List of people executed in Texas, 1950–1959
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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
[edit]1950 – 13 executions | |||||||
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# | 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 | |
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 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "1953: Dr. Wolff and Dr. Hinkle investigate Communist Brainwashing". AHRP. Alliance for Human Research Protection.
External links
[edit]- Death Row 1923-1973. Texas Department of Criminal Justice