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Charles Poletti (
July 2,
1903 –
August 8,
2002) was the
governor of New York in
1942. He had previously served as the
lieutenant governor. At the close of
World War II Poletti served as a
U.S. Army civil affairs officer in Italy, rising to the rank of
Colonel. The position required that he oversee the civil affairs of a large section of post-war Italy. Poletti himself said that the Army selected him because, aside from his experience in state politics, the population would be more likely to respect someone of Italian ancestry.
He served 29 days as Governor of New York, following the resignation of
Herbert Lehman. He had unsuccessfully sought reelection as lieutenant governor earlier in
1942. On January 4, 1943 he was appointed special assistant to Secretary of War
Henry L. Stimson.
Poletti was a
lawyer for a state commission that recommended the creation of a statewide
New York State Power Authority and worked in drafting the
1931 legislation which met that objective; later he became a trustee of the Power Authority, serving from
1955 to
1960, the crucial period in which the St. Lawrence Project was built and the Authority’s Niagara Project largely completed. Besides serving as Governor and Lieutenant Governor, and practicing as an attorney and a justice of the
New York State Supreme Court (note: this is a trial-level court, not the state's high court), Poletti had a role as a labor arbitrator and was the official responsible for foreign exhibits at
Robert Moses'
1964 New York World's Fair.
The Charles Poletti Power Project (renamed in
1982 to honor him) is located in
Astoria, Queens, across the
East River from
Manhattan in
New York City.
Poletti died at the age of 99 in 2002; at the time of his death, he was the eldest living U.S. governor. Under protocol terms in New York State regarding the death of a former governor, flags flew at half staff for 31 days after his death, or two days longer than his governorship. He was interred at Riverside Cemetery in
Elizabethtown, New York.
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