List of people executed in the United States in 1948

One hundred and seventeen people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1948, eighty-nine by electrocution, twenty by gas chamber, and eight by hanging.

Irvin Mattio became the last person to be executed in the United States for a crime committed at the age of 16. Going forward, nobody else would be executed in the United States for a crime committed while under the age of sixteen. Mattio was also the last juvenile offender to be executed in Louisiana until Dalton Prejean in 1990.

List of people executed in the United States in 1948 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1January 2, 1948 27 27 0MaleBlackGeorgiaElectrocution 2 37 37 3 20 Unknown Unknown North Carolina Gas chamber 4 25 25 0 South CarolinaElectrocution 5 28 26 2White Texas 6 33 33 0 West Virginia Hanging 7 January 5, 1948 30 29 1Black FloridaElectrocution 8 January 8, 1948 19 18 New York 9January 9, 1948 18 15 3 Louisiana 10 19 18 1 South Carolina 11 January 16, 1948 Unknown Unknown 2 North Carolina Gas chamber 12January 23, 1948 22 Unknown Mississippi Electrocution 13 27 25 2 Oregon Gas chamber 14 35 35 0 Virginia Electrocution 15 January 26, 1948 28 26 2 Hispanic California Gas chamber 16January 30, 1948 21 20 1 Black Ohio Electrocution 17 36 35 White West Virginia Hanging 18 February 4, 1948 25 Unknown Unknown TexasElectrocution 19February 13, 1948 27 26 1 Arkansas 20 23 23 0BlackGeorgia 21 February 16, 1948 37 36 1 22 February 20, 1948 33 31 2 White California Gas chamber 23 February 27, 1948 27 27 0Black Kentucky Electrocution 24 March 1, 1948 29 28 1 Federal government Hanging 25 March 5, 1948 18 16 2 GeorgiaElectrocution 26 March 12, 1948 22 21 1 Ohio 27March 19, 1948 40 39 WhiteAlabama 28 28 26 2Black 29March 26, 1948 25 24 1 Georgia 30 40 39 Mississippi 31March 28, 1948 25 23 2Texas 32 26 25 1White 33 April 9, 1948 41 37 4 California Gas chamber 34 April 12, 1948 37 35 2Black Connecticut Electrocution 35 April 16, 1948 26 24 CaliforniaGas chamber 36April 22, 1948 28 27 1 North Carolina 37 21 20 WhiteTennesseeElectrocution 38 20 19 39April 23, 1948 22 19 3BlackLouisiana 40 21 18 41 29 28 1 North Carolina Gas chamber 42 24 22 2 New JerseyElectrocution 43 34 32 White Ohio 44 27 26 1Black Virginia 45 April 25, 1948 36 33 3 Texas 46April 30, 1948 Unknown Unknown 0 Louisiana 47 32 28 4MarylandHanging 48 39 Unknown Unknown White 49 22 21 1Black 50 May 7, 1948 42 42 0 North Carolina Gas chamber 51 May 25, 1948 31 28 3 Oklahoma Electrocution 52 May 28, 1948 51 51 0 Native American CaliforniaGas chamber 53June 4, 1948 30 29 1BlackNorth Carolina 54 27 26 55 June 14, 1948 41 39 2White FloridaElectrocution 56 June 18, 1948 22 21 1 Mississippi 57June 25, 1948 21 Unknown UnknownBlack Louisiana 58 19 18 1Mississippi 59 June 29, 1948 24 22 2 60 July 1, 1948 27 26 1 White New York 61July 2, 1948 20 19 Black Arkansas 62 Unknown Unknown Mississippi 63 34 34 0 Ohio 64 July 9, 1948 33 32 1 White Texas 65 July 12, 1948 48 46 2 Black Pennsylvania 66 July 16, 1948 21 21 0 White Ohio 67 July 18, 1948 57 Unknown UnknownBlack Texas 68July 22, 1948 24 22 2New York 69 34 32 70 July 30, 1948 24 23 1 White Kentucky 71 August 1, 1948 23 Unknown UnknownBlack Texas 72 August 13, 1948 43 42 1Georgia 73 August 16, 1948 22 Unknown Unknown 74August 20, 1948 18 16 2White Ohio 75 43 40 3 Texas 76 August 23, 1948 26 26 0Black Florida 77 August 24, 1948 29 Unknown Unknown Texas 78August 31, 1948 33 32 1Tennessee 79 23 22 80 21 20 81September 6, 1948 30 29 Florida 82 35 35 0 83 September 15, 1948 24 22 2 Federal government 84September 16, 1948 33 31 WhiteNew York 85 34 32 86 September 17, 1948 29 28 1Black South Carolina 87 September 23, 1948 31 31 0 West Virginia Hanging 88 September 27, 1948 40 40 OklahomaElectrocution 89September 28, 1948 25 23 2New Jersey 90 23 21 91 October 1, 1948 30 28 Hispanic California Gas chamber 92 October 3, 1948 23 Unknown UnknownBlack TexasElectrocution 93 October 5, 1948 25 24 1 Florida 94 October 11, 1948 30 22 8White Pennsylvania 95October 15, 1948 54 51 3 California Gas chamber 96 32 31 1BlackGeorgiaElectrocution 97 55 54 98 28 28 0 West Virginia Hanging 99October 25, 1948 19 17 2 FloridaElectrocution 100 26 17 9 Ohio 101 October 29, 1948 30 Unknown Unknown Virginia 102November 5, 1948 21 19 2WhiteGeorgia 103 26 25 1 104 22 21 Kentucky 105 November 8, 1948 24 23 Pennsylvania 106 November 19, 1948 21 20 Black North Carolina Gas chamber 107 November 26, 1948 25 25 0 GeorgiaElectrocution 108 December 1, 1948 24 22 2 Native American Nebraska 109December 3, 1948 39 37 WhiteFederal governmentGas chamber 110 30 28 111 17 17 0 Black South Carolina Electrocution 112December 10, 1948 29 27 2 Hispanic Federal government Gas chamber 113 23 21 BlackDistrict of ColumbiaElectrocution 114 28 26 115 21 20 1 Mississippi 116December 31, 1948 38 37 White California Gas chamber 117 22 22 0 Black South Carolina Electrocution

Demographics Gender Male 117 Female 0 Ethnicity Black 80 White 32 Hispanic 3 Native American 2 State Georgia 13 Texas 11 California 8 North Carolina 8 Florida 7 Mississippi 7 Ohio 7 New York 6 Federal government 5 Louisiana 5 South Carolina 5 Tennessee 5 West Virginia 4 Kentucky 3 Maryland 3 New Jersey 3 Pennsylvania 3 Virginia 3 Alabama 2 Arkansas 2 District of Columbia 2 Oklahoma 2 Connecticut 1 Nebraska 1 Oregon 1 Method Electrocution 89 Gas chamber 20 Hanging 8 Month January 17 February 6 March 9 April 17 May 3 June 7 July 11 August 10 September 10 October 11 November 6 December 10 Age Unknown 2 10–19 8 20–29 64 30–39 30 40–49 9 50–59 4 Total 117 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 1949 120 1948 117 1947 158 Total 395

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