Sixty-nine people, sixty-eight male and one female, were executed in the United States in 1957, forty-eight by electrocution, sixteen by gas chamber, and five by hanging.
The District of Columbia would conduct its final execution this year, before abolishing capital punishment in 1981.
Ross McAfee became the last person to be executed in the United States for burglary. He was executed in North Carolina for a burglary in which he attempted to rape and murder a 17-year-old girl.
List of people executed in the United States in 1957 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 3, 1957 26 25 1MaleBlack TexasElectrocution 2January 4, 1957 31 28 3 Georgia 3 22 19 Texas 4January 11, 1957 24 23 1White Colorado Gas chamber 5 46 43 3 OklahomaElectrocution 6 January 21, 1957 42 40 2 Florida 7 February 5, 1957 66 64 Oklahoma 8February 8, 1957 36 28 8CaliforniaGas chamber 9 38 30 10 32 29 3 Georgia Electrocution 11 39 35 4 Mississippi Gas chamber 12February 14, 1957 23 20 3BlackU.S. militaryHanging 13 19 4 14 February 28, 1957 44 39 5White New YorkElectrocution 15 March 5, 1957 33 30 3Georgia 16 March 8, 1957 47 Unknown Unknown 17 March 14, 1957 31 29 2 New York 18March 15, 1957 29 27 California Gas chamber 19 23 20 3BlackGeorgiaElectrocution 20 34 33 1 21 36 34 2 Tennessee 22March 19, 1957 18 17 1Georgia 23 37 Unknown Unknown 24 39 38 1 25 March 22, 1957 56 54 2 Alabama 26 March 25, 1957 25 22 3 White Georgia 27 April 3, 1957 26 4 Black U.S. military Hanging 28 April 4, 1957 34 32 2WhiteTexasElectrocution 29 April 24, 1957 64 61 3 30 April 26, 1957 28 24 4 Black District of Columbia 31 May 6, 1957 25 23 2White Tennessee 32 May 22, 1957 58 56 Arizona Gas chamber 33 May 31, 1957 23 19 4Black LouisianaElectrocution 34 June 4, 1957 Unknown Unknown Virginia 35 June 7, 1957 20 19 1 South Carolina 36June 21, 1957 27 24 3Louisiana 37 34 31 38 June 24, 1957 33 Unknown Unknown Ohio 39June 28, 1957 25 24 1 White CaliforniaGas chamber 40 29 28 Black Maryland 41July 5, 1957 31 3 LouisianaElectrocution 42 35 31 4 South Carolina 43 July 12, 1957 26 24 2 Virginia 44 July 15, 1957 49 47 White Florida 45 July 19, 1957 25 24 1 California Gas chamber 46 July 26, 1957 29 Unknown Unknown Black GeorgiaElectrocution 47 August 15, 1957 28 1 Hispanic New York 48August 16, 1957 22 20 2White California Gas chamber 49 28 24 4 LouisianaElectrocution 50August 21, 1957 36 33 2Federal government 51 33 31 52 29 28 1 Texas 53September 6, 1957 41 Unknown UnknownBlack Georgia 54 22 21 1 Louisiana 55 September 13, 1957 42 40 2 White Missouri Gas chamber 56 September 14, 1957 38 37 1Black TexasElectrocution 57 September 16, 1957 59 58 Georgia 58 September 30, 1957 33 31 2 Florida 59 October 2, 1957 50 49 1WhiteCaliforniaGas chamber 60October 4, 1957 62 58 4 61 26 Unknown Unknown Black GeorgiaElectrocution 62October 11, 1957 50 44 6 Female White Alabama 63 23 21 2Male Black Louisiana 64 October 18, 1957 35 34 1White Idaho Hanging 65 November 11, 1957 38 35 3 CaliforniaGas chamber 66 November 14, 1957 21 20 1Black Mississippi 67 November 21, 1957 44 42 2 New York Electrocution 68 November 22, 1957 39 38 1 North Carolina Gas chamber 69 December 3, 1957 32 29 3 White Washington Hanging
Demographics Gender Male 68 Female 1 Ethnicity Black 35 White 33 Hispanic 1 State Georgia 14 California 9 Louisiana 7 Texas 6 New York 4 Florida 3 U.S. military 3 Alabama 2 Federal government 2 Mississippi 2 Oklahoma 2 South Carolina 2 Tennessee 2 Virginia 2 Arizona 1 Colorado 1 District of Columbia 1 Idaho 1 Maryland 1 Missouri 1 North Carolina 1 Ohio 1 Washington 1 Method Electrocution 48 Gas chamber 16 Hanging 5 Month January 6 February 8 March 12 April 4 May 3 June 7 July 6 August 6 September 6 October 6 November 4 December 1 Age 10–19 1 20–29 28 30–39 24 40–49 8 50–59 5 60–69 3 Total 69 100%
Executions in recent years Number of executions 1958 50 1957 69 1956 65 Total 184
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