<P> From 1890 to 1963, 695 people were executed in New York . The first was William Kemmler on August 6, 1890, and the last was Eddie Lee Mays on August 15, 1963 . Kemmler was the first person in the world known to be executed in an electric chair . Except for four individuals, all of the people executed during this period were convicted of murder . The four exceptions were Joseph Sacoda and Demetrius Gula, who were convicted of kidnapping and executed January 11, 1940, and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were convicted of espionage and executed June 19, 1953 . </P> <P> In 1901, Leon Czolgosz was electrocuted for the assassination of U.S. President William McKinley . </P> <P> Ruth Snyder was one of the very few women executed at Sing Sing . She was put to death in 1928 for the murder of her husband . </P> <P> A lesser known case dates to January 1936, when serial killer Albert Fish was put to death for the cannibal murder of 10 - year - old Grace Budd . At age 65, Fish was the oldest person ever executed at Sing Sing . </P>

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