Deaths in Custody
Executed

Thomas Jefferson

23 years old · died January 22, 1935 · Florida

Thomas Jefferson, a 23-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair by the State of Florida on January 22, 1935, according to the Florida Department of Corrections' execution list. The state's record gives his age, race and the date and method of his death. It names no other people connected to him.

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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