Eighty-three people, eighty-one male and two female, were executed in the United States in 1954, sixty-seven by electrocution, twelve by gas chamber, and four by hanging.
The state of Vermont conducted its final executions this year, before abolishing capital punishment in 1965.
List of people executed in the United States in 1954 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1January 7, 1954 26 25 1MaleWhiteNew YorkElectrocution 2 28 27 3 January 15, 1954 55 54 Female Ohio 4January 22, 1954 54 52 2MaleBlack Alabama 5 19 18 1 Georgia 6 January 29, 1954 30 28 2White California Gas chamber 7February 5, 1954 31 30 1 GeorgiaElectrocution 8 25 23 2 Mississippi 9 February 8, 1954 32 30 Vermont 10February 19, 1954 36 34 California Gas chamber 11 57 54 3 New MexicoElectrocution 12 25 24 1 Texas 13March 5, 1954 54 52 2CaliforniaGas chamber 14 26 25 1 Hispanic 15 31 27 4WhiteSouth CarolinaElectrocution 16 24 19 17March 11, 1954 19 182BlackNew York 18 19 18 19 March 12, 1954 23 22 1 South Carolina 20 March 15, 1954 28 26 2 Pennsylvania 21 March 25, 1954 43 41 White Texas 22 March 27, 1954 31 Unknown Unknown Black West Virginia 23 March 29, 1954 35 34 1White Pennsylvania 24 April 2, 1954 52 51 California Gas chamber 25 April 5, 1954 46 43 3 PennsylvaniaElectrocution 26April 23, 1954 23 21 2BlackAlabama 27 28 27 25 White Nevada Gas chamber 29 42 40 Black TexasElectrocution 30May 7, 1954 Native American Arkansas 31 38 37 1 Black South Carolina 32 May 17, 1954 24 20 4 White Pennsylvania 33 May 21, 1954 29 22 7Black Kansas Hanging 34 May 25, 1954 20 19 1 GeorgiaElectrocution 35 May 26, 1954 29 28 WhiteVirginia 36 June 3, 1954 27 2 Texas 37June 4, 1954 23 22 1Black Alabama 38 45 34 11 Kentucky 39June 11, 1954 30 28 2 Georgia 40 36 35 1 White Maryland Hanging 41 June 12, 1954 26 24 2 FemaleBlack OhioElectrocution 42June 15, 1954 17 16 1MaleGeorgia 43 18 17 44 June 24, 1954 32 31 Texas 45 July 2, 1954 66 65 White California Gas chamber 46 July 9, 1954 33 29 4 OhioElectroctution 47 July 14, 1954 24 23 1 Black Texas 48July 15, 1954 34 34 0WhiteNevadaGas chamber 49 46 46 50 21 20 1 Black New York Electrocution 51 July 16, 1954 44 42 2 White Kansas Hanging 52 July 17, 1954 28 27 1 Black TexasElectrocution 53 July 22, 1954 40 38 2 White New York 54 July 27, 1954 22 21 1 Black New Jersey 55July 30, 1954 26 25 WhiteCaliforniaGas chamber 56 42 41 57 July 31, 1954 34 32 2 U.S. military Hanging 58August 6, 1954 35 33 Black GeorgiaElectrocution 59 31 30 1 Ohio 60 August 12, 1954 40 38 2 White Federal government 61 August 17, 1954 38 37 1 Black New Jersey 62August 26, 1954 24 22 2WhiteNew York 63 22 20 64 August 27, 1954 35 35 0 Black South Carolina 65 September 1, 1954 22 20 2 White Texas 66 September 10, 1954 33 28 5Black California Gas chamber 67 September 17, 1954 35 33 2 GeorgiaElectrocution 68September 28, 1954 57 55 WhiteFlorida 69 19 16 3Black 70 September 29, 1954 21 19 2 Texas 71October 4, 1954 36 35 1Florida 72 47 46 73 37 34 3 White 74 October 14, 1954 43 40 Black Virginia 75 October 29, 1954 33 30 White New Mexico 76 November 5, 1954 55 55 0Black Georgia 77November 8, 1954 18 17 2Florida 78 37 33 4 79 November 10, 1954 30 30 0 White Mississippi 80November 19, 1954 17 16 1BlackGeorgia 81 19 18 82 December 8, 1954 31 29 2 White Vermont 83 December 12, 1954 19 18 1 Black Georgia
Demographics Gender Male 81 Female 2 Ethnicity Black 41 White 40 Hispanic 1 Native American 1 State Georgia 12 California 9 Texas 9 New York 8 Florida 7 South Carolina 5 Alabama 4 Ohio 4 Pennsylvania 4 Nevada 3 Kansas 2 Mississippi 2 New Jersey 2 New Mexico 2 Vermont 2 Virginia 2 Arkansas 1 Federal government 1 Kentucky 1 Maryland 1 U.S. military 1 West Virginia 1 Method Electrocution 67 Gas chamber 12 Hanging 4 Month January 6 February 6 March 11 April 6 May 6 June 9 July 13 August 7 September 6 October 5 November 6 December 2 Age 10–19 10 20–29 27 30–39 26 40–49 12 50–59 7 60–69 1 Total 83 100%
Executions in recent years Number of executions 1955 79 1954 83 1953 63 Total 225
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