Eighty-three people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1950, sixty-six by electrocution, fifteen by gas chamber, and two by hanging. The Territory of Alaska carried out its last execution prior to the abolition of capital punishment in 1957.
List of people executed in the United States in 1950 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 5, 1950 33 29 4Male White New York Electrocution 2 January 6, 1950 49 48 1 Black North Carolina Gas chamber 3January 9, 1950 25 23 2WhitePennsylvaniaElectrocution 4 26 3 5January 12, 1950 38 34 4 Black Mississippi 6 32 31 1 White New York 7 January 24, 1950 20 18 2Black Tennessee 8 January 26, 1950 18 16 Mississippi 9 January 27, 1950 22 Unknown Unknown Georgia 10 January 29, 1950 24 22 2Texas 11 February 5, 1950 31 29 12 February 9, 1950 29 27 White 13February 24, 1950 48 47 1 Hispanic California Gas chamber 14 38 36 2White KentuckyElectrocution 15 21 20 1 Ohio 16February 27, 1950 52 49 3Pennsylvania 17 50 2 18 March 10, 1950 28 27 1Arkansas 19 March 17, 1950 27 26 20 March 31, 1950 40 38 2 California Gas chamber 21 April 4, 1950 53 51 Black New JerseyElectrocution 22April 5, 1950 24 23 1Texas 23 22 20 2 24 April 14, 1950 46 42 4 Federal government Hanging 25April 21, 1950 39 38 1 GeorgiaElectrocution 26 26 24 2HispanicIllinois 27 27 25 28 April 24, 1950 41 40 1White Arkansas 29 April 28, 1950 29 28 Georgia 30 May 3, 1950 27 26 Black Texas 31 May 6, 1950 60 57 3 Kansas Hanging 32 May 10, 1950 25 21 4 OhioElectrocution 33 May 17, 1950 27 26 1 Texas 34May 19, 1950 55 51 4White MissouriGas chamber 35 22 21 1 North Carolina 36May 25, 1950 19 18 Black MississippiElectrocution 37 38 36 2 Hispanic New York 38May 26, 1950 25 23 Black Alabama 39 19 Unknown Unknown Georgia 40June 2, 1950 58 57 1 White California Gas chamber 41 40 36 4 Black South CarolinaElectrocution 42 June 5, 1950 50 49 1White Florida 43 June 9, 1950 35 33 2Texas 44 June 14, 1950 47 Unknown Unknown Black 45 June 16, 1950 43 41 2White Kentucky 46 June 21, 1950 47 46 1Texas 47 June 22, 1950 49 47 2 48June 30, 1950 31 31 0Black South Carolina 49 26 25 1 Texas 50July 14, 1950 Mississippi 51 52July 21, 1950 29 27 2Alabama 53 24 22 White 54 20 19 1 Black 55 34 33 White North Carolina Gas chamber 56 51 47 4 Ohio Electrocution 57 July 29, 1950 27 24 3 Hispanic ArizonaGas chamber 58August 4, 1950 45 44 1Black California 59 43 42 South CarolinaElectrocution 60August 18, 1950 20 19 Georgia 61 24 23 62 20 19 63 August 24, 1950 32 30 2 Nevada Gas chamber 64 September 12, 1950 42 39 3White OhioElectrocution 65September 25, 1950 40 2Pennsylvania 66 31 29 67 September 29, 1950 36 30 6Black Georgia 68October 6, 1950 50 49 1CaliforniaGas chamber 69 36 34 2 White 70 October 28, 1950 27 26 1BlackGeorgiaElectrocution 71November 3, 1950 47 47 0 72 54 51 3White 73 November 10, 1950 48 47 1 North Carolina Gas chamber 74November 17, 1950 31 30 Black IllinoisElectrocution 75 35 35 0 Virginia 76November 21, 1950 28 27 1WhiteGeorgia 77 31 31 0 78 November 24, 1950 33 Unknown Unknown North CarolinaGas chamber 79December 1, 1950 26 25 1 Hispanic California 80 Unknown Unknown UnknownBlack LouisianaElectrocution 81 December 8, 1950 43 421 Virginia 82 December 29, 1950 31 30 Texas 83 December 30, 1950 25 6 White Indiana
Demographics Gender Male 83 Female 0 Ethnicity Black 42 White 35 Hispanic 6 State Georgia 13 Texas 13 California 7 Pennsylvania 6 Mississippi 5 North Carolina 5 Alabama 4 Ohio 4 Arkansas 3 Illinois 3 New York 3 South Carolina 3 Kentucky 2 Virginia 2 Arizona 1 Federal government 1 Florida 1 Indiana 1 Kansas 1 Louisiana 1 Missouri 1 Nevada 1 New Jersey 1 Tennessee 1 Method Electrocution 66 Gas chamber 15 Hanging 2 Month January 10 February 7 March 3 April 9 May 10 June 10 July 8 August 6 September 4 October 3 November 8 December 5 Age Unknown 1 10–19 3 20–29 32 30–39 20 40–49 17 50–59 9 60–69 1 Total 83 100%
Executions in recent years Number of executions 1951 101 1950 83 1949 120 Total 304
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