List of people executed in the United States in 1958

Fifty people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1958, thirty-five by electrocution, thirteen by gas chamber, and two by hanging.[1]

List of people executed in the United States in 1958

No. Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref.
At execution At offense Age difference
1 January 3, 1958 Norman E. Walker 34 33 1 Male White Ohio Electrocution [1]
2 January 9, 1958 Elmer Francis Burke 40 35 5 New York [2]
3 January 10, 1958 Robert Victor Mohrhaus 23 22 1 Ohio [3]
4 January 17, 1958 Edward Samuel Smith Unknown Unknown Black Georgia [1]
5 William Alvin Wetzel 32 27 5 White Mississippi Gas chamber [4]
6 February 6, 1958 Charles White 44 41 3 Texas Electrocution [5]
7 February 14, 1958 James Reese 26 23 Black California Gas chamber [6]
8 February 28, 1958 Julius Bunton 21 20 1 North Carolina [7]
9 James Vaughan 31 29 2 Ohio Electrocution [1]
10 March 6, 1958 John Wayne Mack 25 24 1 Texas [8]
11 March 28, 1958 Jeremiah Reeves Jr. 22 16 6 Alabama [9]
12 April 11, 1958 Alfred Thomas Faciane 23 21 2 Louisiana [10]
13 Johnny McMiller 44 42
14 April 15, 1958 Eugene T. Burwell 24 18 6 California Gas chamber [11]
15 James Alonzo Rogers 22 16 White
16 April 18, 1958 William Golden 23 22 1 Black Georgia Electrocution [12]
17 Jeremiah McCray 23 0 Virginia [13]
18 May 26, 1958 Bozzie Nelson 45 44 1 Florida [14]
19 May 28, 1958 Jimmy C. Cameron 23 21 2 Mississippi Gas chamber [15]
20 June 5, 1958 Eugene Henry Linger 30 29 1 White West Virginia Electrocution [16]
21 June 6, 1958 E.J. Sherod 24 23 Black Virginia [1]
22 June 7, 1958 Barton Kay Kirkham 21 19 2 White Utah Hanging [17]
23 June 11, 1958 Alvin Charles Blankenship 27 26 1 Black Texas Electrocution [18]
24 June 13, 1958 George Lowell Everett 23 19 4 White Florida [19]
25 June 20, 1958 Theodore Thompson 22 1 Black Texas [20]
26 July 1, 1958 Larry Paul Fudge 26 25 White West Virginia [1]
27 July 3, 1958 Nicholas Dan Jr. 20 19 Black New York
28 July 7, 1958 Robert Lee Jackson 40 37 3 Ohio [21]
29 Lemuel Sam Trotter 31 28
30 July 23, 1958 Abraham Thomas 29 25 4 U.S. military Hanging [22]
31 July 25, 1958 Jimmy Nebron Shaver 33 29 White Texas Electrocution [23]
32 August 7, 1958 Angelo John LaMarca 31 2 New York [24]
33 August 15, 1958 Jasper Brazile 43 38 5 Black Louisiana [25]
34 September 19, 1958 Albert Curry 26 26 0 Georgia [1]
35 Marshall Lamkin 53 50 3 Texas [26]
36 September 26, 1958 John Calvin Tipton 23 20 White California Gas chamber [27]
37 September 29, 1958 Harry Frank Long 35 30 5 Florida Electrocution [28]
38 October 24, 1958 Bart Luis Caritativo 52 48 4 Asian California Gas chamber [29]
39 November 7, 1958 William Francis Rupp Jr. 24 18 6 White [30]
40 Leroy Dobbs 36 Unknown Unknown Black Georgia Electrocution [31]
41 November 14, 1958 Otha A. Adams 54 53 1 White [32]
42 November 17, 1958 Arthur Thomas 33 27 6 Black Arizona Gas chamber [33]
43 November 20, 1958 Virgil Richardson 29 2 New York Electrocution [34]
44 November 21, 1958 Clarence Dabney 25 24 1 Virginia [35]
45 November 22, 1958 Richard Lewis Jordan 28 23 5 White Arizona Gas chamber [36]
46 December 5, 1958 Matthew Phillip Bass 43 Unknown Unknown Black North Carolina [37]
47 December 19, 1958 Henry R. Woods 20 19 1 Georgia Electrocution [38]
48 Richard Carpenter 28 25 3 White Illinois [39]
49 Allen Dean Jr. 23 23 0 Black Mississippi Gas chamber [40]
50 Bennie Collins 55 54 1 Ohio Electrocution [1]

Demographics

Gender
Male 50 100%
Female 0 0%
Ethnicity
Black 31 62%
White 18 36%
Asian 1 2%
State
California 6 12%
Georgia 6 12%
Ohio 6 12%
Texas 6 12%
New York 4 8%
Florida 3 6%
Louisiana 3 6%
Mississippi 3 6%
Virginia 3 6%
Arizona 2 4%
North Carolina 2 4%
West Virginia 2 4%
Alabama 1 2%
Illinois 1 2%
U.S. military 1 2%
Utah 1 2%
Method
Electrocution 35 70%
Gas chamber 13 26%
Hanging 2 4%
Month
January 5 10%
February 4 8%
March 2 4%
April 6 12%
May 2 4%
June 6 12%
July 6 12%
August 2 4%
September 4 8%
October 1 2%
November 7 14%
December 5 10%
Age
20–29 29 58%
30–39 10 20%
40–49 7 14%
50–59 4 8%
Total 50 100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
1959 50
1958 50
1957 69
Total 169

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Executions in the U.S. 1608-2002: The ESPY File" (PDF). Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved June 18, 2025.
  2. ^ "TRIGGER BURKE DIES FOR WALSH MURDER". The New York Times. January 10, 1958.
  3. ^ "Sanity Of Murder Suspect Is Studied". The Daily Reporter via newspapers.com. December 15, 1956. p. 2.
  4. ^ "William Wetzel Is Executed in Mississippi". The Daily Advertiser via newspapers.com. January 19, 1958. p. 32.
  5. ^ "White v. State". Justia Law.
  6. ^ "James Reese, Appellant, v. Harley O. Teets, Warden of the California State Prison at San Quentin, Appellee, 248 F.2d 147 (9th Cir. 1957)". Justia Law.
  7. ^ "State v. Bunton". CaseMine.
  8. ^ "Mack v. State". Justia Law.
  9. ^ "The execution of Jeremiah Reeves: Alabama teen's death sentence helped drive civil rights movement". AL.com. February 4, 2015.
  10. ^ "2 Tangipahoa Men, Convicted Slayers, To Die April 11". The Daily Advertiser via newspapers.com. April 2, 1958. p. 9.
  11. ^ "People v. Burwell". CaseMine.
  12. ^ "Golden v. State". Justia Law.
  13. ^ "Former Prisoner Here Electrocuted". The Gettysburg Times via newspapers.com. April 19, 1958. p. 3.
  14. ^ "Nelson v. State". vLex.
  15. ^ "Cameron v. State". Justia Law.
  16. ^ "Linger v. Jennings". Justia Law.
  17. ^ "State v. Kirkham". Justia Law.
  18. ^ "Blankenship v. State". Justia Law.
  19. ^ "Death Delayed For Donation of Criminal's Eyes". The State via newspapers.com. June 7, 1958. p. 3.
  20. ^ "Thompson v. State". Justia Law.
  21. ^ "Hart's Slayers Must Die July 7". The Cincinnati Enquirer via newspapers.com. June 7, 1958. p. 5.
  22. ^ "Abraham Thomas, Appellant, v. Colonel James W. Davis, Commandant, United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Appellee, 249 F.2d 232 (10th Cir. 1957)". Justia Law.
  23. ^ "Jimmy N. Shaver, Appellant, v. O. B. Ellis, Manager Texas Prison System, Appellee, 255 F.2d 509 (5th Cir. 1958)". Justia Law.
  24. ^ "LaMarca Executed At 11:03". The Oneonta Star via newspapers.com. August 8, 1958. p. 1.
  25. ^ "State v. Brazile". Justia Law.
  26. ^ "Lamkin v. State". vLex.
  27. ^ "People v. Tipton". Justia Law.
  28. ^ "Long v. State". vLex.
  29. ^ "Bart Luis CARITATIVO, Petitioner, v. The PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA and Fred R. Dickson, Acting Warden. William Francis RUPP, Petitioner, v. Fred R. DICKSON, Acting Warden". Legal Information Institute.
  30. ^ "Law Catches Up With Sex-Killer of Girl; He Dies in Gas Chamber". Independent via newspapers.com. November 8, 1958. p. 3.
  31. ^ "Dobbs v. State". Justia Law.
  32. ^ "Otha Adams, 54". The Atlanta Constitution via newspapers.com. November 15, 1958. p. 3.
  33. ^ "Slayer Meets His Doom Calmly". Arizona Daily Star via newspapers.com. November 18, 1958. p. 1.
  34. ^ "People v. Richardson". CourtListener.
  35. ^ "Police Nab Man Wanted For Lynchburg Ax-Slaying". Covington Virginian via Virginia Chronicle. July 30, 1958. p. 1.
  36. ^ "State v. Jordan". Justia Law.
  37. ^ "State v. Bass". Justia Law.
  38. ^ "Woods v. State". Justia Law.
  39. ^ "Cop killer Richard Carpenter". Chicago Tribune. October 2, 2013.
  40. ^ "Dean v. State". vLex.
Preceded by
1957 		   List of people executed   
   in the United States in   
1958 		Succeeded by
1959
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.