25 January 1996 Posted on January 24, 2013 by Staff Billy Bailey was the last person to be hanged in the United States of America. Famous Words of Inspiration..."You would not call a man humane for ceasing to set mousetraps if he did so because he believed there were no mice in the house." C.S. Lewis — Click here for more from C.S. Lewis Related posts: 5 January 1996 30 June 1905 2 August 1939 17 July 1996 19 January 1661 13 March 1996 27 April 1996 28 April 1996 26 December 1996 25 January 2005