Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction

The superintendent of public instruction was an elected officer in the state government of Indiana. The official was an elected member of the executive branch of government and worked with the state Board of Education as head of the Indiana Department of Education to oversee certain areas of public schools in Indiana. The position was created in 1851 with the adoption of the Constitution of Indiana, and filled in the first general election following its creation. The position of the Superintendent of Public Instruction was abolished in 2021, being replaced by the Secretary of Education, who is appointed by the governor.

The annual salary of the superintendent of public instruction of Indiana was $94,538 in 2008.

List of superintendents

#NameTook officeLeft officePartyHometownNotes1William C. LarrabeeNovember 8, 1852November 8, 1854DemocraticCrawfordsville2Caleb MillsNovember 8, 1854February 10, 1857People'sCrawfordsville3William C. LarrabeeFebruary 10, 1857February 10, 1859DemocraticCrawfordsville4Samuel L. RuggFebruary 10, 1859February 10, 1861DemocraticAllen County5Miles J. FletcherFebruary 10, 1861May 10, 1862RepublicanPutnam CountyDied in office6Samuel K. HoshourApril 15, 1862November 25, 1862RepublicanWayne CountyAppointed to office7Samuel L. RuggNovember 25, 1862March 15, 1867DemocraticAllen County, Indiana8George W. HossMarch 15, 1865October 17, 1868DemocraticIndianapolis, IndianaResigned from office9Barnabas C. HobbsOctober 26, 1868March 15, 1871RepublicanBloomingdale, Indiana10Milton B. HopkinsMarch 15, 1871August 17, 1874DemocraticKokomo, Indiana11Alexander C. HopkinsAugust 20, 1874March 15, 1875DemocraticMilroy, Indiana12James H. SmartMarch 15, 1875March 15, 1881DemocraticFort Wayne, Indiana13John M. BlossMarch 15, 1881March 15, 1883RepublicanEvansville, Indiana14John W. HolcombeMarch 15, 1883March 15, 1887DemocraticValparaiso, Indiana15Harvey Marion LaFolletteMarch 15, 1887March 15, 1891RepublicanBoone County, Indiana16Hervey D. VoriesMarch 15, 1891March 15, 1895DemocraticNineveh, Indiana17David M GeetingMarch 15, 1895March 15, 1899RepublicanClinton County, Indiana18Frank L. JonesMarch 15, 1899March 15, 1903RepublicanHoward County, Indiana19Fassett A. CottonMarch 15, 1903March 15, 1909RepublicanHenry County, Indiana20Robert J. AleyMarch 15, 1909January 1, 1910DemocraticOwen County, Indiana21Charles A. GreathouseJanuary 1, 1910March 15, 1917DemocraticMount Vernon, Indiana22Horace D. EllisMarch 15, 1917March 15, 1919RepublicanVincennes, Indiana23Linnaeus N. HinesMarch 15, 1919October 1, 1921RepublicanNoblesville, Indiana24Benjamin J. BurrisJanuary 1, 1921November 1, 1924RepublicanWashington, Indiana25Henry N. SherwoodMarch 15, 1924March 15, 1927RepublicanFranklin, Indiana26Charles F. MillerMarch 15, 1927September 1, 1927RepublicanElkhart County, Indiana27Roy P. WisehartSeptember 1, 1927March 15, 1931RepublicanUnion City, Indiana28George C. ColeMarch 15, 1931December 31, 1933DemocraticLawrenceburg, Indiana30Floyd I. McMurrayJanuary 1, 1934March 15, 1941DemocraticThorntown, Indiana31Clement T. MalanMarch 15, 1941March 15, 1947RepublicanTerre Haute, Indiana32Ben H. WattMarch 15, 1947March 15, 1949RepublicanNoblesville, Indiana33Deane E. WalkerMarch 15, 1949March 15, 1951DemocraticCulver, Indiana34Wilbur E. YoungMarch 15, 1951March 15, 1959RepublicanOsgood, Indiana35William E. WilsonMarch 15, 1959March 15, 1967DemocraticJeffersonville, Indiana36Richard D. WellsMarch 15, 1967March 15, 1971RepublicanValparaiso, Indiana37John J. LoughlinMarch 15, 1971March 15, 1973DemocraticSouth Bend, Indiana39Harold H. NegleyMarch 15, 1973June 6, 1985RepublicanIndianapolis, Indiana40H. Dean EvansJune 6, 1985January 11, 1993RepublicanIndianapolis, Indiana41Suellen ReedJanuary 11, 1993January 12, 2009RepublicanRushville, Indiana42Tony BennettJanuary 12, 2009January 19, 2013RepublicanNew Albany, Indiana43Glenda RitzJanuary 19, 2013January 9, 2017DemocraticCarmel, Indiana44Jennifer McCormickJanuary 9, 2017January 11, 2021RepublicanYorktown, Indiana

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