Eighty-one people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1952, sixty-six by electrocution, thirteen by gas chamber, and two by hanging.
List of people executed in the United States in 1952 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 5, 1952 27 26 1Male White Kansas Hanging 2 January 8, 1952 21 19 2 Black TexasElectrocution 3January 18, 1952 33 30 3 White Kentucky 4 19 18 1 Black Ohio 5January 25, 1952 20 19 White Illinois 6 41 40 1 Black South Carolina 7 February 1, 1952 49 46 3White Kentucky 8February 15, 1952 40 37 District of Columbia 9 41 40 1 South Carolina 10 February 21, 1952 38 35 3 Georgia 11February 25, 1952 28 25 BlackPennsylvania 12 13February 29, 1952 35 29 6 White California Gas chamber 14 43 41 2Black OhioElectrocution 15 March 1, 1952 48 Unknown Unknown Georgia 16 March 6, 1952 35 29 6 White New York 17 March 7, 1952 31 28 3 Black California Gas chamber 18 March 12, 1952 34 33 1 White TexasElectrocution 19March 14, 1952 30 29 Black Georgia 20 21 20 Illinois 21 March 21, 1952 24 21 3White California Gas chamber 22April 4, 1952 33 31 2 GeorgiaElectrocution 23 27 25 Black Kentucky 24 38 35 3 Mississippi 25 April 7, 1952 48 46 2 Florida 26 April 9, 1952 21 20 1 White Texas 27 April 17, 1952 42 41 Black Georgia 28April 18, 1952 32 31 WhiteSouth Carolina 29 20 19 Black 30 24 23 31 April 21, 1952 28 Unknown Unknown Florida 32April 25, 1952 52 47 5 White California Gas chamber 33 22 21 1 Black GeorgiaElectrocution 34 April 26, 1952 58 57 White Texas 35April 30, 1952 21 20 Nebraska 36 26 23 3Black Texas 37May 2, 1952 31 29 2Alabama 38 30 1 39May 9, 1952 27 Unknown Unknown 40 26 24 2 White California Gas chamber 41 31 29 Black OhioElectrocution 42May 13, 1952 28 24 4WhiteNew Jersey 43 25 21 44 41 37 45 June 4, 1952 32 28 Black Texas 46June 6, 1952 22 19 3 Arkansas 47 21 20 1 Georgia 48 28 27 North Carolina Gas chamber 49 June 13, 1952 South Carolina Electrocution 50 June 20, 1952 38 37 Hispanic California Gas chamber 51 June 30, 1952 25 22 3White FloridaElectrocution 52 July 10, 1952 27 26 1 Texas 53July 11, 1952 24 23 Black Georgia 54 26 22 4Louisiana 55 27 23 56 58 57 1White Ohio 57July 25, 1952 70 68 2 California Gas chamber 58 20 18 Black District of ColumbiaElectrocution 59 29 28 1 Georgia 60 24 23 Mississippi 61 August 1, 1952 19 19 0 Arkansas 62 August 4, 1952 31 27 4White Iowa Hanging 63August 8, 1952 26 24 2 Oregon Gas chamber 64 34 32 Black TexasElectrocution 65 August 25, 1952 24 23 1 Virginia 66 August 26, 1952 33 32 New Jersey 67 September 8, 1952 52 49 3 White Florida 68 September 26, 1952 30 Unknown UnknownBlack Louisiana 69 October 7, 1952 29 Unknown Unknown Georgia 70 October 10, 1952 35 34 1 White Alabama 71October 17, 1952 23 21 2BlackIllinois 72 31 29 73October 28, 1952 29 0 Missouri Gas chamber 74 46 45 1 TexasElectrocution 75October 30, 1952 31 30 New York 76 53 50 3White 77 October 31, 1952 38 37 1 CaliforniaGas chamber 78 November 13, 1952 60 59 Hispanic Nevada 79 November 21, 1952 35 Unknown UnknownBlack GeorgiaElectrocution 80 December 2, 1952 59 59 0 Texas 81 December 12, 1952 23 22 1 White California Gas chamber
Demographics Gender Male 81 Female 0 Ethnicity Black 47 White 32 Hispanic 2 State Georgia 11 Texas 10 California 9 South Carolina 6 Alabama 4 Florida 4 Illinois 4 New Jersey 4 Ohio 4 Kentucky 3 Louisiana 3 New York 3 Arkansas 2 District of Columbia 2 Mississippi 2 Pennsylvania 2 Iowa 1 Kansas 1 Missouri 1 Nebraska 1 Nevada 1 North Carolina 1 Oregon 1 Virginia 1 Method Electrocution 66 Gas chamber 13 Hanging 2 Month January 6 February 8 March 7 April 15 May 8 June 7 July 9 August 6 September 2 October 9 November 2 December 2 Age 10–19 2 20–29 37 30–39 24 40–49 10 50–59 6 60–69 1 70–79 1 Total 81 100%
Executions in recent years Number of executions 1953 63 1952 81 1951 101 Total 245
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