List of Superintendents of Public Instruction of Wisconsin

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Number of Superintendents of Public Instruction of Wisconsin by party affiliation
Party Superintendents
None 9
Republican 6
Democratic 5
? 3
Liberal Republican 1
National Union 1
Independent 1

This is a list of people who have held the position of Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin. Political party affiliation is indicated by shading for superintendents elected prior to 1902, when partisan elections for this office were ended. Since 1902, superintendents have been elected on a non-partisan basis.

# Superintendents Party Took office Left office
1 Eleazer Root Independent[1] January 1, 1849[2] January 5, 1852
2 Azel P. Ladd Democratic[3] January 5, 1852[2] January 2, 1854
3 Hiram A. Wright[note 1][4] Democratic[5] January 2, 1854[2] May 29, 1855[2]
vacant May 29, 1855 June 26, 1855
4 A. Constantine Barry[note 2][4] Democratic[4] June 26, 1855[2] January 4, 1858
5 Lyman C. Draper Democratic[6][note 3] January 4, 1858[2] January 2, 1860
6 Josiah Little Pickard[note 4][8] Republican[9] January 2, 1860[2] September 30, 1864[2]
vacant September 30, 1864 October 1, 1864
7 John G. McMynn[note 2] National Union[10] October 1, 1864[2] January 6, 1868
8 Alexander J. Craig  ? January 6, 1868[2] July 6, 1870[2]
9 Samuel Fallows  ? July 6, 1870[2] January 4, 1874
10 Edward Searing Liberal Republican[11] January 4, 1874[2] January 7, 1878
11 William Clarke Whitford Republican[12] January 7, 1878[2] January 2, 1882
12 Robert Graham Republican[13] January 2, 1882[2] January 3, 1887
13 Jesse B. Thayer Republican[14] January 3, 1887[2] January 5, 1891
14 Oliver Elwin Wells Democratic[15] January 5, 1891[2] January 7, 1895
15 John Q. Emery Republican[16] January 7, 1895[2] January 2, 1899
16 Lorenzo D. Harvey Republican[17] January 2, 1899[2] January 5, 1903
17 Charles P. Cary  ? January 5, 1903[2] July 1, 1921
18 John Callahan none[18] July 1, 1921[2] 1949
19 George Earl Watson none[18] 1949 1961
20 Angus B. Rothwell[note 4] none[18] 1961 July 1, 1966[18]
21 William C. Kahl[note 2] none[18] July 1, 1966[18] 1973
22 Barbara Thompson none[18] 1973 1981
23 Herbert J. Grover[note 4] none[18] 1981 April 9, 1993[18]
vacant[note 5] April 9, 1993 1993
24 John T. Benson none[18] 1993 2001
25 Elizabeth Burmaster none[18] 2001 2009
26 Tony Evers none[18] 2009 incumbent

Notes

  1. ↑ Died in office.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Appointed to fill unexpired term.
  3. ↑ Draper also appeared on the Reform Democratic ticket.[7]
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Resigned from office.
  5. ↑ Lee Dreyfus served as "interim superintendent" during this period, but was never officially superintendent.

References

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