Edwin Davis

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Edwin F. Davis was the first 'state electrician' for the State of New York and finalised many features of the electric chair. He executed, among other people, both William Kemmler and Martha M. Place.

Davis held a patent on certain features of the electric chair. He received U.S. Patent No. 587,649, for his "Electrocution-Chair", in August 3, 1897.

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