List of people executed in Texas, 1950–59

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 one person in a single day.

Executions 195059

1950 13 executions
# Executed person Race Age Sex Date of
execution
Crime(s) Governor
257Samuel GibsonBlack24M29-Jan-1950Murder and BurglaryAllan Shivers
258William Wilson, Jr.Black31M05-Feb-1950Rape
259James MorrowWhite29M09-Feb-1950Murder
260James BlackmonBlack24M05-Apr-1950Robbery and Murder
261William Smith, Jr.Black22M05-Apr-1950Robbery and Murder
262Lee BunnBlack27M03-May-1950Murder
263Nathaniel EdwardsBlack27M17-May-1950Rape
264Dan WhiteWhite49M02-Jun-1950Robbery and Murder
265William RayWhite35M09-Jun-1950Rape
266Porter HendersonBlack47M14-Jun-1950Murder
267Felix LewisWhite47M21-Jun-1950Rape
268Eugene McFarlandBlack26M30-Jun-1950Rape
269Edward JohnsonBlack31M29-Dec-1950Rape
1951 13 executions
270Ben Pickett, Jr.Black35M13-Jan-1951Rape
271Thomas PriceWhite30M01-Feb-1951Robbery and Murder
272Jim PattersonWhite44M14-Mar-1951Murder
273Allen WilliamsWhite40M21-Mar-1951Rape
274Morris BessardBlack22M27-Jun-1951Rape
275Sam WilliamsBlack53M03-Jul-1951Murder
276Y. D. RobinsonBlack33M16-Jul-1951Murder
277Allen MatthewsBlack24M05-Sep-1951Rape
278L. C. SimsBlack26M05-Sep-1951Rape
279Fred Adair, Jr.White27M05-Sep-1951Rape
280Steve MitchellWhite49M25-Sep-1951Murder
281Albert EdwardsWhite39M09-Oct-1951Murder
282Abbie Morton (or Mouton)Black32M08-Dec-1951Robbery and Murder
1952 10 executions
283Richard McMurrinBlack21M08-Jan-1952Rape
284Robert JohnsonWhite34M12-Mar-1952Murder
285Marvin JohnsonWhite21M09-Apr-1952Murder
286William JonesWhite58M26-Apr-1952Murder
287Henry SavageBlack26M30-Apr-1952Rape
288Herman RossBlack32M04-Jun-1952Robbery and Murder
289Thomas HaleyWhite27M10-Jul-1952Rape
290Major PrestonBlack34M08-Aug-1952Rape
291Booker ReedBlack46M28-Oct-1952Robbery and Murder
292Alton ParisBlack60M02-Dec-1952Murder
1953 5 executions
293Darious GolemanWhite31M04-Feb-1953Robbery and Murder
294Roy HulenWhite43M06-Feb-1953Murder
295Samuel GaswayWhite35M21-Mar-1953Rape
296Jack FarmerWhite53M10-Jun-1953Murder
297Lewis AllisonBlack23M17-Oct-1953Rape
1954 9 executions
298Walter GreenWhite25M19-Feb-1954Robbery and Murder
299Charles ClarkWhite43M25-Mar-1954Murder
300Willie GageBlack42M23-Apr-1954Rape
301Charles KlinedinstWhite29M19-Jun-1954Rape
302Jimmy RichardsonBlack32M24-Jun-1954Rape
303Charles BarnesBlack24M14-Jul-1954Murder
304Marvin RaysonBlack28M17-Jul-1954Robbery and Murder
305Walter Whitaker, Jr.White22M01-Aug-1954Murder
306Maurice SampsonBlack21M29-Sep-1954Robbery and Murder
1955 4 executions
307Donald BrownWhite26M22-Jan-1955Murder
308Harry Butcher, Jr.White29M20-May-1955Rape
309Henry MeyerWhite65M08-Jun-1955Murder
310Floyd JacksonBlack21M18-Aug-1955Rape
1956 7 executions
311Carrol FarrarWhite36M04-Jan-1956Murder
312Johnnie GordonBlack25M24-Jan-1956Rape
313Tommie WalkerBlack21M12-May-1956Murder, Rape and Robbery
314Marion WashingtonBlack29M08-Jun-1956Murder
315Flandell FiteBlack27M23-Aug-1956Rape
316Timothy PierceBlack23M30-Aug-1956Rape
317Leonard BinghamWhite26M30-Oct-1956Robbery and Murder
1957 6 executions
318John McHenryBlack26M03-Jan-1957Rape and RobberyPrice Daniel
319Leslie WebbBlack32M04-Jan-1957Murder
320Merle EllisorWhite34M04-Apr-1957Murder
321Yancy (or Yancey) McGowenWhite64M24-Apr-1957Murder
322Wilburn(e) HallWhite29M21-Aug-1957Murder
323John WrightBlack38M14-Sep-1957Rape
1958 6 executions
324Charlie WhiteWhite46M06-Feb-1958Robbery and Murder
325John MackBlack25M06-Mar-1958Rape
326Alvin Blankenship[3][4]Black27M11-Jun-1958Robbery
327Theodore ThompsonBlack23M20-Jun-1958Rape
328Jimmy Shaver[5][6]White33M25-Jul-1958Rape and Murder
329Marshall LamkinBlack53M19-Sep-1958Murder
1959 3 executions
330Phillip SlaterBlack36M04-Feb-1959Rape and Murder
331Milton WilliamsBlack28M28-May-1959Rape
332Jessie SmithBlack42M04-Aug-1959Robbery and Murder
Sources: List of electrocuted offenders by the TDJC,[2] and The Espy File: 16082002.[1]
Preceded by
List of people executed in Texas, 1940–49
Lists of people executed in Texas Succeeded by
List of people executed in Texas, 1960–64

See also

References

  1. The Espy File: 16082002. Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  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. May 29, 1958. p. 2. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
  4. "FindACase™ | ALVIN CHARLES BLANKENSHIP v. STATE (12/18/57)". tx.findacase.com. Retrieved 2017-06-24.
  5. O’Neill, Piepenbring, Tom, Dan. "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.
  6. "1953: Dr. Wolff and Dr. Hinkle investigate Communist Brainwashing". AHRP. Alliance for Human Research Protection.

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