Edwin Davis (executioner)

For other people named Edwin Davis, see Edwin Davis (disambiguation).

Edwin F. Davis (May 28, 1846 – May 26, 1923), of Corning, Steuben County, New York, United States, was the first "state electrical engineer” (executioner) for the state of New York. In 1890, Davis finalized many features of the first electric chair used.^[1] Davis performed 240 executions between 1890 and 1914,^[1] including the first person to be executed by electric chair, William Kemmler, and the first woman, Martha M. Place, as well as William McKinley's assassin, Leon F. Czolgosz.

Edwin F. Davis
Born	(1846-05-28)May 28, 1846
Died	May 26, 1923(1923-05-26) (aged 76)
Known for	Executioner

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

He died two days before his 77th birthday, and is buried in Barnard Cemetery in Corning, New York.^[2]

See also

• List of executioners