One hundred and thirty-eight people—one hundred and thirty-sixty male and two female—were executed in the United States in 1943: ninety-seven by electrocution, twenty-six by gas chamber, fourteen by hanging, and one by firing squad.
List of people executed in the United States in 1943 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1January 1, 1943 29 29 0 MaleBlackNorth CarolinaGas chamber 2 25 25 Female 3 January 7, 1943 Unknown Unknown UnknownMale Mississippi Electrocution 4January 8, 1943 28 27 1ArizonaGas chamber 5 22 21 6 20 19 7January 14, 1943 28 26 2WhiteNew YorkElectrocution 8 33 24 9 9January 15, 1943 38 36 2Black District of Columbia 10 31 26 5 Georgia 11 21 19 2WhiteKentucky 12 18 17 1 13 40 38 2 Black Maryland Hanging 14 46 45 1 FemaleWhiteSouth CarolinaElectrocution 15 54 53 Male 16 34 33 17 January 18, 1943 35 35 0 Black Florida 18 January 19, 1943 Jerry Sykes 26 251 U.S. military Hanging 19January 21, 1943 26 25 WhiteNew YorkElectrocution 20 30 21 9 Hispanic 21 January 22, 1943 39 38 1 White CaliforniaGas chamber 22 January 29, 1943 22 21 Black North Carolina 23 January 30, 1943 34 28 6 LouisianaElectrocution 24 February 4, 1943 24 20 4 Georgia 25 February 5, 1943 34 32 2White Utah Firing squad 26 February 12, 1943 23 21 MississippiElectrocution 27February 19, 1943 24 24 0 Black Alabama 28 46 46 White ArizonaGas chamber 29 34 34 North Carolina 30 33 29 4 TexasElectrocution 31 February 23, 1943 25 25 0 Connecticut 32February 26, 1943 37 36 1Kentucky 33 29 27 2 34 33 32 1 35 26 24 2 36 55 54 1 Oregon Gas chamber 37 March 1, 1943 38 37 FloridaElectrocution 38 March 4, 1943 21 19 2 New York 39March 12, 1943 29 29 0 Georgia 40 32 31 1Black Maryland Hanging 41March 19, 1943 George Schubert Knapp 38 38 0 White U.S. military 42 35 Unknown UnknownBlack ArkansasElectrocution 43 22 22 0 Virginia 44 29 26 3 Washington Hanging 45 March 23, 1943 26 23 LouisianaElectrocution 46March 26, 1943 Francis Albert Line 27 27 0 White U.S. military Hanging 47 20 17 3Black GeorgiaElectrocution 48 March 29, 1943 33 32 1 Pennsylvania 49March 30, 1943 44 42 2 WhiteTennessee 50 26 25 1Black 51 March 31, 1943 23 22 Ohio 52 April 2, 1943 20 19 South Carolina 53April 6, 1943 33 Unknown Unknown Louisiana 54 41 33 8 White Washington Hanging 55April 16, 1943 20 19 1Black North Carolina Gas chamber 56 40 Unknown Unknown OklahomaElectrocution 57 April 20, 1943 38 Unknown Unknown Connecticut 58April 26, 1943 43 42 1 Ohio 59 41 39 2 Pennsylvania 60 April 27, 1943 20 18 Hispanic Arizona Gas chamber 61April 29, 1943 45 44 1WhiteNew YorkElectrocution 62 33 32 63 May 14, 1943 25 24 CaliforniaGas chamber 64 May 21, 1943 29 28Black North Carolina 65May 28, 1943 17 17 0GeorgiaElectrocution 66 30 30 White 67June 4, 1943 24 21 3Black Alabama 68 22 20 2MarylandHanging 69 25 23 70 22 20 71 39 38 1 WhiteNorth CarolinaGas chamber 72 21 20 Native American 73 22 21 74 June 10, 1943 23 22 Black Georgia Electrocution 75 June 18, 1943 24 23 North Carolina Gas chamber 76June 25, 1943 18 17 KentuckyElectrocution 77 21 20 78 35 34 Massachusetts 79 21 192White 80 25 23 81 18 18 0 Black Mississippi 82 June 30, 1943 58 57 1 White Ohio 83 July 6, 1943 Unknown Unknown 0BlackLouisiana 84 Unknown Unknown 1 85 July 8, 1943 19 18 1 HispanicNew York 86 17 16 White 87 18 180 Hispanic 88 July 14, 1943 35 33 2 White Oklahoma 89July 15, 1943 26 25 1 Black New York 90 31 29 2WhiteTennessee 91 45 44 1 92July 16, 1943 21 20 BlackSouth Carolina 93 17 16 94 July 19, 1943 26 25 Georgia 95 July 21, 1943 24 23 Texas 96 July 26, 1943 23 22 U.S. military Hanging 97August 6, 1943 Walter J. Bohn 26 26 0 White 98 38 Unknown UnknownBlack AlabamaElectrocution 99 44 43 1 Arkansas 100 August 10, 1943 21 20 Georgia 101August 13, 1943 20 18 2Alabama 102 20 18 103 50 48 White California Gas chamber 104 19 19 0 Black Maryland Hanging 105 August 14, 1943 41 40 1White Federal governmentElectrocution 106August 20, 1943 43 42 Georgia 107 28 27 Black 108 27 26 109 16 16 0 110 August 31, 1943 60 Unknown Unknown Louisiana 111 September 3, 1943 20 19 1 White Texas 112 September 10, 1943 24 24 0Black Montana Hanging 113 September 15, 1943 19 18 1 OhioElectrocution 114 September 16, 1943 21 20 Hispanic New York 115 September 20, 1943 54 52 2 White Colorado Gas chamber 116 September 24, 1943 23 23 0Black GeorgiaElectrocution 117 October 1, 1943 22 Unknown Unknown Mississippi 118October 4, 1943 24 24 0 Florida 119 32 32 White Ohio 120October 8, 1943 38 36 2 Asian ColoradoGas chamber 121 30 29 1 Black North Carolina 122 October 15, 1943 28 26 2 White VirginiaElectrocution 123 October 22, 1943 23 22 1BlackGeorgia 124 October 23, 1943 20 Unknown Unknown 125October 25, 1943 44 Unknown UnknownFlorida 126 32 31 1 127October 29, 1943 54 53 128 47 46 North Carolina Gas chamber 129 31 Unknown Unknown Hispanic TexasElectrocution 130 November 19, 1943 19 17 2 Black South Carolina 131 November 22, 1943 32 30 White Florida 132November 26, 1943 35 34 1 Illinois 133 40 Unknown Unknown Black North CarolinaGas chamber 134 November 27, 1943 34 33 1White Nevada 135 December 10, 1943 32 31 North Carolina 136 December 11, 1943 17 17 0Black GeorgiaElectrocution 137 December 15, 1943 50 49 1 Tennessee 138 December 31, 1943 22 21 Georgia
Demographics Gender Male 132 Female 2 Ethnicity Black 78 White 52 Hispanic 6 Native American 2 Asian 1 State Georgia 18 North Carolina 14 New York 12 Kentucky 8 Florida 7 South Carolina 7 Louisiana 6 Maryland 6 Alabama 5 Arizona 5 Ohio 5 Tennessee 5 U.S. military 5 Mississippi 4 Texas 4 California 3 Massachusetts 3 Arkansas 2 Colorado 2 Connecticut 2 Oklahoma 2 Pennsylvania 2 Virginia 2 Washington 2 District of Columbia 1 Federal government 1 Illinois 1 Montana 1 Nevada 1 Oregon 1 Utah 1 Method Electrocution 97 Gas chamber 26 Hanging 14 Firing squad 1 Month January 23 February 13 March 15 April 11 May 4 June 16 July 14 August 14 September 6 October 13 November 5 December 4 Age Unknown 3 10–19 12 20–29 63 30–39 36 40–49 16 50–59 7 60–69 1 Total 138 100%
Executions in recent years Number of executions 1944 120 1943 138 1942 148 Total 406
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