Pennsylvania's Electric Chair
1915 - 1962

350 Executions

"Old Smokey"

Electric Chair Executions in Pennsylvania
The execution of capital cases became the responsibility of the state in 1913, when the electric chair took the place of the gallows. Erected in the State Correctional Institution at Rockview, Centre County, the electric chair was nicknamed "Old Smokey." Although capital punishment by electrocution was authorized by legislation in 1913, neither the chair nor the institution were ready for occupancy until 1915.

The electric chair was turned over to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

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