Kansas Superintendents of Public Instruction

• Alphabetical listing of superintendents of public instruction
• Chronological listing of superintendents of public instruction
• Records of the Kansas State Superintendents of Public Instruction

George Augustus Allen, Jr.
Died 7 Dec 1932 in Carthage, Mo.
Supt. of Public Instruction 10 Jan 1927 - 7 Dec 1932
Republican from Frankfort

Laverne Wright Brooks
Supt. of Public Instruction 8 Jan 1945 - 10 Jan 1949
Republican from Wichita

Insley LeYantis Dayhoff
Died 24 May 1959 in Independence, Mo.
Supt. of Public Instruction 12 Jan 1903 - 14 Jan 1907
Republican from Hutchinson

John C. Douglas
Territorial School Supt. 2 Jan - 9 Feb 1861
From Leavenworth

Edward Thomson Fairchild
Died 23 Jan 1917 in Durham, N.H.
Supt. of Public Instruction 14 Jan 1907 - 19 Nov 1912 (resigned)
Republican from Ellsworth

John Fraser
Died 4 June 1878 in Allegheny City, Pa.
Supt. of Public Instruction 11 Jan 1875 - 8 Jan 1877
Republican from Lawrence

Henry Newton Gaines
Died 27 July 1928 in Topeka, Kan.
Supt. of Public Instruction 9 Jan 1893 - 14 Jan 1895
Populist from Salina

Isaac Tichenor Goodnow
Died 20 Mar 1894 in Manhattan, Kan.
Supt. of Public Instruction 12 Jan 1863 - 14 Jan 1867
Republican from Manhattan

Samuel Wiley Greer
Territorial School Supt. 2 Dec 1858 - 2 Jan 1861
(Commissioned 2 Dec 1858)
From Leavenworth

William Riley Griffith
Died 12 Feb 1862 in Topeka, Kan.
Supt. of Public Instruction Feb 1861 - 12 Feb 1862
(took oath of office 4 Mar 1861)
Republican from Marmaton

Murle M. Hayden
Supt. of Public Instruction 5 Dec 1967 - 14 Jan 1969
Appointed vice Kampschroeder; office abolished 1969
Republican from Topeka

W. C. Kampschroeder
Died 8 Nov 1967 in Wichita, Kan.
Supt. of Public Instruction 2 Sept 1966 - 8 Nov 1967
Appointed vice Throckmorton; elected November, 1966
Republican from Topeka

Joseph Hadden Lawhead
Died 16 Aug 1892 in Guthrie, Okla.
Supt. of Public Instruction 12 Jan 1885 - 14 Jan 1889
Republican from Fort Scott

Allen Borsley Lemmon
Died 12 May 1919 in Los Angeles, Calif.
Supt. of Public Instruction 8 Jan 1877 - 10 Jan 1881
Republican from Winfield

Walter Tipton Markham
Died 18 Jan 1946 in Dodge City, Kan.
Supt. of Public Instruction 13 Dec 1932 - 9 Jan 1939
Appointed 12 Dec 1932 vice Allen and took oath following day; elected 1934, 1936
Democrat from Yates Center

Hugh DeFrance McCarthy
Died 12 Sept 1887 in Highland, Kan.
Supt. of Public Instruction 9 Jan 1871 - 11 Jan 1875
Republican from Leavenworth

George Lemuel McClenny
Died 7 June 1947 in Topeka, Kan.
Supt. of Public Instruction 9 Jan 1939 - 8 Jan 1945
Republican from Topeka

Peter McVicar
Died 5 June 1903 in Topeka, Kan.
Supt. of Public Instruction 14 Jan 1867 - 9 Jan 1871
Republican from Topeka

Jess Wells Miley
Died 19 Jan 1932 in Topeka, Kan.
Supt. of Public Instruction 8 Jan 1923 - 10 Jan 1927
Republican from Girard

Frank Nelson
Died 27 July 1941 in Minneapolis, Minn.
Supt. of Public Instruction 9 Jan 1899 - 12 Jan 1903
Republican from Lindsborg

James H. Noteware
Territorial School Supt. 1 Mar 1858 - 2 Dec 1858
Commissioned 13 Feb 1858; took the oath 5 Mar

Wilbert Davidson Ross
Died 16 Aug 1944 in Newton, Mass.
Supt. of Public Instruction 19 Nov 1912 - 13 Jan 1919
Appointed vice Fairchild; elected 1912, 1914 and 1916
Republican from Oskaloosa

Henry Clay Speer
Died 2 Sept 1936 in Redlands, Calif.
Supt. of Public Instruction 10 Jan 1881 - 12 Jan 1885
Republican from Junction City

Edmund Stanley
Died 21 May 1928 in Wichita, Kan.
Supt. of Public Instruction 14 Jan 1895 - 11 Jan 1897
Republican from Lawrence

William Stryker
Died 25 Feb 1918 in Tulsa, Okla.
Supt. of Public Instruction 11 Jan 1897 - 9 Jan 1899
Populist from Great Bend

Simeon Montgomery Thorp
Died 21 Aug 1863 in Lawrence, Kan.
Supt. of Public Instruction 24 Mar 1862 - 12 Jan 1863 vice Griffith
Republican from Lawrence

Adel F. Throckmorton
Died 20 Dec 1973 in Wichita, Kan.
Supt. of Public Instruction 10 Jan 1949 - 31 Aug 1966 (resigned)
Republican from Wichita

George Wesley Winans
Died 14 Jan 1918 in Hutchinson, Kan.
Supt. of Public Instruction 14 Jan 1889 - 9 Jan 1893
Republican from Junction City

Lorraine Elizabeth (Lizzie) Wooster
Died 4 July 1953 in Chicago, Ill.
Supt. of Public Instruction 13 Jan 1919 - 8 Jan 1923
Republican from Salina

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