Name not reported

A year-end review in the Corvallis Gazette lists April 20, 1898, as the date of the first execution by electricity in Ohio. The person put to death that day was executed by electric current under a judicial sentence. The review gives no other facts about the death.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Source

• The Corvallis Gazette, January 7, 1898, page 4 The Corvallis Gazette, January 7, 1898