List of people executed in the United States in 1934

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One hundred and sixty-six people, one hundred and sixty-five male and one female, were executed in the United States in 1934, one hundred and thirty by electrocution, thirty by hanging, and six by gas chamber.[1]

List of people executed in the United States in 1934

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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 5, 1934 James Allen 21 19 2 Male Black Tennessee Electrocution [1]
2 January 8, 1934 Frank Stabinski 22 21 1 White Pennsylvania [2]
3 Anthony P. Tetrosky 19 18
4 January 11, 1934 Herman Cunningham 23 22 Black New York [3]
5 Winston C. Owens 34 33
6 Joseph Willis 24 23
7 January 12, 1934 Ralph Edward Holmes 25 24 District of Columbia [4]
8 Joseph James Jackson 20 19
9 Irvin Murray 26 25
10 Will Osborne 19 Unknown Unknown Georgia [1]
11 January 18, 1934 Ira Kelly 38 37 1 White Texas [5]
12 January 23, 1934 Ahmed Osman 37 36 Arab Massachusetts [6]
13 January 24, 1934 William White Unknown Unknown Unknown Black Louisiana Hanging [1]
14 February 2, 1934 Page Jupiter 46 45 1 Maryland [7]
15 Thurman Ricks 26 Unknown Unknown Mississippi [1]
16 Frank Flours 39 39 0 Texas Electrocution [8]
17 February 5, 1934 Joseph Emory 37 2 Tennessee [9]
18 James Swann 20 18
19 February 6, 1934 Albert Bruno 27 26 1 White Ohio [10]
20 February 9, 1934 Bennie Foster 21 20 Black Alabama [11]
21 Hardie White 32 Unknown Unknown
22 John Thompson 38 Unknown Unknown
23 Ernest Waller 21 Unknown Unknown
24 Solomon Roper 24 22 2
25 Benjamin Butler 29 28 1 Arkansas [1]
26 Quang Shick 41 40 Asian California Hanging [12]
27 Bluitt Burkley 19 19 0 Black Texas Electrocution [13]
28 Thurman Burkley 18 17 1
29 Jesse Mott 34 33
30 February 22, 1934 Herman Snyder 21 18 3 White Massachusetts [14]
31 John A. Donnellon 24 21
32 Henry Clay Bull 22 Unknown Unknown
33 February 26, 1934 Joseph Sterling 33 32 1 Black Pennsylvania [15]
34 Robert Harris 36 34 2
35 Lewis Fain 28 26 Tennessee [16]
36 March 1, 1934 Lloyd Price 22 21 1 New York [17]
37 March 2, 1934 Homer Lee Short 24 Unknown Unknown Georgia [1]
38 Harley Wesley Edwards 39 38 1 White Indiana [18]
39 March 5, 1934 Wallace Skawinski 23 22 Pennsylvania [19]
40 James Joseph Riggs 24 23
41 March 12, 1934 Robert Henry Wiles 49 49 0 South Carolina [20]
42 March 16, 1934 John Downer 27 24 3 Black Georgia [21]
43 Sandy Walker 48 46 2
44 Isaac Howard 25 Unknown Unknown Mississippi Hanging
45 Ernest McGehee 23 Unknown Unknown
46 Johnny Jones Unknown Unknown
47 Bob Owens Unknown Unknown 2
48 Jesse Brooks 46 45 1 North Carolina Electrocution
49 James Johnson 26 Unknown Unknown
50 March 23, 1934 Walter Thaxton 30 30 0 [22]
51 March 26, 1934 Melroyal Burrell 34 Unknown Unknown New Jersey [23]
52 April 4, 1934 Jasper Graham 29 27 2 Tennessee [24]
53 Frank Mays 30 28
54 Percy Smith 20 Unknown Unknown
55 April 6, 1934 Sack Jackson 27 Unknown Unknown Texas [25]
56 April 9, 1934 Richard C. Bach 23 22 1 White Pennsylvania [26]
57 April 13, 1934 John Watkins 24 24 0 Black South Carolina [27]
58 April 20, 1934 Miley Washington Lively 47 46 1 White Georgia [28]
59 John F. Scheck 21 20 Illinois [29]
60 George Dale 28 27
61 Joseph Francis 35 34 Black
62 April 27, 1934 Ernest H. Bolden 25 23 2 District of Columbia [30]
63 Theodore Roosevelt Cooper 29 28 1 North Carolina [31]
64 John Ellis 18 18 0 South Carolina [32]
65 James Kinloch 20 20
66 Charlie Outlaw 60 60 White Texas [33]
67 May 1, 1934 Johnnie Williams 29 26 3 Black [34]
68 May 11, 1934 Luther Dean Jackson 25 23 2 Arkansas [35]
69 Mack James 29 28 1 Georgia [1]
70 Ted Bradley 25 23 2 White Washington Hanging [36]
71 May 15, 1934 Hosea Patrick 30 Unknown Unknown Black Georgia Electrocution [37]
72 Claude Harold Hicks 26 Unknown Unknown
73 May 18, 1934 John F. Capaci 30 29 1 White Louisiana Hanging [38]
74 George Dalleo 29 28
75 Daniel Bryan Napier 38 38 0
76 Mike Stefanoff 45 44 1 North Carolina Electrocution [39]
77 James Robert Sheffield 47 Unknown Unknown
78 May 25, 1934 James Keaton 22 22 0 Black Mississippi Hanging [40]
79 May 28, 1934 Charles Thomas Walker 31 29 2 Pennsylvania Electrocution [41]
80 May 31, 1934 Pearlie Davis 25 24 1 Mississippi Hanging [1]
81 June 1, 1934 Joe Goodman 38 37 District of Columbia Electrocution [42]
82 George McKinley Pitmond 34 33
83 Nathan Brooks 29 28 Texas [43]
84 June 6, 1934 Eddie Lee 19 19 0 South Carolina [44]
85 Thomas Richardson 17 17
86 June 7, 1934 Francis Pasqua 25 23 2 White New York [45]
87 Anthony Marino 28 27 1
88 Daniel Kriesberg 29 28
89 June 14, 1934 Ross Caccamise 24 23 [46]
90 William Vogel 26 24 2
91 June 15, 1934 Reese Castleberry Jr. 23 22 1 Black Georgia [47]
92 Floyd South 22 21
93 Ossie Smith 20 Unknown Unknown North Carolina [1]
94 June 22, 1934 William Cody Kelly 30 30 0 White Colorado Gas chamber [48]
95 Joseph Lee Dalton 31 1 North Carolina Electrocution [49]
96 June 25, 1934 Irmel Kittrells 26 25 Black Ohio [50]
97 June 26, 1934 Warren Little 25 24 White Illinois [51]
98 June 29, 1934 George Williams 26 26 0 Black California Hanging [52]
99 Paul H. Kauffman 34 30 4 White Missouri [53]
100 July 5, 1934 Joseph Murphy 27 26 1 New York Electrocution [54]
101 July 6, 1934 Manuel Hernandez 18 17 Hispanic Arizona Gas chamber [55]
102 Fernando Hernandez 19 18
103 Daniel Harris 37 36 Black California Hanging [56]
104 John Mix 22 22 0
105 Clyde B. Ferrell 25 23 2 White North Carolina Electrocution [57]
106 John Lewis Edwards 17 16 1 Black
107 July 12, 1934 Frank Canora 51 50 White New York [58]
108 July 13, 1934 George Joseph Shaughnessy 19 18 Arizona Gas chamber [59]
109 Jose Aragon 25 25 0 Hispanic California Hanging [60]
110 Walker Rippy 24 24 Black
111 Joseph Behiter 35 32 3 Arab Nevada Gas chamber [61]
112 Payton G. Brown Sr. 22 22 0 White South Carolina Electrocution [62]
113 July 20, 1934 Reuben Jones 18 18 Black [63]
114 July 27, 1934 Willie Walton 25 22 3 Louisiana Hanging [64]
115 August 9, 1934 Anna Antonio 29 26 Female White New York Electrocution [65]
116 Sam Faraci 42 40 2 Male
117 Vincent Saeta 33 31
118 August 24, 1934 Will Chaney 49 47 Black Kentucky [66]
119 George W. Tincher 37 35 White
120 August 31, 1934 Louis Sprague Douglas 47 45 Arizona Gas chamber [67]
121 Roosevelt Swain Unknown Unknown Unknown Black Louisiana Hanging [1]
122 September 6, 1934 Alphonse Brengard 29 23 6 White New York Electrocution [68]
123 September 14, 1934 Clifford Duncan 26 Unknown Unknown Black Georgia [1]
124 September 15, 1934 John Deal 31 30 1 Tennessee [69]
125 James Pillow 23 22
126 September 21, 1934 George Keaton 28 26 2 North Carolina [70]
127 September 28, 1934 Louis Hamilton 25 3 White Indiana [71]
128 Emanuel Spice Bittings 42 41 1 Black North Carolina [72]
129 Willie J. Crockett 22 21
130 Ed Stanton 45 43 2 White Texas [73]
131 October 1, 1934 Richard Perkins 34 31 3 Black Indiana [74]
132 October 3, 1934 Byron Miller 43 39 4 White Washington Hanging [75]
133 October 5, 1934 Peter Alosi 42 42 0 California [76]
134 Frank Johnson 41 1 Black Georgia Electrocution [1]
135 October 8, 1934 Walter Williams 31 31 0 Florida
136 October 9, 1934 Edward Elijah Coffin 22 22 White Indiana [77]
137 October 12, 1934 Alonzo McNeil 29 29 Black Illinois [78]
138 George Walker 20 20
139 Eaver Pugh 24 24 South Carolina [1]
140 October 15, 1934 Edward H. Miller 29 28 1 White Ohio [79]
141 October 17, 1934 Harry L. Pierpont 32 30 2 [80]
142 October 19, 1934 Levi Hicks 24 23 1 Black Louisiana Hanging [81]
143 Frank Clark 60 60 0 Oklahoma Electrocution [82]
144 November 2, 1934 Purcell Mitchell 21 21 Arkansas [1]
145 Mildrich Tinsley 46 45 1 Mississippi Hanging
146 November 15, 1934 Mose Street 29 28 Georgia Electrocution
147 November 16, 1934 Tom Johnson 26 25 North Carolina [83]
148 Preston Howard 19 18
149 Johnny Hart 22 21
150 November 19, 1934 Jack Jackson 36 36 0 Texas [84]
151 November 22, 1934 Herbert Thacker 21 20 1 White Ohio [85]
152 Ray Freeman 24 23
153 November 23, 1934 Pat Nobles 46 43 3 Black California Hanging [86]
154 Isaac Mosley 23 22 1 Ohio Electrocution [87]
155 June Woolfolk 36 34 2 Texas [88]
156 November 30, 1934 Joe Cunningham 19 19 0 South Carolina [1]
157 December 6, 1934 Phil Williams Unknown Unknown Unknown Mississippi Hanging
158 December 7, 1934 Leo Dwight Murphy 41 33 8 White California [89]
159 Francis Harold Glenday 29 27 2 Kentucky Electrocution [90]
160 Bascom G. Greene 44 43 1 North Carolina [91]
161 James Lester Greene 22 21
162 Robert Edward Black 25 24
163 December 12, 1934 Obediah McKnight 48 47 Black Mississippi Hanging [92]
164 December 14, 1934 Rufus Prince Satterfield 44 43 White North Carolina Electrocution [93]
165 December 15, 1934 Herman Boulan 39 39 0 Hispanic Illinois [94]
166 Walter Dittman 27 27 White

Demographics

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Gender
Male 165 99%
Female 1 1%
Ethnicity
Black 101 61%
White 58 35%
Hispanic 4 2%
Arab 2 1%
Asian 1 1%
State
North Carolina 20 12%
New York 15 9%
Georgia 13 8%
Texas 12 7%
Mississippi 10 6%
South Carolina 10 6%
California 9 5%
Tennessee 9 5%
Illinois 8 5%
Pennsylvania 8 5%
Louisiana 7 4%
Ohio 7 4%
District of Columbia 6 4%
Alabama 5 3%
Arizona 4 2%
Indiana 4 2%
Massachusetts 4 2%
Arkansas 3 2%
Kentucky 3 2%
Washington 2 1%
Colorado 1 1%
Florida 1 1%
Maryland 1 1%
Missouri 1 1%
Nevada 1 1%
New Jersey 1 1%
Oklahoma 1 1%
Method
Electrocution 130 78%
Hanging 30 18%
Gas chamber 6 4%
Month
January 13 8%
February 22 13%
March 16 10%
April 15 9%
May 14 8%
June 19 11%
July 15 9%
August 7 4%
September 9 5%
October 13 8%
November 13 8%
December 10 6%
Age
Unknown 4 2%
10–19 14 8%
20–29 88 53%
30–39 35 21%
40–49 22 13%
50–59 1 1%
60–69 2 1%
Total 166 100%

Executions in recent years

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Number of executions
1935 198
1934 166
1933 162
Total 526

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Executions in the U.S. 1608-2002: The ESPY File" (PDF). Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved October 9, 2025.
  2. ^ "Two Executed for Killing of Luzerne Girl". The Pittsburgh Press. January 8, 1934. p. 32.
  3. ^ "Three Die at Sing Sing Tonight". The New York Times. January 11, 1934.
  4. ^ "Double Funeral Services for Executed Pair". The Afro-American. January 20, 1934. p. 12.
  5. ^ "Man Convicted of Assault on Young Girl is Electrocuted". The Victoria Advocate. January 18, 1934. p. 1.
  6. ^ "Son of Allah Put to Death". The Meriden Daily Journal. January 23, 1934. p. 3.
  7. ^ "Jupiter Swooning, Hangs". The Afro-American. February 3, 1934. p. 1.
  8. ^ "Negro Who Killed Woman for Poker "Stake" Doomed". The Victoria Advocate. February 2, 1934. p. 1.
  9. ^ "Two Negro Murderers Pay Supreme Penalty in Tennessee Chair". Waycross Journal-Herald. February 5, 1934. p. 5.
  10. ^ "Albert Bruno Pays Penalty in Death Chair". The Toledo News-Bee. February 7, 1934. p. 2.
  11. ^ "5 Negroes Executed In 45 Minutes In Alabama For Killing 4 Persons". The Meriden Daily Journal. February 9, 1934. p. 1.
  12. ^ "Chinaman Sees Slayer of His Father Hanged". Gettysburg Times. February 12, 1934. p. 5.
  13. ^ "Doomed Men Sing Hymn, Die in Chair". The Pittsburgh Press. February 9, 1934. p. 5.
  14. ^ "Three Murderers Executed in Boston". The Pittsburgh Press. February 22, 1934. p. 14.
  15. ^ "2 Negroes Die in the Chair". The Washington Reporter. February 27, 1934. p. 2.
  16. ^ "Negro Confesses Just Before Dying in Chair". The Tuscaloosa News. February 26, 1934. p. 2.
  17. ^ "Girl's Killer Dies in Electric Chair". Schenectady Gazette. March 2, 1934. p. 1.
  18. ^ "Suicide Failing, Slayer Dies in Electric Chair". The Tuscaloosa News. March 2, 1934. p. 2.
  19. ^ "2 Lads Die in Electric Chair for Killing Cop". The Meriden Daily Journal. March 5, 1934. p. 4.
  20. ^ "Takes Hot Seat". Lewiston Morning Tribune. March 13, 1934. p. 2.
  21. ^ "Eight Executed". Lewiston Morning Tribune. March 17, 1934. p. 2.
  22. ^ "Negro Dies in Chair, Making Confession". The Mount Airy News. March 29, 1934. p. 3.
  23. ^ "Newark Negro Dies for Woman's Murder". The Daily Record via newspapers.com. March 27, 1934. p. 12.
  24. ^ "Newark Negro Dies for Woman's Murder". The Meriden Daily Journal. April 4, 1934. p. 3.
  25. ^ "Negro is Calm as He Goes To Chair". The Victoria Advocate. April 8, 1934. p. 2.
  26. ^ "Girl's Slayer Dies in Chair". Reading Eagle. April 9, 1934. p. 1.
  27. ^ "Dies in Chair". Herald-Journal. April 14, 1934. p. 1.
  28. ^ "Lively Adjudged Sane". Waycross Journal-Herald. April 18, 1934. p. 13.
  29. ^ "3 Convicted Slayers Die in Electric Chair". The Meriden Daily Journal. April 20, 1934. p. 11.
  30. ^ "Wife Slayer Chants Hymn, Dies in Chair". The Afro-American. May 5, 1934. p. 11.
  31. ^ "Negro Electrocuted in N. Carolina Chair". Waycross Journal-Herald. April 27, 1934. p. 1.
  32. ^ "Two Doomed Men are Baptized in State's Prison". Herald-Journal. April 20, 1934. p. 3.
  33. ^ "Texas Hammer Slayer Dies in Electric Chair". Waycross Journal-Herald. April 27, 1934. p. 1.
  34. ^ "Johnnie Williams, Texas Negro, Is Electrocuted". The Lewiston Daily Sun. May 2, 1934. p. 4.
  35. ^ "Arkansas Negro Saved From Chair by Futrell". The Tuscaloosa News. April 15, 1934. p. 8.
  36. ^ "Pays With Life". Lewiston Morning Tribune. May 11, 1934. p. 1.
  37. ^ "Two Georgia Negroes Die in Death Chair". Waycross Journal-Herald. May 15, 1934. p. 1.
  38. ^ "Slayer of Young Girl is Hanged". The Evening Independent. May 19, 1934. p. 7.
  39. ^ "Two White Men Die in North Carolina Chair". The Tuscaloosa News. May 18, 1934. p. 1.
  40. ^ "Lowndes Negro Will Hang Today". Clarion-Ledger via newspapers.com. May 25, 1934. p. 1.
  41. ^ "Walker Pays in Chair For Death of Philly Girl". The Afro-American. June 2, 1934. p. 11.
  42. ^ "Goodman v. United States". CaseMine.
  43. ^ "Electrocute Negro". Spokane Daily Chronicle. June 1, 1934. p. 53.
  44. ^ "2 Electrocuted, One Takes Blame". Herald-Journal. June 7, 1934. p. 7.
  45. ^ "3 Die in Chair, Fourth Wins Respite". Rochester Evening Journal. June 8, 1934. p. 80.
  46. ^ "Electric Chair Takes Lives of 2 at Sing Sing". Schenectady Gazette. June 15, 1934. p. 1.
  47. ^ "Two Negroes Executed". The Tuscaloosa News. June 15, 1934. p. 2.
  48. ^ "Kelly Executed In Gas Chamber". The Calgary Daily Herald. June 23, 1934. p. 2.
  49. ^ "Wife Slayer Dies in North Carolina Chair". Waycross Journal-Herald. June 22, 1934. p. 5.
  50. ^ "English Sees Another Victim". The Toledo News-Bee. June 26, 1934. p. 1.
  51. ^ "Youthful Killer Pays With Life in Illinois Pen". The Tuscaloosa News. June 26, 1934. p. 2.
  52. ^ "Convicted Killer In Holdup Hanged". Berkeley Daily Gazette. June 30, 1934. p. 1.
  53. ^ "World War Veteran Hanged; Insists He Didn't Attack Girl". The Telegraph-Herald. June 29, 1934. p. 1.
  54. ^ "Murphy Goes to the Chair". The New York Times. July 6, 1934.
  55. ^ "Two Brothers Executed in Ariz. Lethal Gas Chamber". The Lewiston Daily Sun. July 7, 1934. p. 7.
  56. ^ "State Takes Lives of Two With Scaffold". San Jose News. July 6, 1934. p. 4.
  57. ^ "Electric Chair Takes 2 Lives". Waycross Journal-Herald. July 6, 1934. p. 1.
  58. ^ "Dies After He Saw 21 Others Put to Death". The Meriden Daily Journal. July 13, 1934. p. 5.
  59. ^ "Youth Who Killed Befriender Dies". Berkeley Daily Gazette. July 13, 1934. p. 2.
  60. ^ "Two Lives Snuffed Out". The Oxnard Daily Courier. July 13, 1934. p. 1.
  61. ^ "Two Lives Snuffed Out". Warsaw Union. July 13, 1934. p. 6.
  62. ^ "Peyton Brown Smokes As He Goes to Death". The Newberry Observer. July 17, 1934. p. 1.
  63. ^ "Young Negro is Electrocuted in Lancaster Case". Herald-Journal. July 21, 1934. p. 2.
  64. ^ "Hanged in New Orleans". The Afro-American. August 4, 1934. p. 8.
  65. ^ "MRS. ANTONIO DIES IN ELECTRIC CHAIR; HOPED TO THE LAST; Woman, Two Men Accomplices Are Put to Death for Murder of Husband for Insurance". The New York Times. August 10, 1934.
  66. ^ "Current Trouble Gives Hour Delay in Electrocution". Kentucky New Era. August 24, 1934. p. 1.
  67. ^ "Plays Accordion As He Faces Death". Youngstown Vindicator. August 31, 1934. p. 3.
  68. ^ "Former State Cop Pays Penalty for 6-Year-Old Crime". The Day. September 7, 1934. p. 19.
  69. ^ "Two Put to Death". The Evening Independent. September 15, 1934. p. 1.
  70. ^ "Negro Poet Dies in Electric Chair". Herald-Journal. September 21, 1934. p. 16.
  71. ^ "Second Slayer Pays With Life in Killing". The Pittsburgh Press. September 28, 1934. p. 28.
  72. ^ "Two Men Die in Electric Chair". Waycross Journal-Herald. September 28, 1934. p. 1.
  73. ^ "Stanton Waiting Death in Chair". The Victoria Advocate. September 28, 1934. p. 2.
  74. ^ "Negro Slayer Dies in Electric Chair". Warsaw Union. October 1, 1934. p. 6.
  75. ^ "Byron Miller Pays Life on Scaffold". Lewiston Morning Tribune. October 3, 1934. p. 1.
  76. ^ "Peter Alosi Hanged For Murders Today". The Lodi Sentinel. October 5, 1934. p. 7.
  77. ^ "Execution at Prison on Tuesday". Warsaw Union. October 9, 1934. p. 6.
  78. ^ "Fools Calendar in Death". The Toledo News-Bee. October 12, 1934. p. 20.
  79. ^ "Killer Executed, Girl Tries Suicide". The Pittsburgh Press. October 21, 1934. p. 14.
  80. ^ "DILLINGER RESCUER IS EXECUTED IN OHIO; Harry Pierpont Goes to Chair Smiling Faintly but With Eyes Red From Weeping". The New York Times. October 17, 1934.
  81. ^ "State v. Hicks". vLex.
  82. ^ "In re Clark". Justia Law.
  83. ^ "Triple Execution for One Murder". Spokane Daily Chronicle. November 16, 1934. p. 17.
  84. ^ "Texas Negro Slayer Electrocuted Today". Lewiston Morning Tribune. November 19, 1934. p. 1.
  85. ^ "Two Die in Electric Chair for Murdering". Lewiston Morning Tribune. November 23, 1934. p. 5.
  86. ^ "Negro is Hanged Today". San Jose News. November 23, 1934. p. 4.
  87. ^ "Killer Electrocuted Wearing Long White Robe "Like Christ's"". The Afro-American. December 1, 1934. p. 6.
  88. ^ "Woolfolk v. State". vLex.
  89. ^ "Leo Murphy Hanged". Lewiston Morning Tribune. December 8, 1934. p. 3.
  90. ^ "Banker's Slayer is Electrocuted". Kentucky New Era. December 7, 1934. p. 1.
  91. ^ "State Executes Father and Son". The Evening Independent. December 7, 1934. p. 1.
  92. ^ "McKnight v. State". vLex.
  93. ^ "Hard to Kill". San Jose News. December 14, 1934. p. 2.
  94. ^ "Convicted Slayers Are Electrocuted". Spokane Daily Chronicle. December 15, 1934. p. 3.
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1933 		   List of people executed   
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1934 		Succeeded by
1935