Charles Harvey Sells

Charles Harvey Sells
New York State Superintendent of Public Works
In office May 20, 1943 – September 30, 1948
Appointed by	Thomas Edmund Dewey
Preceded by	Arthur William Brandt
Succeeded by	Bertram Dalley Tallamy
Personal details
Born	September 29, 1889
Died	January 26, 1978 (aged 88) Cross River, New York

Charles Harvey Sells (September 29, 1889 – January 26, 1978) was the New York State Superintendent of Public Works from May 20, 1943 to September 30, 1948.^[1][2]

References

1. "Sells Gets Post In Dewey Cabinet. Westchester Engineer Named to Succeed Brandt as Public Works Superintendent. Directed Iran Project. Supply Lines to Russia Built. V. F. Vaness Appointed Aide to Vehicle Commissioner". New York Times. May 21, 1943. Retrieved 2011-05-05. Governor Dewey appointed today Charles Harvey Sells, former Westchester County Commissioner of Public Works, to the $12,000-a-year office of State Superintendent of Public Works. He succeeds Captain Arthur W. Brandt. ...
2. "Charles H. Sells at 88. Public Works Official". New York Times. January 27, 1978. Retrieved 2011-05-05. Charles H. Sells, Commissioner of the Port of New York Authority from 1949 to 1958, died yesterday at his home in Cross River in Westchester County, N.Y., after a short illness. He was 88 years old. ...