Executed
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson, a Black man aged 42, was put to death in the electric chair by the State of Florida on September 6, 1962. The Florida Department of Corrections, which keeps the execution list that records his death, gives the cause as execution in the electric chair and the manner as homicide. His death took place in state custody at a prison.
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.