List of people executed in the United States in 1923

One hundred and fourteen people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1923, sixty-four by electrocution, forty-nine by hanging, and one by firing squad.

Texas carried out its last executions by hanging prior to the introduction of the electric chair in 1924.

List of people executed in the United States in 1923 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 5, 1923 23 Unknown UnknownMale Black Virginia Electrocution 2 January 12, 1923 Unknown Unknown 2 White Florida Hanging 3 January 25, 1923 23 Unknown Unknown Black New York Electrocution 4January 26, 1923 20 20 0 Asian California Hanging 5 28 Unknown UnknownBlackKentuckyElectrocution 6 29 29 0 7 24 19 5 Ohio 8February 2, 1923 29 28 1WhiteArkansas 9 19 18 10 50 49 11 32 Unknown Unknown 12 16 16 0Black South Carolina 13 February 6, 1923 22 21 1 Virginia 14February 9, 1923 25 24 WhiteMontanaHanging 15 22 20 2 16 February 13, 1923 19 19 0 Black New JerseyElectrocution 17February 15, 1923 38 36 2WhiteNew York 18 25 21 4 19February 16, 1923 Unknown Unknown Unknown LouisianaHanging 20 Unknown Unknown Unknown Black Mississippi 21 32 30 2White OhioElectrocution 22 22 21 1 South Carolina 23February 21, 1923 22 0BlackIllinoisHanging 24 29 28 1 25 February 23, 1923 54 52 2 White California 26March 1, 1923 Unknown Unknown 0 Black North CarolinaElectrocution 27 34 33 1 White New York 28March 2, 1923 50 49 Hispanic California Hanging 29 65 64 WhiteOhioElectrocution 30 42 41 Black 31 31 Unknown Unknown Virginia 32 March 5, 1923 28 25 3 White Pennsylvania 33March 9, 1923 27 261 Black District of ColumbiaHanging 34 26 25 White Iowa 35 27 24 3 Oregon 36 March 16, 1923 26 Unknown UnknownBlack South Carolina Electrocution 37 March 30, 1923 Unknown Unknown 1 FloridaHanging 38April 6, 1923 Unknown Unknown Unknown Maryland 39 32 30 2 Hispanic New Mexico 40 April 7, 1923 22 21 1White Texas 41April 13, 1923 35 33 2 Arizona 42 32 Unknown Unknown Arab California 43 27 26 1 White Ohio Electrocution 44 April 16, 1923 Unknown Unknown Black LouisianaHanging 45April 20, 1923 20 19 District of Columbia 46 23 21 2WhiteMontana 47 Unknown Unknown 48April 26, 1923 50 48 New YorkElectrocution 49 24 21 3 50 23 1 51April 27, 1923 Unknown Unknown Black FloridaHanging 52 23 22 White Georgia 53 16 15 Black North CarolinaElectrocution 54 31 30 White Ohio 55 May 3, 1923 32 27 5 Black District of ColumbiaHanging 56 May 4, 1923 45 43 2 Asian California 57 May 9, 1923 31 29 Black North CarolinaElectrocution 58 May 15, 1923 22 21 1 Kentucky 59 May 18, 1923 Unknown Unknown 0 Louisiana Hanging 60 May 21, 1923 37 Unknown Unknown Pennsylvania Electrocution 61 May 24, 1923 31 29 2 District of Columbia Hanging 62June 7, 1923 21 20 1WhiteNew YorkElectrocution 63 24 23 64June 8, 1923 30 30 0BlackAlabamaHanging 65 Unknown Unknown 1 66 21 21 0 Maryland 67June 15, 1923 32 31 1White Illinois 68 22 21 Kentucky Electrocution 69June 22, 1923 18 18 0 California Hanging 70 36 35 1 Native American New YorkElectrocution 71 20 20 0Black South Carolina 72 June 23, 1923 37 33 4 District of Columbia Hanging 73 June 25, 1923 32 30 2 VirginiaElectrocution 74 June 26, 1923 34 34 0 WhiteNorth Carolina 75 June 28, 1923 53 521 Black 76 June 29, 1923 28 27 White California Hanging 77 July 2, 1923 29 27 2Black PennsylvaniaElectrocution 78 July 12, 1923 27 26 1 New York 79 July 13, 1923 39 38 Ohio 80 July 14, 1923 30 26 4 White Massachusetts 81July 20, 1923 58 Unknown UnknownBlack South Carolina 82 Unknown Unknown 1 Texas Hanging 83July 27, 1923 40 39 White Arkansas Electrocution 84 Unknown Unknown 0Black FloridaHanging 85 July 30, 1923 30 29 1 Texas 86 August 3, 1923 35 34 Asian California 87 August 10, 1923 28 25 3 Hispanic Arizona 88August 24, 1923 51 50 1White Arkansas Electrocution 89 Unknown Unknown 2 Oregon Hanging 90 August 30, 1923 34 33 1 New York Electrocution 91August 31, 1923 31 31 0 LouisianaHanging 92 38 37 1 Black Texas 93 39 38 White Utah Firing squad 94 September 6, 1923 41 41 0 Black Ohio Electrocution 95 September 7, 1923 29 27 2 White Iowa Hanging 96 September 28, 1923 35 Unknown UnknownBlack VirginiaElectrocution 97 October 5, 1923 Unknown Unknown 1 North Carolina 98 October 26, 1923 38 Unknown Unknown Hispanic Hawaii Territory Hanging 99November 2, 1923 37 1White Ohio Electrocution 100 Unknown Unknown Unknown West VirginiaHanging 101 November 16, 1923 Unknown Unknown Unknown Black Louisiana 102 November 23, 1923 30 29 1White Florida 103 December 6, 1923 38 35 3 New YorkElectrocution 104December 7, 1923 44 43 1 Black North Carolina 105 34 33 White Ohio 106December 10, 1923 41 40 Pennsylvania 107 29 27 2 108December 13, 1923 35 34 1New York 109 34 0 110 29 27 2 111December 21, 1923 26 26 0BlackSouth Carolina 112 28 28 113 December 28, 1923 20 20 North Carolina 114 December 31, 1923 23 23 Pennsylvania

Demographics Gender Male 114 Female 0 Ethnicity Black 53 White 53 Hispanic 4 Asian 3 Arab 1 Native American 1 State New York 16 Ohio 10 California 8 North Carolina 8 South Carolina 7 Arkansas 6 Pennsylvania 6 District of Columbia 5 Florida 5 Louisiana 5 Virginia 5 Kentucky 4 Montana 4 Texas 4 Illinois 3 Alabama 2 Arizona 2 Iowa 2 Maryland 2 Oregon 2 Georgia 1 Hawaii Territory 1 Massachusetts 1 Mississippi 1 New Jersey 1 New Mexico 1 Utah 1 West Virginia 1 Method Electrocution 64 Hanging 49 Firing squad 1 Month January 7 February 18 March 12 April 17 May 7 June 15 July 9 August 8 September 3 October 2 November 4 December 12 Age Unknown 17 10–19 5 20–29 43 30–39 35 40–49 6 50–59 7 60–69 1 Total 114 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 1924 127 1923 114 1922 148 Total 389

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