List of people executed in the United States in 1945

One hundred and forty-two people, one hundred and forty-one male and one female, were executed in the United States in 1945, seventy-one by electrocution, thirty-four by gas chamber, thirty-three by hanging, and four by firing squad.

The military executed 27 people, including 14 German prisoners of war for the murders of three fellow German prisoners. The mass execution of seven German prisoners for the murder of Werner Drechsler would be the largest mass execution by hanging in the United States in the 20th century, not including the mass executions of Nazi war criminals by the military in Allied-occupied Germany.

List of people executed in the United States in 1945 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 4, 1945 23 Unknown UnknownMaleBlack Louisiana Electrocution 2January 5, 1945 48 46 2 ArizonaGas chamber 3 29 28 1 WhiteCalifornia 4 20 18 2 Hispanic 5 22 20 Black Oregon 6 Sylvester Davis 25 250 U.S. military Hanging 7January 15, 1945 33 33 Florida Electrocution 8 32 30 2WhiteOregonGas chamber 9 28 27 1 10 John J. O'Connor 20 19 U.S. military Hanging 11 January 18, 1945 29 28Black MississippiElectrocution 12January 19, 1945 21 20 Georgia 13 22 21 14 February 2, 1945 29 Unknown Unknown Virginia 15 February 9, 1945 Unknown Unknown White South Carolina 16 February 12, 1945 28 27 1 Black Florida 17 February 23, 1945 54 52 2 White Iowa Hanging 18 March 1, 1945 41 40 1 Black Virginia Electrocution 19March 2, 1945 24 23 WhiteCaliforniaGas chamber 20 26 25 21 33 32 22 22 Unknown UnknownGeorgiaElectrocution 23 25 23 2 Black 24 31 30 1 White Virginia 25 March 4, 1945 58 56 2Black Texas 26 March 5, 1945 44 43 1 FemaleGeorgia 27March 9, 1945 19 19 0Male 28 39 38 1White 29 20 18 2North CarolinaGas chamber 30 31 32March 16, 1945 19 18 1AlabamaElectrocution 33 22 20 2 34 29 26 3 BlackKentucky 35 36 35 1White 36March 23, 1945 41 39 2 Mississippi 37 25 23 Nebraska 38 30 29 1Black Oklahoma 39 March 25, 1945 23 22 Texas 40March 30, 1945 39 37 2 Arkansas 41 32 32 0 West Virginia Hanging 42April 6, 1945 62 60 2 White Arizona Gas chamber 43 18 16 Black KentuckyElectrocution 44 28 27 1Ohio 45 24 23 46 April 13, 1945 38 380 Arizona Gas chamber 47 April 16, 1945 Dan Boswell 27 261U.S. militaryHanging 48April 18, 1945Curn L. Jones2423 49 April 20, 1945 60 59 1 White OhioElectrocution 50 April 24, 1945 26 24 2Black Tennessee 51April 27, 1945 24 Unknown Unknown Georgia 52 36 34 2 White Federal government Gas chamber 53 May 1, 1945 27 27 0Black VirginiaElectrocution 54May 11, 1945 21 19 2Georgia 55 18 16 56May 25, 1945 21 Unknown Unknown Arkansas 57 25 Unknown Unknown White California Gas chamber 58 27 25 2Black KentuckyElectrocution 59 31 29 Louisiana 60 21 18 3 MissouriGas chamber 61 23 Unknown Unknown White North Carolina 62 May 31, 1945 Unknown Unknown 3Black MississippiElectrocution 63 June 1, 1945 23 Unknown Unknown Georgia 64 June 8, 1945 34 33 1 North Carolina Gas chamber 65 June 15, 1945 30 29 LouisianaElectrocution 66 June 18, 1945 32 30 2 White Connecticut 67June 22, 1945 26 24 BlackCaliforniaGas chamber 68 35 33 69 41 39 White Colorado 70 35 34 1BlackNorth Carolina 71 53 Unknown Unknown 72 June 29, 1945 36 35 1 GeorgiaElectrocution 73 July 7, 1945 18 17 Texas 74July 10, 1945 33 32 WhiteU.S. militaryHanging 75 24 22 2 76 23 21 77 28 27 1 78 31 29 2 79 July 13, 1945 27 24 3 Utah Firing squad 80July 14, 1945 32 31 1U.S. militaryHanging 81 39 38 82 July 18, 1945 Unknown Unknown UnknownBlack TennesseeElectrocution 83July 20, 1945 45 44 1 Alabama 84 39 36 3 White Maryland Hanging 85 July 25, 1945 23 Unknown Unknown Black FloridaElectrocution 86 July 28, 1945 27 26 1 White Georgia 87August 1, 1945 Jesse D. Boston 35 350BlackU.S. military Firing squad 88 Cornelius Thomas 23 221 Hanging 89 August 3, 1945 31 310 Virginia Electrocution 90 August 6, 1945 Robert Davidson 28 27 1 U.S. military Firing squad 91 August 14, 1945 22 Unknown Unknown Hispanic California Gas chamber 92 Lee R. Davis 20 191BlackU.S. militaryHanging 93 Herbert W. Reid 21 20 94 Clinton Stevenson 30 30 0 95 August 17, 1945 28 271 Maryland 96 August 22, 1945 Edward Joseph Reichl 39 38White U.S. military 97August 24, 1945 40 39GeorgiaElectrocution 98 27 26 Black 99August 25, 1945 22 21 WhiteU.S. militaryHanging 100 21 20 101 22 2 102 25 24 1 103 21 20 104 26 25 105 23 22 106 September 2, 1945 21 21 0 Black Texas Electrocution 107 September 7, 1945 30 30 Native American Washington Hanging 108 September 8, 1945 53 52 1 Black Ohio Electrocution 109September 14, 1945 31 30 WhiteCaliforniaGas chamber 110 27 25 2 111 September 18, 1945 Clarence D. Gibson 24 22 2Black U.S. military Firing squad 112 September 20, 1945 Fred Hurse 28 262 Hanging 113 September 21, 1945 27 Unknown Unknown GeorgiaElectrocution 114 October 3, 1945 20 17 3 White OhioElectrocution 115 October 5, 1945 48 48 0Black California Gas chamber 116 October 10, 1945 30 30 OhioElectrocution 117 October 19, 1945 34 33 1 Illinois 118October 26, 1945 26 25 White Mississippi 119 24 24 0Black North Carolina Gas chamber 120 October 29, 1945 31 Unknown Unknown FloridaElectrocution 121 29 Unknown Unknown 122 November 2, 1945 55 55 0 North Carolina Gas chamber 123 November 5, 1945 35 34 1 New JerseyElectrocution 124 November 8, 1945 25 22 3White Ohio 125November 9, 1945 36 34 2 Colorado Gas chamber 126 29 29 0BlackGeorgiaElectrocution 127 23 22 1 128 29 28 Oklahoma 129 November 16, 1945 24 20 4 MissouriGas chamber 130 November 23, 1945 35 33 2 White Colorado 131 November 26, 1945 64 63 1 Black IndianaElectrocution 132 November 27, 1945 26 25 White New Jersey 133November 30, 1945 34 33 California Gas chamber 134 37 Unknown Unknown Black Georgia Electrocution 135 31 30 1 White Maryland Hanging 136 December 4, 1945 29 Unknown UnknownBlack South Carolina Electrocution 137December 7, 1945 23 23 0 Delaware Hanging 138 17 17 LouisianaElectrocution 139 December 11, 1945 29 27 2 White New Jersey 140 December 14, 1945 37 35 Black District of Columbia 141December 28, 1945 38 Unknown Unknown MarylandHanging 142 27 27 0 White West Virginia

Demographics Gender Male 141 Female 1 Ethnicity Black 81 White 58 Hispanic 2 Native American 1 State U.S. military 27 Georgia 19 California 13 North Carolina 9 Ohio 7 Florida 5 Virginia 5 Kentucky 4 Louisiana 4 Maryland 4 Mississippi 4 Texas 4 Alabama 3 Arizona 3 Colorado 3 New Jersey 3 Oregon 3 Arkansas 2 Missouri 2 Oklahoma 2 South Carolina 2 Tennessee 2 West Virginia 2 Connecticut 1 Delaware 1 District of Columbia 1 Federal government 1 Illinois 1 Indiana 1 Iowa 1 Nebraska 1 Utah 1 Washington 1 Method Electrocution 71 Gas chamber 34 Hanging 33 Firing squad 4 Month January 13 February 4 March 24 April 11 May 10 June 10 July 14 August 19 September 8 October 8 November 14 December 7 Age Unknown 2 10–19 6 20–29 78 30–39 40 40–49 8 50–59 5 60–69 3 Total 142 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 1946 129 1945 142 1944 122 Total 393

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