List of people executed in the United States in 1929

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One hundred and two people, one hundred and one male and one female, were executed in the United States in 1929, sixty-nine by electrocution and thirty-three by hanging.[1]

List of people executed in the United States in 1929

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No. Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref.
At execution At offense Age difference
1 January 4, 1929 John Brown 22 Unknown Unknown Male Black South Carolina Electrocution [2]
2 George Palmer 21 Unknown Unknown
3 January 11, 1929 John Bradshaw 56 55 1 Ohio [3]
4 Floyd Newton Byrnes 25 24 White Texas [4]
5 January 14, 1929 Tony Lucitti 38 37 Pennsylvania [5]
6 Benjamin Danarowicz 32 31
7 Charles F. Mellor 22 21
8 January 18, 1929 Marshall Redding 35 33 2 Black Georgia [6]
9 Willie Clarence George 23 21
10 Ed Capers 19 17
11 Willie Gilham 21 19
12 January 21, 1929 Paul Jaworski 29 25 4 White Pennsylvania [7]
13 Calvin Dridge James 26 1
14 January 24, 1929 Isadore Helfant 21 25 New York [8]
15 Harry Dreitzer 23 22
16 Israel Fisher 18 17
17 January 25, 1929 George Kuryla 41 41 0 California Hanging [9]
18 February 1, 1929 Ada Regina LeBoeuf 40 38 2 Female Louisiana [10]
19 Thomas Eldon Dreher 56 54 Male
20 Thomas E. Lowry 24 21 3 Missouri [11]
21 Leonard Ray Yeager 31 29 2
22 February 8, 1929 Harrison Harvey Randolph 24 24 0 California [12]
23 Henry Grogan 20 Unknown Unknown Black West Virginia [13]
24 February 15, 1929 Edgar Lapierre 31 29 2 White California [14]
25 Everett Koon 28 28 0 Ohio Electrocution [15]
26 February 20, 1929 Anthony Grecco 18 17 1 Illinois [16]
27 Charles Walz
28 February 22, 1929 George Griffin Grinstead 48 48 0 Georgia [17]
29 March 1, 1929 Elijah Bartley Wall 54 53 1 Louisiana Hanging [18]
30 March 2, 1929 Vicente Kacel 32 31 Asian Hawaii Territory [1]
31 March 4, 1929 James Parker 24 22 2 Black Pennsylvania Electrocution [19]
32 Raymond Parker 21 19
33 John H. Wilson 20 18
34 March 6, 1929 George Elmer Harrison Taylor 47 45 White Massachusetts [20]
35 March 15, 1929 Dock Jiles 30 Unknown Unknown Black Alabama [21]
36 March 20, 1929 John Clark 44 43 1 Georgia [1]
37 March 22, 1929 Perry Allen Coen 29 27 2 White California Hanging [22]
38 Samuel Thomas 30 Unknown Unknown Black
39 March 25, 1929 Elverez Miquel 28 26 2 Hispanic Pennsylvania Electrocution [23]
40 March 29, 1929 Henry Jones 20 Unknown Unknown Black Virginia [1]
41 Luther R. Baker 61 59 2 White Washington Hanging [24]
42 April 5, 1929 Leong Fook 54 53 1 Asian California [25]
43 April 12, 1929 Wade Wilborn 47 Unknown Unknown Black Texas Electrocution [26]
44 April 19, 1929 Charlie Robinson 23 22 1 South Carolina [27]
45 Robert Fulsom Blake 24 20 4 White Texas [28]
46 April 26, 1929 Leo McCurrie 28 Unknown Unknown Black North Carolina [1]
47 April 27, 1929 Silas Richardson 30 29 1 Mississippi Hanging [29]
48 Mathis Sanders 26 26 0 Texas Electrocution [30]
49 May 14, 1929 Frederick Hinman Knowlton Jr. 36 35 1 White Massachusetts [31]
50 May 17, 1929 James Crumady 25 24 Black Georgia [32]
51 Henry Moten 27 Unknown Unknown Virginia [1]
52 May 24, 1929 Silas Jarman 17 16 1 Texas [33]
53 May 31, 1929 Henry James Sherman 21 20 White Nebraska [34]
54 David Ware 49 48 Black New Jersey [35]
55 June 14, 1929 Theodore D. Carr 55 48 White West Virginia Hanging [36]
56 June 20, 1929 Morgan Swan 23 22 Black Illinois Electrocution [37]
57 Napoleon Glover 19 18
58 Oliver Cannon Wells 41 39 2 White Texas [38]
59 June 24, 1929 Angelo Lazzarini 40 1 Pennsylvania [39]
60 June 28, 1929 Freddie Willey 17 17 0 Black North Carolina [40]
61 July 1, 1929 James T. Nevins 42 41 1 White Ohio [41]
62 July 19, 1929 Rodney Ford 28 27 [42]
63 July 22, 1929 Jeff Dozier 60 59 Black Georgia [43]
64 July 25, 1929 Willie Grady 20 19 Texas [44]
65 July 26, 1929 Will Carter 27 26 Alabama [45]
66 Jimmy Johnson 25 25 0 Louisiana Hanging [1]
67 August 2, 1929 Russell St. Clair Beitzel 28 27 1 White California [46]
68 Harry John Leahy 45 42 3 Texas Electrocution [47]
69 August 9, 1929 John Orestes Marsh 51 51 0 Maryland Hanging [48]
70 August 17, 1929 James Horace Alderman 45 43 2 Federal government [49]
71 August 23, 1929 Charles Harris 38 38 0 Black Alabama Electrocution [50]
72 August 29, 1929 John Fabri 31 30 1 White New York [51]
73 August 30, 1929 Jack H. Price 42 41 California Hanging [1]
74 September 5, 1929 James Henry Helms 32 30 2 Texas Electrocution [52]
75 September 6, 1929 Samuel Robert Haskins 32 0 Black Virginia [53]
76 September 7, 1929 Constantine Beaver 31 1 Native American Federal government Hanging [1]
77 September 11, 1929 Malcolm S. Morrow 31 30 White Georgia Electrocution [54]
78 Homer Caswell Simpson 42 41
79 September 12, 1929 Willis Buckner 32 32 0 North Carolina [55]
80 September 13, 1929 Carl E. Hord 21 19 2 Kentucky [56]
81 Ivan Thomas Hutsell 25 23
82 Willard F. Morrison 24 24 0 West Virginia Hanging [57]
83 Walter E. Wilmot 20 20
84 September 27, 1929 Paul Rowland 36 35 1 California [58]
85 September 30, 1929 William Weston Jr. 32 35 Black Pennsylvania Electrocution [59]
86 October 4, 1929 Willie Bryant 23 23 0 Georgia [60]
87 Alvin Thomas Merritt 25 25 White
88 Edward McKay 22 22 Black Louisiana Hanging [61]
89 William Virgets 26 26
90 November 1, 1929 Arthur J. Maul 24 24 White Ohio Electrocution [62]
91 November 6, 1929 Rollin Davisson 42 42 Montana Hanging [63]
92 November 19, 1929 Myles Yukata Fukunaga 20 19 1 Asian Hawaii Territory [64]
93 November 22, 1929 Ernest Fox 19 15 4 Black North Carolina Electrocution [65]
94 November 29, 1929 Lee Roy Merriman 28 27 1 White Texas [66]
95 Luther Clayborn 35 Unknown Unknown Black Virginia [1]
96 December 3, 1929 Charles Trippi 23 22 1 White Massachusetts [67]
97 December 10, 1929 John W. Feltovic 21 21 0 Connecticut Hanging [68]
98 December 13, 1929 George Costello 27 26 1 California [69]
99 Antone Negra 50 49
100 December 19, 1929 Bennie Aldridge 26 25 Texas Electrocution [70]
101 December 20, 1929 Mario Croce 40 39 California Hanging [71]
102 Peter Kudzinowski 26 25 New Jersey Electrocution [72]

Executions in recent years

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Number of executions
1930 155
1929 102
1928 145
Total 402
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j “Executions in the U.S. 1608-2002: The ESPY File” (PDF). Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved November 1, 2025.
  2. ^ “Two Negroes Are Executed”. The Southeast Missourian. January 4, 1929. p. 2.
  3. ^ “Dies in Electric Chair”. Painesville Telegraph. January 12, 1929. p. 1.
  4. ^ “Dies Calmly in Chair for Killing of Three”. Rochester Evening Journal and the Post Express. January 11, 1929. p. 66.
  5. ^ “3 Executed in 15 Minutes”. Rochester Evening Journal and the Post Express. January 14, 1929. p. 3.
  6. ^ “Four Negro Killers Die for Crimes”. The Evening Independent. January 18, 1929. p. 1.
  7. ^ “BANDIT SLAYER OF 7 DIES IN ELECTRIC CHAIR; Jaworski, Noted Outlaw, Refuses Aid of Clergy as He Is Executed of Rockview, Pa”. The New York Times. January 22, 1929.
  8. ^ “THREE OF ‘PANTS GANG’ EXECUTED IN SING SING; Helfant, Dreitzer and Fischer Die Before Midnight for Killing Policeman in Hold-Up”. The New York Times. January 25, 1929.
  9. ^ “Miner Hanged for Killing Boss”. San Jose News. January 25, 1929. p. 2.
  10. ^ “WOMAN AND DOCTOR DIE ON THE GALLOWS; Mrs. Leboeuf and Dreher Are Hanged in Louisiana, Protesting Their Innocence”. The New York Times. February 2, 1929.
  11. ^ “Two Men Hanged Simultaneously”. The Evening Independent. February 1, 1929. p. 1.
  12. ^ “Fiendish Coast Slayer Hanged”. Prescott Evening Courier. February 8, 1929. p. 1.
  13. ^ “Negro Attacker Of Colleger Girl Dies on Gallows”. The Evening Independent. February 9, 1929. p. 22.
  14. ^ “Bravado Lost By Northcott”. The Pittsburgh Press. February 14, 1929. p. 22.
  15. ^ “Slayer of Farmer Calm at Execution”. The Toledo News-Bee. February 16, 1929. p. 2.
  16. ^ “Two Youths Who Murdered Policeman In Chicago Go to Death In New Electric Chair”. The Newburgh News. February 20, 1929. p. 3.
  17. ^ “Admits Crime As He Dies in Electric Chair”. Sarasota Herald-Tribune. February 23, 1929. p. 1.
  18. ^ “Farmer Calls Death on Rope Act of God”. Sarasota Herald-Tribune. March 2, 1929. p. 1.
  19. ^ “Three Men Die For Killing One”. The Pittsburgh Press. March 4, 1929. p. 1.
  20. ^ “Taylor Electrocuted Early Today”. The Telegraph. March 6, 1929. p. 1.
  21. ^ “Jiles v. State”. vLex.
  22. ^ “Two Executed at San Quentin”. Spokane Daily Chronicle. March 22, 1929. p. 10.
  23. ^ “Girl’s Slayer Pays in Chair”. The Pittsburgh Press. March 25, 1929. p. 2.
  24. ^ “Baker Pays With Life for Killing of Officer”. Lewiston Morning Tribune. March 30, 1929. p. 5.
  25. ^ “Chinese Nears Death”. San Jose News. April 2, 1929. p. 21.
  26. ^ “Wilborn v. State”. Google Books.
  27. ^ “State v. Robinson”. Google Books.
  28. ^ “Man Eats Hearty Meal on Eve of His Electrocution”. The Bonham Daily Favorite. April 19, 1929. p. 1.
  29. ^ “Richardson v. State”. vLex.
  30. ^ “Eleven Men Waiting for Death Penalty in Huntsville Prison One Man Only 21 Years Old”. The Bonham Daily Favorite. April 10, 1929. p. 3.
  31. ^ “Man Who Killed Teacher Goes to His Death Calmly”. The Meriden Daily Journal. May 14, 1929. p. 5.
  32. ^ “Crumady v. State”. Google Books.
  33. ^ “Jarman v. State”. Google Books.
  34. ^ “Won’t Shake With Slayer At Execution”. San Jose News. May 31, 1929. p. 7.
  35. ^ “Slayer of State Trooper Executed”. San Jose News. June 1, 1929. p. 7.
  36. ^ “Farmer to Hang for Dual Murder”. The Pittsburgh Press. June 13, 1929. p. 1.
  37. ^ “Negroes Executed In Electric Chair”. The Telegraph-Herald. June 21, 1929. p. 1.
  38. ^ “Texas Slayer Executed”. St. Joseph News-Press. June 20, 1929. p. 14.
  39. ^ “Slew Man In Quarrel Over Old Auto Tires”. The Newburgh News. June 25, 1929. p. 1.
  40. ^ “8 Condemned Men In Death Row”. The Mount Airy News. June 27, 1929. p. 2.
  41. ^ “Nevins Defiant Before Death”. The Toledo News-Bee. July 2, 1929. p. 2.
  42. ^ “Ohio Slayer Is Executed”. The New York Times. July 20, 1929.
  43. ^ “Dozier v. State”. Google Books.
  44. ^ “Grady v. State”. Google Books.
  45. ^ “Graves Offers Bass His Life on Sanity Plea”. The Tuscaloosa News. July 24, 1929. p. 1.
  46. ^ “Hang Russell Beitzel At California Prison For Killing Paramour”. Schenectady Gazette. August 3, 1929. p. 3.
  47. ^ “Leahy v. State”. vLex.
  48. ^ “John O. Marsh, Slayer of Wife, Hanged Today”. Gettysburg Times. August 9, 1929. p. 1.
  49. ^ “RUM PIRATE HANGED FOR DOUBLE KILLING; Alderman, Praying and Declaring His Lack of Malice, Executed in Florida Hangar”. The New York Times. August 18, 1929.
  50. ^ “Swift Death Verdict for Alabama Slayer”. Prescott Evening Courier. July 23, 1929. p. 1.
  51. ^ “Put to Death for Slaying at Cards”. The Newburgh News. August 30, 1929. p. 2.
  52. ^ “Meets Death Kicking and Struggling”. The Victoria Advocate. September 6, 1929. p. 1.
  53. ^ “Arrest Man For Richmond Crime”. The Free-Lance Star. June 14, 1929. p. 2.
  54. ^ “Death Chair Fails to Work Well at Double Execution”. The Evening Independent. September 11, 1929. p. 1.
  55. ^ “Put to Death for Attacking Girl”. The New York Times. September 13, 1929.
  56. ^ “2 Young Men Die in Chair”. Gettysburg Times. September 13, 1929. p. 1.
  57. ^ “Trio Is Guarded From Angry Mob”. The Meriden Daily Journal. May 21, 1929. p. 7.
  58. ^ “Prison Slayer Goes To Death”. Prescott Evening Courier. September 27, 1929. p. 1.
  59. ^ “Negro Pays in Electric Chair”. Greensburg Daily Tribune. September 30, 1929. p. 1.
  60. ^ “Georgia Man Electrocuted Today For Attacking Woman”. The Evening Independent. October 5, 1929. p. 7.
  61. ^ “Get Death Verdict”. Sarasota Herald-Tribune. July 21, 1929. p. 8.
  62. ^ “Grim Joke”. The Toledo News-Bee. November 2, 1929. p. 2.
  63. ^ “Man Executed For Shooting Two Officers”. The Southeast Missourian. November 6, 1929. p. 8.
  64. ^ “Child Slayer Pays Penalty”. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 20, 1929. p. 2.
  65. ^ “Ernest Fox Goes Out With Denial On Lips”. The Mount Airy News. November 28, 1929. p. 5.
  66. ^ “Executed”. The Oxnard Daily Courier. November 29, 1929. p. 1.
  67. ^ “Turnkey’s Murderer Executed in Chair”. The Toledo News-Bee. December 3, 1929. p. 2.
  68. ^ “Feltovic Hanged”. The Lewiston Daily Sun. December 10, 1929. p. 1.
  69. ^ “Two California Slayers Hanged”. St. Petersburg Times. December 14, 1929. p. 3.
  70. ^ “Aldridge Pays With Life for Assault”. The Pittsburgh Press. December 19, 1929. p. 4.
  71. ^ “Wife Slayer Hanged”. The Pittsburgh Press. December 20, 1929. p. 2.
  72. ^ “Child Kidnaper And Slayer Is Executed”. The Daily Times. December 21, 1929. p. 1.
Preceded by
1928 		   List of people executed   
   in the United States in   
1929 		Succeeded by
1930


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