Deaths in Custody
Executed

James Milligan

24 years old · died October 19, 1936 · Florida

James Milligan, a 24-year-old man, was executed in the electric chair by the State of Florida on October 19, 1936. The Florida Department of Corrections lists his death as an execution carried out in the electric chair. He was in the custody of the state when he died.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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