Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Before their execution, pleas for executive clemency were dismissed, first during the administration of Pres. Harry Truman and finally by Pres. Dwight Eisenhower on February 11, 1953. The couple was put to death in the electric chair at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York, on June 19, 1953.
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