List of people executed in the United States in 1928

One hundred and forty-five people, one hundred and forty-four male and one female, were executed in the United States in 1928, one hundred and eight by electrocution and thirty-seven by hanging.

Kentucky carried out a mass execution of seven people, which ties with a seven-fold execution in New York in 1912 for the largest mass execution by electrocution in U.S. history.

List of people executed in the United States in 1928 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1January 5, 1928 23 22 1Male WhiteNew YorkElectrocution 2 24 23 Black 3 January 6, 1928 17 16 WhiteOhio 4January 9, 1928 18 17 Black 5 32 29 3WhitePennsylvania 6 Unknown Unknown 1 7January 12, 1928 32 31 FemaleNew York 8 35 34 Male 9 January 13, 1928 44 44 0BlackGeorgia 10 January 20, 1928 25 24 1 11 January 23, 1928 20 18 2White Pennsylvania 12January 25, 1928 35 34 1 Tennessee 13 25 25 0 Black Virginia 14 January 27, 1928 Unknown Unknown 3White LouisianaHanging 15 February 3, 1928 42 42 0 West Virginia 16February 10, 1928 32 31 1 Black Louisiana 17 39 38 WhiteTexasElectrocution 18 24 23 Black 19 February 15, 1928 41 40 Hispanic Washington Hanging 20 February 17, 1928 22 21 Black North CarolinaElectrocution 21February 20, 1928 47 45 2Pennsylvania 22 33 31 23 February 21, 1928 36 36 0 Georgia 24February 24, 1928 22 22 MississippiHanging 25 24 24 26 February 28, 1928 21 18 3White MassachusettsElectrocution 27 March 1, 1928 20 1 New York 28March 9, 1928 26 25 Alabama 29 30 28 2 Black 30 23 22 1WhiteLouisianaHanging 31 26 24 2 32 March 13, 1928 21 19 MassachusettsElectrocution 33 March 15, 1928 21 0Black Ohio 34March 30, 1928 20 1Arkansas 35 55 54 36 22 20 2WhiteColoradoHanging 37 21 1 38 33 Unknown UnknownBlack West Virginia 39April 6, 1928 18 18 0 AlabamaElectrocution 40 22 18 4 New York 41 April 10, 1928 20 2 White Indiana 42 April 12, 1928 31 29 Black Texas 43 April 18, 1928 25 24 1 Georgia 44 April 19, 1928 47 45 2White IllinoisHanging 45April 20, 1928 31 30 1 Louisiana 46 32 29 3Oregon 47 30 27 48April 23, 1928 Unknown Unknown 2 BlackPennsylvaniaElectrocution 49 35 34 1 White 50 April 27, 1928 24 23 Black North Carolina 51May 4, 1928 27 25 2 White California Hanging 52 24 22 Black Georgia Electrocution 53 May 11, 1928 23 21 White California Hanging 54May 18, 1928 26 25 1Black GeorgiaElectrocution 55 36 Unknown Unknown Virginia 56 May 25, 1928 22 21 1 North Carolina 57 May 29, 1928 30 29 District of Columbia 58 May 31, 1928 Unknown Unknown Unknown Mississippi Hanging 59June 1, 1928 28 27 1 White New JerseyElectrocution 60 22 21 Black Texas 61 June 8, 1928 21 20 Georgia 62 June 13, 1928 26 24 2 Florida 63June 15, 1928 Unknown Unknown Unknown Alabama 64 Unknown Unknown Unknown Mississippi Hanging 65 June 19, 1928 22 21 1 TennesseeElectrocution 66 June 21, 1928 25 24 White New York 67June 22, 1928 27 25 2AsianArizonaHanging 68 23 21 69 30 28 70 71 31 30 1WhiteDistrict of ColumbiaElectrocution 72 21 19 2 73 19 17 74 June 28, 1928 22 21 1 Black Georgia 75June 29, 1928 31 29 2 WhiteOklahoma 76 21 20 1Black 77 27 24 3 78July 5, 1928 18 18 0Ohio 79 19 19 80July 6, 1928 36 35 1 WhiteGeorgia 81 29 28 Black 82 July 10, 1928 Unknown Unknown Arkansas 83July 13, 1928 45 45 0 WhiteGeorgia 84 33 32 1 Black 85 35 33 2WhiteKentucky 86 21 19 87 22 20 88 22 21 1 89 45 43 2Black 90 22 43 91 38 36 92 39 39 0MississippiHanging 93 Unknown Unknown 1 94 July 17, 1928 24 23 White MassachusettsElectrocution 95 July 19, 1928 31 30 New York 96 July 20, 1928 27 27 0Black Alabama 97 July 27, 1928 19 Unknown Unknown Virginia 98 July 30, 1928 20 20 0White Pennsylvania 99 August 2, 1928 39 38 1 New York 100August 3, 1928 31 30 BlackGeorgia 101 23 22 White 102 28 27 MarylandHanging 103 104 32 31 Black TexasElectrocution 105August 9, 1928 41 40 WhiteNew York 106 26 25 107 50 49 108August 10, 1928 38 37 WashingtonHanging 109 31 30 West Virginia 110 August 17, 1928 24 23 California 111 August 22, 1928 37 37 0Black TennesseeElectrocution 112 August 28, 1928 Unknown Unknown 2 Florida 113 August 30, 1928 32 32 0 New York 114 August 31, 1928 47 45 2 White Washington Hanging 115 September 4, 1928 26 25 1 Black FloridaElectrocution 116September 7, 1928 22 21 HispanicTexas 117 21 20 118 September 10, 1928 30 Unknown UnknownBlack Arkansas 119 September 18, 1928 29 29 0Florida 120 September 25, 1928 27 26 1 121September 28, 1928 22 21 North Carolina 122 40 39 Texas 123 35 34 124October 1, 1928 34 34 0WhitePennsylvania 125 21 21 126 October 9, 1928 25 Unknown Unknown Black Florida 127 October 10, 1928 21 19 2White IllinoisHanging 128October 19, 1928 20 1 California 129 23 Unknown Unknown Black Mississippi 130 51 49 2 White NebraskaElectrocution 131 October 23, 1928 21 20 1BlackFlorida 132 October 30, 1928 25 24 133 November 16, 1928 27 Unknown Unknown Maryland Hanging 134 November 26, 1928 46 46 0White PennsylvaniaElectrocution 135November 30, 1928 26 26 Ohio 136 46 45 1Black 137 December 3, 1928 Unknown Unknown 3 Pennsylvania 138 December 7, 1928 30 29 1White CaliforniaHanging 139December 14, 1928 35 32 3 Mississippi 140 22 20 2 New YorkElectrocution 141December 15, 1928 33 33 0 Native AmericanIllinois 142 32 32 Black 143 48 48 144 December 19, 1928 56 55 1 Native American Georgia 145 December 31, 1928 24 23 Black Pennsylvania

Demographics Gender Male 144 Female 1 Ethnicity Black 73 White 63 Asian 4 Hispanic 3 Native American 2 State Georgia 15 New York 14 Pennsylvania 13 Texas 9 Florida 8 Mississippi 8 Kentucky 7 Ohio 7 Alabama 5 California 5 Illinois 5 Louisiana 5 Arizona 4 Arkansas 4 District of Columbia 4 North Carolina 4 Maryland 3 Massachusetts 3 Oklahoma 3 Tennessee 3 Virginia 3 Washington 3 West Virginia 3 Colorado 2 Oregon 2 Indiana 1 Nebraska 1 New Jersey 1 Method Electrocution 108 Hanging 37 Month January 14 February 12 March 12 April 12 May 8 June 19 July 21 August 16 September 9 October 9 November 4 December 9 Age Unknown 10 10–19 7 20–29 70 30–39 41 40–49 13 50–59 4 Total 145 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 1929 102 1928 145 1927 139 Total 386

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