List of people executed in the United States in 1920

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One hundred and two people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1920, fifty-nine by electrocution, and forty-three by hanging.[1]

List of people executed in the United States in 1920

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No. Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref.
At execution At offense Age difference
1 January 2, 1920 Marquis Lafayette Newell 36 36 0 Male White California Hanging [2]
2 Raffaelo Durazzio 33 Unknown Unknown Illinois [1]
3 January 5, 1920 Robert Henry Brown 30 28 2 Black Pennsylvania Electrocution [3]
4 January 8, 1920 Vincenzo Esposito 31 27 4 White New York [4]
5 Winford Walker 17 16 1 Black Tennessee [1]
6 January 16, 1920 Allen Spight Unknown Unknown 0 Mississippi Hanging [5]
7 Churchill L. Godley 34 Unknown Unknown White North Carolina Electrocution [6]
8 January 29, 1920 Gordon Fawcett Hamby 27 26 1 New York [7]
9 February 9, 1920 Lawrence Brown 20 19 Black Pennsylvania [8]
10 William Hiter 21 20
11 February 20, 1920 John O'Brien White Illinois Hanging [9]
12 Melvin Calhoun Unknown Unknown 0 Black Louisiana [1]
13 March 1, 1920 Lazarus Bollin 17 16 1 Pennsylvania Electrocution [10]
14 Boza Drascovich 23 20 3 White
15 March 2, 1920 James Henry Jackson 27 26 1 Black District of Columbia Hanging [11]
16 March 5, 1920 Daniel Cerrone 31 Unknown Unknown White Connecticut [1]
17 Sanford Gardner Cain 41 39 2 North Carolina Electrocution [12]
18 Joseph Albert Cain 38 37 1
19 March 9, 1920 Jacob D. Edinger 26 Unknown Unknown Ohio [13]
20 Edward Ness 30 Unknown Unknown
21 March 10, 1920 Charles Music 24 23 1 Kentucky [14]
22 March 11, 1920 Petrie "Will Lockett" Kimbrough 31 31 0 Black [15]
23 March 23, 1920 John Dodd Price 42 42 Texas Hanging [16]
24 March 26, 1920 Eli McGuire Unknown Unknown 1 Louisiana [17]
25 March 29, 1920 Frank Green 34 32 2 Pennsylvania Electrocution [18]
26 March 31, 1920 Vincenzo Damico 24 23 1 White Ohio [1]
27 April 16, 1920 Simplicio Torrez Hispanic Arizona Hanging [19]
28 William Yancy Mills 20 19 Black Illinois [20]
29 April 27, 1920 Buck Dunmore 21 2 Pennsylvania Electrocution [21]
30 April 30, 1920 Fred Shelton Unknown Unknown 0 Georgia Hanging [1]
31 Hugh Jackson Bragg 21 21 White West Virginia [22]
32 May 3, 1920 Samuel Dolish 35 33 2 Pennsylvania Electrocution [18]
33 May 13, 1920 Chester D. Cantine 21 20 1 New York [23]
34 Richard Harrison 26 24 2
35 May 28, 1920 Willie Lamerson Unknown Unknown Unknown Black Louisiana Hanging [1]
36 Leo Jankowski 26 25 1 White New York Electrocution [24]
37 Walter Levandowski 25 24
38 June 1, 1920 Benny Rowland 20 18 2 Black Pennsylvania [25]
39 William Russell 22 21 1
40 Edward Brown 48 46 2
41 July 9, 1920 Mark Peters Unknown Unknown Louisiana Hanging [1]
42 Lee Monroe Betterton 48 47 1 White Oklahoma Electrocution [26]
43 July 16, 1920 Will Stover Unknown Unknown Unknown Black Alabama Hanging [1]
44 July 20, 1920 Charles H. Ivy 65 64 1 White Mississippi [27]
45 July 22, 1920 James Montague Byrd 26 Unknown Unknown Black New York Electrocution [28]
46 July 23, 1920 Robert Blackwell 30 26 4 White Florida Hanging [29]
47 Isaiah Fountain Unknown Unknown 1 Black Maryland [30]
48 July 29, 1920 Elmer Henry Hyatt 20 19 1 White New York Electrocution [31]
49 July 30, 1920 Edgar Charles Caldwell 28 26 2 Black Alabama Hanging [32]
50 Hosea Poole Unknown Unknown Unknown Florida [1]
51 August 5, 1920 William Ray 18 17 1 Indiana Electrocution [33]
52 August 6, 1920 John Maxwell 20 Unknown Unknown South Carolina [34]
53 August 13, 1920 Frank Bailey Unknown Unknown 2 Louisiana Hanging [1]
54 August 14, 1920 Victor Tobay 24 24 0 Native American Arkansas Electrocution [35]
55 August 16, 1920 Francisco Feci 37 35 2 White Massachusetts [36]
56 August 20, 1920 Charles Jasper Unknown Unknown 0 Black Georgia Hanging [37]
57 Charles Marshall 34 34 White Mississippi [38]
58 August 27, 1920 T. Niino 40 39 1 Asian California [39]
59 John P. Egan 25 Unknown Unknown White New York Electrocution [40]
60 Frank Kelly 40 Unknown Unknown Black
61 September 3, 1920 Alfred Lane 36 36 0 White Montana Hanging [41]
62 Lorenzo Young 25 24 1 Black Tennessee Electrocution [1]
63 September 9, 1920 Walter Bojanowski 28 26 2 White New York [42]
64 September 10, 1920 Henry Lloyd Unknown Unknown Unknown Black Mississippi Hanging [43]
65 September 14, 1920 Camill Martin 25 23 2 White New Jersey Electrocution [44]
66 September 17, 1920 Edward Doyle 26 25 1 Louisiana Hanging [1]
67 Cornelius Tillman Unknown Unknown Unknown Black
68 September 20, 1920 Ralph Connor 20 19 1 North Carolina Electrocution [45]
69 September 24, 1920 Mose Gibson 36 36 0 California Hanging [46]
70 James Washington 25 25 South Carolina Electrocution [1]
71 October 14, 1920 Frank Campione 23 Unknown Unknown White Illinois Hanging [47]
72 John Henry Reese 40 Unknown Unknown Black
73 October 27, 1920 Frank Bowman 39 35 4 District of Columbia [48]
74 October 29, 1920 Paul "Arthur Collins" Ponovich 22 22 0 White California [49]
75 November 1, 1920 John A. Morrison 26 23 3 Pennsylvania Electrocution [50]
76 Samuel Coles 23 20 Black
77 November 5, 1920 Andrew Jackson 30 Unknown Unknown North Carolina [51]
78 Emmett D. Bancroft 29 29 0 White Oregon Hanging [52]
79 November 13, 1920 Robert Williams 23 Unknown Unknown Black Virginia Electrocution [1]
80 November 17, 1920 Frank Zagar 22 19 3 White Illinois Hanging [53]
81 November 19, 1920 Charlie Cooper Unknown Unknown 0 Black Arkansas Electrocution [1]
82 Arthur E. Haensel 29 27 2 White Illinois Hanging [54]
83 November 26, 1920 Ernest Thomas 21 21 0 Black Delaware [55]
84 December 3, 1920 Ong Mon Foo 22 1 Asian California [56]
85 Lemuel Price 24 23 Black Delaware [57]
86 Tom Johnson 20 Unknown Unknown North Carolina Electrocution [58]
87 Arthur McDowell 30 30 0
88 December 9, 1920 Howard I. Baker 21 20 1 White New York [59]
89 James P. Cassidy 27 25 2
90 Charles McLaughlin 23 21
91 Joseph Milano
92 Joseph Usefof
93 December 10, 1920 George Bosko 29 28 1 Colorado Hanging [60]
94 Nicholas Vianna 19 Unknown Unknown Illinois [1]
95 Will Thornton 21 21 0 Black Indiana Electrocution [61]
96 December 13, 1920 William Johnson 47 Unknown Unknown Pennsylvania [62]
97 Jennaro Sansone 24 Unknown Unknown White
98 December 14, 1920 Grover Butler 25 24 1 Black South Carolina [63]
99 December 17, 1920 Maher Singh 30 29 Asian California Hanging [64]
100 December 20, 1920 Alson B. Cole Jr. 24 21 3 White Nebraska Electrocution [65]
101 Allen Vincent Grammer
102 Lindsey Moore 30 28 2 Black Pennsylvania [66]

Demographics

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Gender
Male 102 100%
Female 0 0%
Ethnicity
Black 50 49%
White 47 46%
Asian 3 3%
Hispanic 1 1%
Native American 1 1%
State
New York 16 16%
Pennsylvania 16 16%
Illinois 8 8%
Louisiana 7 7%
North Carolina 7 7%
California 6 6%
Mississippi 4 4%
Ohio 3 3%
South Carolina 3 3%
Alabama 2 2%
Arkansas 2 2%
Delaware 2 2%
District of Columbia 2 2%
Florida 2 2%
Georgia 2 2%
Indiana 2 2%
Kentucky 2 2%
Nebraska 2 2%
Tennessee 2 2%
Arizona 1 1%
Colorado 1 1%
Connecticut 1 1%
Maryland 1 1%
Massachusetts 1 1%
Montana 1 1%
New Jersey 1 1%
Oklahoma 1 1%
Oregon 1 1%
Texas 1 1%
Virginia 1 1%
West Virginia 1 1%
Method
Electrocution 59 58%
Hanging 43 42%
Month
January 8 8%
February 4 4%
March 14 14%
April 5 5%
May 6 6%
June 3 3%
July 10 10%
August 10 10%
September 10 10%
October 4 4%
November 9 9%
December 19 19%
Age
Unknown 14 14%
10–19 4 4%
20–29 54 53%
30–39 21 21%
40–49 8 8%
50–59 0 0%
60–69 1 1%
Total 102 100%

Executions in recent years

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Number of executions
1921 142
1920 102
1919 65
Total 309

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Executions in the U.S. 1608-2002: The ESPY File" (PDF). Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved December 8, 2025.
  2. ^ "Newell Faints as He Is Led to San Quentin Gallows". The Evening News. January 2, 1920. p. 1.
  3. ^ "Commonwealth v. Brown". Google Books.
  4. ^ "State v. Esposito". Google Books.
  5. ^ "Spight v. State". Google Books.
  6. ^ "Churchill Godley..." The Robesonian. January 19, 1920. p. 1.
  7. ^ "Murderer Pays Supreme Penalty". Ellensburg Daily Record. January 30, 1920. p. 1.
  8. ^ "Six to Die". Reading Eagle. January 28, 1920. p. 21.
  9. ^ "Smiling Jack O'Brien Pays Full Penalty". The Morning Leader. February 21, 1920. p. 1.
  10. ^ "Two New Castle Slayers Executed". The Pittsburgh Press. March 1, 1920. p. 9.
  11. ^ "Today's Events". St. Petersburg Daily Times. March 2, 1920. p. 5.
  12. ^ "First White Pair to Be Electrocuted in N. C." The Robesonian. March 8, 1920. p. 5.
  13. ^ "Double Electrocution". Ellensburg Daily Record. March 10, 1920. p. 7.
  14. ^ "Music Electrocuted". Portsmouth Daily Times. March 11, 1920. p. 3.
  15. ^ "Will Lockett Electrocuted". The Meriden Daily Journal. March 12, 1920. p. 2.
  16. ^ "Swift Justice". Prescott Journal Miner. March 24, 1920. p. 1.
  17. ^ "State v. McGuire". Google Books.
  18. ^ a b "Allegheny Countian Executed at Prison". The Pittsburgh Press. March 29, 1920. p. 16.
  19. ^ "Torrez v. State". Google Books.
  20. ^ "Negro is Hanged". The Telegraph-Herald. April 16, 1920. p. 1.
  21. ^ "Pardons Granted 14; 15 Appeals Refused". The Gazette Times. April 22, 1920. p. 5.
  22. ^ "To Hang Murderer". The Toledo News-Bee. April 30, 1920. p. 27.
  23. ^ "Two Slayers Die in Sing Sing Chair". The Pittsburgh Press. May 14, 1920. p. 17.
  24. ^ "GUARD'S SLAYERS DIE IN SING SING CHAIR; Janowski and Levandowski Feast Calmly and Meet Fate Stolidly". The New York Times. May 28, 1920.(subscription required)
  25. ^ "Three Allegheny Slayers Executed". The Pittsburgh Press. June 1, 1920. p. 34.
  26. ^ "Betterton Electrocuted; Protests Innocence". The Monett Times via newspapers.com. July 16, 1920. p. 6.
  27. ^ "Aged Man Hanged Whose Sentence Had Previously Been Commuted". The Polk County News. July 30, 1920. p. 6.
  28. ^ "BEGS TO DIE IN CHAIR ON 26TH BIRTHDAY; Sing Sing Prisoner Asks That the Date be Advanced One Day, to May 26". The New York Times. May 24, 1920.
  29. ^ "3,000 Persons See Man Hang". The Southeast Missourian. July 26, 1920. p. 3.
  30. ^ "Fountain Beaten Before Execution". The Afro-American. July 30, 1920. p. 1.
  31. ^ "Patrolman's Murderer Pays Death Penalty". The Morning Leader. July 30, 1920. p. 1.
  32. ^ "Preaches to Crowd On Way to Gallows". The Morning Leader. July 30, 1920. p. 19.
  33. ^ "Start Trial of Negro Slayer of Little Girl". Warsaw Union. April 27, 1920. p. 1.
  34. ^ "Electric Chair Fails to Work-Execution of Negro Postponed for Two Weeks". The Observer. July 27, 1920. p. 1.
  35. ^ "Indian Is Electrocuted For Murder in Arkansas". The Gazette Times. August 15, 1920. p. 2.
  36. ^ "Feci Electrocuted Early This Morning". The Lewiston Daily Sun. August 16, 1920. p. 1.
  37. ^ "Negro is Hanged On Conviction Of Assault". Herald-Journal. August 21, 1920. p. 1.
  38. ^ "Death Penalty Paid By Farmer in Baby's Death". The Nevada Daily Mail. August 21, 1920. p. 1.
  39. ^ "Japanese Hanged". Berkeley Daily Gazette. August 27, 1920. p. 16.
  40. ^ "Big Watermelon for Last Supper of Negro Slayer". The Vancouver Sun. August 27, 1920. p. 1.
  41. ^ "Slayer of Neighbor Hanged". The Spokesman-Review. September 7, 1920. p. 8.
  42. ^ "Faced Death Calmly". The Morning Leader. September 10, 1920. p. 1.
  43. ^ "Hanging is Delayed And Mob Takes Hand". The Observer. September 17, 1920. p. 6.
  44. ^ "Execute Camille Martin in State Prison Tuesday". Newark Sunday Call. September 12, 1920. p. 6.
  45. ^ "Ralph Conner Was Executed". The Evening Independent. September 21, 1920. p. 7.
  46. ^ "Mose Gibson Hanged At San Quentin". The Evening News. September 24, 1920. p. 1.
  47. ^ "Two Murderers Go To Gallows Today". Ellensburg Daily Record. October 14, 1920. p. 1.
  48. ^ "Bowman v. United States". vLex.
  49. ^ "Murderer of L. A. Policeman Is Hanged". The Bakersfield Californian. October 30, 1920. p. 5.
  50. ^ "2 Electrocuted at Bellefonte". The Gazette Times. November 2, 1920. p. 7.
  51. ^ "Electrocute Negro in Prison Today". The Evening Independent. November 5, 1920. p. 8.
  52. ^ "To Die on Gallows for Sheriff's Murder". Warsaw Daily Times and the Northern Indianian. November 5, 1920. p. 4.
  53. ^ "Ten of Chicago Gunmen Escape Today's Gallows". Youngstown Vindicator. October 14, 1920. p. 1.
  54. ^ "Wife-Slayer Hangs Today". The Southeast Missourian. November 19, 1920. p. 1.
  55. ^ "Examines Condemned Man". The Sunday Morning Star. November 7, 1920. p. 9.
  56. ^ "People v. Ong Mon Foo". Google Books.
  57. ^ "Workhouse Wanderer Not In 1920 Census". The Sunday Morning Star. January 18, 1920. p. 6.
  58. ^ "Two Negroes Put to Death". The Mount Airy News. December 16, 1920. p. 4.
  59. ^ "Five Men Go to Death Tonight". Reading Eagle. December 9, 1920. p. 2.
  60. ^ "George Bosko Paid the Penalty". The Pueblo Indicator. December 18, 1920. p. 1.
  61. ^ "George Bosko Paid the Penalty". Indianapolis News. December 10, 1920. p. 26.
  62. ^ "Five Shocks to Kill". Gettysburg Times. December 14, 1920. p. 2.
  63. ^ "Grover Butler is Electrocuted". Herald-Journal. December 15, 1920. p. 2.
  64. ^ "Hindu Hanged for Countryman's Murder". The Bakersfield Californian. December 17, 1920. p. 2.
  65. ^ "Nebraska Hires Executioner". The Observer. December 24, 1920. p. 2.
  66. ^ "Official Report of Execution". Greensburg Daily Tribune. December 21, 1920. p. 2.
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