Deaths in Custody
Executed

Johnnie Gordon

25 years old · died January 24, 1956 · Huntsville Prison, Walker County, Texas

Johnnie Gordon, 25, was executed by the State of Texas in the electric chair at the state penitentiary in Huntsville (now the Huntsville Unit) on January 24, 1956.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Texas Department of Criminal Justice (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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