List of people executed in the United States in 1941

One hundred and twenty-three people, one hundred and twenty-two male and one female, were executed in the United States in 1941, eighty-five by electrocution, twenty-three by gas chamber, and fifteen by hanging.

List of people executed in the United States in 1941 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1January 3, 1941 20 191MaleBlackGeorgiaElectrocution 2 33 32 3 28 26 2 Kentucky 4 39 39 0 Missouri Gas chamber 5 January 9, 1941 33 32 1 New York Electrocution 6January 10, 1941 63 61 2 Colorado Gas chamber 7 33 33 0 White MarylandHanging 8January 14, 1941 34 34 Black Delaware 9 31 30 1WhiteOhioElectrocution 10 24 23 11 January 17, 1941 18 16 2Black Alabama 12 January 24, 1941 27 27 0 Arkansas 13 January 30, 1941 29 28 1White Washington Hanging 14January 31, 1941 22 20 2 California Gas chamber 15 21 21 0Black South CarolinaElectrocution 16February 6, 1941 26 24 2New York 17 32 30 18February 6, 1941 22 22 0WhiteSouth Carolina 19 19 18 1 20 25 24 21 28 27 22February 13, 1941 27 26 New York 23 21 20 24 23 22 25February 20, 1941 27 26 26 28 27 27 26 25 28February 21, 1941 37 30 7 HispanicTexas 29 19 18 1 Black 30 February 25, 1941 55 54 White Ohio 31March 7, 1941 25 25 0LouisianaHanging 32 29 28 1 33 43 42 34 39 38 35 March 24, 1941 24 23 Washington 36 March 31, 1941 49 39 10 PennsylvaniaElectrocution 37 April 11, 1941 29 Unknown UnknownBlack South Carolina 38 April 15, 1941 48 38 10 Florida 39April 18, 1941 60 58 2 White CaliforniaGas chamber 40 27 25 Black North Carolina 41 31 30 1 TennesseeElectrocution 42 April 20, 1941 26 25 Texas 43 April 22, 1941 30 29 White Massachusetts 44 May 2, 1941 34 Unknown UnknownBlack North Carolina Gas chamber 45 May 12, 1941 23 Unknown Unknown GeorgiaElectrocution 46May 15, 1941 41 Unknown Unknown Arkansas 47 38 37 1 WhiteMississippi 48 May 16, 1941 Unknown Unknown UnknownBlack 49May 23, 1941 18 Unknown UnknownGeorgia 50 23 19 4 51 32 32 0 Mississippi 52 21 201 North Carolina Gas chamber 53 June 5, 1941 33 32 White New YorkElectrocution 54June 6, 1941 30 29 Black Arkansas 55 33 32 North Carolina Gas chamber 56 20 19 TexasElectrocution 57June 12, 1941 36 34 2WhiteNew York 58 31 30 1 59 June 13, 1941 51 50 Black North Carolina Gas chamber 60June 20, 1941 25 25 0 Arkansas Electrocution 61 76 74 2White Colorado Gas chamber 62 31 29 IllinoisElectrocution 63 27 25 64 June 27, 1941 23 Unknown Unknown Black Maryland Hanging 65 July 4, 1941 48 47 1White KentuckyElectrocution 66July 10, 1941 35 33 2New York 67 21 20 1Black 68July 11, 1941 29 28 Alabama 69 57 56 Asian California Gas chamber 70 28 56 UnknownBlack South CarolinaElectrocution 71 July 18, 1941 55 55 0Tennessee 72July 24, 1941 21 20 1 73 19 18 74 July 30, 1941 Unknown Unknown Unknown 75August 8, 1941 22 Unknown UnknownAlabama 76 24 Unknown Unknown 77 August 15, 1941 Unknown Unknown 16 South Carolina 78 August 22, 1941 40 39 1White North Carolina Gas chamber 79 August 24, 1941 46 45 Texas Electrocution 80August 29, 1941 26 25 CaliforniaGas chamber 81 40 39 82 37 36 KentuckyElectrocution 83 57 55 2 Oklahoma 84September 5, 1941 36 30 6 CaliforniaGas chamber 85 42 40 2Black North Carolina 86 September 11, 1941 22 Unknown Unknown LouisianaElectrocution 87 September 18, 1941 26 24 2 White New York 88 September 19, 1941 54 Unknown Unknown Asian Hawaii Territory Hanging 89September 26, 1941 42 41 1White California Gas chamber 90 22 21 MarylandHanging 91 30 29 92 26 Unknown Unknown Black VirginiaElectrocution 93October 6, 1941 37 33 4WhiteFlorida 94 51 47 95 34 30 Black 96 31 3 97October 10, 1941 32 Unknown Unknown Georgia 98 21 20 1 North Carolina Gas chamber 99 October 11, 1941 32 Unknown Unknown ArkansasElectrocution 100 October 20, 1941 47 37 10 White Pennsylvania 101 October 23, 1941 30 Unknown Unknown Black Louisiana 102 October 24, 1941 37 35 2 Asian Hawaii Territory Hanging 103October 27, 1941 50 48 WhiteFloridaElectrocution 104 38 36 Black 105 36 35 1White Pennsylvania 106 October 30, 1941 19 19 0 Oregon Gas chamber 107 November 12, 1941 30 28 2 Iowa Hanging 108November 14, 1941 25 23 Indiana Electrocution 109 52 51 1 Washington Hanging 110November 21, 1941 50 2 Female California Gas chamber 111 27 Unknown UnknownMale Black South CarolinaElectrocution 112November 24, 1941 34 33 1 WhitePennsylvania 113 Unknown Unknown Black 114November 28, 1941 23 21 2WhiteCaliforniaGas chamber 115 32 31 1 116 December 2, 1941 New Jersey Electrocution 117 December 12, 1941 26 26 0Black North Carolina Gas chamber 118December 19, 1941 38 38 Maryland Hanging 119 37 37 OhioElectrocution 120 December 28, 1941 19 18 1 Texas 121December 29, 1941 15 4Florida 122 18 3 123 14 4

Demographics Gender Male 122 Female 1 Ethnicity Black 61 White 58 Asian 3 Hispanic 1 State New York 15 California 10 Florida 10 North Carolina 9 South Carolina 9 Georgia 6 Louisiana 6 Texas 6 Arkansas 5 Maryland 5 Pennsylvania 5 Tennessee 5 Alabama 4 Ohio 4 Kentucky 3 Mississippi 3 Washington 3 Colorado 2 Hawaii Territory 2 Illinois 2 Delaware 1 Indiana 1 Iowa 1 Massachusetts 1 Missouri 1 New Jersey 1 Oklahoma 1 Oregon 1 Virginia 1 Method Electrocution 85 Gas chamber 23 Hanging 15 Month January 15 February 15 March 6 April 7 May 9 June 12 July 10 August 9 September 9 October 14 November 9 December 8 Age Unknown 4 10–19 10 20–29 46 30–39 39 40–49 11 50–59 10 60–69 2 70–79 1 Total 123 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 1942 147 1941 123 1940 124 Total 394

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