List of people executed in the United States in 1928

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One hundred and forty-five people, one hundred and forty-four male and one female, were executed in the United States in 1928, one hundred and eight by electrocution and thirty-seven by hanging.[1]

Kentucky carried out a mass execution of seven people, which ties with a seven-fold execution in New York in 1912 for the largest mass execution by electrocution in U.S. history.[2]

List of people executed in the United States in 1928

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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, 1928 Charles J. Doran 23 22 1 Male White New York Electrocution [3]
2 Louis Mason 24 23 Black
3 January 6, 1928 Floyd Allen Hewitt 17 16 White Ohio [4]
4 January 9, 1928 John Coverson 18 17 Black [5]
5 Raymond Winter 32 29 3 White Pennsylvania [6]
6 William Meyers Unknown Unknown 1
7 January 12, 1928 May Ruth Snyder 32 31 Female New York [7]
8 Henry Judd Gray 35 34 Male
9 January 13, 1928 Garfield Fuller 44 44 0 Black Georgia [1]
10 January 20, 1928 Albert Quinn 25 24 1 [8]
11 January 23, 1928 Leon Scovern 20 18 2 White Pennsylvania [9]
12 January 25, 1928 Ben H. Fowler 35 34 1 Tennessee [10]
13 Shirley Winningham 25 25 0 Black Virginia [11]
14 January 27, 1928 Byron Dunn Unknown Unknown 3 White Louisiana Hanging [12]
15 February 3, 1928 Wesley Homer Swain 42 42 0 West Virginia [13]
16 February 10, 1928 Aaron Ray 32 31 1 Black Louisiana [1]
17 George Jefferson Hassell 39 38 White Texas Electrocution [14]
18 Robert Lee Benton 24 23 Black
19 February 15, 1928 Manuel Lopez 41 40 Hispanic Washington Hanging [15]
20 February 17, 1928 David Devlin 22 21 Black North Carolina Electrocution [16]
21 February 20, 1928 Frank Arnold 47 45 2 Pennsylvania [17]
22 Frank Edward Lockett 33 31
23 February 21, 1928 Robert Coates 36 36 0 Georgia [18]
24 February 24, 1928 Eugene Huggins 22 22 Mississippi Hanging [19]
25 Marion Walton 24 24
26 February 28, 1928 Jerry Gedzium 21 18 3 White Massachusetts Electrocution [20]
27 March 1, 1928 Philip Ecker 20 1 New York [21]
28 March 9, 1928 John T. Burchfield 26 25 Alabama [1]
29 Charlie Washington 30 28 2 Black
30 Joseph Genna 23 22 1 White Louisiana Hanging [22]
31 Molton Brasseaux 26 24 2
32 March 13, 1928 Herbert J. Gleason 21 19 Massachusetts Electrocution [23]
33 March 15, 1928 Eddie Peppers 21 0 Black Ohio [24]
34 March 30, 1928 Willie Eutsey 20 1 Arkansas [25]
35 Will McKenzie 55 54
36 Jasper Raymond Noakes 22 20 2 White Colorado Hanging [26]
37 Arthur Alonzo Osborn 21 1
38 Andrew Jack Brady 33 Unknown Unknown Black West Virginia [27]
39 April 6, 1928 Isiah Brooks 18 18 0 Alabama Electrocution [1]
40 Frank D. Baldwin 22 18 4 New York [28]
41 April 10, 1928 John Grzyb 20 2 White Indiana [1]
42 April 12, 1928 Willie Ben Fisher 31 29 Black Texas [29]
43 April 18, 1928 Henry Ellis 25 24 1 Georgia [30]
44 April 19, 1928 Charles Itzak Birger 47 45 2 White Illinois Hanging [31]
45 April 20, 1928 Matthew Seminary 31 30 1 Louisiana [32]
46 Ellsworth Kelley 32 29 3 Oregon [33]
47 James Willos 30 27
48 April 23, 1928 Rodger Loftus Unknown Unknown 2 Black Pennsylvania Electrocution [34]
49 Marko Matakovich 35 34 1 White
50 April 27, 1928 Clarence O. Thomas 24 23 Black North Carolina [35]
51 May 4, 1928 Willard Clinton Shannon 27 25 2 White California Hanging [36]
52 Edgar Price 24 22 Black Georgia Electrocution [1]
53 May 11, 1928 Clarence Kelly 23 21 White California Hanging [37]
54 May 18, 1928 James E. Grant 26 25 1 Black Georgia Electrocution [1]
55 Burn Gray 36 Unknown Unknown Virginia
56 May 25, 1928 John Clyburn 22 21 1 North Carolina [38]
57 May 29, 1928 Philip Jackson 30 29 District of Columbia [39]
58 May 31, 1928 John Fisher Unknown Unknown Unknown Mississippi Hanging [1]
59 June 1, 1928 George Yarrow 28 27 1 White New Jersey Electrocution [40]
60 Lawrence Davenport 22 21 Black Texas [41]
61 June 8, 1928 Charlie Hicks 21 20 Georgia [42]
62 June 13, 1928 Robert Carlton Pittman 26 24 2 Florida [43]
63 June 15, 1928 Robert Shelton Unknown Unknown Unknown Alabama [44]
64 Hines Loftin Unknown Unknown Unknown Mississippi Hanging [45]
65 June 19, 1928 Will Terrell 22 21 1 Tennessee Electrocution [46]
66 June 21, 1928 Wilmot Leroy Wagner 25 24 White New York [47]
67 June 22, 1928 By W. L. Sam 27 25 2 Asian Arizona Hanging [48]
68 Shew Chin 23 21
69 Jew Har 30 28
70 Gee King Long
71 Nicholas Lee Eagles 31 30 1 White District of Columbia Electrocution [49]
72 Samuel Moreno 21 19 2
73 John Cline Proctor 19 17
74 June 28, 1928 Robert Jones 22 21 1 Black Georgia [1]
75 June 29, 1928 Walter Wigger 31 29 2 White Oklahoma [50]
76 Theodore Bruster 21 20 1 Black
77 Willie O'Neil 27 24 3
78 July 5, 1928 James Coleman 18 18 0 Ohio [51]
79 William Henry Wilson 19 19
80 July 6, 1928 Harold A. Hammond 36 35 1 White Georgia [52]
81 Medie Neely McCloud 29 28 Black
82 July 10, 1928 Sinner Brown Unknown Unknown Arkansas [53]
83 July 13, 1928 Sam B. Gower 45 45 0 White Georgia [54]
84 Preddis Taylor 33 32 1 Black
85 Milford Lawson 35 33 2 White Kentucky [55]
86 Orlando Seymour 21 19
87 Hascue Dockery 22 20
88 Charles Paul Mitra 22 21 1
89 William Moore 45 43 2 Black
90 James Howard 22 43
91 Clarence McQueen 38 36
92 Greene Kirk 39 39 0 Mississippi Hanging [56]
93 Will Burdo Unknown Unknown 1
94 July 17, 1928 Nathan Desatnick 24 23 White Massachusetts Electrocution [57]
95 July 19, 1928 Joseph Lefkowitz 31 30 New York [58]
96 July 20, 1928 Rodell Peoples 27 27 0 Black Alabama [1]
97 July 27, 1928 James Washington 19 Unknown Unknown Virginia
98 July 30, 1928 Joseph Kameniski Jr. 20 20 0 White Pennsylvania [59]
99 August 2, 1928 Ludwig Halverson Lie 39 38 1 New York [60]
100 August 3, 1928 Jim Hugh Moss 31 30 Black Georgia [61]
101 Clifford F. Thompson 23 22 White
102 Charles P. Carey 28 27 Maryland Hanging [62]
103 Benjamin F. Spragins
104 Garrett Thomas 32 31 Black Texas Electrocution [63]
105 August 9, 1928 George Appel 41 40 White New York [64]
106 Daniel J. Graham Jr. 26 25
107 Alexander Kalinowski 50 49
108 August 10, 1928 Emmett Lurly Bailey 38 37 Washington Hanging [65]
109 Lawrence Charles Fike 31 30 West Virginia [66]
110 August 17, 1928 Mark Dowell 24 23 California [67]
111 August 22, 1928 Henry Brown 37 37 0 Black Tennessee Electrocution [1]
112 August 28, 1928 Will Vaughn Unknown Unknown 2 Florida [68]
113 August 30, 1928 Martin Luther Miller 32 32 0 New York [69]
114 August 31, 1928 Wallace Cloyce Gaines 47 45 2 White Washington Hanging [70]
115 September 4, 1928 Melvin Johnson 26 25 1 Black Florida Electrocution [1]
116 September 7, 1928 Clemente Rodriguez 22 21 Hispanic Texas [71]
117 Esquiel Servina 21 20
118 September 10, 1928 Pete Robinson 30 Unknown Unknown Black Arkansas [1]
119 September 18, 1928 Paul Crumpler 29 29 0 Florida
120 September 25, 1928 James Turner 27 26 1
121 September 28, 1928 Larry Newsome 22 21 North Carolina [72]
122 O.T. Alexander 40 39 Texas [73]
123 Tom Ross 35 34
124 October 1, 1928 William R. Phillips 34 34 0 White Pennsylvania [74]
125 Jesse G. Parker 21 21
126 October 9, 1928 George Davis 25 Unknown Unknown Black Florida [1]
127 October 10, 1928 Charles Shader 21 19 2 White Illinois Hanging [75]
128 October 19, 1928 William Edward Hickman 20 1 California [76]
129 John Burke 23 Unknown Unknown Black Mississippi [1]
130 Frank Ewing Sharp 51 49 2 White Nebraska Electrocution [77]
131 October 23, 1928 Herbert Harvey 21 20 1 Black Florida [1]
132 October 30, 1928 Roosevelt Kirkland 25 24
133 November 16, 1928 Hopkins Watkins 27 Unknown Unknown Maryland Hanging [78]
134 November 26, 1928 Charles Lovell 46 46 0 White Pennsylvania Electrocution [79]
135 November 30, 1928 Charles J. "Stanley" Hoppe 26 26 Ohio [80]
136 John Rucker 46 45 1 Black
137 December 3, 1928 Rogers Dilsworth Unknown Unknown 3 Pennsylvania [81]
138 December 7, 1928 John Joseph Malone 30 29 1 White California Hanging [82]
139 December 14, 1928 Robert Percy Lofton 35 32 3 Mississippi [83]
140 Thomas Moran 22 20 2 New York Electrocution [84]
141 December 15, 1928 Dominick Bressette 33 33 0 Native American Illinois [85]
142 John Brown 32 32 Black
143 Claude Clarke 48 48
144 December 19, 1928 Richard Henry Sheppard 56 55 1 Native American Georgia [86]
145 December 31, 1928 Wray Wormsley 24 23 Black Pennsylvania [87]
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Demographics

More information Gender, Ethnicity ...
Gender
Male 144 99%
Female 1 1%
Ethnicity
Black 73 50%
White 63 43%
Asian 4 3%
Hispanic 3 2%
Native American 2 1%
State
Georgia 15 10%
New York 14 10%
Pennsylvania 13 9%
Texas 9 6%
Florida 8 6%
Mississippi 8 6%
Kentucky 7 5%
Ohio 7 5%
Alabama 5 3%
California 5 3%
Illinois 5 3%
Louisiana 5 3%
Arizona 4 3%
Arkansas 4 3%
District of Columbia 4 3%
North Carolina 4 3%
Maryland 3 2%
Massachusetts 3 2%
Oklahoma 3 2%
Tennessee 3 2%
Virginia 3 2%
Washington 3 2%
West Virginia 3 2%
Colorado 2 1%
Oregon 2 1%
Indiana 1 1%
Nebraska 1 1%
New Jersey 1 1%
Method
Electrocution 108 74%
Hanging 37 26%
Month
January 14 10%
February 12 8%
March 12 8%
April 12 8%
May 8 6%
June 19 13%
July 21 14%
August 16 11%
September 9 6%
October 9 6%
November 4 3%
December 9 6%
Age
Unknown 10 7%
10–19 7 5%
20–29 70 48%
30–39 41 28%
40–49 13 9%
50–59 4 3%
Total 145 100%
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Executions in recent years

More information Number of executions, Total ...
Number of executions
1929 102
1928 145
1927 139
Total 386
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