Deaths in Custody
Executed

William H. Anderson

23 years old · died July 25, 1945 · Florida

William H. Anderson was 23 years old when the State of Florida executed him in the electric chair on July 25, 1945, according to the Florida Department of Corrections' execution list. The department's record classifies the death as a homicide carried out by the state. The entry names the Florida Department of Corrections as the agency that carried out the 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.

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