State electrician
The official title of "state electrician" was given to some American state executioners in states using the electric chair during the early twentieth century including the New York State Electrician.[1][2]
The first state electrician was Edwin Davis in the state of New York. He carried out the execution of William Kemmler, the first man executed with the electric chair. Davis also conducted the electrocution of the first woman on the electric chair - that of Martha M. Place.
List of State Electricians
- Edwin Davis
- John Hurlburt
- Robert Green Elliott
- Joseph Francel
- Dow Hover
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References
- Craig Brandon McFarland, The Electric Chair: An Unnatural American History, 2009, page 208
- Collier's - Volume 102 - 1938 - Page 43
See also
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