List of people executed in the United States in 1964

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Fifteen people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1964, eleven by electrocution, and four by gas chamber.[1]

The last executions for the crimes of rape and robbery in the United States occurred this year, with the executions of Ronald Wolfe and James Cobern, respectively. Since Cobern, who was not tried for murder, had still killed his victim, Wolfe is the last person to be executed for a crime that did not result in the death of anyone.

James Andrew Echols became the last juvenile offender to be executed in the United States prior to Furman v. Georgia. No other juvenile offenders would be executed in the United States until Charles Rumbaugh in 1985.

No. Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref.
At execution At offense Age difference
1 January 14, 1964 Jasper Walter Pugh 34 33 1 Male White Georgia Electrocution [2]
2 January 24, 1964 Charles Franklin Fields 32 30 2 Arkansas [3]
3 February 12, 1964 Jesse Earl Parker 23 21 Black Texas [4]
4 March 6, 1964 Charles Harvey Odom 32 29 3 White Missouri Gas chamber [5]
5 March 11, 1964 Bobby Clyde Bradford 31 1 Black Texas Electrocution [6]
6 April 26, 1964 Lawrence O'Connor 26 24 2 [7]
7 May 1, 1964 Tim Jackson 22 21 1 Mississippi Gas chamber [8]
8 May 7, 1964 James Andrew Echols 19 17 2 Texas Electrocution [9]
9 May 8, 1964 Ronald Lee Wolfe 33 29 4 White Missouri Gas chamber [10]
10 May 12, 1964 Emmett Clark Blake 32 30 2 Florida Electrocution [11]
11 Sie Dawson 44 40 4 Black [11]
12 July 30, 1964 Joseph Johnson Jr. 30 27 3 Texas [12]
13 August 14, 1964 John Bizup Jr. 26 4 White Colorado Gas chamber [13]
14 September 4, 1964 James Willard Cobern 40 35 5 Alabama Electrocution [14]
15 October 16, 1964 Bernard N. Dye 34 30 4 Georgia [15]

Demographics

Executions in recent years

References

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