List of people executed in the United States in 1949

One hundred and twenty people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1949, eighty-four by electrocution, twenty-eight by gas chamber, and eight by hanging.

List of people executed in the United States in 1949 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 3, 1949 24 24 0Male White OhioElectrocution 2 January 6, 1949 19 18 1Black New York 3January 7, 1949 21 19 2 CaliforniaGas chamber 4 37 36 1 White Colorado 5 January 13, 1949 20 19 Black New YorkElectrocution 6 January 14, 1949 24 23 District of Columbia 7January 20, 1949 25 23 2New York 8 9 27 25 10 January 24, 1949 24 24 0 Florida 11January 28, 1949 45 43 2 White California Gas chamber 12 44 40 4 Black Kentucky Electrocution 13 37 36 1 White North Carolina Gas chamber 14 February 1, 1949 29 27 2 Black TexasElectrocution 15 February 2, 1949 23 22 1 WhiteOhio 16February 4, 1949 35 34 Black 17 25 24 South Carolina 18 February 7, 1949 20 18 2 Florida 19 February 13, 1949 23 22 1 Texas 20 February 17, 1949 32 31 Tennessee 21February 18, 1949 23 21 2CaliforniaGas chamber 22 25 23 23 February 21, 1949 27 Unknown Unknown TexasElectrocution 24February 23, 1949 51 48 3WhiteIndiana 25 37 35 2 26February 25, 1949 35 332Black District of Columbia 27 53 51 West Virginia Hanging 28 February 28, 1949 30 29 1 OhioElectrocution 29March 3, 1949 27 28 WhiteNew York 30 42 41 31March 4, 1949 20 18 2 Kentucky 32 44 43 1 Ohio 33March 11, 1949 26 23 3Black Alabama 34 32 Unknown Unknown Louisiana 35 March 15, 1949 20 19 1 District of Columbia 36March 18, 1949 26 25 Alabama 37 37 35 2 White North Carolina Gas chamber 38March 25, 1949 42 39 3Black AlabamaElectrocution 39 Unknown Unknown Unknown Louisiana 40 42 42 0White North Carolina Gas chamber 41 March 29, 1949 58 56 2 Indiana Electrocution 42April 1, 1949 33 31 BlackCaliforniaGas chamber 43 23 21 44 April 4, 1949 22 1White FloridaElectrocution 45April 8, 1949 47 46 Georgia 46 20 19 Ohio 47 April 11, 1949 35 33 2 48 April 16, 1949 20 17 3 Texas 49 April 20, 1949 24 23 1 Black Georgia 50 April 22, 1949 19 18 White Nevada Gas chamber 51 April 29, 1949 44 43 OhioElectrocution 52 May 4, 1949 27 26 53May 20, 1949 39 38 Black Georgia 54 24 23 Louisiana 55 23 22 56 May 25, 1949 21 2Ohio 57 May 27, 1949 33 32 1 White 58 June 1, 1949 Black Georgia 59 June 7, 1949 23 22 White Nevada Gas chamber 60 June 10, 1949 24 22 2Black Tennessee Electrocution 61 June 17, 1949 26 Unknown Unknown North Carolina Gas chamber 62 June 23, 1949 23 22 1 OhioElectrocution 63 June 24, 1949 28 26 2White Kentucky 64 June 27, 1949 51 50 1 New Jersey 65June 30, 1949 27 25 2BlackNew York 66 33 31 67 July 1, 1949 23 21 White California Gas chamber 68 July 6, 1949 52 50 Iowa Hanging 69July 7, 1949 38 36 New YorkElectrocution 70 49 46 3 71 July 8, 1949 31 29 2 Maryland Hanging 72 July 11, 1949 29 28 1 Pennsylvania Electrocution 73July 15, 1949 21 20 California Gas chamber 74 47 45 2Black Washington Hanging 75 July 17, 1949 25 23 ArkansasElectrocution 76July 22, 1949 46 45 1White 77 40 39 Ohio 78 July 25, 1949 49 48 79July 29, 1949 27 26 BlackDistrict of Columbia 80 25 24 81 August 8, 1949 30 28 2White Florida 82August 10, 1949 40 37 3Texas 83 53 52 1Black 84August 12, 1949 26 24 2Alabama 85 20 20 0 86 31 30 1MarylandHanging 87 27 26 88 August 14, 1949 23 21 2 TexasElectrocution 89 August 16, 1949 37 36 1 New Jersey 90 August 19, 1949 23 21 2 Georgia 91September 1, 1949 22 21 1New York 92 23 22 93 September 8, 1949 21 20 94 September 11, 1949 22 21 Texas 95September 12, 1949 17 16 Georgia 96 18 17 97 September 16, 1949 25 23 2White Illinois 98 September 26, 1949 24 21 3 Pennsylvania 99 October 18, 1949 46 44 2 Nevada Gas chamber 100 October 26, 1949 26 24 Black OhioElectrocution 101 October 28, 1949 24 24 0 South Carolina 102November 4, 1949 49 48 1White Missouri Gas chamber 103 24 22 2 Washington Hanging 104 November 15, 1949 28 28 0 Black Tennessee Electrocution 105 November 18, 1949 33 31 2White Washington Hanging 106 November 26, 1949 22 20 Illinois Electrocution 107 December 2, 1949 37 36 1Black Missouri Gas chamber 108December 9, 1949 21 Unknown Unknown Arkansas Electrocution 109 49 44 5 CaliforniaGas chamber 110 27 26 1North Carolina 111 29 28 112 23 23 0 113December 16, 1949 34 33 1WhiteCalifornia 114 25 24 115 24 22 2 Colorado 116 26 Unknown UnknownBlack Georgia Electrocution 117 35 Unknown Unknown North Carolina Gas chamber 118 December 23, 1949 26 25 1 Arkansas Electrocution 119December 30, 1949 29 29 0Native AmericanNorth CarolinaGas chamber 120

Demographics Gender Male 120 Female 0 Ethnicity Black 70 White 48 Native American 2 State Ohio 15 New York 14 California 11 North Carolina 10 Georgia 8 Texas 8 Alabama 5 District of Columbia 5 Arkansas 4 Florida 4 Louisiana 4 Indiana 3 Kentucky 3 Maryland 3 Nevada 3 Tennessee 3 Washington 3 Colorado 2 Illinois 2 Missouri 2 New Jersey 2 Pennsylvania 2 South Carolina 2 Iowa 1 West Virginia 1 Method Electrocution 84 Gas chamber 28 Hanging 8 Month January 13 February 15 March 13 April 10 May 6 June 9 July 14 August 10 September 8 October 3 November 5 December 14 Age Unknown 2 10–19 4 20–29 67 30–39 24 40–49 17 50–59 6 Total 120 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 1950 83 1949 120 1948 117 Total 320

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