The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas between 1920 and 1929. A total of 66 people were executed during this period. From 1920 to 1923, ten people were executed by hanging.[1] The last hanging in the state was that of Nathan Lee, a man convicted of murder and executed in Brazoria County on August 31, 1923. The law was changed in 1923 requiring executions be carried out on the electric chair and that they take place at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas. From 1924 to 1929, 56 people were executed by electrocution, the first 5 people executed by this method took place on February 8, 1924 (this remains a state record for the number of executions in a single day).[2]
| 1920 - 1 execution | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Executed person | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | Crime(s) | Governor | |
| 385 | John Price | Black | 43 | M | 24-Mar-1920 | Murder | William P. Hobby |
| 1921 - 3 executions | |||||||
| 386 | Albert Howard | Black | – | M | 18-Mar-1921 | Rape and Robbery | Pat Morris Neff |
| 387 | Israel Jordan | Black | – | M | 21-Jul-1921 | Murder | |
| 388 | Jose Flores | Hispanic | 17 | M | 21-Jul-1921 | Murder | |
| 1922 - 2 executions | |||||||
| 389 | George Hornsby | White | 30 | M | 14-Apr-1922 | Robbery and Murder | |
| 390 | Abe Johnson | White | 57 | M | 22-Sep-1922 | Murder | |
| 1923 - 4 executions | |||||||
| 391 | Harvey Hughes | White | 22 | M | 07-Apr-1923 | Robbery and Murder | |
| 392 | Sol Johnson | Black | – | M | 20-Jul-1923 | Robbery and Murder | |
| 393 | Black | – | M | 30-Jul-1923 | Murder, Rape and Robbery | ||
| 394 | Nathan Lee | Black | – | M | 31-Aug-1923 | Murder | |
| Source: The Espy File: 1608 - 2002. | |||||||
| 1924 - 13 executions | |||||||
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| Executed person | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | Crime(s) | Governor | |
| 1 | Charles Reynolds | Black | 27 | M | 08-Feb-1924 | Murder | Pat Morris Neff |
| 2 | Ewell Morris | Black | 23 | M | 08-Feb-1924 | Murder | |
| 3 | George Washington | Black | 39 | M | 08-Feb-1924 | Murder | |
| 4 | Mack Matthews | Black | 39 | M | 08-Feb-1924 | Murder | |
| 5 | Melvin Johnson | Black | 20 | M | 08-Feb-1924 | Murder | |
| 6 | Blaine Dyer | Black | 36 | M | 28-Mar-1924 | Murder | |
| 7 | Earnest Lawson | Black | 39 | M | 28-Mar-1924 | Murder | |
| 8 | Booker Williams | Black | 19 | M | 04-Apr-1924 | Murder | |
| 9 | Tommie Curry | Black | 25 | M | 17-Apr-1924 | Murder | |
| 10 | Harle Humphreys | Black | 19 | M | 22-May-1924 | Murder | |
| 11 | Frank Cadena | Hispanic | 35 | M | 23-May-1924 | Murder | |
| 12 | Ed (or Edward) Henderson | Black | 45 | M | 09-Jun-1924 | Rape | |
| 13 | Ed Kirby | Black | 57 | M | 10-Oct-1924 | Murder | |
| 1925 - 6 executions | |||||||
| 14 | Sidney Welk | White | 31 | M | 03-Apr-1925 | Murder | Miriam A. Ferguson |
| 15 | Lavannie Twitty | Black | 24 | M | 05-Jun-1925 | Robbery and Murder | |
| 16 | Frank Noel | Black | 23 | M | 03-Jul-1925 | Rape | |
| 17 | Lorenzo Noel | Black | 25 | M | 03-Jul-1925 | Rape | |
| 18 | Edwin Rushing | Black | 25 | M | 17-Jul-1925 | Murder | |
| 19 | George Gray | White | 40 | M | 07-Aug-1925 | Murder | |
| 1926 - 9 executions | |||||||
| 20 | Melton Carr | Black | 23 | M | 02-Jan-1926 | Rape | |
| 21 | Agapito Rueda | Hispanic | 29 | M | 09-Jan-1926 | Robbery and Murder | |
| 22 | Willie Vaughn | Black | 23 | M | 12-Mar-1926 | Rape | |
| 23 | S. A. Robins (or Robinson) | Black | 28 | M | 06-Apr-1926 | Murder | |
| 24 | Forest Robins (or Robinson) | Black | 26 | M | 06-Apr-1926 | Rape | |
| 25 | John Smith | Black | 24 | M | 16-Apr-1926 | Murder | |
| 26 | T. Harris | Black | 32 | M | 03-May-1926 | Murder | |
| 27 | Sam Phillips | Black | 31 | M | 14-May-1926 | Robbery and Murder | |
| 28 | Fred Tilford | Black | 24 | M | 09-Jul-1926 | Robbery and Murder | |
| 1927 - 8 executions | |||||||
| 29 | F. D. Baines | Black | 29 | M | 18-Feb-1927 | Murder | Dan Moody |
| 30 | Bryant Satchell | Black | 22 | M | 17-Mar-1927 | Robbery and Murder | |
| 31 | Matthew Briscoe | Black | 37 | M | 10-May-1927 | Rape | |
| 32 | Francis Marion Snow | White | 49 | M | 12-Aug-1927 | Murder | |
| 33 | Ed Joshlin | Black | 58 | M | 22-Aug-1927 | Rape | |
| 34 | Willie Robinson | Black | 23 | M | 23-Sep-1927 | Murder and Burglary | |
| 35 | Tillman Simmons | Black | 50 | M | 26-Sep-1927 | Robbery and Murder | |
| 36 | A. V. Mullikin (or Millikin) | White | 40 | M | 05-Nov-1927 | Robbery and Murder | |
| 1928 - 9 executions | |||||||
| 37 | White | 39 | M | 10-Feb-1928 | Murder | ||
| 38 | Robert Benton | Black | 23 | M | 10-Feb-1928 | Murder | |
| 39 | Willie Fisher | Black | 31 | M | 12-Apr-1928 | Murder | |
| 40 | Lawrence Davenport | Black | 22 | M | 01-Jun-1928 | Robbery and Murder | |
| 41 | Garrett Thomas | Black | 32 | M | 03-Aug-1928 | Murder | |
| 42 | Esequiel Servin | Hispanic | 23 | M | 07-Sep-1928 | Rape and Robbery | |
| 43 | Clemente Rodriguez | Hispanic | 22 | M | 07-Sep-1928 | Rape and Robbery | |
| 44 | O. T. Alexander | Black | 40 | M | 28-Sep-1928 | Murder | |
| 45 | Tom Ross | Black | 35 | M | 28-Sep-1928 | Murder | |
| 1929 - 11 executions | |||||||
| 46 | Floyd Byrnes | White | 26 | M | 11-Jan-1929 | Robbery and Murder | |
| 47 | Wade Wilborn | Black | 47 | M | 12-Apr-1929 | Murder | |
| 48 | Robert Blake | White | 25 | M | 19-Apr-1929 | Robbery and Murder | |
| 49 | Mathis Sanders | Black | 26 | M | 27-Apr-1929 | Rape | |
| 50 | Silas Jarman | Black | 18 | M | 24-May-1929 | Robbery | |
| 51 | O. C. Wells | White | 32 | M | 20-Jun-1929 | Robbery and Murder | |
| 52 | Willie Grady | Black | 19 | M | 25-Jul-1929 | Rape | |
| 53 | H. J. Leahy | White | 41 | M | 02-Sep-1929 | Kidnapping and Murder | |
| 54 | White | 33 | M | 06-Sep-1929 | Murder | ||
| 55 | Lee Merriman | White | 27 | M | 29-Nov-1929 | Rape | |
| 56 | Ben (Bennie) Aldridge | White | 26 | M | 19-Dec-1929 | Rape | |
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