List of people executed in the United States in 1920

One hundred and three people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1920, fifty-nine by electrocution, and forty-four by hanging.

List of people executed in the United States in 1920 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1January 2, 1920 36 36 0MaleWhite CaliforniaHanging 2 33 Unknown Unknown Illinois 3 January 5, 1920 30 28 2 Black PennsylvaniaElectrocution 4January 8, 1920 31 27 4 White New York 5 17 16 1Black Tennessee 6January 16, 1920 Unknown Unknown 0 Mississippi Hanging 7 34 33 1White North CarolinaElectrocution 8 January 29, 1920 27 26 New York 9February 9, 1920 20 19 BlackPennsylvania 10 21 20 11February 20, 1920 White IllinoisHanging 12 Unknown Unknown 0Black Louisiana 13March 1, 1920 17 16 1PennsylvaniaElectrocution 14 23 20 3 White 15 March 2, 1920 27 26 1 Black District of ColumbiaHanging 16March 5, 1920 31 Unknown UnknownWhite Connecticut 17 41 39 2North CarolinaElectrocution 18 38 37 1 19March 9, 1920 26 Unknown UnknownOhio 20 30 Unknown Unknown 21 March 10, 1920 24 23 1Kentucky 22 March 11, 1920 31 31 0Black 23 March 23, 1920 42 42 TexasHanging 24 March 26, 1920 Unknown Unknown 1 Louisiana 25 March 29, 1920 34 32 2 PennsylvaniaElectrocution 26 March 31, 1920 24 23 1 White Ohio 27April 16, 1920 Hispanic ArizonaHanging 28 20 19 Black Illinois 29 April 27, 1920 21 2 Pennsylvania Electrocution 30April 30, 1920 Unknown Unknown 0 GeorgiaHanging 31 21 21 White West Virginia 32 May 3, 1920 35 33 2 PennsylvaniaElectrocution 33May 13, 1920 21 20 1New York 34 26 24 2 35May 28, 1920 Unknown Unknown Unknown Black Louisiana Hanging 36 26 25 1WhiteNew YorkElectrocution 37 25 24 38June 1, 1920 20 18 2BlackPennsylvania 39 22 21 1 40 48 46 2 41July 9, 1920 Unknown Unknown Louisiana Hanging Elbert W. Blancett25214WhiteNew Mexico 42 48 47 1 Oklahoma Electrocution 43 July 16, 1920 Unknown Unknown Unknown Black AlabamaHanging 44 July 20, 1920 65 64 1 White Mississippi 45 July 22, 1920 26 Unknown Unknown Black New York Electrocution 46July 23, 1920 30 26 4 White FloridaHanging 47 Unknown Unknown 1 Black Maryland 48 July 29, 1920 20 19 1 White New York Electrocution 49July 30, 1920 28 26 2Black AlabamaHanging 50 Unknown Unknown Unknown Florida 51 August 5, 1920 18 17 1 IndianaElectrocution 52 August 6, 1920 20 Unknown Unknown South Carolina 53 August 13, 1920 Unknown Unknown 2 Louisiana Hanging 54 August 14, 1920 24 24 0 Native American ArkansasElectrocution 55 August 16, 1920 37 35 2 White Massachusetts 56August 20, 1920 Unknown Unknown 0 Black GeorgiaHanging 57 34 34 White Mississippi 58August 27, 1920 40 39 1 Asian California 59 25 Unknown Unknown WhiteNew YorkElectrocution 60 40 Unknown Unknown Black 61September 3, 1920 36 36 0 White Montana Hanging 62 25 24 1 Black TennesseeElectrocution 63 September 9, 1920 28 26 2 White New York 64 September 10, 1920 Unknown Unknown Unknown Black Mississippi Hanging 65 September 14, 1920 25 23 2White New Jersey Electrocution 66September 17, 1920 26 25 1LouisianaHanging 67 Unknown Unknown UnknownBlack 68 September 20, 1920 20 19 1 North Carolina Electrocution 69September 24, 1920 36 36 0 California Hanging 70 25 25 South Carolina Electrocution 71October 14, 1920 23 Unknown Unknown WhiteIllinoisHanging 72 40 Unknown UnknownBlack 73 October 27, 1920 39 35 4 District of Columbia 74 October 29, 1920 22 22 0White California 75November 1, 1920 26 23 3PennsylvaniaElectrocution 76 23 20 Black 77November 5, 1920 30 Unknown Unknown North Carolina 78 29 29 0 White Oregon Hanging 79 November 13, 1920 23 Unknown Unknown Black Virginia Electrocution 80 November 17, 1920 22 19 3 White Illinois Hanging 81November 19, 1920 Unknown Unknown 0 Black Arkansas Electrocution 82 29 27 2 White IllinoisHanging 83 November 26, 1920 21 21 0 Black Delaware 84December 3, 1920 22 1 Asian California 85 24 23 Black Delaware 86 20 19North CarolinaElectrocution 87 30 30 0 88December 9, 1920 21 20 1WhiteNew York 89 27 25 2 90 23 21 91 92 93December 10, 1920 29 28 1 ColoradoHanging 94 19 Unknown Unknown Illinois 95 21 21 0Black IndianaElectrocution 96December 13, 1920 47 Unknown UnknownPennsylvania 97 24 Unknown Unknown White 98 December 14, 1920 25 24 1 Black South Carolina 99 December 17, 1920 30 29 Asian California Hanging 100December 20, 1920 24 21 3WhiteNebraskaElectrocution 101 102 30 28 2 Black Pennsylvania

Demographics Gender Male 103 Female 0 Ethnicity Black 50 White 48 Asian 3 Hispanic 1 Native American 1 State New York 16 Pennsylvania 16 Illinois 8 Louisiana 7 North Carolina 7 California 6 Mississippi 4 Ohio 3 South Carolina 3 Alabama 2 Arkansas 2 Delaware 2 District of Columbia 2 Florida 2 Georgia 2 Indiana 2 Kentucky 2 Nebraska 2 Tennessee 2 Arizona 1 Colorado 1 Connecticut 1 Maryland 1 Massachusetts 1 Montana 1 New Mexico1 New Jersey 1 Oklahoma 1 Oregon 1 Texas 1 Virginia 1 West Virginia 1 Method Electrocution 59 Hanging 44 Month January 8 February 4 March 14 April 5 May 6 June 3 July 11 August 10 September 10 October 4 November 9 December 19 Age Unknown 14 10–19 4 20–29 55 30–39 21 40–49 8 50–59 0 60–69 1 Total 103 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 1921 143 1920 103 1919 64 Total 310

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