27 Unknown Unknown North Carolina Electrocution [45]
82 Byrd Jackson 18 18 0 Virginia [46]
83 Clarence Nixon 24 Unknown Unknown
84 July 5, 1912 Dink Jackson 34 33 1 Arkansas Hanging [1]
85 Andrew Reed Unknown Unknown
86 July 8, 1912 Giuseppe Cerelli 23 22 White New York Electrocution [47]
87 George Williams 31 30 Black [1]
88 Santo Zanza 25 24 White
89 July 9, 1912 Frank Richardson 29 Unknown Unknown Black Alabama Hanging [48]
90 July 12, 1912 John Henry Unknown Unknown 1 Texas [1]
91 July 26, 1912 John Bailey 25 25 0 White Tennessee [49]
92 George Shelton 19 19
93 August 6, 1912 William Reed 24 24 Black South Carolina Electrocution [50]
94 August 9, 1912 Andrew Taylor 27 27 Maryland Hanging [1]
95 Wood Maxey 39 37 2 Texas [51]
96 Sellars Vines 19 18 1
97 August 12, 1912 Lorenzo Cali 26 25 White New York Electrocution [52]
98 John W. Collins 23 25 Black
99 Vincenzo Cona 22 21 White
100 Filippo DeMarco 25 24
101 Salvatore DeMarco 28 27
102 Joseph Ferrone 30 29
103 Angelo Giusto 22 21
104 August 13, 1912 Alex Weldon 55 53 2 Black South Carolina [53]
105 August 14, 1912 John Maruszewski 28 27 1 White New York [54]
106 August 16, 1912 Virginia Christian 17 16 Female Black Virginia [55]
107 August 22, 1912 John Cole 40 Unknown Unknown Male South Carolina [1]
108 August 23, 1912 Armistead White Unknown Unknown Unknown Alabama Hanging
109 Mack Strickland Unknown Unknown 0 Georgia [56]
110 August 26, 1912 George Washington Rose 66 65 1 White Tennessee [57]
111 August 30, 1912 Cal Miracle 34 33 Kentucky Electrocution [58]
112 August 31, 1912 Lewis J. Wechter Unknown Unknown Colorado Hanging [59]
113 September 4, 1912 Sid Dunlap Unknown Unknown 0 Black Tennessee [1]
114 September 6, 1912 John Hegwood 26 25 1 White Georgia [60]
115 James Max Unknown Unknown Black Louisiana [61]
116 September 16, 1912 James Williams 21 20 New York Electrocution [62]
117 September 17, 1912 Bertram Gager Spencer 31 28 3 White Massachusetts [63]
118 September 20, 1912 Edward Alexander 25 Unknown Unknown Black South Carolina [1]
119 September 24, 1912 Chester Stanton Jordan 32 27 5 White Massachusetts [64]
120 September 26, 1912 Harry Thorne 19 17 2 Utah Firing squad [65]
121 September 27, 1912 Amos Spinks 55 54 1 Black Arkansas Hanging [66]
122 Harvey Woods Unknown Unknown [1]
123 Caine Perry Unknown Unknown 0 Florida [67]
124 Fortune Perry Unknown Unknown
125 Charles Smith 26 25 1 Kentucky Electrocution [68]
126 James Smith 24 23
127 September 30, 1912 Dan Lewis Unknown Unknown Unknown White Louisiana Hanging [1]
128 October 1, 1912 Samuel N. Hyde 27 26 1 South Carolina Electrocution [69]
129 October 16, 1912 Sam Jones 45 45 0 Black Texas Hanging [1]
130 October 18, 1912 George Leopold Engel 54 54 White Illinois [70]
131 October 24, 1912 Thomas Riley 27 25 2 Utah Firing squad [71]
132 October 25, 1912 Oscar Daniels 17 17 0 Black Georgia Hanging [72]
133 Ernest Knox
134 November 1, 1912 Ferdinand F. Glaubitz 61 60 1 White Arkansas [73]
135 George R. Redding Jr. 22 21 Connecticut [74]
136 November 4, 1912 Alexander Kompovic 62 62 0 New Jersey Electrocution [75]
137 November 8, 1912 Jack Baldwin Unknown Unknown 1 Black Georgia Hanging [76]
138 Herbert Peyton 20 20 0 Virginia Electrocution [77]
139 November 12, 1912 Clinton Glover 19 Unknown Unknown South Carolina [78]
140 November 15, 1912 Rocco Klawetch 46 45 1 White Ohio [79]
141 November 22, 1912 Alex Szafscur 43 Unknown Unknown California Hanging [80]
142 James Harlan Ellis 30 29 1 Kentucky Electrocution [81]
143 Dominic Salvaggio 36 35 Ohio [82]
144 November 23, 1912 Robert Anderson Unknown Unknown Unknown Black Florida Hanging [1]
145 November 29, 1912 Edward Williams 28 27 1 Native American California [83]
146 Burrell Oates 40 32 8 Black Texas [84]
147 December 4, 1912 Oscar Clyde 26 25 1 Georgia [85]
148 December 6, 1912 Edward Delehantie Unknown Unknown California [86]
149 Willie Louis 44 41 3 Asian [87]
150 Wesley Miles Unknown Unknown 0 Black Maryland [88]
151 December 13, 1912 Charles White 40 Unknown Unknown Alabama [1]
152 Robert Lee Clay 26 25 1 White Georgia [89]
153 Noble Walker 24 Unknown Unknown Black [90]
154 Thomas Noble Joseph Faulder 29 28 1 White Oregon [91]
155 Frank S. Garrison 38 38 0
156 Michael Morgan 42 42
157 H.E. Roberts 30 29 1
158 December 16, 1912 Matteo Dell'Omo 33 32 New York Electrocution [92]
159 December 19, 1912 Leo Temple 17 17 0 Black Tennessee Hanging [93]
160 December 20, 1912 John Williams Unknown Unknown Unknown Louisiana [1]
161 December 27, 1912 John S. Rogers 29 28 1 White California [94]
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Demographics

More information Gender, Ethnicity ...
Gender
Male 160 99%
Female 1 1%
Ethnicity
White 80 50%
Black 78 48%
Asian 2 1%
Native American 1 1%
State
New York 22 14%
Georgia 17 11%
Arkansas 11 7%
Florida 10 6%
Texas 10 6%
Pennsylvania 9 6%
Louisiana 8 5%
Alabama 7 4%
Illinois 7 4%
Virginia 7 4%
California 6 4%
Kentucky 6 4%
South Carolina 6 4%
Tennessee 6 4%
Massachusetts 5 3%
Oregon 4 2%
Utah 4 2%
New Jersey 3 2%
Connecticut 2 1%
Maryland 2 1%
North Carolina 2 1%
Ohio 2 1%
Colorado 1 1%
Hawaii Territory 1 1%
Missouri 1 1%
Vermont 1 1%
Wyoming 1 1%
Method
Hanging 105 65%
Electrocution 53 33%
Firing squad 3 2%
Month
January 17 11%
February 14 9%
March 19 12%
April 5 3%
May 17 11%
June 11 7%
July 9 6%
August 20 12%
September 15 9%
October 6 4%
November 13 8%
December 15 9%
Age
Unknown 44 27%
10–19 9 6%
20–29 62 39%
30–39 24 15%
40–49 13 8%
50–59 5 3%
60–69 4 2%
Total 161 100%
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Executions in recent years

More information Number of executions, Total ...
Number of executions
1913 133
1912 161
1911 106
Total 400
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