On August 6, 1890, the first execution using electrocution was performed on William Kemmler, convicted of killing his lover, Matilda Ziegler with an ax. The "electric chair" was designed by the Auburn Prison electrician, Edwin R. Davis, and was comprised of two electrodes composed of metal disks held together by rubber, applied to the prisoner's head and back.
President Thomas Jefferson invented the first swivel chair. It is reported that he drafted the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776, sitting in his swivel chair.
The electric trolley was first introduced in the 1880's. The electric street railway was first installed in Richmond, Virginia, United States, in 1887.
The first computer company in the US is Electric Controls. Electric Controls was founded in 1949. The company was backed by the United States government.
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William kemmler in 1890
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The first computer company in the US is Electric Controls. Electric Controls was founded in 1949. The company was backed by the United States government.
Nebraska, the only state with the electric chair as the primary method of execution, determined on February 8, 2008 that it was cruel and unusual punishment under the state's constitution, and the United States constitution. Prisoners are no longer electrocuted in Nebraska, and now the state has no method of execution.However, in several states, the electric chair is available as an option if the prisoner chooses it over Lethal Injection, which is the most commonly used method of execution currently and replaced the electric chair, which used to be dominate. Those states are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
She pressed the United States to join and support the United Nations and became its first delegate. She served as the first chair of the UN Commission on Human Rights and oversaw the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Thomas Edison did not invent the electric chair; he was against its use. However, he did work on developing direct current (DC) electricity to compete with alternating current (AC) systems, which were used in the first electric chairs. Edison saw the electric chair as a way to discredit AC technology, which was promoted by his rival, George Westinghouse.
if they did, it'd be quite interesting to find out how they could power an electric chair yet not have street lights, TVs and cars. no they didn't have electric chairs, it was like the year 33 AD when they killed him and the electric chair was first built in 1890 so of course not.