<P> Texas changed its execution laws in 1923 , requiring the executions be carried out on the electric chair and that they take place at the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville ( also known as Huntsville Unit ) . From 1928 until 1965 , this was also home to the state 's male death row . The first executions on the electric chair were on February 8 , 1924 , when Charles Reynolds , Ewell Morris , George Washington , Mack Matthews , and Melvin Johnson had their death sentences carried out . The five executions were the most carried out on a single day in the state . The state would conduct multiple executions on a single day on several other occasions , the last being on September 5 , 1951 . Since then , the state has not executed more than one person on a single day , though there is no law prohibiting it . A total of 361 people were electrocuted in Texas , with the last being Joseph Johnson on July 30 , 1964 . </P>
<P> Texas changed its execution laws in 1923 , requiring the executions be carried out on the electric chair and that they take place at the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville ( also known as Huntsville Unit ) . From 1928 until 1965 , this was also home to the state 's male death row . The first executions on the electric chair were on February 8 , 1924 , when Charles Reynolds , Ewell Morris , George Washington , Mack Matthews , and Melvin Johnson had their death sentences carried out . The five executions were the most carried out on a single day in the state . The state would conduct multiple executions on a single day on several other occasions , the last being on September 5 , 1951 . Since then , the state has not executed more than one person on a single day , though there is no law prohibiting it . A total of 361 people were electrocuted in Texas , with the last being Joseph Johnson on July 30 , 1964 . </P>
when did texas get rid of the electric chair
when did texas get rid of the electric chair
July 30 , 1964
July 30 , 1964