The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas between 1920 and 1929. A total of 66 people were executed during this period. From 1920 to 1923, ten people were executed by hanging.The Espy File: 1608–2002. Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved 23 February 2009. The last hanging in the state was that of Nathan Lee, a man convicted of murder and executed in Brazoria County on August 31, 1923. The law was changed in 1923 requiring executions be carried out on the electric chair and that they take place at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas. From 1924 to 1929, 56 people were executed by electrocution, the first 5 people executed by this method took place on February 8, 1924 (this remains a state record for the number of executions in a single day).List of Electrocuted Offenders . Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
Executions in Texas
By hanging: 1920–1923 1920 – 1 execution#Executed personRaceAgeSexDate of executionCrime(s)Governor385 John Price Black 43 M 24-Mar-1920 Murder William P. Hobby1921 – 3 executions386 Albert Howard Black – M 18-Mar-1921 Rape and Robbery Pat Morris Neff387 Israel Jordan Black – M 21-Jul-1921 Murder388 Jose Flores Hispanic 17 M 21-Jul-1921 Murder1922 – 2 executions389 George Hornsby White 30 M 14-Apr-1922 Robbery and Murder Pat Morris Neff390 Abe Johnson White 57 M 22-Sep-1922 Murder1923 – 4 executions391 Harvey Hughes White 22 M 07-Apr-1923 Robbery and Murder Pat Morris Neff392 Sol Johnson Black – M 20-Jul-1923 Robbery and Murder393 Roy Mitchell Black 30 M 30-Jul-1923 Murder, Rape and Robbery394 Nathan Lee Sr. Black 38 M 31-Aug-1923 MurderSource: The Espy File: 1608–2002.
By electrocution: 1924–1929 1924 – 13 executions#Executed personRaceAgeSexDate of executionCrime(s)Governor1 Charles Reynolds Black 27 M 08-Feb-1924 Murder Pat Morris Neff2 Ewell Morris Black 23 M 08-Feb-1924 Murder3 George Washington Black 39 M 08-Feb-1924 Murder4 Mack Matthews Black 39 M 08-Feb-1924 Murder5 Melvin Johnson Black 20 M 08-Feb-1924 Murder6 Blaine Dyer Black 36 M 28-Mar-1924 Murder7 Earnest Lawson Black 39 M 28-Mar-1924 Murder8 Booker Williams Black 19 M 04-Apr-1924 Murder9 Tommie Curry Black 25 M 17-Apr-1924 Murder10 Harle Humphreys Black 19 M 22-May-1924 Murder11 Frank Cadena Hispanic 35 M 23-May-1924 Murder12 Ed (or Edward) Henderson Black 45 M 09-Jun-1924 Rape13 Ed Kirby Black 57 M 10-Oct-1924 Murder1925 – 6 executions14 Sidney Welk White 31 M 03-Apr-1925 Murder Miriam A. Ferguson15 Lavannie Twitty Black 24 M 05-Jun-1925 Robbery and Murder16 Frank Noel Black 23 M 03-Jul-1925 Rape17 Lorenzo Noel Black 25 M 03-Jul-1925 Rape18 Edwin Rushing Black 25 M 17-Jul-1925 Murder19 George Gray White 40 M 07-Aug-1925 Murder1926 – 9 executions20 Melton Carr Black 23 M 02-Jan-1926 Rape Miriam A. Ferguson21 Agapito Rueda Hispanic 29 M 09-Jan-1926 Robbery and Murder22 Willie Vaughn Black 23 M 12-Mar-1926 Rape23 S. A. Robins (or Robinson) Black 28 M 06-Apr-1926 Murder24 Forest Robins (or Robinson) Black 26 M 06-Apr-1926 Rape25 John Smith Black 24 M 16-Apr-1926 Murder26 T. Harris Black 32 M 03-May-1926 Murder27 Sam Phillips Black 31 M 14-May-1926 Robbery and Murder28 Fred Tilford Black 24 M 09-Jul-1926 Robbery and Murder1927 – 8 executions29 F. D. Baines Black 29 M 18-Feb-1927 Murder Dan Moody30 Bryant Satchell Black 22 M 17-Mar-1927 Robbery and Murder31 Matthew Briscoe Black 37 M 10-May-1927 Rape32 Francis Marion SnowWhite 49 M 12-Aug-1927 Murder33 Ed Joshlin Black 58 M 22-Aug-1927 Rape34 Willie Robinson Black 23 M 23-Sep-1927 Murder and Burglary35 Tillman Simmons Black 50 M 26-Sep-1927 Robbery and Murder36 A. V. Mullikin (or Millikin) White 40 M 05-Nov-1927 Robbery and Murder1928 – 9 executions37 George Hassell White 39 M 10-Feb-1928 Murder Dan Moody38 Robert Benton Black 23 M 10-Feb-1928 Murder39 Willie Fisher Black 31 M 12-Apr-1928 Murder40 Lawrence Davenport Black 22 M 01-Jun-1928 Robbery and Murder41 Garrett Thomas Black 32 M 03-Aug-1928 Murder42 Esequiel Servin Hispanic 23 M 07-Sep-1928 Rape and Robbery43 Clemente Rodriguez Hispanic 22 M 07-Sep-1928 Rape and Robbery44 O. T. Alexander Black 40 M 28-Sep-1928 Murder45 Tom Ross Black 35 M 28-Sep-1928 Murder1929 – 11 executions46 Floyd Byrnes White 26 M 11-Jan-1929 Robbery and Murder Dan Moody47 Wade Wilborn Black 47 M 12-Apr-1929 Murder48 Robert Blake White 25 M 19-Apr-1929 Robbery and Murder49 Mathis Sanders Black 26 M 27-Apr-1929 Rape50 Silas Jarman Black 18 M 24-May-1929 Robbery51 O. C. Wells White 32 M 20-Jun-1929 Robbery and Murder52 Willie Grady Black 19 M 25-Jul-1929 Rape53 H. J. Leahy White 41 M 02-Sep-1929 Kidnapping and Murder54 Henry Helms White 33 M 06-Sep-1929 Murder55 Lee Merriman White 27 M 29-Nov-1929 Rape56 Ben (Bennie) Aldridge White 26 M 19-Dec-1929 Rape
Statistics 100% of people executed from 1920 to 1929 were male. In 1924, of the 13 people executed, there was only one rape. All other crimes were murder.
See also
Capital punishment in Texas
Notes
References
External links Death Row 1923-1973. Texas Department of Criminal Justice