One hundred and forty-four people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1925, ninety-six by electrocution, forty-six by hanging, and two by firing squad.
List of people executed in the United States in 1925 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 2, 1925 33 30 3MaleBlack Iowa Hanging 2January 5, 1925 17 17 0North CarolinaElectrocution 3 Unknown Unknown 4January 8, 1925 21 20 1WhiteNew York 5 19 18 6January 9, 1925 36 34 2 Black ArizonaHanging 7 42 41 1White California 8 21 20 OhioElectrocution 9 January 14, 1925 44 42 2 Tennessee 10January 15, 1925 42 41 1 Black District of Columbia Hanging 11 38 37 WhiteNew YorkElectrocution 12 34 33 13 37 36 14January 16, 1925 30 29 CaliforniaHanging 15 21 20 16 22 21 17 22 0Black Illinois 18January 22, 1925 50 43 7 District of Columbia 19 22 21 1WhiteNew YorkElectrocution 20 42 40 2 21 25 24 1 Hispanic 22January 30, 1925 29 29 0 White Indiana 23 Unknown Unknown UnknownBlackMississippiHanging 24 Unknown Unknown Unknown 25 February 9, 1925 50 49 1 Ohio Electrocution 26February 13, 1925 42 40 2 Hispanic CaliforniaHanging 27 47 47 0WhiteIllinois 28 51 51 29 18 17 1 Black Maryland 30 February 14, 1925 22 20 2 White Montana 31 February 18, 1925 39 Unknown UnknownBlack North CarolinaElectrocution 32February 20, 1925 54 Unknown Unknown Ohio 33 23 20 3White Utah Firing squad 34 February 27, 1925 26 24 2AlabamaHanging 35March 6, 1925 45 44 1Black 36 39 Unknown Unknown VirginiaElectrocution 37March 12, 1925 27 26 1WhiteNew York 38 30 28 2 39 33 Unknown UnknownBlack Virginia 40March 20, 1925 25 23 2Kentucky 41 38 36 42 33 32 1 WhiteLouisianaHanging 43 Unknown Unknown 2Black 44 March 27, 1925 24 23 1 OhioElectrocution 45 March 30, 1925 21 3 Pennsylvania 46 April 3, 1925 31 29 2White Texas 47April 6, 1925 33 32 1Pennsylvania 48 21 20 49April 17, 1925 55 54 North Carolina 50 23 23 0 51 30 30 Black Virginia 52 April 20, 1925 29 28 1 White Pennsylvania 53 April 21, 1925 27 2 Black North Carolina 54April 24, 1925 20 18 White California Hanging 55 24 23 1 OhioElectrocution 56 April 27, 1925 25 2 Pennsylvania 57April 30, 1925 28 27 1New York 58 22 20 2 59 23 22 1 60May 1, 1925 33 32 Ohio 61 34 Unknown UnknownBlack Virginia 62 May 6, 1925 Unknown Unknown Unknown Florida 63May 8, 1925 26 24 2 White California Hanging 64 Unknown Unknown UnknownBlack North CarolinaElectrocution 65May 15, 1925 32 31 1 Georgia 66 33 32 Illinois Hanging 67 29 26 3 Hispanic Utah Firing squad 68 May 16, 1925 30 29 1White Ohio Electrocution 69 May 21, 1925 28 22 6 GeorgiaHanging 70May 22, 1925 45 44 1 Mississippi 71 43 2Oregon 72 68 66 73 May 25, 1925 34 31 3 PennsylvaniaElectrocution 74 May 29, 1925 22 Unknown Unknown Black Oklahoma 75June 1, 1925 Unknown Unknown 2WhitePennsylvania 76 Unknown Unknown 77June 5, 1925 19 18 1Black North Carolina 78 56 54 2 South Carolina 79 24 Unknown Unknown Texas 80June 12, 1925 Unknown Unknown Unknown Alabama Hanging 81 25 24 1 North CarolinaElectrocution 82 37 37 0 White Ohio 83June 19, 1925 Unknown Unknown 1Black Illinois Hanging 84 32 29 3 North CarolinaElectrocution 85June 26, 1925 20 16 4Arkansas 86 22 Unknown Unknown 87 24 23 1WhiteKentucky 88 26 25 89 22 21 90 June 29, 1925 35 34 Black Pennsylvania 91July 3, 1925 35 0 Alabama Hanging 92 24 23 1 KentuckyElectrocution 93 22 22 0Texas 94 23 23 95July 10, 1925 22 21 1WhiteCaliforniaHanging 96 21 19 2 97 19 17 98 Unknown Unknown Virginia Electrocution 99July 17, 1925 25 24 1BlackMissouriHanging 100 27 25 2 101 25 Unknown Unknown TexasElectrocution 102 45 45 0 Virginia 103 July 24, 1925 38 35 3 White CaliforniaHanging 104July 31, 1925 36 35 1 Black Alabama 105 23 22 White California 106August 7, 1925 21 20 OhioElectrocution 107 40 38 2 Texas 108 August 11, 1925 27 24 3 Nebraska 109 August 21, 1925 Unknown Unknown 0 Black Alabama Hanging 110 August 27, 1925 25 24 1 White New York Electrocution 111August 28, 1925 28 27 Black Kentucky Hanging 112 31 30 South CarolinaElectrocution 113 September 4, 1925 45 39 6 White Ohio 114 September 17, 1925 44 44 0Black New York 115 September 18, 1925 28 28 Ohio 116September 21, 1925 Unknown Unknown 1WhitePennsylvania 117 Unknown Unknown 118 September 26, 1925 Unknown Unknown 0Black Georgia 119September 28, 1925 27 Unknown UnknownPennsylvania 120 Unknown Unknown Unknown 121 September 29, 1925 28 Unknown Unknown Virginia 122October 2, 1925 18 18 0North Carolina 123 26 26 124 October 5, 1925 37 36 1 Pennsylvania 125October 9, 1925 36 34 2 Federal governmentHanging 126 41 Unknown Unknown White California 127 31 Unknown Unknown Black Virginia Electrocution 128 October 10, 1925 26 26 0 Native American Federal government Hanging 129 October 12, 1925 Unknown Unknown 1 Black Pennsylvania Electrocution 130October 16, 1925 30 Unknown UnknownWhite Illinois Hanging 131 32 31 1 IndianaElectrocution 132October 19, 1925 23 22 BlackPennsylvania 133 38 37 White 134October 26, 1925 20 19 135 21 20 136 November 5, 1925 26 25 Tennessee 137 November 13, 1925 31 30 Arkansas 138 November 16, 1925 26 25 Iowa Hanging 139November 20, 1925 21 20 BlackOhioElectrocution 140 40 39 White 141November 30, 1925 27 27 0 Oregon Hanging 142 25 24 1 PennsylvaniaElectrocution 143 December 4, 1925 29 28 Black Oklahoma 144 December 15, 1925 25 24 White New Jersey
Demographics Gender Male 144 Female 0 Ethnicity White 74 Black 66 Hispanic 3 Native American 1 State Pennsylvania 20 New York 15 California 13 Ohio 13 North Carolina 12 Virginia 8 Kentucky 7 Alabama 6 Illinois 6 Texas 6 Arkansas 3 Georgia 3 Mississippi 3 Oregon 3 District of Columbia 2 Federal government 2 Indiana 2 Iowa 2 Louisiana 2 Missouri 2 Oklahoma 2 South Carolina 2 Tennessee 2 Utah 2 Arizona 1 Florida 1 Maryland 1 Montana 1 Nebraska 1 New Jersey 1 Method Electrocution 96 Hanging 46 Firing squad 2 Month January 24 February 10 March 11 April 14 May 15 June 16 July 15 August 7 September 9 October 14 November 7 December 2 Age Unknown 16 10–19 7 20–29 64 30–39 35 40–49 15 50–59 6 60–69 1 Total 144 100%
Executions in recent years Number of executions 1926 141 1925 144 1924 127 Total 412
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