
William Kemmler
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 134 years ago |
Date of birth | May 9,1860 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Philadelphia |
Pennsylvania | |
United States | |
Date of died | August 6,1890 |
Died | Auburn |
New York | |
United States | |
Place of burial | New York, United States |
Criminal status | Capital punishment |
Job | Criminal |
Convict | First degree murder |
Crimin penalti | Death by electrocution |
Crimin status | Executed |
Movies/Shows | The Current War |
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ID | 459488 |
William Kemmler Life story
William Francis Kemmler was an American peddler, alcoholic, and murderer, who, in 1890, became the first person in the world to be executed by electric chair. He was convicted of murdering Matilda "Tillie" Ziegler, his common-law wife, a year earlier.