List of people executed in the United States in 1908

One hundred and sixteen people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1908, one hundred and three by hanging, and thirteen by electrocution.

List of people executed in the United States in 1908 Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method At execution At offense Age difference 1January 3, 1908 22 21 1MaleWhite KentuckyHanging 2 Unknown Unknown 0 Louisiana 3 Unknown Unknown 1BlackMississippi 4 Unknown Unknown 5 5 January 11, 1908 37 36 1 Tennessee 6 January 17, 1908 31 27 4 White Nebraska 7 January 18, 1908 19 18 1 Black South Carolina 8 January 23, 1908 20 2White Pennsylvania 9 January 31, 1908 55 53 Georgia 10 February 4, 1908 22 21 1Black New Jersey Electrocution 11February 4, 1908 Unknown Unknown LouisianaHanging 12 Unknown Unknown 13 Unknown Unknown 14 Unknown Unknown 15 February 10, 1908 Unknown Unknown 2 Alabama 16February 14, 1908 Unknown Unknown 0Georgia 17 Unknown Unknown 18 Unknown Unknown 2 Virginia 19February 20, 1908 32 31 1Pennsylvania 20 Unknown Unknown Unknown 21February 25, 1908 25 23 2 White Georgia 22 45 44 1Black New Jersey Electrocution 23February 27, 1908 29 27 2TennesseeHanging 24 24 23 1 White 25February 28, 1908 29 28 Black Georgia 26 Maryland 27 March 3, 1908 37 37 0 New Jersey Electrocution 28 March 5, 1908 19 17 2White Pennsylvania Hanging 29March 9, 1908 25 24 1 New JerseyElectrocution 30 24 22 2 New York 31March 10, 1908 27 25 AsianPennsylvaniaHanging 32 33March 12, 1908 19 18 1White 34 33 32 35 March 18, 1908 Unknown Unknown 0BlackGeorgia 36March 20, 1908 Unknown Unknown 37 20 19 1 38March 23, 1908 31 29 2White District of Columbia 39 26 24 Tennessee 40 March 27, 1908 31 30 1 Black Texas 41 March 30, 1908 24 22 2White New York Electrocution 42April 7, 1908 21 20 1PennsylvaniaHanging 43 Unknown Unknown 44 April 9, 1908 29 Unknown Unknown Black 45 April 10, 1908 25 23 2 White Virginia 46 April 16, 1908 Unknown Unknown 0Black North Carolina 47 April 17, 1908 42 Unknown Unknown Georgia 48 April 24, 1908 Unknown Unknown 0 Louisiana 49 April 28, 1908 42 41 1 White Pennsylvania 50May 1, 1908 Unknown Unknown UnknownBlack Alabama 51 35 34 1South Carolina 52 19 19 0 53 17 17 54May 5, 1908 39 38 1WhitePennsylvania 55 Unknown Unknown 2 56 May 8, 1908 54 54 0BlackGeorgia 57 May 15, 1908 Unknown Unknown 58May 26, 1908 22 21 1WhitePennsylvania 59 19 18 60 May 29, 1908 35 34 Texas 61 June 2, 1908 39 37 2 Pennsylvania 62 June 4, 1908 28 24 4 Missouri 63 June 12, 1908 26 25 1 Black Oklahoma 64 June 15, 1908 35 35 0 White Montana 65 June 19, 1908 Unknown Unknown 1Black Georgia 66 June 20, 1908 Unknown Unknown 0 Texas 67 June 23, 1908 27 26 1 White Georgia 68 June 28, 1908 19 16 3Black Texas 69June 29, 1908 23 23 0District of Columbia 70 37 36 1 71 July 1, 1908 32 27 5 White Connecticut 72 July 2, 1908 Unknown Unknown 2 Black Texas 73 July 14, 1908 18 16 White Pennsylvania 74 July 15, 1908 56 56 0 Colorado 75 July 17, 1908 Unknown Unknown Black West Virginia 76July 20, 1908 27 25 2WhiteNew YorkElectrocution 77 38 35 3 78 July 24, 1908 31 31 0 ConnecticutHanging 79July 31, 1908 18 17 1California 80 28 26 2 81 27 27 0BlackTexas 82 August 1, 1908 Unknown Unknown Unknown 83 August 8, 1908 19 18 1 Tennessee 84 August 18, 1908 20 19 White Pennsylvania 85August 28, 1908 27 25 2 Hispanic California 86 38 38 0White Oklahoma 87September 11, 1908 27 27 California 88 42 41 1Black Georgia 89 Unknown Unknown Unknown Virginia 90 September 21, 1908 33 32 1 White Missouri 91September 22, 1908 Unknown Unknown UnknownBlackMississippi 92 Unknown Unknown Unknown 93 October 8, 1908 50 50 0 Colorado 94 October 9, 1908 23 23 Georgia 95 October 13, 1908 22 Unknown Unknown Virginia Electrocution 96 October 15, 1908 23 23 0 GeorgiaHanging 97October 23, 1908 17 17 Illinois 98 Unknown Unknown 1Louisiana 99 Unknown Unknown Unknown 100 Unknown Unknown Unknown 101 31 Unknown Unknown 102 Unknown Unknown Unknown 103October 29, 1908 Unknown Unknown 1 WhitePennsylvania 104 24 23 Black 105 October 30, 1908 17 17 0 VirginiaElectrocution 106 November 16, 1908 24 22 2 White New York 107 November 20, 1908 Unknown Unknown 0Black North CarolinaHanging 108 November 27, 1908 Unknown Unknown South Carolina 109 November 28, 1908 25 23 2 White New York Electrocution 110December 11, 1908 21 21 0Black GeorgiaHanging 111 Unknown Unknown Oklahoma 112December 18, 1908 26 26 White Illinois 113 19 Unknown Unknown Black North Carolina 114 December 21, 1908 48 48 0White Connecticut 115 December 22, 1908 35 35 New Jersey Electrocution 116 December 28, 1908 Unknown Unknown Black Georgia Hanging

Demographics Gender Male 116 Female 0 Ethnicity Black 67 White 46 Asian 2 Hispanic 1 State Pennsylvania 21 Georgia 18 Louisiana 11 Texas 7 New York 6 New Jersey 5 South Carolina 5 Tennessee 5 Virginia 5 California 4 Mississippi 4 Connecticut 3 District of Columbia 3 North Carolina 3 Oklahoma 3 Alabama 2 Colorado 2 Illinois 2 Missouri 2 Kentucky 1 Maryland 1 Montana 1 Nebraska 1 West Virginia 1 Method Hanging 103 Electrocution 13 Month January 9 February 17 March 15 April 8 May 11 June 10 July 11 August 5 September 6 October 13 November 4 December 7 Age Unknown 37 10–19 13 20–29 37 30–39 20 40–49 5 50–59 4 Total 116 100%

Executions in recent years Number of executions 1909 138 1908 116 1907 119 Total 373

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