List of people executed in the United States in 1937

One hundred and fifty people, one hundred and forty-nine male and one female, were executed in the United States in 1937, ninety-nine by electrocution, thirty-three by hanging, and eighteen by gas chamber.

Tommie Howard became the last person to be executed in the United States for attempted murder. Howard shot a man in the head during a robbery. The victim was permanently incapacitated and died from his injuries nine months after Howard's execution. Howard had previously served 10 years of a life sentence for a prior murder conviction.

The last semipublic execution in the United States occurred this year, that being the execution of Roscoe Jackson.

List of people executed in the United States in 1937 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 3, 1937 36 36 0Male Black Delaware Hanging 2 January 4, 1937 21 19 2White PennsylvaniaElectrocution 3January 7, 1937 31 30 1New York 4 24 23 5January 8, 1937 22 2 Hispanic Arizona Gas chamber 6 32 31 1 Asian California Hanging 7 January 14, 1937 29 26 3White New York Electrocution 8January 15, 1937 53 51 2 CaliforniaHanging 9 38 38 0BlackLouisiana 10 20 19 1 11January 20, 1937 17 16 Mississippi 12 16 15 13January 21, 1937 33 Unknown UnknownNew YorkElectrocution 14 25 24 1 White 15 20 19 Black 16 19 18 17 January 22, 1937 24 23 1 Hispanic California Hanging 18 January 26, 1937 32 32 0White Nevada Gas chamber 19 January 29, 1937 36 Unknown Unknown AlabamaElectrocution 20 February 1, 1937 40 30 10 Pennsylvania 21 February 10, 1937 45 45 0 Connecticut 22 February 11, 1937 21 19 2 New York 23 February 19, 1937 23 22 1 Kentucky 24 February 24, 1937 28 25 3 Black Georgia 25February 26, 1937 32 Unknown Unknown White Alabama 26 Unknown UnknownBlackIllinois 27 27 Unknown Unknown 28 32 30 2White Missouri Hanging 29 March 2, 1937 35 33 IllinoisElectrocution 30 March 5, 1937 24 23 1 Black Tennessee 31 March 12, 1937 White Indiana 32 March 15, 1937 BlackTennessee 33 March 17, 1937 26 24 2 34March 18, 1937 23 22 1 Mississippi Hanging 35 20 19 TennesseeElectrocution 36 March 19, 1937 24 22 2 Kentucky 37 March 31, 1937 40 39 1 Asian CaliforniaHanging 38 April 2, 1937 21 18 3White Missouri 39 April 8, 1937 25 23 2 Tennessee Electrocution 40April 9, 1937 21 19 LouisianaHanging 41 24 22 42 22 21 1 Black South Carolina Electrocution 43 April 13, 1937 23 Unknown UnknownWhite West VirginiaHanging 44April 16, 1937 44 43 1 California 45 30 29 IllinoisElectrocution 46 37 36 47 42 41 48 24 22 2 Tennessee 49 April 19, 1937 Black Georgia 50April 23, 1937 29 26 3 Arkansas 51 District of Columbia 52 23 20 53 34 34 0 Florida 54April 29, 1937 35 1 FemaleMississippiHanging 55 32 31 Male 56April 30, 1937 24 23 WhiteTennesseeElectrocution 57 19 18 58 24 21 3 Black Texas 59 May 3, 1937 52 51 1 White Pennsylvania 60May 10, 1937 21 19 2Black Florida 61 36 35 1Pennsylvania 62 38 38 0 63May 14, 1937 22 21 1 Arkansas 64 21 Unknown Unknown Georgia 65 May 19, 1937 22 22 0 White Ohio 66May 21, 1937 41 39 2 BlackGeorgia 67 30 28 White 68 39 35 4 BlackMissouriHanging 69 36 33 3 White 70 May 24, 1937 18 17 1Black Georgia Electrocution 71May 28, 1937 49 48 California Hanging 72 36 35 GeorgiaElectrocution 73 38 37 White Texas 74June 4, 1937 36 36 0 Black Delaware Hanging 75 27 26 1 WhiteTexasElectrocution 76 36 35 Black 77June 10, 1937 28 27 WhiteIndiana 78 35 34 79 39 38 80 32 31 Asian New York 81June 11, 1937 31 30 Black Alabama 82 28 27 LouisianaHanging 83 27 Unknown Unknown 84 22 20 2 Native AmericanOklahomaElectrocution 85 White 86 June 14, 1937 21 21 0 BlackGeorgia 87June 18, 1937 27 26 1 White 88 24 24 0Black 89June 25, 1937 33 Unknown Unknown 90 30 29 1 White West Virginia Hanging 91 June 28, 1937 36 34 2Black Pennsylvania Electrocution 92July 1, 1937 Unknown Unknown Unknown Mississippi Hanging 93 43 42 1WhiteNew YorkElectrocution 94 25 24 95 33 32 96 July 2, 1937 66 65 Texas 97July 9, 1937 54 53 California Hanging 98 27 27 0Black Georgia Electrocution 99 21 20 1 Maryland Hanging 100 19 18 North Carolina Gas chamber 101 18 TexasElectrocution 102July 12, 1937 51 50 White Florida 103 19 19 0 Pennsylvania 104July 16, 1937 24 23 1 Kentucky 105 22 Unknown UnknownBlackNorth CarolinaGas chamber 106 21 Unknown Unknown 107July 19, 1937 28 26 2FloridaElectrocution 108 38 36 109July 23, 1937 17 17 0 110 26 Unknown UnknownNorth CarolinaGas chamber 111 24 Unknown Unknown 112 July 26, 1937 38 37 1White PennsylvaniaElectrocution 113July 30, 1937 25 24 Georgia 114 23 Unknown Unknown BlackNorth CarolinaGas chamber 115 21 20 1White 116 56 51 5 Texas Electrocution 117 August 5, 1937 32 30 2 Pacific Islander Hawaii Territory Hanging 118 August 6, 1937 23 22 1Black North Carolina Gas chamber 119 August 9, 1937 35 Unknown UnknownTennesseeElectrocution 120 August 10, 1937 32 Unknown UnknownWhite 121August 13, 1937 53 52 1ArizonaGas chamber 122 37 36 Black 123 34 33 Hispanic Colorado 124 51 50 White GeorgiaElectrocution 125 21 19 2BlackNorth Carolina 126 18 17 1Gas chamber 127 37 35 2 White Wyoming 128 August 19, 1937 34 33 1 Black New YorkElectrocution 129August 20, 1937 44 42 2White South Carolina 130 28 27 1 Texas 131 30 Unknown UnknownBlackVirginia 132 Unknown Unknown 133 August 26, 1937 40 39 1White New York 134September 3, 1937 51 50 Arkansas 135 33 31 2 Arizona Gas chamber 136September 10, 1937 46 43 3 Alabama Electrocution 137 33 Unknown Unknown Black West Virginia Hanging 138 September 17, 1937 26 25 1 White IndianaElectrocution 139 September 24, 1937 63 Unknown UnknownBlack Arkansas 140 September 29, 1937 40 36 4 Georgia 141October 15, 1937 35 Unknown Unknown Arkansas 142 40 39 1White Illinois 143 November 5, 1937 25 24 West Virginia Hanging 144 November 12, 1937 28 27 Kentucky Electrocution 145 December 3, 1937 30 29 California Hanging 146December 10, 1937 37 36BlackNorth CarolinaGas chamber 147 17 17 0 148 December 17, 1937 23 21 2 Kentucky Hanging 149 December 27, 1937 25 24 1 GeorgiaElectrocution 150 December 31, 1937 Unknown Unknown Virginia

Demographics Gender Male 149 Female 1 Ethnicity Black 75 White 67 Asian 3 Hispanic 3 Native American 1 Pacific Islander 1 State Georgia 16 New York 14 North Carolina 12 Tennessee 10 California 8 Pennsylvania 8 Texas 8 Illinois 7 Florida 6 Louisiana 6 Mississippi 6 Arkansas 5 Indiana 5 Kentucky 5 Alabama 4 Arizona 4 Missouri 4 West Virginia 4 Virginia 3 Delaware 2 District of Columbia 2 Oklahoma 2 South Carolina 2 Colorado 1 Connecticut 1 Hawaii Territory 1 Maryland 1 Nevada 1 Ohio 1 Wyoming 1 Method Electrocution 99 Hanging 33 Gas chamber 18 Month January 19 February 9 March 9 April 21 May 15 June 18 July 25 August 17 September 7 October 2 November 2 December 6 Age Unknown 1 10–19 11 20–29 66 30–39 49 40–49 13 50–59 8 60–69 3 Total 150 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 1938 188 1937 150 1936 196 Total 534

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