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The list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas, with the exception of 1819–1849, is divided into periods of 10 years. Since 1819, 1,343 people (all but nine of whom have been men) have been executed in Texas as of 25 January 2025. Between 1819 and 1923, 390 people were executed by hanging in the county where the trial took place. [1]
In 1854, a church and convent were built by Father Peter La Cour near the town's present site. The town began forming in 1878 when Charles Lander Cleveland, a local judge, donated 63.6 acres (257,000 m 2) of land to the Houston East & West Texas Railway (now part of the Union Pacific Railroad) for use as a stop, requesting that the town be named for him.
List of people executed in Texas, 1890–1899; List of people executed in Texas, 1900–1909; List of people executed in Texas, 1910–1919; List of people executed in Texas, 1920–1929; List of people executed in Texas, 1930–1939; List of people executed in Texas, 1940–1949; List of people executed in Texas, 1950–1959; List of people ...
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas since 2020. To date, 24 people have been executed since 2020. To date, 24 people have been executed since 2020. All of the people during this period were convicted of murder and have been executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas .
List of death row inmates in the United States; List of juveniles executed in the United States since 1976; List of most recent executions by jurisdiction; List of people executed in the United States in 2025; List of people executed in Texas, 2020–present; List of women executed in the United States since 1976; List of death row inmates in ...
Arthur McDuffie was beaten to death by four police officers after a traffic stop. [340] 1979-08-22: Baez, Luis (26) New York (New York City) Baez, a man with a history of psychological problems, was shot by five officers of the New York City Police Department in his Brooklyn apartment when he lunged at them with a pair of scissors. [341] 1979-02-25
This is a list of people who disappeared mysteriously: 1910–1990 or whose deaths or exact circumstances thereof are not substantiated. Many people who disappear end up declared presumed dead and some of these people were possibly subjected to forced disappearance .
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas between 1960 and 1964. During this period 29 people were executed by electrocution at the Huntsville Unit in Texas. [1] [2] Joseph Johnson became the last person in Texas to be executed by the electric chair on July 30, 1964. [3]