Executed
Anderson Burke
Anderson Burke, 28, a Black man, was executed by the State of Georgia in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on July 5, 1946, while held there in state custody. The Georgia Department of Corrections records the cause of death as execution by electric chair and classifies the manner as homicide. Burke's death was carried out under the state's authority, and the department's account reports no dispute about how it occurred.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Georgia Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.