He was unsuccessful, and Kemmler became the first person to be executed in the electric chair in Auburn Prison, NY, on August 6, 1890. Edison had won the war but he lost the battle.

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'They could have done a better job with an ax': Thomas Edison, the electric chair and a botched execution On August 6, 1890, before the sun rose, Kemmler woke up in his cell, put on a suit and ...

So Florida built a new chair, and retired the depression-era Ol' Sparky. But nearly two years after his execution, the ghost of Davis is still haunting electric chairs across the nation.

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