List of people executed in the United States in 1931

One hundred and fifty-five people, one hundred and fifty-four male and one female, were executed in the United States in 1931, one hundred and twenty-one by electrocution, thirty-three by hanging, and one by gas chamber.

Alexander Williams became the youngest person to be executed in Pennsylvania in the 20th century. His conviction was posthumously overturned in 2023.

List of people executed in the United States in 1931 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1January 16, 1931 22 22 0MaleBlack Georgia Electrocution 2 25 Unknown Unknown Mississippi Hanging 3 January 23, 1931 49 Unknown Unknown North CarolinaElectrocution 4January 27, 1931 26 26 0 Florida 5 35 34 1 Georgia 6 23 22 Tennessee 7January 30, 1931 22 21 WhiteColoradoHanging 8 25 24 9 42 41 10 28 27 OhioElectrocution 11 27 26 12 25 25 0 13 February 3, 1931 40 40 Black Virginia 14 February 12, 1931 26 24 2 White Florida 15February 13, 1931 Unknown Unknown UnknownBlackNorth Carolina 16 31 29 2 17February 20, 1931 40 40 0WhiteWest VirginiaHanging 18 24 24 19February 23, 1931 22 20 2 FemalePennsylvaniaElectrocution 20 35 34 1Male 21 February 24, 1931 24 22 2 Florida 22February 26, 1931 36 35 1New York 23 40 39 24February 27, 1931 25 25 0Black Alabama 25 26 26 South Carolina 26 21 21 27 32 31 1 28 26 26 0 29 30 23 23 31 March 2, 1931 26 24 2 White Pennsylvania 32 March 6, 1931 24 22 Black District of Columbia 33 March 13, 1931 21 21 0 Georgia 34March 27, 1931 20 19 1 Alabama 35 21 Unknown Unknown Georgia 36 April 7, 1931 41 40 1White Ohio 37 April 10, 1931 32 27 5 New Jersey 38April 17, 1931 26 25 1BlackGeorgia 39 29 29 0 40 32 31 1 Native American Oklahoma 41 April 20, 1931 25 25 0 Black Pennsylvania 42 April 24, 1931 32 31 1 White Texas 43 April 29, 1931 40 38 2 Black Georgia 44 April 30, 1931 39 1 White Ohio 45 May 8, 1931 18 17 1Black Mississippi Hanging 46 May 18, 1931 18 0 GeorgiaElectrocution 47 May 21, 1931 39 39 Ohio 48May 22, 1931 34 30 4 WhiteGeorgia 49 27 26 1 Black 50May 25, 1931 30 29 White Ohio 51 25 24 Pennsylvania 52 41 40 53 May 26, 1931 17 16 Black South Carolina 54 May 27, 1931 27 26 White Florida 55 May 29, 1931 26 25 Black Alabama 56 June 8, 1931 16 16 0 Pennsylvania 57June 12, 1931 31 24 7 GeorgiaHanging 58 32 30 2 Maryland 59 20 Unknown Unknown South CarolinaElectrocution 60 June 18, 1931 Unknown Unknown 0 Florida 61June 19, 1931 36 34 2 Hispanic Texas 62 Unknown Unknown Unknown White West Virginia Hanging 63June 22, 1931 23 22 1BlackPennsylvaniaElectrocution 64 20 20 0 65June 24, 1931 Unknown Unknown Florida 66 26 26 Hispanic Indiana 67June 25, 1931 38 37 1BlackNew York 68 29 28 69 June 26, 1931 18 Unknown Unknown Virginia 70 June 29, 1931 38 38 0White Pennsylvania 71July 2, 1931 19 18 1New York 72 23 22 73 25 24 74July 10, 1931 Unknown Unknown 0Black Alabama 75 36 30 6LouisianaHanging 76 32 Unknown Unknown 77 33 32 1White OklahomaElectrocution 78 38 37 South Carolina 79 July 14, 1931 25 24 New Jersey 80July 17, 1931 36 35 CaliforniaHanging 81 18 18 0 82 21 Unknown UnknownBlack Georgia Electrocution 83 40 40 0MississippiHanging 84 18 18 85 July 20, 1931 44 43 1 White New JerseyElectrocution 86July 23, 1931 19 18 BlackNew York 87 21 20 White 88July 24, 1931 25 24 CaliforniaHanging 89 40 39 90 28 27 Black TexasElectrocution 91 July 27, 1931 39 38 Asian New Jersey 92 July 28, 1931 46 Unknown UnknownBlack Texas 93July 31, 1931 26 Unknown Unknown Arkansas 94 27 26 1 White CaliforniaHanging 95 29 Unknown UnknownBlack Louisiana 96 August 10, 1931 19 19 0 North CarolinaElectrocution 97 August 14, 1931 35 34 1White Texas 98August 17, 1931 31 28 3Pennsylvania 99 26 23 100 37 34 101 34 31 102August 21, 1931 28 27 1 ArizonaHanging 103 42 41 Louisiana 104 36 Unknown UnknownBlack North CarolinaElectrocution 105 31 30 1 Oklahoma 106 August 27, 1931 27 26 White New York 107September 4, 1931 28 27 Hispanic Nevada Gas chamber 108 22 Unknown UnknownBlack New YorkElectrocution 109 September 11, 1931 28 Unknown Unknown Georgia 110 September 15, 1931 20 18 2White Massachusetts 111 September 25, 1931 39 38 1 Oklahoma 112 September 28, 1931 22 21 Pennsylvania 113October 2, 1931 25 24 CaliforniaHanging 114 21 20 115 October 9, 1931 33 31 2 IllinoisElectrocution 116October 16, 1931 20 20 0BlackGeorgia 117 24 24 118 30 30 WhiteIllinois 119 24 23 1 120 21 20 121 35 34 122 19 19 0BlackLouisianaHanging 123 37 Unknown Unknown 124 20 20 0 125 October 20, 1931 26 26 White IllinoisElectrocution 126 October 21, 1931 38 37 1 Massachusetts 127October 30, 1931 34 32 2BlackGeorgia 128 31 31 0 129 25 24 1 White Oregon Hanging 130 20 19 HispanicTexasElectrocution 131 26 25 132 November 6, 1931 23 22 White Iowa Hanging 133 November 12, 1931 Unknown Unknown Unknown Black Florida Electrocution 134November 13, 1931 41 39 2 Asian California Hanging 135 19 18 1BlackOhioElectrocution 136 30 30 0 137 November 20, 1931 27 25 2White 138November 30, 1931 29 28 1 Pennsylvania 139 39 38 Native American Texas 140 December 4, 1931 28 26 2White California Hanging 141 December 10, 1931 26 25 1 New York Electrocution 142December 11, 1931 49 49 0 Colorado Hanging 143 31 30 1BlackIllinoisElectrocution 144 32 Unknown Unknown 145 23 23 0 146 57 57 White 147 17 17 BlackNorth Carolina 148 18 18 149December 18, 1931 24 23 1 150 39 36 3 WhiteTexas 151 22 Unknown Unknown Black 152 43 41 2White Washington Hanging 153 December 21, 1931 44 43 1 GeorgiaElectrocution 154December 30, 1931 23 21 2New Jersey 155 20 18

Demographics Gender Male 154 Female 1 Ethnicity Black 74 White 72 Hispanic 5 Asian 2 Native American 2 State Georgia 18 Pennsylvania 16 New York 12 Illinois 10 Ohio 10 Texas 10 California 9 South Carolina 9 North Carolina 8 Florida 7 Louisiana 7 New Jersey 6 Alabama 4 Colorado 4 Mississippi 4 Oklahoma 4 West Virginia 3 Massachusetts 2 Virginia 2 Arizona 1 Arkansas 1 District of Columbia 1 Indiana 1 Iowa 1 Maryland 1 Nevada 1 Oregon 1 Tennessee 1 Washington 1 Method Electrocution 121 Hanging 33 Gas chamber 1 Month January 12 February 18 March 5 April 9 May 11 June 15 July 25 August 11 September 6 October 19 November 8 December 16 Age Unknown 6 10–19 14 20–29 75 30–39 42 40–49 17 50–59 1 Total 155 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 1932 147 1931 155 1930 155 Total 457

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