List of people executed in the United States in 1921

One hundred and forty-three people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1921, seventy-eight by electrocution, and sixty-five by hanging.

List of people executed in the United States in 1921 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1January 7, 1921 25 24 1Male WhiteOhioElectrocution 2 26 Unknown Unknown Black 3 January 14, 1921 27 27 0 Hispanic Arizona Hanging 4 January 20, 1921 Unknown UnknownBlack Ohio Electrocution 5January 21, 1921 21 20 1AlabamaHanging 6 Unknown Unknown Unknown 7January 27, 1921 38 36 2HispanicNew YorkElectrocution 8 33 31 9 January 31, 1921 45 45 0 Black Kentucky 10 February 1, 1921 29 28 1 White New Jersey 11February 4, 1921 Unknown Unknown 2 Black AlabamaHanging 12 43 41 White California 13 27 26 1 Black South CarolinaElectrocution 14 February 10, 1921 20 19 White New York 15February 11, 1921 30 29 IllinoisHanging 16 37 36 17February 18, 1921 34 32 2 California 18 27 25Black South Carolina Electrocution 19February 25, 1921 35 Unknown Unknown LouisianaHanging 20 16 16 0Maryland 21 Unknown Unknown 2 22 39 39 0 WhiteOklahomaElectrocution 23 31 30 1 Native American 24 February 28, 1921 Unknown Unknown 3 Black Pennsylvania 25 March 3, 1921 24 23 1 White New York 26 March 4, 1921 40 39Black South Carolina 27 March 5, 1921 27 Unknown Unknown Virginia 28March 11, 1921 22 21 1 District of ColumbiaHanging 29 25 24 Asian Wyoming 30 March 15, 1921 35 33 2 White New Jersey Electrocution 31March 18, 1921 Unknown Unknown 1BlackMarylandHanging 32 Unknown Unknown 33 19 19 0 Texas 34 March 21, 1921 21 21 North CarolinaElectrocution 35 March 25, 1921 14 14 South Carolina 36 April 1, 1921 26 26 White Washington Hanging 37 April 8, 1921 24 Unknown Unknown Black Virginia Electrocution 38April 15, 1921 29 26 3White Federal governmentHanging 39 26 25 1Illinois 40 30 29 41 26 25 42 36 34 2 43 41 40 1 Maryland 44 27 Unknown UnknownMississippi 45 34 33 1 46 April 18, 1921 45 44 Pennsylvania Electrocution 47April 22, 1921 Unknown Unknown Unknown BlackLouisianaHanging 48 19 19 0White 49 22 22 50April 25, 1921 21 18 3PennsylvaniaElectrocution 51 20 17 52April 29, 1921 21 Unknown Unknown Black Arkansas 53 25 24 1 White New York 54 May 3, 1921 Unknown Unknown Black South Carolina 55 May 5, 1921 39 36 3 White New York 56 May 6, 1921 25 Unknown UnknownBlack Louisiana Hanging 57May 16, 1921 20 18 2PennsylvaniaElectrocution 58 23 Unknown Unknown 59May 20, 1921 24 23 1 White ConnecticutHanging 60 Unknown Unknown Black Florida 61May 23, 1921 24 23 PennsylvaniaElectrocution 62 39 35 4White 63May 27, 1921 36 36 0 Connecticut Hanging 64 35 34 1 Black North CarolinaElectrocution 65 May 28, 1921 42 41 White Ohio 66June 2, 1921 61 Unknown Unknown Asian Hawaii Territory Hanging 67 43 41 2White Ohio Electrocution 68 June 3, 1921 53 Unknown Unknown California Hanging 69June 17, 1921 36 Unknown Unknown Black Arkansas Electrocution 70 22 21 1WhiteLouisianaHanging 71 20 19 72June 20, 1921 30 29 BlackPennsylvaniaElectrocution 73 31 30 74 35 34 White 75 36 35 Black 76June 24, 1921 50 49 Federal governmentHanging 77 Unknown Unknown Illinois 78 45 44 79 July 1, 1921 32 32 0 Ohio Electrocution 80 July 8, 1921 26 25 1 HispanicIllinoisHanging 81July 15, 1921 25 24 White 82 22 21 Black OklahomaElectrocution 83July 21, 1921 27 26 New York 84 17 16 HispanicTexasHanging 85 40 39 Black 86 July 22, 1921 48 48 0White West Virginia 87 July 25, 1921 Unknown Unknown Unknown PennsylvaniaElectrocution 88 July 26, 1921 40 Unknown UnknownBlack New Jersey 89August 3, 1921 18 17 1Tennessee 90 19 18 91 August 5, 1921 23 22 White West VirginiaHanging 92 August 12, 1921 Missouri 93August 17, 1921 Unknown Unknown BlackTennesseeElectrocution 94 Unknown Unknown Unknown 95 Unknown Unknown 196Lee WalkerUnknownUnknownUnknownMissouriHanging 97August 23, 1921 29 26 3WhiteNew JerseyElectrocution 98 32 311 99August 26, 1921 72 71BlackAlabamaHanging 100 Unknown Unknown Unknown 101 Unknown Unknown 0 102 29 28 1White Montana 103 August 29, 1921 24 24 0 OhioElectrocution 104August 30, 1921 35 341New Jersey 105 29 28 106September 1, 1921 19 19 0 Black Federal government Hanging 107 42 38 4WhiteNew YorkElectrocution 108 36 35 1 109 September 2, 1921 23 23 0 Black South Carolina 110September 9, 1921 25 22 3 White Arizona Hanging 111 27 27 0 Black Ohio Electrocution 112 September 12, 1921 23 22 1 White MissouriHanging 113September 15, 1921 35 35 0 Black Alabama 114 30 Unknown UnknownWhite New YorkElectrocution 115 September 20, 1921 38 37 1 Ohio 116September 23, 1921 33 33 0FloridaHanging 117 25 24 1 118 September 26, 1921 24 Unknown Unknown Black Pennsylvania Electrocution 119September 30, 1921 26 24 2 White Illinois Hanging 120 41 40 1Black OhioElectrocution 121 22 220Virginia 122 18 18 123 October 3, 1921 22 20 2 Pennsylvania 124October 7, 1921 Unknown Unknown Unknown Native American Federal governmentHanging 125 29 Unknown Unknown Black West Virginia 126 October 10, 1921 34 331White North CarolinaElectrocution 127 October 14, 1921 25 24 Arkansas 128 October 20, 1921 53 52 North Carolina 129October 21, 1921 36 35Black CaliforniaHanging 130 27 27 0 Illinois 131 October 24, 1921 32 28 4 White PennsylvaniaElectrocution 132 October 31, 1921 33 32 1Black North Carolina 133 November 4, 1921 40 40 0 South Carolina 134 November 9, 1921 Unknown Unknown1White Illinois Hanging 135 November 21, 1921 39 38 North CarolinaElectrocution 136 November 28, 1921 Unknown Unknown 2 Pennsylvania 137 November 30, 1921 Unknown Unknown UnknownBlack North Carolina 138December 2, 1921 Unknown Unknown UnknownAlabamaHanging 139 Unknown Unknown Unknown 140 30 Unknown Unknown South CarolinaElectrocution 141 December 9, 1921 39 36 3White Virginia 142 December 15, 1921 59 58 1 New York 143 December 30, 1921 20 Unknown Unknown Black Arkansas

Demographics Gender Male 143 Female 0 Ethnicity Black 70 White 64 Hispanic 5 Asian 2 Native American 2 State Pennsylvania 17 Illinois 13 New York 11 Ohio 10 Alabama 9 South Carolina 8 Louisiana 7 New Jersey 7 North Carolina 7 Maryland 5 Tennessee 5 Virginia 5 Arkansas 4 California 4 Federal government 4 Florida 3 Missouri 3 Oklahoma 3 Texas 3 West Virginia 3 Arizona 2 Connecticut 2 Mississippi 2 District of Columbia 1 Hawaii Territory 1 Kentucky 1 Montana 1 Washington 1 Wyoming 1 Method Electrocution 78 Hanging 65 Month January 9 February 15 March 11 April 18 May 12 June 13 July 10 August 17 September 17 October 10 November 5 December 6 Age Unknown 23 10–19 9 20–29 55 30–39 36 40–49 14 50–59 4 60–69 1 70–79 1 Total 143 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 1922 148 1921 143 1920 103 Total 394

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