Julius Morgan
Executed by electric chair in Tennessee
About Julius Morgan
Lived 1894 – 1916 (aged 21–22).
Julius Morgan ( – July 13, 1916) was an American criminal who was the first prisoner executed by the electric chair in Tennessee, after being convicted for the rape of a twenty-year-old woman. He claimed to have served one year in an Arkansas prison for assault before escaping to Tennessee. Morgan unsuccessfully sought clemency from the Tennessee Supreme Court and Governor Thomas Clarke Rye before admitting his guilt at his execution.
Background Julius Morgan claimed to be twenty-two years old in 1916, and came to Tennessee from Arkansas.
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Who was Julius Morgan?
executed by electric chair in Tennessee
When was Julius Morgan born?
Julius Morgan was born in 1894 in Arkansas.
When did Julius Morgan die?
Julius Morgan died on 13 August 1916 in Nashville, Tennessee, Tennessee State Prison.
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