List of people executed in the United States in 1952

Eighty-one people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1952, sixty-six by electrocution, thirteen by gas chamber, and two by hanging.[1]

List of people executed in the United States in 1952

No. Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref.
At execution At offense Age difference
1 January 5, 1952 James Bernard Lammers 27 26 1 Male White Kansas Hanging [2]
2 January 8, 1952 Richard Sterling McMurrin 21 19 2 Black Texas Electrocution [3]
3 January 18, 1952 James Isaac Robinson 33 30 3 White Kentucky [1]
4 Lon Stevenson 19 18 1 Black Ohio [4]
5 January 25, 1952 Raymond Jenko 17 2 White Illinois [5]
6 Smith Harvey 41 40 1 Black South Carolina [6]
7 February 1, 1952 Earl David Birchem 49 46 3 White Kentucky [7]
8 February 15, 1952 Frederick Swanson Pritchett 40 37 District of Columbia [8]
9 Frank James Cox 41 40 1 South Carolina [1]
10 February 21, 1952 Henry Johnson Brock 38 35 3 Georgia [9]
11 February 25, 1952 Edward J. Bryant 28 25 Black Pennsylvania [10]
12 Joseph Daniel Chambers
13 February 29, 1952 William Jerome Phyle 35 29 6 White California Gas chamber [11]
14 George Tiller 43 41 2 Black Ohio Electrocution [1]
15 March 1, 1952 Homer Almond 48 Unknown Unknown Georgia
16 March 6, 1952 Bernard Stein 35 29 6 White New York [12]
17 March 7, 1952 Doil Miller 31 28 3 Black California Gas chamber [13]
18 March 12, 1952 Robert Lee Johnson 34 33 1 White Texas Electrocution [14]
19 March 14, 1952 Clifton Williams 30 29 Black Georgia [15]
20 Harry Williams 21 20 Illinois [16]
21 March 21, 1952 William Thomas Coefield 24 21 3 White California Gas chamber [17]
22 April 4, 1952 Pat Reece 33 31 2 Georgia Electrocution [18]
23 Jessie Lee Quarles 27 25 Black Kentucky [19]
24 Charlie Holmes 38 35 3 Mississippi [20]
25 April 7, 1952 Coy McCann 48 46 2 Florida [1]
26 April 9, 1952 Marvin Eugene Johnson 21 20 1 White Texas [21]
27 April 17, 1952 Eli Griffin 42 41 Black Georgia [22]
28 April 18, 1952 William Perry Blasingame Jr. 32 31 White South Carolina [23]
29 J.P. Priester 20 19 Black [24]
30 John Priester 24 23
31 April 21, 1952 Saul James 28 Unknown Unknown Florida [1]
32 April 25, 1952 Lloyd Edison Sampsell 52 47 5 White California Gas chamber [25]
33 Arthur Darden 22 21 1 Black Georgia Electrocution [1]
34 April 26, 1952 William Kary Jones 58 57 White Texas [26]
35 April 30, 1952 Roland Dean Sundahl 21 20 Nebraska [27]
36 Henry Savage 26 23 3 Black Texas [28]
37 May 2, 1952 Cooper Drake 31 29 2 Alabama [29]
38 Andrew Smith 30 1 [1]
39 May 9, 1952 Levert Forrest 27 Unknown Unknown
40 Stanley Buckowski 26 24 2 White California Gas chamber [30]
41 James Cewrell Edwards 31 29 Black Ohio Electrocution [1]
42 May 13, 1952 Frederick Bunk 28 24 4 White New Jersey [31]
43 Robert K. Jellison 25 21
44 Clarence Smith 41 37
45 June 4, 1952 Herman Lee Ross 32 28 Black Texas [32]
46 June 6, 1952 Herman Maxwell 22 19 3 Arkansas [33]
47 Napoleon Wise 21 20 1 Georgia [1]
48 John Andrew Roman 28 27 North Carolina Gas chamber [34]
49 June 13, 1952 Roland Wyatt South Carolina Electrocution [35]
50 June 20, 1952 Aurelio Martinez 38 37 Hispanic California Gas chamber [36]
51 June 30, 1952 Merlin James Leiby 25 22 3 White Florida Electrocution [37]
52 July 10, 1952 Thomas Andrew Haley 27 26 1 Texas [38]
53 July 11, 1952 John Henry Thornton 24 23 Black Georgia [1]
54 Paul Washington 26 22 4 Louisiana [39]
55 Ocie Jugger 27 23
56 Chester Blane Gregg 58 57 1 White Ohio [40]
57 July 25, 1952 Fred M. Stroble 70 68 2 California Gas chamber [41]
58 William Andrew Tyler Jr. 20 18 Black District of Columbia Electrocution [42]
59 James Blackston Jr. 29 28 1 Georgia [1]
60 James Brent Durr 24 23 Mississippi
61 August 1, 1952 Wilson Wright 19 19 0 Arkansas [43]
62 August 4, 1952 Edward James Beckwith 31 27 4 White Iowa Hanging [44]
63 August 8, 1952 Wayne LeRoy Long 26 24 2 Oregon Gas chamber [45]
64 Major Preston 34 32 Black Texas Electrocution [46]
65 August 25, 1952 Albert Jackson Jr. 24 23 1 Virginia [47]
66 August 26, 1952 Irving Donald Peterson 33 32 New Jersey [48]
67 September 8, 1952 George Willis Story 52 49 3 White Florida [49]
68 September 26, 1952 Walter Bentley 30 Unknown Unknown Black Louisiana [50]
69 October 7, 1952 Horace Johnson 29 Unknown Unknown Georgia [51]
70 October 10, 1952 Desmond Miles 35 34 1 White Alabama [52]
71 October 17, 1952 Bernice Davis 23 21 2 Black Illinois [53]
72 LeRoy Lindsay 31 29 [54]
73 October 28, 1952 Willie Porter 29 0 Missouri Gas chamber [55]
74 Booker T. Reed 46 45 1 Texas Electrocution [56]
75 October 30, 1952 Wallace Ford Jr. 31 30 New York [57]
76 Edward Henry Kelly 53 50 3 White [58]
77 October 31, 1952 Bernard Austin Gilliam 38 37 1 California Gas chamber [59]
78 November 13, 1952 Domingo Echeverria 60 59 Hispanic Nevada [60]
79 November 21, 1952 Henry Savage 35 Unknown Unknown Black Georgia Electrocution [61]
80 December 2, 1952 Alton Paris 59 59 0 Texas [62]
81 December 12, 1952 William Edward Cook Jr. 23 22 1 White California Gas chamber [63]

Demographics

Gender
Male 81 100%
Female 0 0%
Ethnicity
Black 47 58%
White 32 40%
Hispanic 2 2%
State
Georgia 11 14%
Texas 10 12%
California 9 11%
South Carolina 6 7%
Alabama 4 5%
Florida 4 5%
Illinois 4 5%
New Jersey 4 5%
Ohio 4 5%
Kentucky 3 4%
Louisiana 3 4%
New York 3 4%
Arkansas 2 2%
District of Columbia 2 2%
Mississippi 2 2%
Pennsylvania 2 2%
Iowa 1 1%
Kansas 1 1%
Missouri 1 1%
Nebraska 1 1%
Nevada 1 1%
North Carolina 1 1%
Oregon 1 1%
Virginia 1 1%
Method
Electrocution 66 81%
Gas chamber 13 16%
Hanging 2 2%
Month
January 6 7%
February 8 10%
March 7 9%
April 15 19%
May 8 10%
June 7 9%
July 9 11%
August 6 7%
September 2 2%
October 9 11%
November 2 2%
December 2 2%
Age
10–19 3 4%
20–29 36 44%
30–39 24 30%
40–49 10 12%
50–59 6 7%
60–69 1 1%
70–79 1 1%
Total 81 100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
1953 63
1952 81
1951 101
Total 245

References

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  2. ^ "Dies On Gallows At Kansas Prison". York News-Times via newspapers.com. January 5, 1952. p. 1.
  3. ^ "Galveston Man Must Die for Rape". The Victoria Advocate. November 25, 1951. p. 12.
  4. ^ "Lon Stevenson, Prayer On Lips, Dies In Chair". The Portsmouth Times. January 19, 1952. p. 3.
  5. ^ "People v. Jenko". Justia Law.
  6. ^ "Who Insulted Him, Vet Dies In Chair". The Afro American. February 2, 1952. p. 2.
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  8. ^ "Pritchett v. United States". Justia Law.
  9. ^ "Brock v. State". vLex.
  10. ^ "Commonwealth v. Bryant". Justia Law.
  11. ^ "William Phyle Is Finally Executed". Santa Cruz Sentinel via newspapers.com. February 29, 1952. p. 1.
  12. ^ "Hold-Up Slayer Dies in Chair". The New York Times. March 7, 1952.
  13. ^ "People v. Miller". Stanford Law School.
  14. ^ "Cop Slayer Asks Mercy At Execution". The Victoria Advocate. March 12, 1952. p. 2.
  15. ^ "Williams v. State". Justia Law.
  16. ^ "Young Chicago Killer Is Executed Today". Decatur Daily Democrat. March 14, 1952. p. 8.
  17. ^ "People v. Coefield". Justia Law.
  18. ^ "Execution Stay Granted Reece". Rome News-Tribune. March 7, 1952. p. 2.
  19. ^ "Quarles v. Commonwealth". Justia Law.
  20. ^ "Holmes v. State". Justia Law.
  21. ^ "Young Musician Put to Death". St. Joseph Gazette. April 10, 1952. p. 10.
  22. ^ "Governor Denies Slayer Clemency". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. April 17, 1952. p. 9.
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  24. ^ "Three Die in Chair in South Carolina". Spokane Daily Chronicle. April 18, 1952. p. 7.
  25. ^ "People v. Sampsell". Justia Law.
  26. ^ "30-Day Stay of Execution Given". The Bonham Daily Favorite. March 27, 1952. p. 5.
  27. ^ "Sundahl v. State". Justia Law.
  28. ^ "Texas Rapist To Die Tonight". The Victoria Advocate. April 30, 1952. p. 1.
  29. ^ "Drake v. State". Justia Law.
  30. ^ "People v. Buckowski". vLex.
  31. ^ "DEATH FOR 3 IS UPHELD; Jersey Supreme Court Rejects Plea for a New Trial". The New York Times. April 25, 1950.
  32. ^ "Trial one of longest in county history". The Galveston Daily News via newspapers.com. January 26, 1990. p. 6.
  33. ^ "Court Upholds Sentences For Red Attorneys". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. April 22, 1952. p. 12.
  34. ^ "State V. Roman". The Dispatch. October 17, 1952. p. 3.
  35. ^ "Negro Rapist Dies in Chair". Herald-Journal. June 14, 1952. p. 1.
  36. ^ "People v. Martinez". Justia Law.
  37. ^ "Leiby v. State". Justia Law.
  38. ^ "Thomas Haley Pays Penalty". The Courier-Gazette via newspapers.com. July 10, 1952. p. 1.
  39. ^ "LOUISIANA EXECUTES PAUL WASHINGTON, INNOCENT NEGRO FRAME-UP VICTIM". The Colorado Statesman. July 26, 1952. p. 1.
  40. ^ "'Lonely Hearts' Slayer Meets Death Calmly". The Portsmouth Times. July 12, 1952. p. 3.
  41. ^ "People v. Stroble". vLex.
  42. ^ "Tyler v. United States". Justia Law.
  43. ^ "Execution For Murder Decreed At Fordyce". Northwest Arkansas Times via newspapers.com. July 12, 1952. p. 3.
  44. ^ "State v. Beckwith". Justia Law.
  45. ^ "State of Oregon v. Long". Justia Law.
  46. ^ "Execution Stay Is Granted Negro". The Bonham Daily Favorite. June 5, 1952. p. 3.
  47. ^ "Jackson v. Commonwealth". Justia Law.
  48. ^ "State v. Peterson". Justia Law.
  49. ^ "Warren Cancels Death Warrant". St. Petersburg Times. March 22, 1952. p. 7.
  50. ^ "State v. Bentley". Justia Law.
  51. ^ "Johnson v. State". vLex.
  52. ^ "Miles v. State". vLex.
  53. ^ "People v. Davis". Justia Law.
  54. ^ "The People v. Lindsay". CaseMine.
  55. ^ "Convict Awaits Gas Chamber With Little Emotion". The Maryville Daily Forum via newspapers.com. October 27, 1952. p. 9.
  56. ^ "Hearing Denied Axe Murderer". The Victoria Advocate. October 20, 1952. p. 1.
  57. ^ "People v. Ford". vLex.
  58. ^ "Killer Prefers Electric Chair". The Spokesman-Review. October 22, 1952. p. 26.
  59. ^ "People v. Gilliam". Stanford Law School.
  60. ^ "People v. Gilliam". Justia Law.
  61. ^ "Savage v. State". Justia Law.
  62. ^ "Paris v. State". Justia Law.
  63. ^ "People v. Cook". Justia Law.
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