Ninety-nine people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1918, fifty-two by electrocution, forty-six by hanging, and one by firing squad.
List of people executed in the United States in 1918 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 11, 1918 24 23 1MaleWhite DelawareHanging 2January 14, 1918 31 30 Montana 3 24 23 4 29 Unknown Unknown Black 5 January 15, 1918 51 50 1 White New Hampshire 6 January 25, 1918 23 Unknown Unknown Black South CarolinaElectrocution 7 February 1, 1918 35 34 1White Ohio 8 February 9, 1918 34 Unknown Unknown New Jersey 9February 15, 1918 22 Unknown UnknownIllinoisHanging 10 Unknown Unknown 1 11 March 1, 1918 Unknown Unknown UnknownLouisiana 12March 15, 1918 Unknown Unknown 0 Black 13 34 33 1 White 14 24 23 Black North CarolinaElectrocution 15April 5, 1918John B. Mann2100U.S. militaryHanging16Walter MatthewsUnknown 17 April 8, 1918 36 351White PennsylvaniaElectrocution 18 April 9, 1918 32 Unknown Unknown New JerseyElectrocution 19 April 11, 1918 Unknown Unknown UnknownHispanic New MexicoHanging 20 April 12, 1918 30 29 1 Montana 21 April 15, 1918 Black PennsylvaniaElectrocution 22 April 26, 1918 20 19 North Carolina 23 May 3, 1918 26 25 1 Oklahoma 24 May 10, 1918 18 Unknown Unknown South Carolina 25 May 20, 1918 20 19 1 Pennsylvania 26 May 23, 1918 18 2 White New York 27May 24, 1918 21 20 1 Black North Carolina 28 31 30 WhiteTexasHanging 29 34 33 30 32 30 2 Utah Firing squad 31 May 25, 1918 34 33 1 Black North CarolinaElectrocution 32May 27, 1918 34 32 2WhitePennsylvania 33 31 Unknown Unknown 34June 7, 1918 38 Unknown UnknownBlack North Carolina 35 39 Unknown Unknown Virginia 36 June 10, 1918 45 43 2White Pennsylvania 37June 13, 1918 25 24 1New York 38 Unknown Unknown 2 39 38 37 1 40June 14, 1918 Unknown Unknown UnknownBlackLouisianaHanging 41 Unknown Unknown 1 42June 17, 1918 25 23 2WhiteConnecticut 43 24 1 44 21 19 2 45June 28, 1918 18 Unknown UnknownBlackLouisiana 46 Unknown Unknown Unknown 47July 2, 1918 17 16 1VirginiaElectrocution 48 19 18 49July 5, 1918 22 220U.S. militaryHanging 50 31 31 51 30 30 52July 8, 1918 17 16 1TennesseeElectrocution 53 Unknown Unknown 154July 11, 1918Nat Hoffman25250WhiteU.S. militaryHanging 55July 12, 1918 27 261 California 56 21 21 0 Kentucky Electrocution 57July 19, 1918 Unknown Unknown 1 Black AlabamaHanging 58 21 Unknown Unknown White Illinois 59 37 Unknown UnknownBlack South CarolinaElectrocution 60July 26, 1918 36 Unknown Unknown Arkansas 61 23 21 2 White Georgia Hanging 62 21 20 1Black Ohio Electrocution 63 August 9, 1918 33 32 CaliforniaHanging 64 August 16, 1918 Unknown Unknown Unknown Texas 65August 23, 1918 28 28 0 White Arkansas Electrocution 66 34 32 2 Black Texas Hanging 67August 30, 1918 45 Unknown UnknownWhiteNew YorkElectrocution 68 23 Unknown Unknown 69 30 30 0Black TexasHanging 70 September 11, 1918 Unknown Unknown Unknown Alabama 71 September 13, 1918 32 31 1 North CarolinaElectrocution 72September 17, 1918Babe Collier3029U.S. military73Thomas McDonald292874James RobinsonUnknownUnknown75Joseph SmithUnknownUnknown76Albert D. WrightUnknownUnknown 77 September 20, 1918 37 36 Ohio 78September 25, 1918William D. BooneUnknownUnknownU.S. military 79 October 3, 1918 49 48White New York 80 October 4, 1918 27 26 Ohio 81October 14, 1918 29 290BlackPennsylvania 82 24 24 83October 21, 1918 231White 84 20 19 85 October 25, 1918 28 27 Black Ohio 86October 28, 1918 22 21WhitePennsylvania 87 28 27 88November 8, 1918 Unknown Unknown UnknownBlack Alabama Hanging 89 34 33 1 Oklahoma Electrocution 90 20 18 2White Texas Hanging 91November 18, 1918 23 Unknown UnknownPennsylvaniaElectrocution 92 29 27 2 93 November 29, 1918 61 60 1 Hispanic CaliforniaHanging 94 December 6, 1918 24 22 2White Illinois 95 December 9, 1918 Unknown Unknown1PennsylvaniaElectrocution 96December 16, 1918 36 35 97 29 Unknown Unknown Black 98 December 19, 1918 28 27 1 White New York 99 December 20, 1918 16 15 Black North Carolina
Demographics Gender Male 99 Female 0 Ethnicity Black 50 White 46 Hispanic 3 State Pennsylvania 17 U.S. military 12 New York 8 Louisiana 7 North Carolina 7 Texas 6 Ohio 5 Illinois 4 Montana 4 Alabama 3 California 3 Connecticut 3 South Carolina 3 Virginia 3 Arkansas 2 New Jersey 2 Oklahoma 2 Tennessee 2 Delaware 1 Georgia 1 Kentucky 1 New Hampshire 1 New Mexico 1 Utah 1 Method Electrocution 52 Hanging 46 Firing squad 1 Month January 6 February 4 March 4 April 8 May 11 June 13 July 16 August 7 September 9 October 9 November 6 December 6 Age Unknown 20 10–19 6 20–29 40 30–39 29 40–49 3 50–59 1 60–69 1 Total 99 100%
Executions in recent years Number of executions 1919 64 1918 99 1917 90 Total 253
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