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New York State Department of Public Works

The office of Superintendent of Public Works was created by an 1876 amendment to the New York State Constitution. It abolished the canal commissioners and established that the Department of Public Works execute all laws relating to canal maintenance and navigation except for those functions performed by the New York State Engineer and Surveyor who continued to prepare maps, plans and estimates for canal construction and improvement. The Canal Board (now consisting of the Superintendent of Public Works, the State Engineer and Surveyor, and the Commissioners of the Canal Fund) continued to handle hiring of employees and other personnel matters. The Barge Canal Law of 1903 (Chapter 147) directed the Canal Board to oversee the enlargement of and improvements to the Erie Canal, the Champlain Canal and the Oswego Canal.[1] In 1967, the Department of Public Works was merged with other departments into the new New York State Department of Transportation.

(1826–1885) nominated March 16, 1877 by Gov. Robinson;[2] rejected by the State Senate

George B. McClellan

nominated January 4, 1878 by Gov. Robinson;[3] rejected by the State Senate on January 16, 1878 [4]

Charles S. Fairchild

nominated January 18, 1878, by Gov. Robinson;[5] rejected by State Senate January 23, 1878[6]

Daniel Magone

(1829–1912) nominated January 23, confirmed January 30, 1878 - January 15, 1880 [7]

Benjamin S. W. Clark

(1829–1889) January 15, 1880 - February 13, 1883 [8]

Silas Belden Dutcher

(1828–1897), February 13, 1883 - resigned 1889 [9]

James H. Shanahan

December 16, 1889 - Jan 2, 1895

Edward Hannan

January 2, 1895 - Jan 16, 1899

George W. Aldridge

January 16, 1899 - Dec 20, 1901

John Nelson Partridge

December 20, 1901 - January 4, 1905

Charles S. Boyd

January 4, 1905 - January 14, 1907

Nicholas Van Vranken Franchot

January 14, 1907 - January 4, 1911

Frederick C. Stevens (New York politician)

January 4, 1911 - January 1, 1913

Charles E. Treman

January 1, 1913 - January 6, 1915

Duncan W. Peck

January 6, 1915 - February 3, 1919

William Wallace Wotherspoon

February 3, 1919 - May 3, 1919

Lewis Nixon

May 3, 1919 - January 19, 1921

Edward S. Walsh

January 19, 1921 - January 9, 1923

Charles L. Cadle

January 9 - August 30, 1923

Edward S. Walsh

(1870–1939), August 30, 1923 - March 26, 1939 (retired, but died before successor was appointed)[10]

Frederick Stuart Greene

(1888–1943),[11] March 30, 1939 [12] - May 20, 1943

Arthur William Brandt

(1889–1978),[13] May 20, 1943 [14] - September 30, 1948 (announced resignation on September 2 [15])

Charles Harvey Sells

(1901–1989) [16] September 30, 1948 [17] - 1955

Bertram Dalley Tallamy

1955 - 1959

John W. Johnson (New York)

(1899–1991) 1959 - September 1, 1967, when he continued in office as the first head of the New York State Department of Transportation.[18]

John Burch McMorran