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Great God, he is alive!' The first man executed by electric chair died slower than Thomas Edison expected. - The Washington Post
KnowledgE IndiA - Alfred Porter Southwick (1826–1898) was a steam-boat engineer, dentist and inventor from Buffalo, New York. He is credited with inventing the electric chair as a method of legal execution.
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Great God, he is alive!' The first man executed by electric chair died slower than Thomas Edison expected. - The Washington Post
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Introduction - Electric Chair: Topics in Chronicling America - Research Guides at Library of Congress
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