List of people executed in the United States in 1936

One hundred and ninety-six people, one hundred and ninety-five male and one female, were executed in the United States in 1936, one hundred and thirty-four by electrocution, forty by hanging, twenty-one by gas chamber, and one by firing squad.

The last fully public execution in the United States occurred this year with the execution of Rainey Bethea.

List of people executed in the United States in 1936 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 7, 1936 32 31 1Male Black FloridaElectrocution 2January 9, 1936 21 20 WhiteNew York 3 4 23 22 5 21 20 6January 10, 1936 33 31 2 Kentucky 7 23 22 1BlackTexas 8 January 13, 1936 43 Unknown Unknown 9 January 14, 1936 44 42 2 White Massachusetts 10January 16, 1936 41 Unknown Unknown BlackNew York 11 65 58 7White 12January 17, 1936 34 32 2Kentucky 13 21 19 14 26 25 1 North Carolina 15January 21, 1936 22 20 2Tennessee 16 24 23 1 17 January 24, 1936 20 19Black North Carolina Gas chamber 18 January 28, 1936 27 24 3 TennesseeElectrocution 19January 31, 1936 19 Unknown UnknownWhite Kentucky 20 49 48 1North Carolina Gas chamber 21February 7, 1936 19 18 Black Electrocution 22 30 29 Gas chamber 23 32 31 24 44 43 White Virginia Electrocution 25February 14, 1936 31 30 Colorado Gas chamber 26 21 19 2Black Mississippi Hanging 27February 21, 1936 36 Unknown Unknown AlabamaElectrocution 28 27 26 1 Kentucky 29 23 22 Virginia 30 20 20 0 31 February 27, 1936 40 39 1 White New York 32 March 6, 1936 18 17 Black Georgia 33 March 11, 1936 23 21 2 White Ohio 34March 19, 1936 Unknown Unknown Black Mississippi Hanging 35 36 35 1 North Carolina Gas chamber 36March 20, 1936 30 Unknown UnknownAlabamaElectrocution 37 27 Unknown Unknown 38 38 37 1 District of Columbia 39 37 36 Georgia 40 50 49 41 35 33 2White Kentucky 42 19 19 0 North Carolina 43 25 Unknown Unknown Black Oklahoma 44 March 24, 1936 55 54 1 White Federal government Hanging 45 March 25, 1936 31 30 Black GeorgiaElectrocution 46March 27, 1936 29 Unknown Unknown Alabama 47 26 3White California Hanging 48 43 42 1 North Carolina Gas chamber 49April 3, 1936 41 2 California Hanging 50 35 31 4 New Jersey Electrocution 51 29 29 0 Black WashingtonHanging 52 April 7, 1936 30 1 White Connecticut 53April 10, 1936 21 19 2Black GeorgiaElectrocution 54 18 17 1 Tennessee 55April 16, 1936 22 21 WhiteNew York 56 21 20 57April 17, 1936 26 Unknown UnknownBlack Alabama 58 36 34 2 Indiana 59 April 23, 1936 42 41 1White New York 60 April 24, 1936 26 24 2 Oklahoma 61 April 25, 1936 27 23 4 Ohio 62 May 1, 1936 31 30 1 California Hanging 63 May 4, 1936 28 26 2 Texas Electrocution 64May 8, 1936 32 31 1BlackNorth CarolinaGas chamber 65 23 22 66May 15, 1936 30 29 AlabamaElectrocution 67 33 31 2 68 23 21 White Arizona Gas chamber 69 22 1BlackKentuckyElectrocution 70 30 29 71May 22, 1936 22 21 WhiteCaliforniaHanging 72 27 25 2 73 29 27 74 Unknown Unknown 0Black Mississippi 75 19 17 2 TennesseeElectrocution 76 May 25, 1936 35 34 1 Pennsylvania 77May 29, 1936 22 19 3 Kentucky 78 29 29 0White North Carolina Gas chamber 79 22 20 2New YorkElectrocution 80 81 23 21 82 27 25 83 19 19 0 Black Texas 84 24 22 2 White Washington Hanging 85 May 30, 1936 29 27 Black TexasElectrocution 86 June 2, 1936 37 35 White New Jersey 87 June 4, 1936 39 38 1 New York 88June 5, 1936 38 37 Alabama 89 49 47 2 California Hanging 90 39 38 1 Black KentuckyElectrocution 91 37 36 WhiteTexas 92 20 19 Black 93 June 10, 1936 25 24 Mississippi Hanging 94June 12, 1936 44 43 AlabamaElectrocution 95 20 19 White 96 19 18 Black 97 30 29 White CaliforniaHanging 98 22 Unknown Unknown HispanicMaryland 99 25 Unknown Unknown Black 100June 19, 1936 34 33 1 WhiteAlabamaElectrocution 101 38 38 0 Black 102 32 31 1White CaliforniaHanging 103 38 37 Mississippi 104 37 36 North Carolina Gas chamber 105 27 25 2 Federal government Hanging 106June 23, 1936 31 30 1 OhioElectrocution 107 24 23 Hispanic Texas 108 June 26, 1936 18 18 0 Black South Carolina 109 June 29, 1936 56 56 White Florida 110 July 1, 1936 30 27 3 Ohio 111July 3, 1936 29 29 0Black Alabama 112 54 54 Virginia 113 July 9, 1936 27 26 1 White New York 114July 10, 1936 30 29 Black Alabama 115 27 26 Hispanic Arizona Gas chamber 116 35 33 2 White CaliforniaHanging 117 37 36 1BlackLouisiana 118 30 28 2 119 Unknown Unknown 1 120 Unknown Unknown Mississippi 121 43 42 North CarolinaElectrocution 122 25 23 2 WhiteTexas 123 34 33 1Black 124 26 25 125 28 21 7 White Utah Firing squad 126 July 12, 1936 29 29 0 Native American Federal government Hanging 127July 16, 1936 36 36 FemaleWhiteNew YorkElectrocution 128 35 1Male 129 July 17, 1936 Black North Carolina Gas chamber 130 July 23, 1936 26 25 Hispanic New York Electrocution 131July 24, 1936 22 21 California Hanging 132 25 25 0BlackSouth CarolinaElectrocution 133 20 20 134 29 25 4 White Virginia 135 July 31, 1936 24 24 0 Black Alabama 136 33 31 2White Texas 137August 4, 1936 27 26 1 Massachusetts 138 New Jersey 139 August 5, 1936 31 29 2 Ohio 140 August 6, 1936 21 21 0Black Georgia 141 August 7, 1936 35 25 10 Alabama 142August 14, 1936 43 42 1 WhiteCaliforniaHanging 143 33 32 Black 144 26 26 0 Kentucky 145 56 56 TennesseeElectrocution 146 27 26 1 147 23 22 148 August 20, 1936 38 37 White New York 149August 21, 1936 28 27 BlackGeorgia 150 24 23 151 21 20 North CarolinaGas chamber 152 73 72 153 August 24, 1936 27 27 0 FloridaElectrocution 154 August 27, 1936 35 34 1 White New York 155September 4, 1936 24 23 BlackNorth Carolina Gas chamber 156 42 39 3 White Electrocution 157September 11, 1936 33 Unknown Unknown Asian CaliforniaHanging 158 34 31 3 White Washington 159 September 18, 1936 21 20 1 Black California 160 October 2, 1936 28 26 2 White Arizona Gas chamber 161 October 16, 1936 36 35 1 Black California Hanging 162October 19, 1936 27 23 4WhiteFloridaElectrocution 163 25 21 164 28 26 2 165 31 Unknown Unknown Black 166 31 0White Indiana 167October 21, 1936 26 25 1Illinois 168 25 24 169October 23, 1936 21 20 Arkansas 170 43 43 0 BlackTexas 171 35 33 2 Hispanic 172October 26, 1936 20 Unknown UnknownBlackFlorida 173 41 Unknown Unknown 174November 6, 1936 45 44 1 White Arkansas 175 45 0BlackMississippiHanging 176 43 43 177 November 12, 1936 30 Unknown Unknown GeorgiaElectrocution 178 November 13, 1936 43 42 1 North Carolina 179 November 18, 1936 23 Unknown Unknown Tennessee 180November 20, 1936 26 26 0 Delaware Hanging 181 20 20 North CarolinaGas chamber 182 28 28 183December 4, 1936 White California Hanging 184 27 25 2Black GeorgiaElectrocution 185 26 1 Ohio 186December 11, 1936 35 34 Arkansas 187 25 24 188 189 22 22 0 North Carolina Gas chamber 190 25 24 1WhiteSouth CarolinaElectrocution 191 26 25 192December 14, 1936 30 30 0BlackFlorida 193 32 32 194 December 18, 1936 35 32 3White Missouri Hanging 195 December 26, 1936 25 25 0 IndianaElectrocution 196 December 31, 1936 24 1 Black Georgia

Demographics Gender Male 195 Female 1 Ethnicity Black 100 White 88 Hispanic 6 Asian 1 Native American 1 State North Carolina 23 New York 21 Alabama 17 California 17 Texas 14 Florida 11 Georgia 11 Kentucky 11 Tennessee 9 Mississippi 8 Ohio 6 Arkansas 5 South Carolina 5 Virginia 5 Arizona 3 Federal government 3 Indiana 3 Louisiana 3 New Jersey 3 Washington 3 Illinois 2 Maryland 2 Massachusetts 2 Oklahoma 2 Colorado 1 Connecticut 1 Delaware 1 District of Columbia 1 Missouri 1 Pennsylvania 1 Utah 1 Method Electrocution 134 Hanging 40 Gas chamber 21 Firing squad 1 Month January 20 February 11 March 17 April 13 May 24 June 24 July 27 August 18 September 5 October 14 November 9 December 14 Age Unknown 4 10–19 9 20–29 96 30–39 60 40–49 20 50–59 5 60–69 1 70–79 1 Total 196 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 1937 150 1936 196 1935 198 Total 544

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