List of people executed in the United States in 1909

One hundred and thirty-eight people, one hundred and thirty-seven male and one female, were executed in the United States in 1909, one hundred and one by hanging, and thirty-seven by electrocution.

List of people executed in the United States in 1909 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1 January 2, 1909 27 27 0MaleBlack Georgia Hanging 2 January 4, 1909 23 23 Virginia Electrocution 3January 8, 1909 40 36 4 White CaliforniaHanging 4 Unknown Unknown 3 Black Texas 5 January 11, 1909 50 Unknown UnknownWhiteNew JerseyElectrocution 6 January 18, 1909 32 Unknown Unknown 7 January 22, 1909 Unknown Unknown Unknown Black ArkansasHanging 8 January 29, 1909 36 35 1White California 9 February 1, 1909 25 24 New York Electrocution 10February 5, 1909 28 27 OregonHanging 11 Unknown Unknown 2Black South Carolina 12 February 12, 1909 45 44 1 Texas 13 February 16, 1909 20 19 White New YorkElectrocution 14 February 17, 1909 27 26 Black New Jersey 15 February 18, 1909 24 24 0 Virginia 16February 24, 1909 28 27 1WhiteConnecticutHanging 17 19 18 18February 25, 1909 28 26 2Pennsylvania 19 37 35 20 20 19 1 Black Texas 21 February 26, 1909 37 36 White Oregon 22 March 2, 1909 Unknown Unknown UnknownBlack Tennessee 23 March 3, 1909 Unknown Unknown Unknown North Carolina 24March 5, 1909 Unknown Unknown 1Louisiana 25 Unknown Unknown 0 26 Unknown Unknown 27 Unknown Unknown 1 28 Unknown Unknown 29 Unknown Unknown 30 Unknown Unknown 2 31 27 26 1 White Nebraska 32 March 8, 1909 25 2 Black New York Electrocution 33 March 9, 1909 25 24 1White Pennsylvania Hanging 34 March 16, 1909 22 21 New YorkElectrocution 35 March 19, 1909 19 18 Virginia 36 March 22, 1909 17 17 0 Black 37 March 23, 1909 26 23 3White New JerseyHanging 38 March 25, 1909 34 32 2 Pennsylvania 39 March 29, 1909 29 28 1 Female New York Electrocution 40 March 31, 1909 Unknown Unknown UnknownMale Black AlabamaHanging 41April 2, 1909 41 40 1WhiteMontana 42 27 26 43 April 8, 1909 24 24 0BlackVirginia Electrocution 44 April 9, 1909 32 30 2 Hanging 45 April 12, 1909 22 21 1 White New York Electrocution 46April 16, 1909 29 Unknown UnknownBlack Kentucky Hanging 47 22 Unknown Unknown Virginia Electrocution 48 21 1 Asian Washington Hanging 49 April 26, 1909 46 45 White New York Electrocution 50April 30, 1909 26 25 CaliforniaHanging 51 Unknown Unknown Black South Carolina 52 57 57 0VirginiaElectrocution 53 33 33 54May 5, 1909 32 32 55 34 34 56May 7, 1909 28 27 1 White Idaho Hanging 57 40 40 0Black Virginia Electrocution 58May 14, 1909 Unknown Unknown 1 South CarolinaHanging 59 Unknown Unknown 2 Texas 60May 21, 1909 Unknown Unknown Unknown Florida 61 Unknown Unknown 0 Native American Nevada 62 June 4, 1909 Unknown Unknown 1 BlackFlorida 63June 11, 1909 32 31 White 64 Unknown Unknown Unknown Black Georgia 65 Unknown Unknown 1 Hispanic Texas 66 June 14, 1909 22 20 2 White New York Electrocution 67June 18, 1909 Unknown Unknown 0BlackLouisianaHanging 68 Unknown Unknown 69 28 28 White Oregon 70 June 21, 1909 Unknown Unknown Unknown Asian Hawaii Territory 71June 29, 1909 25 24 1WhitePennsylvania 72 27 26 73 July 1, 1909 49 48 Black Mississippi 74July 2, 1909 Unknown Unknown 0 Florida 75 36 34 2White Oregon 76 July 6, 1909 23 21 New York Electrocution 77July 8, 1909 Unknown Unknown 4 Black GeorgiaHanging 78 18 17 1WhitePennsylvania 79 21 20 80 July 9, 1909 Unknown Unknown 0Black Georgia 81July 16, 1909 Unknown Unknown Unknown Arkansas 82 22 20 2 White Louisiana 83 July 23, 1909 Unknown Unknown 1 Black Mississippi 84July 29, 1909 25 24 WhitePennsylvania 85 40 39 86July 30, 1909 21 20 Black Missouri 87 27 Unknown Unknown Virginia Electrocution 88 August 5, 1909 32 31 1 PennsylvaniaHanging 89August 10, 1909 Unknown Unknown Unknown Florida 90 49 49 0 White New JerseyElectrocution 91August 27, 1909 29 Unknown Unknown Black Virginia 92 44 43 1 White WashingtonHanging 93 Unknown Unknown UnknownBlack West Virginia 94 September 3, 1909 Unknown Unknown Unknown Texas 95 September 7, 1909 27 27 0 White New Jersey Electrocution 96 September 10, 1909 Unknown Unknown Black MississippiHanging 97September 24, 1909 Unknown Unknown 2 Native American Nevada 98 24 23 1 White Virginia Electrocution 99October 1, 1909 Unknown Unknown 0 Black GeorgiaHanging 100 42 41 1 WhiteTennessee 101 Unknown Unknown Black 102 Unknown Unknown 0Texas 103 Unknown Unknown 104 October 8, 1909 Unknown Unknown Unknown Louisiana 105October 11, 1909 37 35 2AsianMassachusettsElectrocution 106 31 29 107 19 17 108October 14, 1909 Unknown Unknown 1 WhitePennsylvaniaHanging 109 29 27 2 Black 110 October 15, 1909 34 33 1White Louisiana 111 October 19, 1909 42 41 Pennsylvania 112October 22, 1909 21 21 0 BlackAlabama 113 27 27 White 114 Unknown Unknown Unknown Black Illinois 115 28 27 1 White Oregon 116 23 23 0 Black Texas 117 October 26, 1909 42 39 3 White Pennsylvania 118October 28, 1909 Unknown Unknown 0 Black Georgia 119 25 Unknown Unknown Asian Hawaii Territory 120 October 29, 1909 49 47 2White Ohio Electrocution 121November 12, 1909 38 37 1 Oregon Hanging 122 24 24 0 Black Virginia Electrocution 123 26 25 1White WashingtonHanging 124 November 16, 1909 21 21 0 South Dakota 125 November 18, 1909 17 15 2 Pennsylvania 126November 19, 1909 Unknown Unknown 0Black Georgia 127 Unknown Unknown Louisiana 128 Unknown Unknown 129 Unknown Unknown 130 Unknown Unknown 1 Native American Oklahoma 131 November 22, 1909 35 35 0White New York Electrocution 132 December 2, 1909 51 50 1 Pennsylvania Hanging 133 December 6, 1909 24 22 2 New YorkElectrocution 134 December 9, 1909 23 Unknown Unknown Black Virginia 135December 17, 1909 Unknown Unknown 0 White AlabamaHanging 136 37 37 Black Louisiana 137 28 27 1 White Texas 138 19 19 0 Black Virginia Electrocution

Demographics Gender Male 137 Female 1 Ethnicity Black 70 White 58 Asian 6 Native American 3 Hispanic 1 State Virginia 18 Pennsylvania 17 Louisiana 16 New York 11 Texas 10 Georgia 7 New Jersey 6 Oregon 6 Florida 5 Alabama 4 California 3 Massachusetts 3 Mississippi 3 South Carolina 3 Tennessee 3 Washington 3 Arkansas 2 Connecticut 2 Hawaii Territory 2 Montana 2 Nevada 2 Idaho 1 Illinois 1 Kentucky 1 Missouri 1 Nebraska 1 North Carolina 1 Ohio 1 Oklahoma 1 South Dakota 1 West Virginia 1 Method Hanging 101 Electrocution 37 Month January 8 February 13 March 19 April 13 May 8 June 11 July 15 August 6 September 5 October 22 November 11 December 7 Age Unknown 48 10–19 7 20–29 49 30–39 18 40–49 13 50–59 3 Total 138 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 1910 127 1909 138 1908 116 Total 381

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