List of people executed in the United States in 1961

Forty-three people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1961, twenty-four by electrocution, eighteen by gas chamber, and one by hanging.

Billy Monk became the last person to be executed in the United States for a kidnapping that did not result in the victim's death. Monk raped and stabbed his victim, but did not kill her. While Victor Feguer is listed as being executed for kidnapping, he also murdered his victim.

The United States military would conduct its most recent execution this year, that of John A. Bennett. Bennett was also the last person to be executed by the military for rape, and the only person to be executed by the military for the crime of rape in peacetime.

List of people executed in the United States in 1961 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 5, 1961 28 26 2Male Black New YorkElectrocution 2 January 20, 1961 24 23 1 White Georgia 3 February 17, 1961 22 20 2 BlackVirginia 4 March 10, 1961 51 48 3 White 5 March 17, 1961 30 28 2Black Ohio 6 March 24, 1961 26 25 1 Georgia 7 April 13, 1961 25 18 7 U.S. military Hanging 8 April 21, 1961 27 26 1 MississippiGas chamber 9 April 26, 1961 20 19 White California 10 April 28, 1961 48 45 3BlackSouth CarolinaElectrocution 11 May 26, 1961 28 26 2 12 May 31, 1961 35 28 7 Mississippi Gas chamber 13 June 3, 1961 20 19 1 TexasElectrocution 14 June 8, 1961 33 29 4 New York 15June 9, 1961 39 37 2 Louisiana 16 32 29 3 Maryland Gas chamber 17 June 15, 1961 40 35 5White IndianaElectrocution 18June 19, 1961 27 24 3South Carolina 19 31 28 20 June 23, 1961 30 28 2 Black Texas 21 June 29, 1961 25 23 WhiteCaliforniaGas chamber 22 July 12, 1961 47 43 4 23July 14, 1961 27 26 1Black Mississippi 24 31 29 2 South CarolinaElectrocution 25August 7, 1961 35 32 3WhiteFlorida 26 28 26 2 27August 11, 1961 32 29 3 Colorado Gas chamber 28 21 Unknown Unknown Black Georgia Electrocution 29 August 23, 1961 22 20 2White NevadaGas chamber 30 October 18, 1961 32 31 1 California 31 October 23, 1961 45 41 4 Pennsylvania Electrocution 32 October 27, 1961 32 31 1Black North CarolinaGas chamber 33 October 31, 1961 44 42 2 Arizona 34 November 3, 1961 31 29 White California 35 November 9, 1961 40 38 TexasElectrocution 36 November 17, 1961 31 31 0 Virginia 37November 21, 1961 30 1CaliforniaGas chamber 38 26 24 2 39 November 24, 1961 19 17 Black Alabama Electrocution 40 November 29, 1961 27 26 1 Hispanic California Gas chamber 41 December 8, 1961 46 Unknown UnknownBlack Virginia Electrocution 42 December 19, 1961 33 32 1MississippiGas chamber 43 December 20, 1961 31 30

Demographics Gender Male 43 Female 0 Ethnicity Black 23 White 19 Hispanic 1 State California 8 Mississippi 5 South Carolina 5 Virginia 4 Georgia 3 Texas 3 Florida 2 New York 2 Alabama 1 Arizona 1 Colorado 1 Indiana 1 Louisiana 1 Maryland 1 Nevada 1 North Carolina 1 Ohio 1 Pennsylvania 1 U.S. military 1 Method Electrocution 24 Gas chamber 18 Hanging 1 Month January 2 February 1 March 3 April 4 May 2 June 9 July 3 August 5 September 0 October 4 November 7 December 3 Age 10–19 1 20–29 17 30–39 17 40–49 7 50–59 1 Total 43 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 1962 47 1961 43 1960 56 Total 146

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