Executed

Leon Czolgosz

28 years old · died October 29, 1901 · Auburn Correctional Facility, Oswego County, New York

Leon Czolgosz was born in Detroit to Polish immigrant parents and moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio, where he worked at the Cleveland Rolling Mill Company. He was 28 when the State of New York executed him in the electric chair at Auburn Prison on October 29, 1901. In his final statement, he said he was sorry he could not see his father.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Source

Leon Czolgosz shot President William McKinley at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo; 45 days after the president died, New York electrocuted him at Auburn Prison Yahoo, October 29, 2026

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