State electrician
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state-electrician-294-8565365
title:
State electrician
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The official title of "state electrician" was given to some American state executioners in states using the electric chair during the early 20th century, including the New York State electrician. Hangings had usually been carried out by untrained county sheriffs, but when electrocution was introduced in New York, the first in the world ever to adopt it, it was felt that a trained electrician should be hired to operate the chair. Edwin Davis was New York's first state electrician. He carried out
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Title given to executioners
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_electrician
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2023-10-29T03:58:46Z
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