Executed
Preston McDonald
Preston McDonald, a 28-year-old Black man, was executed by the State of Florida in the electric chair on July 19, 1937. The Florida Department of Corrections' execution list records the death as a homicide carried out by electrocution. He was in the custody of the state prison system at the time of his execution.
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.