List of people executed in the United States in 1951

One hundred and one people, one hundred male and one female, were executed in the United States in 1951, eighty by electrocution, fourteen by gas chamber, five by hanging, and two by firing squad. This is the most recent year with at least one hundred executions carried out in America — the closest total during the post-Gregg era was in 1999, when nearly one hundred people were executed.

List of people executed in the United States in 1951 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 4, 1951 25 23 2MaleWhite Oklahoma Electrocution 2January 5, 1951 43 41 2 Louisiana 3 38 35 3 Missouri Gas chamber 4January 8, 1951 21 20 1BlackFloridaElectrocution 5 46 45 6 28 27 7 49 48 WhitePennsylvania 8 43 40 3 9 January 11, 1951 20 19 1 Native American New York 10January 12, 1951 25 23 2 White Louisiana 11 Unknown UnknownBlack Mississippi 12 January 13, 1951 34 32 2 Texas 13 January 16, 1951 28 24 4 Indiana 14January 26, 1951 29 27 2White Louisiana 15 28 26 Ohio 16 January 29, 1951 46 43 3 Nevada Gas chamber 17 February 1, 1951 30 25 5 TexasElectrocution 18February 2, 1951 47 44 3 Mississippi 19 29 28 1Virginia 20 21 19 2Black 21 20 18 22 22 19 23 20 18 24February 5, 1951 23 21 25 22 20 26 38 36 27 February 9, 1951 28 28 0 White Ohio 28 February 15, 1951 21 20 1 Black New York 29 February 21, 1951 70 69 White Florida 30February 23, 1951 38 36 2BlackArkansas 31 35 34 1 32 March 1, 1951 27 25 2 New York 33March 2, 1951 34 33 1 White California Gas chamber 34 47 45 2 Black GeorgiaElectrocution 35March 8, 1951 22 21 1WhiteNew York 36 37 36 34 2 Hispanic 38 30 28 FemaleWhite 39 March 14, 1951 44 43 1Male Texas 40 March 16, 1951 23 22 California Gas chamber 41 March 21, 1951 41 39 2 TexasElectrocution 42 March 22, 1951 45 44 1 Mississippi 43March 23, 1951 27 26 North CarolinaGas chamber 44 28 27 45March 26, 1951 27 25 2West VirginiaElectrocution 46 33 31 47 March 27, 1951 30 25 5 New Jersey 48 April 6, 1951 25 24 1 Kansas Hanging 49 April 10, 1951 21 21 0 West VirginiaElectrocution 50 April 12, 1951 38 36 2 New York 51April 13, 1951 21 20 1IdahoHanging 52 20 19 53 April 23, 1951 26 25 Pennsylvania Electrocution 54April 27, 1951 Black North Carolina Gas chamber 55 33 32 OhioElectrocution 56 May 8, 1951 35 29 6 Mississippi 57 May 11, 1951 22 21 1 White Louisiana 58 May 25, 1951 28 27Black Georgia 59June 4, 1951 34 33 1Florida 60 25 24 61June 8, 1951 20 18 2 Kentucky 62 24 21 3 Louisiana 63 June 18, 1951 23 22 1 White Washington Hanging 64 June 27, 1951 22 20 2BlackTexasElectrocution 65 July 3, 1951 53 52 1 66 July 13, 1951 32 32 0 Virginia 67 July 16, 1951 33 1 Texas 68 July 18, 1951 28 27 White Arizona Gas chamber 69 July 20, 1951 40 35 5 Black Louisiana Electrocution 70 July 24, 1951 28 26 2 Hispanic Nevada Gas chamber 71July 27, 1951 30 29 1 Black ArkansasElectrocution 72 29 25 4White Georgia 73 38 37 1 Oklahoma 74August 6, 1951 25 23 2BlackFlorida 75 42 40 76 August 17, 1951 59 58 1White California Gas chamber 77September 5, 1951 27 24 3TexasElectrocution 78 24 Unknown 3Black 79 26 24 2 80 September 7, 1951 23 23 0 Louisiana 81 September 10, 1951 18 5 Hispanic Utah Firing squad 82 September 14, 1951 36 35 1 Black California Gas chamber 83 September 21, 1951 33 3White OklahomaElectrocution 84 September 25, 1951 49 46 Texas 85 September 29, 1951 29 27 2 Utah Firing squad 86 October 5, 1951 38 35 3 GeorgiaElectrocution 87 October 9, 1951 39 37 2 Texas 88 October 26, 1951 34 31 3 ColoradoGas chamber 89November 2, 1951 65 62 California 90 22 22 0 Black GeorgiaElectrocution 91 November 15, 1951 28 27 1 White Ohio 92 November 16, 1951 18 180Black South Carolina 93November 23, 1951 23 23 Arkansas 94 27 26 1 95 November 30, 1951 25 2 Hispanic California Gas chamber 96 December 8, 1951 32 30 Black Texas Electrocution 97 December 10, 1951 29 27 White Washington Hanging 98 December 12, 1951 39 38 1Black VirginiaElectrocution 99 December 14, 1951 45 45 0Georgia 100 December 17, 1951 43 40 3 White 101 December 20, 1951 28 27 1 Black Mississippi

Demographics Gender Male 100 Female 1 Ethnicity White 50 Black 46 Hispanic 4 Native American 1 State Texas 13 Virginia 10 Florida 8 New York 8 Georgia 7 Louisiana 7 California 6 Arkansas 5 Mississippi 5 Ohio 4 North Carolina 3 Oklahoma 3 Pennsylvania 3 West Virginia 3 Idaho 2 Nevada 2 Utah 2 Washington 2 Arizona 1 Colorado 1 Indiana 1 Kansas 1 Kentucky 1 Missouri 1 New Jersey 1 South Carolina 1 Method Electrocution 80 Gas chamber 14 Hanging 5 Firing squad 2 Month January 16 February 15 March 16 April 8 May 3 June 6 July 9 August 3 September 9 October 3 November 7 December 6 Age 10–19 1 20–29 55 30–39 26 40–49 15 50–59 2 60–69 1 70–79 1 Total 101 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 1952 81 1951 101 1950 83 Total 265

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