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Fifty-six people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1960, forty by electrocution, fourteen by gas chamber, one by firing squad, and one by hanging.[1]

List of people executed in the United States in 1960

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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 8, 1960 Phillip Henry Hamilton 23 21 2 Male Black California Gas chamber [2]
2 Jimmie Lee Jones 20 18
3 David Cooper Nelson 39 35 4 White New Mexico [3]
4 January 14, 1960 Ivory Mason 40 5 Black New York Electrocution [1]
5 January 15, 1960 Homer Bunckley 26 25 1 Georgia [4]
6 January 22, 1960 Leroy Adolph Leick 36 30 6 White Colorado Gas chamber [5]
7 February 1, 1960 Ralph Williams 21 18 3 Black Florida Electrocution [6]
8 February 19, 1960 Robert Lee Lyons 29 26 Ohio [1]
9 February 24, 1960 Earl Lewis Steward 41 39 2 White Nevada Gas chamber [7]
10 March 4, 1960 Ernest Albert 34 33 1 Georgia Electrocution [8]
11 March 5, 1960 Junior Lee Williams 30 26 4 Black Texas [9]
12 March 11, 1960 Robert Dwight Fenton 25 23 2 White Arizona Gas chamber [1]
13 March 30, 1960 James Woode Rodgers 49 46 3 Utah Firing squad [10]
14 April 22, 1960 Lawrence Leroy Wade 32 30 2 Black California Gas chamber [11]
15 April 28, 1960 Nearvel Moon 19 18 1 White Texas Electrocution [12]
16 April 29, 1960 Columbus Boggs 27 24 3 Black Alabama [13]
17 May 2, 1960 Caryl Whittier Chessman 38 26 12 White California Gas chamber [14]
18 May 12, 1960 Pablo Vargas 35 33 2 Hispanic New York Electrocution [15]
19 May 13, 1960 Rogers Boone 28 24 4 Black Arkansas [16]
20 James Matthew Moore 22 18
21 James Eugene Hooton 27 26 1 White California Gas chamber [17]
22 May 17, 1960 Joseph Louis Taborsky 36 32 4 Connecticut Electrocution [18]
23 May 19, 1960 Henry Flakes 33 31 2 Black New York [1]
24 Walter T. Green
25 May 20, 1960 James Albert Boyd 21 17 4 Arkansas [16]
26 Willie Henry Byrd 22 18
27 May 26, 1960 Howard Draper Jr. 28 26 2 Texas [19]
28 May 31, 1960 Robert Junior Johnson 29 28 1 South Carolina [20]
29 June 10, 1960 Frank Wilson 53 52 Georgia [21]
30 June 20, 1960 James E. Brooks 29 27 2 Florida [22]
31 June 23, 1960 Willard H. Phillips 44 42 New York [23]
32 June 24, 1960 Herring Davis 40 39 1 Georgia [24]
33 June 25, 1960 John Richard Brodersen 34 33 White Washington Hanging [1]
34 June 30, 1960 Harry Eugene Fuller 31 29 2 Black Virginia Electrocution [25]
35 July 1, 1960 Nathaniel Johnson 25 23 Georgia [26]
36 July 8, 1960 Richard Thomas Cooper 37 35 California Gas chamber [27]
37 George Williams 30 29 1 Texas Electrocution [28]
38 July 15, 1960 Willie Edward Philpot 29 27 2 [29]
39 July 28, 1960 Edward Leon Williams 30 26 4 White Oklahoma [30]
40 August 9, 1960 Robert S. Harmon 27 1 California Gas chamber [31]
41 August 12, 1960 George Moses 30 29 Black Texas Electrocution [32]
42 August 27, 1960 Eusebio Regalado Martinez 27 24 3 Hispanic [33]
43 August 31, 1960 James Spence 32 30 2 White Oklahoma [34]
44 September 7, 1960 George Albert Scott 36 34 California Gas chamber [35]
45 September 16, 1960 Emmett Earl Leggett 20 16 4 Arkansas Electrocution [36]
46 William Frank Nail 28 26 2 [37]
47 October 1, 1960 Joseph Louis Cosby 24 22 Black Ohio [38]
48 October 28, 1960 John Bracey 27 26 1 Arkansas [1]
49 Lawrence Gene Moore 21 19 2
50 November 7, 1960 William James Tines 37 34 3 Tennessee [39]
51 November 10, 1960 Nathaniel Young 42 41 1 Mississippi Gas chamber [40]
52 November 21, 1960 Oscar James Wimis 44 43 Georgia Electrocution [1]
53 November 30, 1960 Samuel Morris Holmes Jr. 22 20 2 Texas [41]
54 December 1, 1960 Ronald Chapman 20 19 1 New York [42]
55 December 15, 1960 Ray Allen Young 34 32 2 White Oklahoma [43]
56 December 28, 1960 Raymond Leslie Cartier 32 29 3 California Gas chamber [44]

Demographics

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Gender
Male 56 100%
Female 0 0%
Ethnicity
Black 35 63%
White 19 34%
Hispanic 2 4%
State
California 9 16%
Arkansas 8 14%
Texas 8 14%
Georgia 6 11%
New York 6 11%
Oklahoma 3 5%
Florida 2 4%
Ohio 2 4%
Alabama 1 2%
Arizona 1 2%
Colorado 1 2%
Connecticut 1 2%
Mississippi 1 2%
Nevada 1 2%
New Mexico 1 2%
South Carolina 1 2%
Tennessee 1 2%
Utah 1 2%
Virginia 1 2%
Washington 1 2%
Method
Electrocution 40 71%
Gas chamber 14 25%
Firing squad 1 2%
Hanging 1 2%
Month
January 6 11%
February 3 5%
March 4 7%
April 3 5%
May 12 21%
June 6 11%
July 5 9%
August 4 7%
September 3 5%
October 3 5%
November 4 7%
December 3 5%
Age
10–19 1 2%
20–29 26 46%
30–39 21 38%
40–49 7 13%
50–59 1 2%
Total 56 100%

Executions in recent years

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Number of executions
1961 43
1960 56
1959 50
Total 149

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Executions in the U.S. 1608-2002: The ESPY File" (PDF). Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved June 18, 2025.
  2. ^ "People v. Jones". FindLaw.
  3. ^ "Bible Quoting N. M. Killer Dies With Smile on His Face". El Paso Herald-Post via newspapers.com. January 8, 1960. p. 16.
  4. ^ "Negro Man Sentenced To Death". Ledger-Enquirer via newspapers.com. March 12, 1959. p. 16.
  5. ^ "Leick v. People". Justia Law.
  6. ^ "Smith judge gave him big break". Tampa Bay Times. December 5, 1991.
  7. ^ "Steward v. State". Justia Law.
  8. ^ "Albert v. State". Justia Law.
  9. ^ "Junior Lee Williams v. H. E. Moore, Warden, Texas Department of Corrections, 262 F.2d 335 (5th Cir. 1959)". Justia Law.
  10. ^ "Firing Squad Executes Killer At Utah Prison". Meriden Record. March 31, 1960. p. 28.
  11. ^ "People v. Wade". FindLaw.
  12. ^ "Moon v. State". Justia Law.
  13. ^ "Documentation for the execution of Columbus Boggs". M. E. Grenander Special Collections & Archives.
  14. ^ "JUSTICE: The Chessman Affair". Time Magazine. March 21, 1960.
  15. ^ "RAPE KILLER EXECUTED; Pablo Vargas Dies in Chair for Slaying Girl, 16". The New York Times. May 13, 1960.
  16. ^ a b "James M. Moore and Rogers Boone, Appellants, v. Lee Henslee, Superintendent of the Arkansas Statepenitentiary, Appellee". Justia Law.
  17. ^ "People v. Hooton". Justia Law.
  18. ^ "State v. Taborsky". Justia Law.
  19. ^ "Rapist Dies In Chair At Huntsville". Pampa Daily News via newspapers.com. May 26, 1960. p. 6.
  20. ^ "State v. Johnson". Justia Law.
  21. ^ "Wilson v. State". Justia Law.
  22. ^ "Brooks v. State". Justia Law.
  23. ^ "Willard H. PHILLIPS, petitioner, v. NEW YORK". Legal Information Institute.
  24. ^ "Davis v. State". Leagle.
  25. ^ "Fuller v. Commonwealth". Justia Law.
  26. ^ "Johnson v. State". Justia Law.
  27. ^ "People v. Cooper". Stanford Law School.
  28. ^ "George Williams Executed Friday". Tyler Morning Telegraph via newspapers.com. July 9, 1960. p. 16.
  29. ^ "Philpot v. State". Justia Law.
  30. ^ "Williams v. State". vLex.
  31. ^ "People v. Harmon". Stanford Law School.
  32. ^ "Moses v. State". Justia Law.
  33. ^ "Martinez v. State". Justia Law.
  34. ^ "Spence v. State". Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals.
  35. ^ "People v. Scott". Justia Law.
  36. ^ "Leggett v. State". Justia Law.
  37. ^ "Nail v. State". Justia Law.
  38. ^ "State v. Cosby". vLex.
  39. ^ "The Electrocution of William Tines". TBA Law Blog. March 1, 2013.
  40. ^ "Negro Is Executed Thursday". Clarion-Ledger via newspapers.com. November 11, 1960. p. 6.
  41. ^ "Holmes v. State". Justia Law.
  42. ^ "Man Executed for Killing". The New York Times. December 2, 1960.
  43. ^ "Young v. State". Justia Law.
  44. ^ "People v. Cartier". Stanford Law School.
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