:''This article is not about Edwin Davis, discoverer in 1846 of the
Serpent Mound''
'Edwin F. Davis' was the first '
state electrician' for the
State of New York and finalized 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.
See also
List of executioners