One hundred and forty-eight people, one hundred and forty-seven male and one female, were executed in the United States in 1922, ninety-five by electrocution, fifty-one by hanging, and two by firing squad.
List of people executed in the United States in 1922 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 3, 1922 Unknown Unknown UnknownMale Asian PennsylvaniaElectrocution 2January 12, 1922 40 37 3WhiteNew York 3 29 28 1 4 40 38 2 5January 13, 1922 23 21 HispanicArizonaHanging 6 32 31 1 7 Unknown Unknown Unknown FemaleBlackMississippi 8 Unknown Unknown UnknownMale 9January 17, 1922 23 22 1New JerseyElectrocution 10 35 35 0 11January 20, 1922 18 17 1HispanicNew MexicoHanging 12 19 18 13 36 34 2 White Utah Firing squad 14January 23, 1922 21 19 BlackPennsylvaniaElectrocution 15 39 Unknown Unknown 16 23 22 1 Virginia 17February 2, 1922 27 Unknown UnknownWhiteNew York 18 21 19 2 19 February 3, 1922 33 32 1 Black South Carolina 20February 7, 1922 55 55 0 White New Jersey 21 23 21 2 Black Virginia 22February 17, 1922 34 33 1White Montana Hanging 23 28 27 TennesseeElectrocution 24 February 18, 1922 47 46 25 February 23, 1922 34 33 Black Virginia 26February 24, 1922 21 20 Hispanic CaliforniaHanging 27 23 22 Black Florida 28 26 25 Maryland 29 38 37 OhioElectrocution 30 26 25 Virginia 31 February 27, 1922 31 29 2White Pennsylvania 32March 1, 1922 27 27 0Ohio 33 28 28 34 21 20 1Tennessee 35 26 25 36 29 28 37 26 26 0 38March 2, 1922 23 22 1 Illinois Hanging 39 22 21 New YorkElectrocution 40March 3, 1922 23 22 Ohio 41 34 32 2Black 42 25 24 1 West Virginia Hanging 43 March 10, 1922 18 17 ArkansasElectrocution 44 March 15, 1922 31 29 2 Tennessee 45March 17, 1922 24 21 3White District of Columbia Hanging 46 49 49 0 OklahomaElectrocution 47 March 20, 1922 56 54 2 Pennsylvania 48 March 23, 1922 37 36 1 New York 49 March 25, 1922 27 26 Ohio 50March 27, 1922 38 37 Pennsylvania 51 24 Unknown Unknown 52 March 31, 1922 29 Unknown UnknownBlack Virginia 53 April 3, 1922 34 33 1 Pennsylvania 54 April 4, 1922 32 Unknown Unknown Virginia 55 April 7, 1922 19 18 1 South Carolina 56 April 11, 1922 39 38 White Tennessee 57 April 14, 1922 30 29 Texas Hanging 58 April 16, 1922 25 23 2Black Pennsylvania Electrocution 59April 20, 1922 Unknown Unknown Unknown Louisiana Hanging 60 29 28 1 New York Electrocution 61 May 4, 1922 Unknown Unknown Unknown West VirginiaHanging 62May 5, 1922 51 50 1 Georgia 63 38 Unknown UnknownOhioElectrocution 64 26 25 1 65 39 39 0White Oklahoma 66 May 9, 1922 18 16 2 Ohio 67 May 12, 1922 Unknown Unknown UnknownBlack Georgia Hanging 68 May 15, 1922 22 20 2PennsylvaniaElectrocution 69 May 22, 1922 27 27 0 70May 26, 1922 40 39 1 Hispanic California Hanging 71 20 19 Black VirginiaElectrocution 72 May 31, 1922 57 55 2White New Jersey 73 June 1, 1922 35 34 1 Indiana 74June 8, 1922 23 22 New York 75 24 23 76 26 Unknown Unknown 77June 9, 1922 33 32 1 Black Nebraska 78 23 19 4White Utah Firing squad 79 June 14, 1922 24 23 1 OhioElectrocution 80 June 15, 1922 27 26 Black New York 81June 16, 1922 AlabamaHanging 82 20 17 3 Georgia 83 36 35 1WhiteSouth CarolinaElectrocution 84 23 22 85 32 31 86 June 19, 1922 Unknown Unknown Unknown Pennsylvania 87 June 20, 1922 21 20 1 Ohio 88June 23, 1922 23 23 0 Black Alabama Hanging 89 22 21 1White OhioElectrocution 90 June 26, 1922 Unknown Unknown Unknown Pennsylvania 91 June 29, 1922 65 62 3 New York 92July 7, 1922 25 23 2OregonHanging 93 24 22 94July 14, 1922 Unknown Unknown 3BlackAlabama 95 Unknown Unknown Unknown 96July 17, 1922 34 33 1 WhitePennsylvaniaElectrocution 97 30 Unknown Unknown Black 98July 20, 1922 19 18 1 WhiteNew York 99 21 20 Asian 100 July 24, 1922 23 22 White Pennsylvania 101 July 25, 1922 18 17 Black Tennessee 102July 28, 1922 27 27 0HispanicNew MexicoHanging 103 33 32 1 104 24 23 105 July 31, 1922 29 28 White Pennsylvania Electrocution 106 August 11, 1922 Unknown Unknown Unknown Mississippi Hanging 107August 15, 1922 Unknown Unknown Unknown BlackTennesseeElectrocution 108 38 37 1White 109 August 18, 1922 51 51 0 Colorado Hanging 110August 31, 1922 22 22 BlackNew YorkElectrocution 111 32 31 1 White 112September 1, 1922 Unknown Unknown Black AlabamaHanging 113 Unknown Unknown UnknownGeorgia 114 19 18 1White 115 September 5, 1922 28 Unknown Unknown New Jersey Electrocution 116September 8, 1922 30 27 3 IowaHanging 117 25 23 2 Oregon 118September 15, 1922 27 26 1 Iowa 119 36 36 0BlackNorth CarolinaElectrocution 120 20 20 0 121September 22, 1922 50 Unknown Unknown Hispanic CaliforniaHanging 122 55 Unknown UnknownWhite Texas 123September 25, 1922 29 27 2PennsylvaniaElectrocution 124 35 33 125 September 29, 1922 34 1 Arizona Hanging 126 October 2, 1922 47 45 2 Pennsylvania Electrocution 127 October 6, 1922 27 26 1 Hispanic California Hanging 128 October 12, 1922 17 17 0Black North Carolina Electrocution 129October 13, 1922 Unknown Unknown UnknownLouisianaHanging 130 Unknown Unknown Unknown 131 October 20, 1922 34 33 1White California 132 October 24, 1922 54 48 6 Connecticut Hanging 133October 30, 1922 41 Unknown UnknownPennsylvaniaElectrocution 134 43 42 1 135 21 18 3 136 November 3, 1922 19 Unknown Unknown Black Alabama Hanging 137 November 6, 1922 27 24 3White Pennsylvania Electrocution 138 November 10, 1922 46 43 Maryland Hanging 139 November 16, 1922 27 26 1 Kentucky Electrocution 140November 24, 1922 28 28 0 Asian CaliforniaHanging 141 26 24 2White Iowa 142December 1, 1922 34 33 1 Indiana Electrocution 143 37 36 Washington Hanging 144December 4, 1922 31 29 2PennsylvaniaElectrocution 145 24 23 1Black 146 December 11, 1922 41 39 2 147 December 15, 1922 21 21 0White Illinois Hanging 148 December 22, 1922 30 29 1 South Carolina Electrocution
Demographics Gender Male 147 Female 1 Ethnicity White 80 Black 54 Hispanic 11 Asian 3 State Pennsylvania 27 New York 17 Ohio 12 Tennessee 11 Virginia 7 Alabama 6 New Mexico 6 South Carolina 6 California 5 Georgia 5 New Jersey 5 Arizona 3 Iowa 3 Louisiana 3 Mississippi 3 North Carolina 3 Oregon 3 Illinois 2 Indiana 2 Maryland 2 Oklahoma 2 Texas 2 Utah 2 West Virginia 2 Arkansas 1 Colorado 1 Connecticut 1 District of Columbia 1 Florida 1 Kentucky 1 Montana 1 Nebraska 1 Washington 1 Method Electrocution 95 Hanging 51 Firing squad 2 Month January 16 February 15 March 21 April 8 May 12 June 19 July 14 August 6 September 14 October 10 November 6 December 7 Age Unknown 16 10–19 10 20–29 66 30–39 37 40–49 10 50–59 8 60–69 1 Total 148 100%
Executions in recent years Number of executions 1923 114 1922 148 1921 143 Total 405
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