User:Afddiary/MS–1900–1964
This is a list of people executed in Mississippi before 1972. The state's earliest recorded executions took place on February 8, 1804; the state's death penalty remained active until a nationwide moratorium stalled the death penalty in the state in 1972, although Mississippi's last execution before the moratorium's official start took place in 1964. Between 1804 and 1964, at least 351 legal executions took place in Mississippi.
Executions in Mississippi, 1804–1900
[edit]Information is sourced from the Espy Files unless otherwise specified.[1]
| No. | Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of Execution | County | Method | Crime(s) | Ref. |
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| 1 | Wiley Harpe | White | 33 | M | February 8, 1804 | Tishomingo or Jefferson | Hanging | Piracy and murder | |
| 2 | Peter Alston (alias James May) | White | 35–38 | M | |||||
| 3 | James Baker | - | - | M | 1818 | Adams | Hanging | - | |
| 4 | Isaac Jones | White | - | M | July 27, 1821 | Adams | Hanging | Murder | |
| 5 | (Unknown Name) | Black | - | M | June 29, 1822 | Jackson | Hanging | Attempted rape | |
| 6 | Step (Enslaved Man) | Black | - | M | January 23, 1824 | Adams | Hanging | - | |
| 7 | Unknown Name (Enslaved Woman) | Black | - | F | March 2, 1833 | Pike | Hanging | - | |
| 8 | Andrew McCannon | White | - | M | November 1, 1845 | - | Hanging | Murder | |
| 9 | James McCann | White | - | M | April 18, 1850 | Adams | Hanging | Murder | |
| 10 | Cicily (Enslaved Woman) | Black | - | F | May 22, 1850 | Tippah | Hanging | Murder | |
| 11 | (Unknown First Name) Hicks | White | - | M | December 1850 | Lowndes | Hanging | Murder | |
| 12 | Cunningham (Enslaved Man) | Black | - | M | 1856 | Jasper | Hanging | - | |
| 13 | Unknown Name (Enslaved Man) | Black | - | M | 1856 | Lawrence | Hanging | - | |
| 14 | Frank Carr | White | - | M | 1856 | - | Hanging | Murder | |
| 15 | Bill (Enslaved Man of Catchings) | Black | - | M | 1856 | Neshoba | Hanging | Murder | |
| 16 | Young Bovard | White | - | M | June 27, 1856 | Pike | Hanging | Murder | |
| 17 | Alek (Enslaved Man of Prichard) | Black | - | M | June 27, 1856 | Pike | Hanging | Murder | |
| 18 | Dick (Enslaved Man of Prichard) | Black | - | M | June 27, 1856 | Yazoo | Hanging | Murder | |
| 19 | Henry (Enslaved Man of Prichard) | Black | - | M | June 27, 1856 | Yazoo | Hanging | Murder | |
| 20 | William Roberson | White | - | M | November 1856 | Yazoo | Hanging | Murder of Franklin Williams | |
| 21 | Claiborne (Enslaved Man) | Black | - | M | December 3, 1856 | Yazoo | Hanging | Murder | |
| 22 | Hampton (Enslaved Man) | Black | - | M | 1857 | Pike | Hanging | Murder | |
| 23 | James Copeland | White | - | M | October 30, 1857 | Bolivar | Hanging | Conspiracy to murder James Harvey | [2][3] |
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Executions in Mississippi, 1900–1940
[edit]All executions in Mississippi between 1900 and October 11, 1940, took place by hanging. Information is sourced from the Espy Files unless otherwise specified.[1]
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| NO | Sylvester Mackey | Black | 22 | M | August 27, 1926 | Tishomingo | UNCONFIRMED | Murder | Hanging | |
| NO | Walter Burley | Black | - | M | July 22, 1927 | Marion | UNCONFIRMED | Murder, rape | Hanging | |
| NO | Eugene Huggins | Black | 22 | M | February 24, 1928 | Leflore | UNCONFIRMED | Murder, robbery | Hanging | |
| NO | Marion Walton | Black | 24 | M | February 24, 1928 | Hinds | UNCONFIRMED | Murder, robbery | Hanging | |
| NO | Hines Loftin (or Lofton) | Black | - | M | 1928 | Smith | Confirmed | Murder of Mose Coleman, 80 (his stepfather) | Hanging | |
| NO | John Fisher | Black | - | M | May 31, 1928 | Lauderdale | UNCONFIRMED | Murder | Hanging | |
| NO | Greene Kirk | Black | 39 | M | July 13, 1928 | Smith | UNCONFIRMED | Murder | Hanging | |
| NO | Will Burdo | Black | - | M | July 13, 1928 | Yazoo | UNCONFIRMED | Murder, robbery | Hanging | |
| NO | John Burke | Black | 23 | M | October 19, 1928 | Simpson | UNCONFIRMED | Rape (no murder) | Hanging | |
| NO | Robert Percy Lofton | White | - | M | December 14, 1928 | Pike | Confirmed | [4] | Murder of Officer J. Earl Westbrook | Hanging |
| NO | Silas Richardson | Black | - | M | April 27, 1929 | Hancock | UNCONFIRMED | Murder | Hanging | |
| NO | R. V. Lewis | White | 38 | M | February 21, 1930 | Simpson | UNCONFIRMED | Murder | Hanging | |
| NO | Philip Hays | Black | 25 | M | January 16, 1931 | Bolivar | UNCONFIRMED | Rape (no murder) | Hanging | |
| NO | Cleveland Nelson | Black | 18 | M | May 18, 1931 | Lauderdale | UNCONFIRMED | Murder, robbery | Hanging | |
| NO | Sam Whittaker | Black | 18 | M | July 17, 1931 | Bolivar | UNCONFIRMED | Murder | Hanging | |
| NO | Emmett Shaw | Black | 40 | M | July 17, 1931 | Lauderdale | UNCONFIRMED | Murder | Hanging | |
| NO | Waddell Cosey | Black | 20 | M | January 13, 1932 | Warren | Confirmed | [5] | Murder of William Davis | Hanging |
| NO | Guy Fairley | White | 44 | M | January 15, 1932 | Covington | Confirmed | [6] | Murder of Homer L. Everett | Hanging |
| NO | Charlie Wright | Black | 32 | M | April 21, 1932 | Hinds | Confirmed | [7] | Murder of Mayor L.M. Ratliffe | Hanging |
| NO | Eddie Weeks | Black | 24 | M | May 12, 1932 | Covington | UNCONFIRMED | Murder | Hanging | |
| NO | Emanuel "Kid Boy" Jackson | Black | 25 | M | May 27, 1932 | Amite | Confirmed | [8] | Murder of Bramlette Bates | Hanging |
| NO | Roger Roberts | Black | - | M | October 28, 1932 | Washington | UNCONFIRMED | Murder | Hanging | |
| NO | Robert Woodward | Black | 35 | M | November 18, 1932 | Amite | UNCONFIRMED | Murder, robbery | Hanging | |
| NO | Will Dixon | Black | 50 | M | November 18, 1932 | Neshoba | UNCONFIRMED | Murder, robbery | Hanging | |
| NO | Columbus Barton | Black | 48 | M | November 25, 1932 | Humphreys | UNCONFIRMED | Murder, robbery | Hanging | |
| NO | W. R. Weatherford | Native American | 35 | M | December 1, 1932 | Humphreys | UNCONFIRMED | Murder | Hanging | |
| NO | Andrew Prince | Black | 21 | M | April 25, 1933 | Bolivar | UNCONFIRMED | Murder, robbery | Hanging | |
| NO | James Sandidge | Black | 45 | M | July 7, 1933 | Lamar | UNCONFIRMED | Murder | Hanging | |
| NO | Jesse Patterson | Black | 32 | M | January 20, 1933 | Lowndes | UNCONFIRMED | Murder, robbery | Hanging | |
| NO | Jesse Scott | Black | 24 | M | December 7, 1933 | DeSoto | UNCONFIRMED | Murder, robbery | Hanging | |
| NO | Thurman Ricks | Black | 26 | M | February 2, 1934 | Lowndes | UNCONFIRMED | Murder | Hanging | |
| NO | Earnest McGehee | Black | 23 | M | March 16, 1934 | Washington | UNCONFIRMED | Rape (no murder) | Hanging | |
| NO | Bob Owens | Black | - | M | March 16, 1934 | Neshoba | UNCONFIRMED | Murder, robbery | Hanging | |
| NO | Johnny Jones | Black | 23 | M | March 16, 1934 | DeSoto | UNCONFIRMED | Rape (no murder) | Hanging | |
| NO | Isaac Howard | Black | 25 | M | March 16, 1934 | Lee | UNCONFIRMED | Rape (no murder) | Hanging | |
| NO | James Keating (or Keaton) | Black | 22 | M | May 25, 1934 | Lowndes | UNCONFIRMED | Murder and robbery of Fred Hayslett (gas station owner) | Hanging | |
| NO | Pearlie Davis | Black | 25 | M | May 31, 1934 | DeSoto | UNCONFIRMED | Murder, robbery | Hanging | |
| NO | Mildrich Tinsley | Black | 46 | M | November 2, 1934 | Washington | Confirmed | [9] | Murder of John Henry Harris and Junius Jones[a] | Hanging |
| NO | Phil Williams | Black | - | M | December 6, 1934 | Hinds | UNCONFIRMED | Murder | Hanging | |
| NO | Obediah McKnight | Black | - | M | December 12, 1934 | Washington | UNCONFIRMED | Murder | Hanging | |
| NO | Alonzo Robinson (or James H. Coyner) | Black | 40 | M | March 5, 1935 | Adams | UNCONFIRMED | Murder | Hanging | |
| NO | Oliver Buckler | Black | 35 | M | August 2, 1935 | Adams | UNCONFIRMED | Murder | Hanging | |
| NO | Floyd Watson | Black | 21 | M | February 14, 1936 | Bolivar | UNCONFIRMED | Murder | Hanging | |
| NO | Robert Alsup | Black | - | M | March 19, 1936 | Washington | UNCONFIRMED | Murder | Hanging | |
| NO | Arthur Berry | Black | - | M | May 22, 1936 | Clarke | UNCONFIRMED | Murder | Hanging | |
| NO | Fedro Pearson | Black | 25 | M | June 10, 1936 | Grenada | UNCONFIRMED | Murder, robbery | Hanging | |
| NO | Wilson Pullen | White | - | M | June 19, 1936 | Sunflower | UNCONFIRMED | Murder of Dave McClelland (his landlord) | Hanging | |
| NO | Roosevelt Moon | Black | - | M | July 10, 1936 | Coahoma | UNCONFIRMED | Murder and robbery of a man | Hanging | |
| NO | Andrew Hemphill | Black | 45 | M | November 6, 1936 | Montgomery | UNCONFIRMED | Murder | Hanging | |
| NO | Tom Jones | Black | 43 | M | November 6, 1936 | Coahoma | UNCONFIRMED | Murder | Hanging | |
| NO | Joe Phillips | Black | 17 | M | January 20, 1937 | Grenada | UNCONFIRMED | Murder, robbery | Hanging | |
| NO | George Owens | Black | 17 | M | ||||||
| NO | Samuel Williams | Black | 23 | M | March 18, 1937 | Clay | UNCONFIRMED | Robbery with firearms (no murder) | Hanging | |
| NO | Mary Holmes | Black | 35 | F | April 29, 1937 | Clay | UNCONFIRMED | Murder, robbery | Hanging | |
| NO | Solomon Brooks | Black | 32 | M | April 29, 1937 | Jackson | UNCONFIRMED | Murder, robbery | Hanging | |
| NO | Robert Jones | Black | - | M | July 1, 1937 | Sharkey | UNCONFIRMED | Murder | Hanging | |
| NO | Ollie Armstrong | Black | - | M | May 20, 1938 | Sharkey | UNCONFIRMED | Murder | Hanging | |
| NO | Alvin Taylor | Black | - | M | May 20, 1938 | Sunflower | UNCONFIRMED | Robbery with firearms (no murder) | Hanging | |
| NO | Louis Carroll | Black | 23 | M | November 29, 1938 | Calhoun | UNCONFIRMED | Murder, robbery | Hanging | |
| NO | Theodore Blanchard | Black | 24 | M | December 9, 1938 | Calhoun | UNCONFIRMED | Murder, robbery | Hanging | |
| NO | Pearlie Evans | White | 39 | M | February 10, 1939 | Warren | UNCONFIRMED | Murder | Hanging | |
| NO | Leamon Steele | Black | - | M | December 15, 1939 | Warren | UNCONFIRMED | Murder | Hanging | |
| NO | Cleveland Holloway | Black | - | M | January 29, 1940 | Smith | UNCONFIRMED | Murder | Hanging | |
| NO | Hilton Fortenberry | Black | - | M | October 11, 1940 | Jefferson Davis | UNCONFIRMED | Murder of a police officer | Hanging | |
Electric chair and gas chamber executions in Mississippi, 1940–1964
[edit]In 1940, Mississippi's state legislature approved the adoption of a portable electric chair; unlike electric chairs in other states, which were stationary and resided within centralized locations in state prisons, Mississippi's electric chair was the first of two (with the other being in Louisiana) to be temporarily moved within the county where a condemned inmate was condemned and stationed within the county's courthouse or local jail. At least approximately 75 executions took place in Mississippi by portable electric chair before the state retired their electric chair and adopted the gas chamber as their new method of execution, which they used in 31 executions between 1955 and 1964.
The exact number of executions in Mississippi's portable electric chair is unclear, as different sources provide different numbers between 75 and 96.[b]
Information is sourced from the Espy Files and the Mississippi Department of Corrections unless otherwise specified.[1][13]
NOTE FOR Afddiary: Delete the "County Check" column after you've checked the veracity of every county.
| No. | Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of Execution | Crime(s) | Ref. | County | COUNTY CHECK | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willie Mae Bragg | Black | 28 | M | October 11, 1940 | Murder of his wife | [14] | George | Confirmed | Electric chair |
| 2 | William Gordon | Black | 31 | M | October 18, 1940 | Murder and robbery of Richard Priestly | [15] | Warren | Confirmed | |
| 3 | Charles "Charlie" Clemons (or Clemmons) | Black | 40 | M | ||||||
| 4 | J. C. Ashford | Black | - | M | November 14, 1940 | Murder of Lillie Carter | [16] | Attala | Confirmed | |
| 5 | James Grady White | White | 38 | M | May 15, 1941 | Murder of Sam McCune | [17] | Neshoba | Confirmed | |
| 6 | Booker T. Childress | Black | - | M | May 16, 1941 | Murder of a black woman | [17] | Newton | Confirmed | |
| 7 | Matthew Douglas | Black | 32 | M | May 23, 1941 | Rape of a "young white waitress" (no murder) | [18] | Webster | Confirmed | |
| 8 | Roosevelt Green | Black | 24 | M | June 20, 1941 | Rape of a white adult woman (no murder) | [19][20] | Claiborne | Confirmed | |
| 9 | Wilburn Sutton | Black | 20 | M | June 20, 1941[c] | Murder and robbery of Charles "Fox" Pleas | [19][20] | Holmes | Confirmed | |
| 10 | J. A. Yount (James Arthur Yount) | White | 60 | M | January 9, 1942 | Murder of Hollendale town marshal Clifton Pope | [21] | Washington | Confirmed | |
| 11 | Walter Orville Merikle | White | 22 | M | July 24, 1942 | Murder of C.J. Nunn | [22] | Greene | Confirmed | |
| 12 | Lawrence Wright | Black | 20 | M | July 31, 1942 | Murder and robbery of Winfield Bates | Claiborne | Confirmed | ||
| 13 | Percy Fleming | Black | 24 | M | ||||||
| 14 | Sylvester Brown | Black | 36 | M | December 17, 1942 | Murder of his wife, Dollie Brown | [23] | Madison | Confirmed | |
| 15 | Sam Porter | Black | - | M | January 7, 1943 | Murder of Harvey Hertzog | [24] | Pike | Confirmed | |
| 16 | Luther Lee Cooper | White | 24 | M | February 12, 1943 | Murder of his wife Annette | [25] | Pike | Confirmed | |
| 17 | O'Neal Williams | Black | 17 | M | June 25, 1943 | Murder and robbery of Lee Bradley, 50-year-old storekeeper | [26] | Lee | Confirmed | |
| 18 | Joseph Williams | Black | 22 | M | October 1, 1943 | Rape of a 16-year-old white girl (no murder) | [27] | Amite | Confirmed | |
| 19 | Claude Newman | Black | 20 | M | February 4, 1944 | Murder of Sid Cook | [28] | Warren | Confirmed | |
| 20 | Elijah Parker | Black | 23 | M | February 9, 1944 | Murder and robbery of T. Henry Gober | [29] | Hinds | Confirmed | |
| 21 | James Sidney Newsome, Jr. | Black | 17 | M | March 24, 1944 | Rape of a white adult woman (no murder)[d] | [30][31] | Claiborne | Confirmed | |
| 22 | James Crosby | Black | - | M | April 28, 1944 | Murder, robbery | Hinds | |||
| 23 | L. P. Phillips | White | 47 | M | May 5, 1944 | Murder and robbery of D.J. "Uncle Doc" Broom, 82 | [32] | Jefferson Davis | Confirmed | |
| 24 | James Samuel Hughes | White | 44 | M | May 19, 1944 | Murder of Deputy Sheriff S.J. Luckett | [33][34] | Warren | Confirmed | |
| 25 | Mildred Louise James (or Mildred Louise Johnson) | Black | 25 | F | May 19, 1944 | Murder and robbery of Annie Laura Conklin | [33][35] | Warren | Confirmed | |
| 26 | Austin Crews (or Auston Crew) | Black | 28 | M | July 27, 1944 | Murder of Etta Mae Summers and 3 of her sons | [36] | Warren | Confirmed | |
| 27 | Eddie Dillon | Black | 35 | M | August 10, 1944 | Murder of Claude Nichols and Nichols' wife | [37] | Walthall | Confirmed | |
| 28 | Johnny Kehoe | White | 50 | M | December 1, 1944 | Murder of Jack Atkinson, traveling salesman | [38] | Quitman | Confirmed | |
| 29 | Henry Lee Wiley | Black | 23 | M | December 22, 1944 | Murder and rape of Nellie Opal Ricks, 13 | [39][40] | Walthall | Confirmed | |
| 30 | Murice M. Shimniok | White | 19 | M | December 29, 1944 | Murder and robbery of Thomas S. Boykin | [41] | Wayne | Confirmed | |
| 31 | Joseph M. Leemon | White | 19 | M | ||||||
| 32 | George Thornton | Black | 23 | M | January 18, 1945 | Murder of Roy Harrell | [42] | Rankin | Confirmed | |
| 33 | William Fleming Ursey | White | 40 | M | March 23, 1945 | Murder of his sister Ella King | [43] | Forrest | Confirmed | |
| 34 | Eddie "Doc" Simmons | Black | - | M | May 31, 1945 | Rape of a white adult woman | Harrison | Confirmed | ||
| 35 | Donald Frederick Wood | White | 24 | M | October 26, 1945 | Murder and robbery of Robert A. Lipscomb | [44] | Forrest | Confirmed | |
| 36 | Roosevelt Morgan | Black | - | M | March 15, 1946 | Murder of his wife Dona Mae, and David Allen | [45] | Jones | Confirmed | |
| 37 | Charlie Holloway | Black | 42 | M | April 4, 1946 | Robbery with firearms of J.B. Leavell in a $500 holdup (no murder) | [46] | Marshall | Confirmed | |
| 38 | Willie Carter | Black | 24 | M | May 9, 1946 | Murder of George C. Worthen, town marshal of Union | [47] | Newton | Confirmed | |
| 39 | James Leo Williams | Black | 25 | M | June 21, 1946 | Murder of a black woman | [48] | Forrest | Confirmed | |
| 40 | Sherman Street | Black | 31 | M | July 19, 1946 | Rape of a 12-year-old white girl (no murder) | [49][50] | Hinds | Confirmed | |
| 41 | Slay Edwards | Black | 60 | M | October 25, 1946 | Rape of a middle-aged white woman (no murder) | [51] | Sunflower | Confirmed | |
| 42 | Harry Huff | Black | 49 | M | November 29, 1946 | Murder of mother-in-law Mary Williams | [52][53] | Hinds | Confirmed | |
| 43 | Weldon (or Walton) Ratcliff | Black | 25 | M | April 25, 1947 | Murder of father-in-law Will Loper | [54] | Newton | Confirmed | |
| 44 | Charles Trudell | Black | 16 | M | July 23, 1947 | Murder and robbery of Harry McKey | [55] | Wilkinson | Confirmed | |
| 45 | James Lewis, Jr. | Black | 15 | M | ||||||
| 46 | Clarence Dampier | Black | 23 | M | July 30, 1947 | Robbery with firearms of W.W. Shannon (no murder) | [56] | Quitman | Confirmed | |
| 47 | Sonnie Dobbs, Jr. | Black | 22 | M | November 7, 1947 | Murder of Haywood Jennings, 24 | [57][58] | Attala | Confirmed | |
| 48 | Frank Campbell | Black | - | M | December 5, 1947 | Murder of his wife | [59] | Warren | Confirmed | |
| 49 | Walter Boyd | Black | 26 | M | December 18, 1947 | Robbery with firearms (no murder) | Quitman | |||
| 50 | Jessie Lee Dickerson | Black | 22 | M | January 23, 1948 | Murder and robbery of Howard Wallace, 23 | [60] | Lowndes | Confirmed | |
| 51 | William Stewart | Black | 40 | M | March 26, 1948 | Murder of Annie Mae Westerfield | [61] | Hinds | Confirmed | |
| 52 | James Luke Wilson | Black | 21 | M | May 21, 1948 | Murder of Sherman Harper, Harper's wife, and Harper's daughter | [62] | Lauderdale | Confirmed | |
| 53 | Wallis Hamburg | White | 22 | M | June 8, 1948 | Murder of Mississippi State Senator Emmett Buckley | [63] | Quitman | Confirmed | |
| 54 | Monroe Gibson (or Gipson) | Black | 19 | M | June 25, 1948 | Murder and robbery of his mother Ada Gibson (or Gipson) | UNCONFIRMED | |||
| 55 | Marvin Murray | Black | 24 | M | June 29, 1948 | Murder of jailer E.M. Reynolds | UNCONFIRMED | |||
| 56 | Rufus Willis | Black | 20 | M | July 2, 1948 | Rape of a woman from Clarksdale (no murder) | [64] | Warren[e] | Confirmed | |
| 57 | Eugene Riast Cooper | Black | 20 | M | December 10, 1948 | Murder and attempted robbery of Ira Ellis, 70 | [65] | Lauderdale | Confirmed | |
| 58 | Eddie "Buster" Patton | Black | 38 | M | January 12, 1950 | Murder | UNCONFIRMED | |||
| 60 | Arthur Moore | Black | 15 | M | January 26, 1950 | Murder and robbery of J.L. Dean | [66] | Hinds | Confirmed | |
| 61 | John West Pulliam | Black | 17 | M | May 25, 1950 | Murder and burglary of Jesse O. Waymire, 89 | UNCONFIRMED | |||
| 62 | Otis Wilkinson | Black | 25 | M | July 14, 1950 | Murder of Hardy Simmons (alongside Lovell Shaffer) | [67][68] | Yazoo | Confirmed | |
| 63 | A. C. Stone, Jr. | Black | 25 | M | January 12, 1951 | Murder | UNCONFIRMED | |||
| 64 | Murdock Hinton | White | 47 | M | February 2, 1951 | Murder of J.E. Nelson, George County Sheriff | UNCONFIRMED | |||
| 59 | K. C. Newell | Black | 40 | M | February 15, 1951 | Murder of Forrest Sims, 56, landlord | Jasper | Confirmed | ||
| 65 | Houston Roberts | White | 55 | M | March 22, 1951 | Murder of his granddaughter, by poisoning | Hinds | Confirmed | ||
| 66 | Willie McGee | Black | 36 | M | May 8, 1951 | Rape of Willametta Hawkins, his employer (no murder) | [69] | Jones | Confirmed | |
| 67 | Lovell Shaffer | Black | 26 | M | July 12, 1951 | Murder of Hardy Simmons (alongside Otis Wilkinson) | [68] | Yazoo | Confirmed | |
| 68 | Jefro Price | Black | 28 | M | December 20, 1951 | Murder of his wife Willie Price, and aunt Mattie Campbell | [70] | Coahoma | Confirmed | |
| 69 | Charlie Holmes | Black | 38 | M | April 4, 1952 | Murder | UNCONFIRMED | |||
| 70 | James "Jim" Brent Durr | Black | 24 | M | July 25, 1952 | Murder of a constable | [71][72] | Simpson | Confirmed | |
| 71 | James Stewart Grantham | White | 40 | M | August 22, 1952 | Murder and robbery of Willie B. Knight, a grocer | [73] | Jones | Confirmed | |
| 72 | Luther Carlyle Wheeler | White | 28 | M | February 5, 1954 | Murder of James Everett and M.W. Vinson | UNCONFIRMED | |||
| Executions by gas chamber, 1955–1964 (DELETE THIS AFTER ADDING EVERY GC NAME) | ||||||||||
| 73 | Gerald Albert Gallego | White | 26 | M | March 3, 1955 | Murder | e | Cyanide gas asphyxiation | ||
| 74 | Allen Donaldson | Black | 28 | M | March 4, 1955 | Robbery with firearms (no murder) | e | |||
| 75 | August LaFontaine | White | 24 | M | April 28, 1955 | Murder | e | |||
| 76 | John E. Wiggins | Black | 60 | M | June 20, 1955 | Murder of Ruth Mack, 36 (his stepdaughter) | [74] | Jackson | Confirmed | |
| 77 | Mack C. Lewis | Black | 21 | M | June 23, 1955 | Murder, robbery | e | |||
| 78 | Walter Johnson | Black | 19 | M | August 19, 1955 | Rape (no murder) | e | |||
| 79 | Murray G. Gilmore | White | 32 | M | December 9, 1955 | Murder, robbery | e | |||
| 80 | Mose Robinson | Black | 21 | M | December 18, 1955 | Rape (no murder) | e | |||
| 81 | Robert Buchanan | Black | 35 | M | January 3, 1956 | Rape and robbery of a white woman (no murder) | [75] | Hinds | Confirmed | |
| 82 | Edgar Keeler | Black | 38 | M | January 27, 1956 | Murder, robbery | e | |||
| 83 | O. C. McNair | Black | 24 | M | February 17, 1956 | Murder | e | |||
| 84 | James Russell | Black | 32 | M | April 5, 1956 | Murder | e | |||
| 85 | Dewey Townsell (or Towsell) | Black | 26 | M | June 22, 1956 | Murder | e | |||
| 86 | Willie Jones | Black | 38 | M | July 13, 1956 | Murder, robbery | e | |||
| 87 | Mack Drake | Black | 35 | M | November 7, 1956 | Rape, robbery (no murder) | e | |||
| 88 | Henry Jackson | Black | 21 | M | November 8, 1956 | Murder | e | |||
| 89 | Minor Sorber | White | 39 | M | February 8, 1957 | Murder of Edgar "Sonny" McGraw | e | |||
| 90 | James L. "Joe Louis" Thompson | Black | 21 | M | November 14, 1957 | Murder and robbery of J. Z. Jones | [76] | Newton | Confirmed | |
| 91 | William Alvin Wetzel | White | 32 | M | January 17, 1958 | Murder of Edgar "Sonny" McGraw | e | |||
| 92 | J. C. Cameron | Black | 23 | M | May 28, 1958 | Rape (no murder) | e | |||
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Statistics and demographics
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Notes
[edit]- ^ Tinsley's death sentence was apparently only applicable to the murder of Harris.
- ^ One article published in 1954, the year Mississippi replaced the electric chair with the gas chamber, states that Mississippi's portable electric chair was utilized in 96 executions.[10] Another 1954 article states that there were 84 electrocutions.[11] The Mississippi Department of Corrections says the state used the electric chair in 75 executions.[12]
- ^ Sutton's execution took place on the same day as Green's, albeit seven hours later, and in a different county.
- ^ Newsome was overall convicted of at least 5 rapes and 50 robberies and seems to have incurred a death sentence for more than one conviction.
- ^ Willis's crime took place in Coahoma County; however, his attorneys secured a change of venue to Warren County, where he was convicted. His execution took place in Warren County as well.
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- ^ "State's 'Hot Seat' Gives Way to 'Humane' Gas Chamber; Pills of Cyanide Instead of Watts". The Clarion-Ledger. 1954-06-13. p. 6. Archived from the original on 2024-12-22. Retrieved 2024-12-21 – via Newspapers.com.
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- ^ "Attala County Negro Dies in Electric Chair". The Vicksburg Post. 1940-11-14. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2024-12-23. Retrieved 2024-12-23 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Filling Two Dates in As Many Days, State's Portable Electric Chair Has New Execution Scheduled". The Clarion-Ledger. 1941-05-16. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2024-12-21. Retrieved 2024-12-21 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Electric Chair Claims Life of Webster Negro". Enterprise-Journal. 1941-05-23. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2024-12-21. Retrieved 2024-12-21 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Two Negroes Pay with Lives for Murder, Attack". Sun Herald. 1941-06-20. p. 10. Archived from the original on 2024-12-27. Retrieved 2024-12-27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Lexington Negro Is Electrocuted; Wilburn Sutton Dies in Chair". The Clarion-Ledger. 1941-06-21. p. 3. Archived from the original on 2024-12-21. Retrieved 2024-12-21 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Hollandale Merchant Executed; J.A. Yount, 60, Dies for Slaying Town Marshal". The Vicksburg Post. 1942-01-09. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2024-12-23. Retrieved 2024-12-23 – via Newspapers.com.
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- ^ "Date of Electrocution Set November 28; Chair to Be Used First Time in Pike". Enterprise-Journal. 1941-10-17. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2024-12-23. Retrieved 2024-12-23 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Condemned Man Dies in Electric Chair Friday; Proclaimed Innocence". Enterprise Journal. 1943-02-12. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2024-12-27. Retrieved 2024-12-27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tupelo Negro Dies in State Electric Chair for Murder". Clarion Ledger. 1943-06-26. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2024-12-27. Retrieved 2024-12-27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Four Negroes Here Appeal Sentences". The Clarion Ledger. 1943-09-10. p. 3. Archived from the original on 2024-12-27. Retrieved 2024-12-27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Claude Newman Executed Today; Pays with Life for Fatal Shooting of Sid Cook". The Vicksburg Post. 1944-02-04. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2024-12-21. Retrieved 2024-12-21 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Parker Dies Here in Electric Chair". The Clarion-Ledger. 1944-02-09. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2024-12-22. Retrieved 2024-12-21 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Corinth Negro Is Sentenced to Die in Electric Chair". Clarion Ledger. 1943-07-21. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2024-12-27. Retrieved 2024-12-27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Alcorn Negro Dies in Chair". The Clarion-Ledger. 1944-03-25. p. 8. Archived from the original on 2024-12-22. Retrieved 2024-12-21 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "L.P. Phillips Dies in Electric Chair". Sun Herald. 1944-05-05. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2024-12-29. Retrieved 2024-12-29 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Two Executed This Morning in Local Jail". The Vicksburg Post. 1944-05-19. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2024-12-29. Retrieved 2024-12-28 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Negro Woman Dies in Electric Chair, White Man Follows". Sun Herald. 1944-05-19. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2024-12-29. Retrieved 2024-12-28 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Death Sentences Affirmed by State Supreme Court". Sun Herald. 1944-04-10. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2024-12-29. Retrieved 2024-12-28 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Austin Crews Was Electrocuted in Jail Early Today". The Vicksburg Post. 1944-07-27. p. 9. Archived from the original on 2024-12-23. Retrieved 2024-12-23 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Walthall Negro Dies in Electric Chair". The Clarion-Ledger. 1944-08-11. p. 2. Archived from the original on 2024-12-22. Retrieved 2024-12-21 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Farmer Dies in Electric Chair for Slaying Salesman". The Sun Herald. 1944-12-01. p. 8. Archived from the original on 2024-12-22. Retrieved 2024-12-22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Henry Wiley Pays Death Penalty Here". The Mississippi Press. 1944-12-22. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2024-12-22. Retrieved 2024-12-21 – via Newspapers.com.
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- ^ "Two Sailors Are Electrocuted in Sheriff's Death". The Greenwood Commonwealth. 1944-12-29. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2024-12-22. Retrieved 2024-12-21 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "George Thornton Pays Supreme Murder Penalty". The Mississippi Enterprise. 1945-01-18. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2024-12-29. Retrieved 2024-12-29 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Usrey Found Guilty, Sentenced to Die". The Hattiesburg American. 1944-07-22. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2024-12-23. Retrieved 2024-12-22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wood Dies in Electric Chair". The Greenwood Commonwealth. 1945-10-26. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2024-12-24. Retrieved 2024-12-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Laurel Negro Dies in Electric Chair; Convicted on Murder Charges". The Clarion Ledger. 1945-03-16. p. 8. Archived from the original on 2024-12-25. Retrieved 2024-12-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "First Marshall Electrocution". Enterprise-Journal. 1946-04-04. p. 4. Archived from the original on 2024-12-24. Retrieved 2024-12-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Upstate Negro Dies in Electric Chair; Killed Marshall in June 1944". The Clarion Ledger. 1946-05-10. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2024-12-24. Retrieved 2024-12-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Negro Dies in Chair at Hattiesburg". Sun Herald. 1946-06-21. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2024-12-25. Retrieved 2024-12-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Supreme Court Gives Willie McGee, Laurel Negro, New Trial and Venue". The Clarion Ledger. 1946-06-11. p. 3. Archived from the original on 2024-12-25. Retrieved 2024-12-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Negro Dies in Electric Chair; Convicted in Rape of Jackson Girl". The Clarion Ledger. 1946-07-19. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2024-12-25. Retrieved 2024-12-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Negro Rapist Electrocuted". Hattiesburg American. 1946-10-25. p. 15. Archived from the original on 2024-12-25. Retrieved 2024-12-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Negro Held in Hinds Jail Is Executed for Killing Mother-in-Law". The Clarion-Ledger. 1946-11-30. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2024-12-23. Retrieved 2024-12-22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Two Colored Women Dead, Another Shot as Husband Goes on Shotgun Rampage". Enterprise Journal. 1946-06-26. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2024-12-23. Retrieved 2024-12-22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Negro Dies in Electric Chair at Decatur". The Union Appeal. 1947-05-01. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2024-12-27. Retrieved 2024-12-26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Teen Age Negroes Are Electrocuted". The Greenwood Commonwealth. 1947-07-23. p. 5. Archived from the original on 2024-12-24. Retrieved 2024-12-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "State Negro Is Electrocuted for Armed Robbery". The Vicksburg Post. 1947-07-30. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2024-12-27. Retrieved 2024-12-27 – via Newspapers.com.
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