# List of people executed in Texas, 1982–1989

The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas between 1982 (when the state resumed executions) to 1989. All of the 33 people during this period were convicted of murder and have been executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas.

## Executions 1982–89

The number in the "#" column indicates the nth person executed since 1982 (when Texas resumed the death penalty). Thus, Charles Brooks Jr. was not only the first person executed in the 1980 decade, he was also the first person executed since Texas resumed the death penalty.
1982 – 1 execution :
| # | Executed person | Ethnicity | Age | Sex | Date of execution | County | Victim(s) | Governor |
| 1 | Charles Brooks Jr. | Black | 40 | M | 07-Dec-1982 | Tarrant | David Gregory | Bill Clements |
| 1984 – 3 executions |||||||||
| 2 | James David Autry | White | 29 | M | 14-Mar-1984 | Jefferson | Shirley Drouet and Joe Broussard | Mark White |
| 3 | Ronald Clark O'Bryan | White | 39 | M | 31-Mar-1984 | Harris | Timothy O'Bryan | Mark White |
| 4 | Thomas Andy Barefoot | White | 39 | M | 30-Oct-1984 | Bell | Harker Heights police officer Carl Irving LeVin | Mark White |
| Mark White ||||||||
| 5 | Doyle Edward Skillern | White | 49 | M | 16-Jan-1985 | Lubbock | TDPS narcotics agent Patrick Randel | Mark White |
| 6 | Stephen Peter Morin | White | 34 | M | 13-Mar-1985 | Jefferson | Carrie Marie Scott, Janna Bruce, and Shiela Whalen | Mark White |
| 7 | Jesse De La Rosa | Hispanic | 24 | M | 15-May-1985 | Bexar | Masaoud Ghazali | Mark White |
| 8 | Charles Milton | Black | 34 | M | 25-Jun-1985 | Tarrant | Manaree Denton | Mark White |
| 9 | Henry Martinez Porter | Hispanic | 43 | M | 09-Jul-1985 | Tarrant | Fort Worth police officer Henry Mailloux | Mark White |
| 10 | Charles Francis Rumbaugh | White | 28 | M | 11-Sep-1985 | Potter | Michael Fiorello | Mark White |
| Mark White ||||||||
| 11 | Charles William Bass | White | 30 | M | 12-Mar-1986 | Harris | Houston City Marshall Charles Baker | Mark White |
| 12 | Jeffery Allen Barney | White | 28 | M | 16-Apr-1986 | Harris | Ruby Mae Longsworth | Mark White |
| 13 | Jay Kelly Pinkerton | White | 24 | M | 15-May-1986 | Nueces | Sarah Donn Lawrence | Mark White |
| 14 | Rudy Ramos Esquivel | Hispanic | 50 | M | 09-Jun-1986 | Harris | Houston police officer Timothy Hearn | Mark White |
| 15 | Kenneth Albert Brock | White | 37 | M | 19-Jun-1986 | Harris | Michael Sedita | Mark White |
| 16 | Randy Lynn Woolls | White | 36 | M | 20-Aug-1986 | Tom Green | Betty Stotts | Mark White |
| 17 | Larry Smith | Black | 30 | M | 22-Aug-1986 | Dallas | Mike Mason | Mark White |
| 18 | Chester Lee Wicker | White | 37 | M | 26-Aug-1986 | Galveston | Suzanne Knuth | Mark White |
| 19 | Michael Wayne Evans | Black | 30 | M | 04-Dec-1986 | Dallas | Elvira Guerrero and Mario Garza | Mark White |
| 20 | Richard Andrade | Hispanic | 25 | M | 18-Dec-1986 | Nueces | Cordelia Mae Guevara | Mark White |
| 1987 – 6 executions |||||||||
| 21 | Ramon Pedro Hernandez | Hispanic | 44 | M | 30-Jan-1987 | El Paso | Oscar Martin Frayre | Bill Clements |
| 22 | Eliseo Hernandez Moreno | Hispanic | 27 | M | 04-Mar-1987 | Fort Bend | 6 murder victims | Bill Clements |
| 23 | Anthony Charles Williams | Black | 27 | M | 28-May-1987 | Harris | Vickie Lynn Wright | Bill Clements |
| 24 | Elliot Rod Johnson | Black | 38 | M | 24-Jun-1987 | Jefferson | Joseph Granado and Arturo Melendez | Bill Clements |
| 25 | John Russell Thompson | White | 32 | M | 08-Jul-1987 | Bexar | Mary Knuepper | Bill Clements |
| 26 | Joseph Blaine Starvaggi | White | 34 | M | 10-Sep-1987 | Montgomery | John Denson | Bill Clements |
| Bill Clements ||||||||
| 27 | Robert L. Streetman | White | 27 | M | 07-Jan-1988 | Hardin | Christine Baker | Bill Clements |
| 28 | Donald Gene Franklin | Black | 37 | M | 03-Nov-1988 | Nueces | Mary Margaret Moran | Bill Clements |
| 29 | Raymond Landry, Sr. | Black | 39 | M | 13-Dec-1988 | Harris | Kosmas Prittis | Bill Clements |
| Bill Clements ||||||||
| 30 | Leon Rutherford King | Black | 44 | M | 22-Mar-1989 | Harris | Michael Underwood | Bill Clements |
| 31 | Stephen Albert McCoy | White | 40 | M | 24-May-1989 | Harris | Cynthia Johnson | Bill Clements |
| 32 | James Emery Paster | White | 44 | M | 20-Sep-1989 | Harris | Robert Howard | Bill Clements |
| 33 | Carlos DeLuna | Hispanic | 27 | M | 07-Dec-1989 | Nueces | Wanda Jean Lopez | Bill Clements |
| Sources: List of executed offenders by the TDJC since 1982, and The Espy File: 1608–2002. |||||||||
| Preceded by List of people executed in Texas, 1960–1964 | Lists of people executed in Texas | Succeeded by List of people executed in Texas, 1990–1999 |