List of people executed in the United States in 1938

One hundred and eighty-eight people, one hundred and eighty-six male and two female, were executed in the United States in 1938, one hundred and twenty-two by electrocution, thirty-three by hanging, thirty-two by gas chamber, and one by firing squad.

Pennsylvania executed three white men for the murder of a black man.

List of people executed in the United States in 1938 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 6, 1938 27 26 1Male White New York Electrocution 2 January 7, 1938 24 23 Asian California Hanging 3January 14, 1938 27 26 White Arizona Gas chamber 4 28 27 IndianaElectrocution 5 23 22 Black Texas 6January 15, 1938 29 7WhiteLouisianaHanging 7 33 26 8 27 20 9 49 49 0 Montana 10January 17, 1938 37 34 3OhioElectrocution 11 26 25 1 12January 18, 1938 26 24 2Massachusetts 13 52 50 14January 21, 1938 29 Unknown Unknown Black North Carolina Gas chamber 15 35 34 1White New Jersey Electrocution 16January 24, 1938 29 21 8IowaHanging 17 21 20 1 18January 28, 1938 18 15 3BlackAlabamaElectrocution 19 20 17 20 22 21 1WhiteIllinois 21 38 37 Female 22February 4, 1938 27 Unknown UnknownMaleBlack Arkansas 23 30 Unknown Unknown North Carolina Gas chamber 24 February 7, 1938 37 36 1White PennsylvaniaElectrocution 25 February 8, 1938 31 29 2 New Jersey 26February 18, 1938 28 27 1CaliforniaHanging 27 Unknown Unknown 28 40 38 2North CarolinaGas chamber 29 37 3 30 February 23, 1938 25 24 1 Washington Hanging 31 February 24, 1938 30 29 Black New YorkElectrocution 32February 25, 1938 19 Unknown Unknown Arkansas 33 34 33 1 White Washington Hanging 34March 4, 1938 35 2BlackMissouriGas chamber 35 32 27 5 36 March 5, 1938 33 31 2 White 37 March 11, 1938 25 24 1Black ArkansasElectrocution 38 March 15, 1938 33 32 Texas 39March 18, 1938 24 23 WhiteArkansas 40 30 29 41 29 27 2 Black District of Columbia 42March 21, 1938 71 70 1White Pennsylvania 43 25 25 0West VirginiaHanging 44 24 1 45 47 47 0 46 March 22, 1938 27 26 1 Black New JerseyElectrocution 47March 25, 1938 33 32 White Ohio 48 28 26 2BlackVirginia 49 24 24 0 50March 28, 1938 21 20 1WhitePennsylvania 51 27 26 52 32 32 0 53 March 31, 1938 25 24 1 Black Texas 54April 1, 1938 31 30 WhiteNew Jersey 55 27 26 Native American 56 April 8, 1938 31 Unknown Unknown Black Virginia 57 April 12, 1938 25 22 3 White Connecticut 58 April 13, 1938 25 0Black South Carolina 59 April 15, 1938 19 18 1 Tennessee 60April 19, 1938 32 29 3WhiteIowaHanging 61 30 28 2 62 22 22 0 Black IllinoisElectrocution 63April 25, 1938 20 2WhitePennsylvania 64 20 18 65 66April 29, 1938 22 Unknown UnknownBlackNorth CarolinaGas chamber 67 32 31 1 68 46 44 2 South CarolinaElectrocution 69 25 23Texas 70 April 30, 1938 32 31 1 White 71 May 3, 1938 33 32 Black Indiana 72May 6, 1938 37 36 Georgia 73 40 38 2 White Indiana 74 15 15 0BlackTexas 75 17 16 1 76 May 10, 1938 34 32 2 White 77May 13, 1938 21 21 0 Black Georgia 78 40 39 1White Massachusetts 79 29 272 West Virginia Hanging 80May 20, 1938 23 22 1 Kentucky Electrocution 81 Unknown Unknown UnknownBlackMississippiHanging 82 Unknown Unknown Unknown 83 May 26, 1938 26 25 1 White New YorkElectrocution 84 May 31, 1938 41 39 2 Black Texas 85 June 1, 1938 22 19 3White Indiana 86 June 2, 1938 50 49 1 New York 87June 3, 1938 30 30 0Black Kentucky Hanging 88 26 25 1 Texas Electrocution 89 June 10, 1938 25 0 North Carolina Gas chamber 90 June 13, 1938 20 19 1White PennsylvaniaElectrocution 91June 17, 1938 41 Unknown Unknown Georgia 92 27 26 1BlackNorth CarolinaGas chamber 93 28 27 94 24 Unknown UnknownTexasElectrocution 95 18 18 0 96 June 20, 1938 28 Unknown Unknown Florida 97June 24, 1938 26 25 1Arkansas 98 28 27 99 June 27, 1938 19 19 0 Ohio 100 June 28, 1938 28 28 White Indiana 101 June 30, 1938 32 4Black MissouriGas chamber 102July 1, 1938 37 25 12North CarolinaElectrocution 103 41 41 0WhiteGas chamber 104 36 36 105 July 5, 1938 34 34 Black FloridaElectrocution 106 July 6, 1938 33 32 1White Ohio 107July 8, 1938 20 19 Indiana 108 24 22 2 109 40 39 1 Federal government Hanging 110 July 13, 1938 27 27 0 OhioElectrocution 111 July 14, 1938 Federal government 112 July 15, 1938 35 34 1 Black Missouri Gas chamber 113 July 18, 1938 54 51 3 White PennsylvaniaElectrocution 114July 22, 1938 28 Unknown UnknownBlackAlabama 115 41 40 1 116 July 25, 1938 26 Unknown Unknown Tennessee 117July 29, 1938 Unknown Unknown Unknown South Carolina 118 22 22 0Texas 119 August 2, 1938 20 2White 120 August 5, 1938 20 19 1 Washington Hanging 121August 11, 1938 28 25 3New YorkElectrocution 122 26 23 123August 12, 1938 46 45 1Federal governmentHanging 124 25 24 125 August 18, 1938 39 38 New YorkElectrocution 126August 19, 1938 25 23BlackAlabama 127 17 16 128 37 36 WhiteTexas 129 22 19 3 Hispanic 130August 23, 1938 24 23 1BlackNew Jersey 131 132 August 28, 1938 31 30 MarylandHanging 133 August 29, 1938 25 Unknown Unknown 134September 2, 1938 30 29 1 Hispanic California 135 44 42 2White Kentucky Electrocution 136 September 16, 1938 33 31 California Hanging 137September 23, 1938 18 17 1BlackNorth CarolinaGas chamber 138 32 31 139 September 26, 1938 44 43 OhioElectrocution 140September 30, 1938 33 32 White Indiana 141 20 Unknown Unknown Black North CarolinaGas chamber 142 October 7, 1938 29 23 6 White Missouri 143 October 10, 1938 23 Unknown UnknownBlack Pennsylvania Electrocution 144 October 14, 1938 49 48 1 California Hanging 145October 21, 1938 33 33 0White Illinois Electrocution 146 Unknown Unknown Unknown Louisiana Hanging 147 October 26, 1938 23 22 1Black OhioElectrocution 148October 28, 1938 40 39 Georgia 149 31 30 150 43 43 0 Kentucky 151 28 26 2 Missouri Gas chamber 152 26 24 Hispanic TexasElectrocution 153October 31, 1938 36 35 1White Pennsylvania 154 40 39 Utah Firing squad 155 November 3, 1938 21 20 OhioElectrocution 156November 4, 1938 31 30 Black Georgia 157 28 25 3 White Missouri Gas chamber 158 November 10, 1938 20 Unknown Unknown Black GeorgiaElectrocution 159November 18, 1938 32 31 1 White Federal government 160 33 Unknown Unknown Black North Carolina Gas chamber 161 November 21, 1938 40 37 3 White Washington Hanging 162November 25, 1938 25 25 0 BlackAlabamaElectrocution 163 27 Unknown Unknown White 164 26 Unknown UnknownBlack Georgia 165 29 29 0Virginia 166 44 43 1 White 167 November 29, 1938 23 23 0Black Mississippi Hanging 168November 30, 1938 28 27 1 GeorgiaElectrocution 169 47 46 White Ohio 170December 2, 1938 30 29 CaliforniaGas chamber 171 29 28 172 Black North Carolina 173 December 7, 1938 32 31 FemaleWhite Ohio Electrocution 174December 9, 1938 40 39 MaleCaliforniaGas chamber 175 34 33 176 25 25 0BlackGeorgiaElectrocution 177 26 24 2 178 25 23 179 18 18 0 180 31 31 181 21 21 182 24 24 Mississippi Hanging 183 33 33 White North Carolina Gas chamber 184 21 Unknown Unknown Black South Carolina Electrocution 185December 16, 1938 37 36 1 White California Gas chamber 186 20 20 0 Black TexasElectrocution 187 December 21, 1938 21 1 White Ohio 188 December 30, 1938 23 23 0 Black Alabama

Demographics Gender Male 186 Female 2 Ethnicity White 94 Black 89 Hispanic 3 Asian 1 Native American 1 State North Carolina 18 Texas 18 Georgia 15 Ohio 12 Pennsylvania 12 California 11 Alabama 9 Indiana 8 Missouri 8 Arkansas 7 New Jersey 7 New York 7 Federal government 5 Virginia 5 Illinois 4 Iowa 4 Kentucky 4 Louisiana 4 Mississippi 4 South Carolina 4 Washington 4 West Virginia 4 Massachusetts 3 Florida 2 Maryland 2 Tennessee 2 Arizona 1 Connecticut 1 District of Columbia 1 Montana 1 Utah 1 Method Electrocution 123 Hanging 33 Gas chamber 32 Firing squad 1 Month January 21 February 12 March 20 April 17 May 14 June 17 July 17 August 15 September 8 October 13 November 15 December 19 Age Unknown 4 10–19 10 20–29 96 30–39 51 40–49 23 50–59 3 60–69 0 70–79 1 Total 188 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 1939 162 1938 188 1937 150 Total 500

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