Michigan Superintendents of Public Instruction, 1836-1987
(May be incomplete!)
John
D. Pierce 1836-41
Franklin
Sawyer, Jr. 1841-43
Oliver
C. Comstock 1843-45
Ira
Mayhew 1845-49
Francis
W. Shearman 1849-54
Ira
Mayhew 1855-58
John
M. Gregory 1859-64
Oramel
Hosford 1865-72
Daniel
B. Briggs 1873-76
Horace
S. Tarbell 1877-78
Cornelius
A. Gower 1878-81
Varnum
B. Cochran 1881-83
Herschel
R. Gass 1883-85
Theodore
Nelson 1885-86
Joseph
Estabrook 1887-90
Ferris
S. Fitch 1891-92
Henry
R. Pattengill 1893-96
Jason
E. Hammond 1897-1900
Delos
Fall 1901-04
Patrick
H. Kelley 1905-06
Luther
L. Wright 1907-13
Fred
L. Keeler 1913-19
Thomas
E. Johnson 1919-26
Wilford
L. Coffey 1926-27
Webster
H. Pearce 1927-33
Paul
F. Voelker 1933-35
Eugene
B. Elliott 1935-48
Lee
M. Thurston 1949-53
Clair
L. Taylor 1953-
Lynn
M. Bartlett 1957-65
Ira
Polley 1966
John
W. Porter 1969-79
Philip
Runkel 1980-87
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1874:
Duane
Doty (Dem), defeated.
1878 Sep 1:
Cornelius
A. Gower, appointed.
1881 May 10:
Varnum
B. Cochran, appointed.
1883:
Herschel
R. Gass, appointed.
1883 Feb 21:
Varnum
B. Cochran, resigned.
1885 Apr 2:
Herschel
R. Gass, resigned.
1886 Nov 2:
Joseph
Estabrook (Rep), elected;
David
Parsons (Fusion), defeated;
David
Bemiss (Prohibition), defeated.
1892:
Ferris
S. Fitch (Dem), defeated.
1900:
Stephen
H. Langdon (Dem), defeated.
1902:
Woodbridge
N. Ferris (Dem), defeated.
1906 Nov 6:
Luther
L. Wright (Rep), elected;
Elmer
R. Webster (Dem), defeated;
Delavan
B. Reed (Prohibition), defeated;
Etta
Menton (Socialist), defeated;
George
A. Young (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1908:
Luther
L. Wright (Rep), elected.
1909 Apr 5:
Luther
L. Wright (Rep), elected;
W.
Sherman Lister (Dem), defeated;
Burton
J. Vincent (Prohibition), defeated;
Thomas
F. G. Dougherty (Socialist), defeated;
Frederick
N. Hitchcock (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1911 Apr 3:
Luther
L. Wright (Rep), elected;
John
B. Cleveland (Dem), defeated;
Deufay
B. Hovey, Sr. (Socialist), defeated;
Harold
A. Millican, defeated;
Frederick
N. Hitchcock (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1913:
Gerrit
Masselink (Progressive), defeated.
1913 Nov 15:
Fred
L. Keeler, appointed.
1915 Apr 5:
Fred
L. Keeler (Rep), elected;
Frank
A. Jensen (Dem), defeated;
Gerrit
Masselink (Progressive), defeated;
William
E. Witt (Socialist), defeated;
George
H. Hanly (Prohibition), defeated.
1917 Apr 2:
Charles
W. Obee (Prohibition), defeated.
1919:
Mary
L. Hinsdale (Dem), defeated.
1919 Apr 4:
Fred
L. Keeler, died in office.
1921:
Mary
L. Hinsdale (Dem), defeated.
1923 Apr 2:
Thomas
E. Johnson (Rep), elected;
Theodore
A. Norris (Dem), defeated;
Harold
R. Luttenbacher (Prohibition), defeated.
1926 Nov 16:
Wilford
L. Coffey, appointed.
1927 Apr 4:
Webster
H. Pearce (Rep), elected;
Marvin
S. Pittman (Dem), defeated;
Sarah
Victor (Workers), defeated;
John
S. McColl (Prohibition), defeated.
1929 Apr 1:
Webster
H. Pearce (Rep), elected;
John
S. Hall (Dem), defeated;
Axel
O. Londal (Socialist), defeated;
Marien
A. Brooks (Prohibition), defeated.
1931 Apr 6:
Webster
H. Pearce (Rep), elected;
Marvin
S. Pittman (Dem), defeated;
Arthur
Rubenstein (Socialist), defeated.
1933 Apr 3:
Paul
F. Voelker (Dem), elected;
Webster
H. Pearce (Rep), defeated;
Walter
G. Bergman (Socialist), defeated;
Grover
C. Brenneman (Prohibition), defeated.
1935 Apr 1:
Maurice
R. Keyworth (Rep), elected, but died before taking office;
Paul
F. Voelker (Dem), defeated;
Arthur
E. Larsen (Socialist), defeated;
Karl
W. Guenther (Farmer-Labor), defeated.
1935 Jul 1:
Eugene
B. Elliott, appointed.
1937:
Eugene
B. Elliott (Rep), elected.
1939 Apr 3:
Eugene
B. Elliott (Rep), elected;
T.
Thomas Thatcher (Dem), defeated;
Walter
H. Allmendinger (Socialist), defeated;
LeRoy
M. Lowell (Commonwealth), defeated.
1941 Apr 7:
Eugene
B. Elliott (Rep), elected;
Edward
W. McFarland (Dem), defeated;
LeRoy
M. Lowell (Prohibition), defeated.
1943 Apr 5:
Eugene
B. Elliott (Rep), elected;
Edward
W. McFarland (Dem), defeated;
Oscar
C. Griswold (Prohibition), defeated.
1945:
Eugene
B. Elliott (Rep), elected.
1947 Apr 7:
Eugene
B. Elliott (Rep), elected;
George
F. Montgomery (Dem), defeated;
H.
E. Edwards (Prohibition), defeated.
1948 Jul 1:
Eugene
B. Elliott, resigned.
1949 Apr 4:
Lee
M. Thurston (Rep), elected;
E.
Burr Sherwood (Dem), defeated;
Walter
H. Allmendinger (Progressive), defeated;
E.
Harold Munn (Prohibition), defeated.
1951 Apr 2:
Lee
M. Thurston (Rep), elected;
Edgar
W. Waugh (Dem), defeated;
Marvin
J. Folkert (Prohibition), defeated;
Verne
Piazza (Progressive), defeated;
Ralph
W. Muncy (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Genora
Dollinger (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1953 Apr 6:
Clair
L. Taylor (Rep), elected;
Mack
P. Monroe (Dem), defeated;
Marvin
J. Folkert (Prohibition), defeated;
James
C. Horvath (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1955:
Lynn
M. Bartlett (Dem), defeated.
1957 Apr 1:
Lynn
M. Bartlett (Dem), elected;
Edgar
L. Harden (Rep), defeated;
Oscar
C. Griswold (Prohibition), defeated.
1959 Apr 6:
Lynn
M. Bartlett (Dem), elected;
Hugh
H. Holloway (Rep), defeated;
W.
Clifford Bentley (Socialist Labor), defeated;
E.
Harold Munn (Prohibition), defeated;
Robert
Himmel, Jr. (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1961 Apr 3:
Lynn
M. Bartlett (Dem), elected;
Hugh
H. Holloway (Rep), defeated;
E.
Harold Munn (Prohibition), defeated;
W.
Clifford Bentley (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Glenn
H. Green (Independent American), defeated;
Robert
Himmel, Jr. (Socialist Workers), defeated.
1963:
Raymond
N. Hatch (Rep), defeated.
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