On this day, 135 years ago, on August 6, 1890 (June 21, 1890, the 1890 lunar calendar), New York State executed the first electric chair death sentence on murderer William Kemmler. On August 6, 1890, New York State executed the first electric chair death sentence on murderer William Kemmler. This stool specially used for electrocution has a strange name, called "YellowMama." The electric chair was made in 1927 and replaced hanging as the state's main execution tool. So far, this electric chair has executed 177 prisoners. The first electric chair execution in the United States was in New York in 1890. The New York Times reported at the time that the prisoner was charred by electricity and covered in blood. Although this kind of capital punishment was shocking, the electric chair remained one of the most commonly used methods of execution in the following decades. Comment: This method has a seismic effect, but it is too cruel. It may be more humane for individuals to provide drug injections.