List of people executed in the United States in 1940

One hundred and twenty-four people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1940, eighty-four by electrocution, twenty-two by gas chamber, and eighteen by hanging.

List of people executed in the United States in 1940 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 4, 1940 41 Unknown UnknownMale Hispanic New YorkElectrocution 2 January 5, 1940 42 41 1White Virginia 3 January 10, 1940 27 26 Tennessee 4January 11, 1940 28 2New York 5 6 January 18, 1940 22 20 7January 19, 1940 24 23 1Black Arkansas 8 49 48 North CarolinaGas chamber 9 26 25 10 21 20 South CarolinaElectrocution 11 January 26, 1940 63 62 Virginia 12January 29, 1940 36 Unknown Unknown Mississippi Hanging 13 27 27 0 PennsylvaniaElectrocution 14February 9, 1940 Georgia 15 16February 15, 1940 22 21 1WhiteNew York 17 24 22 2 18 29 27 19February 16, 1940 24 Unknown Unknown Black Alabama 20 33 32 1 White CaliforniaGas chamber 21 18 17 BlackNorth Carolina 22 23 22 23February 26, 1940 33 31 2PennsylvaniaElectrocution 24 47 47 0White 25 March 1, 1940 35 34 1 Oklahoma 26March 15, 1940 32 26 6 Black Alabama 27 23 21 2White California Gas chamber 28 22 1MarylandHanging 29 40 39 Hispanic 30 19 172Black North Carolina Gas chamber 31 35 33 TennesseeElectrocution 32 March 18, 1940 22 20 White Texas 33 March 22, 1940 38 36 Black Georgia 34 March 28, 1940 43 42 1 White New Jersey 35March 29, 1940 28 Unknown UnknownBlackAlabama 36 22 Unknown Unknown 37 23 22 1 38 20 18 2 South Carolina 39 March 31, 1940 28 27 1 Texas 40 April 5, 1940 29 29 0 North Carolina Gas chamber 41April 12, 1940 27 Unknown Unknown ArkansasElectrocution 42 65 63 2 Virginia 43April 19, 1940 25 23 Illinois 44 24 1White Texas 45 38 36 2 Wyoming Gas chamber 46 April 25, 1940 33 32 1 New YorkElectrocution 47 April 26, 1940 25 Unknown UnknownBlack Virginia 48April 28, 1940 29 27 2Texas 49 20 18 50April 29, 1940 32 31 1WhiteConnecticut 51 36 35 52 May 3, 1940 34 Unknown Unknown Black Alabama 53 May 7, 1940 32 28 4 White IowaHanging 54May 10, 1940 23 23 0BlackMaryland 55 28 28 56May 17, 1940 60 58 2 White California Gas chamber 57 26 25 1 Black GeorgiaElectrocution 58 24 23 WhiteIllinois 59 25 24 60May 24, 1940 23 2Black Alabama 61 23 Unknown Unknown North Carolina Gas chamber 62 May 27, 1940 44 Unknown Unknown Asian Hawaii Territory Hanging 63 May 28, 1940 44 0Black Nevada Gas chamber 64 June 5, 1940 29 27 2 FloridaElectrocution 65 June 7, 1940 22 21 1 WhiteTexas 66 June 9, 1940 36 30 6 Hispanic 67June 14, 1940 31 1 White Alabama 68 63 62 Black North Carolina Gas chamber 69 18 18 0 South Carolina Electrocution 70June 28, 1940 38 36 2 LouisianaHanging 71 33 33 0 Maryland 72 44 43 1White North Carolina Gas chamber 73 29 29 0 West Virginia Hanging 74 July 10, 1940 32 31 1Black OhioElectrocution 75July 11, 1940 47 46 New York 76 23 22 77 July 15, 1940 22 21 Pennsylvania 78July 19, 1940 71 70 White California Gas chamber 79 31 28 3 Louisiana Hanging 80July 26, 1940 43 41 2 Black Kentucky Electrocution 81 46 46 0 White Oregon Gas chamber 82 July 27, 1940 26 26 Black South CarolinaElectrocution 83 July 29, 1940 30 29 1White Florida 84 August 1, 1940 27 26 New York 85August 9, 1940 23 22 Black Alabama 86 White ArizonaGas chamber 87August 16, 1940 29 27 2 California 88 34 Unknown UnknownBlackGeorgiaElectrocution 89 24 Unknown Unknown 90 Unknown Unknown 2 Louisiana Hanging 91August 23, 1940 23 21 White California Gas chamber 92 29 Unknown UnknownBlackGeorgiaElectrocution 93 20 20 0 94August 30, 1940 21 201 Kentucky 95 26 25 Texas 96September 4, 1940 46 45 WhiteTennessee 97 21 20 Black 98September 6, 1940 38 38 0 South Carolina 99 46 45 1White Washington Hanging 100September 12, 1940 30 29 New YorkElectrocution 101 25 22 3 102 September 13, 1940 28 28 0 Black Maryland Hanging 103September 20, 1940 25 23 2 WhiteMissouriGas chamber 104 30 28 Black 105October 4, 1940 19 16 3 Georgia Electrocution 106 40 39 1 White WashingtonHanging 107October 11, 1940 30 29 BlackMississippi 108 28 28 0Electrocution 109October 18, 1940 18 18 Georgia 110 40 Unknown UnknownMississippi 111 31 Unknown Unknown 112 October 23, 1940 24 23 1 Ohio 113 October 25, 1940 27 25 2 Louisiana Hanging 114 November 8, 1940 22 22 0 GeorgiaElectrocution 115 November 11, 1940 19 18 1 Florida 116November 15, 1940 26 25 Arkansas 117 35 33 2 White Oklahoma 118December 6, 1940 29 28 1Black North Carolina Gas chamber 119 41 41 0 West Virginia Hanging 120December 13, 1940 30 30 ArkansasElectrocution 121 39 29 10Georgia 122 28 28 0 123 26 26 White Illinois 124 December 27, 1940 34 Unknown Unknown Black Georgia

Demographics Gender Male 124 Female 0 Ethnicity Black 76 White 44 Hispanic 3 Asian 1 State Georgia 14 New York 13 North Carolina 10 Alabama 9 Texas 8 California 6 Maryland 6 Mississippi 5 South Carolina 5 Arkansas 4 Illinois 4 Louisiana 4 Pennsylvania 4 Tennessee 4 Virginia 4 Florida 3 Connecticut 2 Kentucky 2 Missouri 2 Ohio 2 Oklahoma 2 Washington 2 West Virginia 2 Arizona 1 Hawaii Territory 1 Iowa 1 Nevada 1 New Jersey 1 Oregon 1 Wyoming 1 Method Electrocution 84 Gas chamber 22 Hanging 18 Month January 13 February 11 March 15 April 12 May 12 June 10 July 10 August 12 September 9 October 9 November 4 December 7 Age Unknown 1 10–19 6 20–29 65 30–39 30 40–49 17 50–59 0 60–69 4 70–79 1 Total 124 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 1941 123 1940 124 1939 162 Total 409

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