# List of people executed in Texas, 1950–1959

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.
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 two people in a single day.

## Executions 1950–1959

1950 – 13 executions :
| # | Executed person | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | Crime(s) | Governor |
| 257 | Samuel Gibson | Black | 24 | M | 29-Jan-1950 | Murder and Burglary | Allan Shivers |
| 258 | William Wilson, Jr. | Black | 31 | M | 05-Feb-1950 | Rape | Allan Shivers |
| 259 | James Morrow | White | 29 | M | 09-Feb-1950 | Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 260 | James Blackmon | Black | 24 | M | 05-Apr-1950 | Robbery and Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 261 | William Smith, Jr. | Black | 22 | M | 05-Apr-1950 | Robbery and Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 262 | Lee Bunn | Black | 27 | M | 03-May-1950 | Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 263 | Nathaniel Edwards | Black | 27 | M | 17-May-1950 | Rape | Allan Shivers |
| 264 | Dan White | White | 49 | M | 02-Jun-1950 | Robbery and Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 265 | William Ray | White | 35 | M | 09-Jun-1950 | Rape | Allan Shivers |
| 266 | Porter Henderson | Black | 47 | M | 14-Jun-1950 | Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 267 | Felix Lewis | White | 47 | M | 21-Jun-1950 | Rape | Allan Shivers |
| 268 | Eugene McFarland | Black | 26 | M | 30-Jun-1950 | Rape | Allan Shivers |
| 269 | Edward Johnson | Black | 31 | M | 29-Dec-1950 | Rape | Allan Shivers |
| 1951 – 13 executions ||||||||
| 270 | Ben Pickett, Jr. | Black | 35 | M | 13-Jan-1951 | Rape | Allan Shivers |
| 271 | Thomas Price | White | 30 | M | 01-Feb-1951 | Robbery and Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 272 | Jim Patterson | White | 44 | M | 14-Mar-1951 | Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 273 | Allen Williams | White | 40 | M | 21-Mar-1951 | Rape | Allan Shivers |
| 274 | Morris Bessard | Black | 22 | M | 27-Jun-1951 | Rape | Allan Shivers |
| 275 | Sam Williams | Black | 53 | M | 03-Jul-1951 | Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 276 | Y. D. Robinson | Black | 33 | M | 16-Jul-1951 | Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 277 | Allen Matthews | Black | 24 | M | 05-Sep-1951 | Rape | Allan Shivers |
| 278 | L. C. Sims | Black | 26 | M | 05-Sep-1951 | Rape | Allan Shivers |
| 279 | Fred Adair, Jr. | White | 27 | M | 05-Sep-1951 | Rape | Allan Shivers |
| 280 | Steve Mitchell | White | 49 | M | 25-Sep-1951 | Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 281 | Albert Edwards | White | 39 | M | 09-Oct-1951 | Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 282 | Abbie Morton (or Mouton) | Black | 32 | M | 08-Dec-1951 | Robbery and Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 1952 – 10 executions ||||||||
| 283 | Richard McMurrin | Black | 21 | M | 08-Jan-1952 | Rape | Allan Shivers |
| 284 | Robert Johnson | White | 34 | M | 12-Mar-1952 | Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 285 | Marvin Johnson | White | 21 | M | 09-Apr-1952 | Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 286 | William Jones | White | 58 | M | 26-Apr-1952 | Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 287 | Henry Savage | Black | 26 | M | 30-Apr-1952 | Rape | Allan Shivers |
| 288 | Herman Ross | Black | 32 | M | 04-Jun-1952 | Robbery and Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 289 | Thomas Haley | White | 27 | M | 10-Jul-1952 | Rape | Allan Shivers |
| 290 | Major Preston | Black | 34 | M | 08-Aug-1952 | Rape | Allan Shivers |
| 291 | Booker Reed | Black | 46 | M | 28-Oct-1952 | Robbery and Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 292 | Alton Paris | Black | 60 | M | 02-Dec-1952 | Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 1953 – 5 executions ||||||||
| 293 | Darious Goleman | White | 31 | M | 04-Feb-1953 | Robbery and Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 294 | Roy Hulen | White | 43 | M | 06-Feb-1953 | Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 295 | Samuel Gasway | White | 35 | M | 21-Mar-1953 | Rape | Allan Shivers |
| 296 | Jack Farmer | White | 53 | M | 10-Jun-1953 | Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 297 | Lewis Allison | Black | 23 | M | 17-Oct-1953 | Rape | Allan Shivers |
| 1954 – 9 executions ||||||||
| 298 | Walter Green | White | 25 | M | 19-Feb-1954 | Robbery and Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 299 | Charles Clark | White | 43 | M | 25-Mar-1954 | Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 300 | Willie Gage | Black | 42 | M | 23-Apr-1954 | Rape | Allan Shivers |
| 301 | Charles Klinedinst | White | 29 | M | 19-Jun-1954 | Rape | Allan Shivers |
| 302 | Jimmy Richardson | Black | 32 | M | 24-Jun-1954 | Rape | Allan Shivers |
| 303 | Charles Barnes | Black | 24 | M | 14-Jul-1954 | Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 304 | Marvin Rayson | Black | 28 | M | 17-Jul-1954 | Robbery and Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 305 | Walter Whitaker, Jr. | White | 22 | M | 01-Aug-1954 | Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 306 | Maurice Sampson | Black | 21 | M | 29-Sep-1954 | Robbery and Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 1955 – 4 executions ||||||||
| 307 | Donald Brown | White | 26 | M | 22-Jan-1955 | Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 308 | Harry Butcher, Jr. | White | 29 | M | 20-May-1955 | Rape | Allan Shivers |
| 309 | Henry Meyer | White | 65 | M | 08-Jun-1955 | Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 310 | Floyd Jackson | Black | 21 | M | 18-Aug-1955 | Rape | Allan Shivers |
| 1956 – 7 executions ||||||||
| 311 | Carrol Farrar | White | 36 | M | 04-Jan-1956 | Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 312 | Johnnie Gordon | Black | 25 | M | 24-Jan-1956 | Rape | Allan Shivers |
| 313 | Tommie Walker | Black | 21 | M | 12-May-1956 | Murder, Rape and Robbery | Allan Shivers |
| 314 | Marion Washington | Black | 29 | M | 08-Jun-1956 | Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 315 | Flandell Fite | Black | 27 | M | 23-Aug-1956 | Rape | Allan Shivers |
| 316 | Timothy Pierce | Black | 23 | M | 30-Aug-1956 | Rape | Allan Shivers |
| 317 | Leonard Bingham | White | 26 | M | 30-Oct-1956 | Robbery and Murder | Allan Shivers |
| 1957 – 6 executions ||||||||
| 318 | John McHenry | Black | 26 | M | 03-Jan-1957 | Rape and Robbery | Allan Shivers |
| 319 | Leslie Webb | Black | 32 | M | 04-Jan-1957 | Murder | Price Daniel |
| 320 | Merle Ellisor | White | 34 | M | 04-Apr-1957 | Murder | Price Daniel |
| 321 | Yancy (or Yancey) McGowen | White | 64 | M | 24-Apr-1957 | Murder | Price Daniel |
| 322 | Wilburn(e) Hall | White | 29 | M | 21-Aug-1957 | Murder | Price Daniel |
| 323 | John Wright | Black | 38 | M | 14-Sep-1957 | Rape | Price Daniel |
| 1958 – 6 executions ||||||||
| 324 | Charlie White | White | 46 | M | 06-Feb-1958 | Robbery and Murder | Price Daniel |
| 325 | John Mack | Black | 25 | M | 06-Mar-1958 | Rape | Price Daniel |
| 326 | Alvin Blankenship | Black | 27 | M | 11-Jun-1958 | Robbery | Price Daniel |
| 327 | Theodore Thompson | Black | 23 | M | 20-Jun-1958 | Rape | Price Daniel |
| 328 | Jimmy Shaver | White | 33 | M | 25-Jul-1958 | Rape and Murder | Price Daniel |
| 329 | Marshall Lamkin | Black | 53 | M | 19-Sep-1958 | Murder | Price Daniel |
| 1959 – 3 executions ||||||||
| 330 | Phillip Slater | Black | 36 | M | 04-Feb-1959 | Rape and Murder | Price Daniel |
| 331 | Milton Williams | Black | 28 | M | 28-May-1959 | Rape | Price Daniel |
| 332 | Jessie Smith | Black | 42 | M | 04-Aug-1959 | Robbery and Murder | Price Daniel |
| Sources: List of electrocuted offenders by the TDJC, and The Espy File: 1608–2002. ||||||||
| Preceded by List of people executed in Texas, 1940–1949 | Lists of people executed in Texas | Succeeded by List of people executed in Texas, 1960–1964 |