The Political Graveyard: Illinois: Superintendents of Public Instruction

Illinois: Superintendents of Public Instruction

Illinois Superintendents of Public Instruction, 1854-1975 (May be incomplete!)
Ninian W. Edwards 1854-57 William H. Powell 1857-59 Newton Bateman 1859-63 John P. Brooks 1863-65 Newton Bateman 1865-75 Samuel M. Etter 1875-79 James P. Slade 1879-83 Henry Raab 1883-87 Richards Edwards 1887-91 Henry Raab 1891-95 Samuel Inglis 1895-98 Joseph H. Freeman 1898-99 Alfred Bayliss 1899-1907 Francis G. Blair 1907-35 John A. Wieland 1935-43 Vernon L. Nickell 1943-59 George T. Wilkins 1959-63 Ray Page 1963-71 Michael J. Bakalis 1971-75

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1858: John Reynolds, defeated.

1898 Jun 23: Samuel Inglis, died in office.

1918 Nov 5: Francis G. Blair (Rep), elected; Edwin Strauss (Dem), defeated; Emma Pischell (Socialist), defeated; Eldon G. Burritt (Prohibition), defeated; Edward Horr (Socialist Labor), defeated.

1938 Apr 12: John A. Wieland (Dem), nominated; Frank A. Jensen (Dem), defeated in primary; Thomas M. Enright (Dem), defeated in primary; Elmer Henry Vogel (Dem), defeated in primary.

1938 Apr 12: Wiley B. Garvin (Rep), nominated unopposed.

1938 Nov 8: John A. Wieland (Dem), elected; Wiley B. Garvin (Rep), defeated; J. Oliver Buswell, Jr. (Prohibition), defeated.

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