List of people executed in Texas, 1950–1959

The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas between 1950 and 1959. During this period 76 people were executed by electrocution at the Huntsville Unit in Texas.^[1]^[2]

Three electrocutions took place on September 5, 1951; though no intervening law to prohibit multiple executions on a single day was passed, since this date Texas has not executed more than two people in a single day.

Executions 1950–1959

1950 – 13 executions
#	Executed person	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	Crime(s)	Governor
257	Samuel Gibson	Black	24	M	29-Jan-1950	Murder and Burglary	Allan Shivers
258	William Wilson, Jr.	Black	31	M	05-Feb-1950	Rape
259	James Morrow	White	29	M	09-Feb-1950	Murder
260	James Blackmon	Black	24	M	05-Apr-1950	Robbery and Murder
261	William Smith, Jr.	Black	22	M	05-Apr-1950	Robbery and Murder
262	Lee Bunn	Black	27	M	03-May-1950	Murder
263	Nathaniel Edwards	Black	27	M	17-May-1950	Rape
264	Dan White	White	49	M	02-Jun-1950	Robbery and Murder
265	William Ray	White	35	M	09-Jun-1950	Rape
266	Porter Henderson	Black	47	M	14-Jun-1950	Murder
267	Felix Lewis	White	47	M	21-Jun-1950	Rape
268	Eugene McFarland	Black	26	M	30-Jun-1950	Rape
269	Edward Johnson	Black	31	M	29-Dec-1950	Rape
1951 – 13 executions
270	Ben Pickett, Jr.	Black	35	M	13-Jan-1951	Rape	Allan Shivers
271	Thomas Price	White	30	M	01-Feb-1951	Robbery and Murder
272	Jim Patterson	White	44	M	14-Mar-1951	Murder
273	Allen Williams	White	40	M	21-Mar-1951	Rape
274	Morris Bessard	Black	22	M	27-Jun-1951	Rape
275	Sam Williams	Black	53	M	03-Jul-1951	Murder
276	Y. D. Robinson	Black	33	M	16-Jul-1951	Murder
277	Allen Matthews	Black	24	M	05-Sep-1951	Rape
278	L. C. Sims	Black	26	M	05-Sep-1951	Rape
279	Fred Adair, Jr.	White	27	M	05-Sep-1951	Rape
280	Steve Mitchell	White	49	M	25-Sep-1951	Murder
281	Albert Edwards	White	39	M	09-Oct-1951	Murder
282	Abbie Morton (or Mouton)	Black	32	M	08-Dec-1951	Robbery and Murder
1952 – 10 executions
283	Richard McMurrin	Black	21	M	08-Jan-1952	Rape	Allan Shivers
284	Robert Johnson	White	34	M	12-Mar-1952	Murder
285	Marvin Johnson	White	21	M	09-Apr-1952	Murder
286	William Jones	White	58	M	26-Apr-1952	Murder
287	Henry Savage	Black	26	M	30-Apr-1952	Rape
288	Herman Ross	Black	32	M	04-Jun-1952	Robbery and Murder
289	Thomas Haley	White	27	M	10-Jul-1952	Rape
290	Major Preston	Black	34	M	08-Aug-1952	Rape
291	Booker Reed	Black	46	M	28-Oct-1952	Robbery and Murder
292	Alton Paris	Black	60	M	02-Dec-1952	Murder
1953 – 5 executions
293	Darious Goleman	White	31	M	04-Feb-1953	Robbery and Murder	Allan Shivers
294	Roy Hulen	White	43	M	06-Feb-1953	Murder
295	Samuel Gasway	White	35	M	21-Mar-1953	Rape
296	Jack Farmer	White	53	M	10-Jun-1953	Murder
297	Lewis Allison	Black	23	M	17-Oct-1953	Rape
1954 – 9 executions
298	Walter Green	White	25	M	19-Feb-1954	Robbery and Murder	Allan Shivers
299	Charles Clark	White	43	M	25-Mar-1954	Murder
300	Willie Gage	Black	42	M	23-Apr-1954	Rape
301	Charles Klinedinst	White	29	M	19-Jun-1954	Rape
302	Jimmy Richardson	Black	32	M	24-Jun-1954	Rape
303	Charles Barnes	Black	24	M	14-Jul-1954	Murder
304	Marvin Rayson	Black	28	M	17-Jul-1954	Robbery and Murder
305	Walter Whitaker, Jr.	White	22	M	01-Aug-1954	Murder
306	Maurice Sampson	Black	21	M	29-Sep-1954	Robbery and Murder
1955 – 4 executions
307	Donald Brown	White	26	M	22-Jan-1955	Murder	Allan Shivers
308	Harry Butcher, Jr.	White	29	M	20-May-1955	Rape
309	Henry Meyer	White	65	M	08-Jun-1955	Murder
310	Floyd Jackson	Black	21	M	18-Aug-1955	Rape
1956 – 7 executions
311	Carrol Farrar	White	36	M	04-Jan-1956	Murder	Allan Shivers
312	Johnnie Gordon	Black	25	M	24-Jan-1956	Rape
313	Tommie Walker	Black	21	M	12-May-1956	Murder, Rape and Robbery
314	Marion Washington	Black	29	M	08-Jun-1956	Murder
315	Flandell Fite	Black	27	M	23-Aug-1956	Rape
316	Timothy Pierce	Black	23	M	30-Aug-1956	Rape
317	Leonard Bingham	White	26	M	30-Oct-1956	Robbery and Murder
1957 – 6 executions
318	John McHenry	Black	26	M	03-Jan-1957	Rape and Robbery	Allan Shivers
319	Leslie Webb	Black	32	M	04-Jan-1957	Murder	Price Daniel
320	Merle Ellisor	White	34	M	04-Apr-1957	Murder
321	Yancy (or Yancey) McGowen	White	64	M	24-Apr-1957	Murder
322	Wilburn(e) Hall	White	29	M	21-Aug-1957	Murder
323	John Wright	Black	38	M	14-Sep-1957	Rape
1958 – 6 executions
324	Charlie White	White	46	M	06-Feb-1958	Robbery and Murder	Price Daniel
325	John Mack	Black	25	M	06-Mar-1958	Rape
326	Alvin Blankenship^[3]^[4]	Black	27	M	11-Jun-1958	Robbery
327	Theodore Thompson	Black	23	M	20-Jun-1958	Rape
328	Jimmy Shaver^[5]^[6]	White	33	M	25-Jul-1958	Rape and Murder
329	Marshall Lamkin	Black	53	M	19-Sep-1958	Murder
1959 – 3 executions
330	Phillip Slater	Black	36	M	04-Feb-1959	Rape and Murder	Price Daniel
331	Milton Williams	Black	28	M	28-May-1959	Rape
332	Jessie Smith	Black	42	M	04-Aug-1959	Robbery and Murder
Sources: List of electrocuted offenders by the TDJC,^[2] and The Espy File: 1608–2002.^[1]

Preceded by List of people executed in Texas, 1940–1949	Lists of people executed in Texas	Succeeded by List of people executed in Texas, 1960–1964

References

^ ^a ^b The Espy File: 1608–2002. Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
^ ^a ^b List of Electrocuted Offenders Archived 2011-06-12 at the Wayback Machine. Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
^ "Negro Mother Begs Board to Spare Life of Her Doomed Son". Lubbock Morning Avalanche. United Press International. 1958-05-29. p. 2. Archived from the original on 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2023-06-01 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "ALVIN CHARLES BLANKENSHIP v. STATE". Justia. 1957-12-18. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
^ O'Neill, Piepenbring, Tom, Dan (24 November 2019). "Louis Jolyon West seems to have used chemicals and hypnosis liberally in his medical practice, possibly leading to the death of a child and the execution of an innocent man - Inside the Archive of an LSD Researcher With Ties to the CIA's MKUltra Mind Control Project". The Intercept. First Look Media. Retrieved August 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "1953: Dr. Wolff and Dr. Hinkle investigate Communist Brainwashing". AHRP. Alliance for Human Research Protection.

External links

Death Row 1923-1973. Texas Department of Criminal Justice

[espyfile-1] The Espy File: 1608–2002. Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved 23 February 2009.

[tdjcelectrocutions-2] List of Electrocuted Offenders Archived 2011-06-12 at the Wayback Machine. Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved 23 February 2009.

[3] "Negro Mother Begs Board to Spare Life of Her Doomed Son". Lubbock Morning Avalanche. United Press International. 1958-05-29. p. 2. Archived from the original on 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2023-06-01 – via Newspapers.com.

[4] "ALVIN CHARLES BLANKENSHIP v. STATE". Justia. 1957-12-18. Retrieved 2023-06-01.

[5] O'Neill, Piepenbring, Tom, Dan (24 November 2019). "Louis Jolyon West seems to have used chemicals and hypnosis liberally in his medical practice, possibly leading to the death of a child and the execution of an innocent man - Inside the Archive of an LSD Researcher With Ties to the CIA's MKUltra Mind Control Project". The Intercept. First Look Media. Retrieved August 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[AHRP-6] "1953: Dr. Wolff and Dr. Hinkle investigate Communist Brainwashing". AHRP. Alliance for Human Research Protection.

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