List of Superintendents of Public Instruction of Wisconsin
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.

List of Superintendents of Public Instruction of Wisconsin

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Table Section Text: 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.

#	Superintendents	Party	Took office	Left office

1	Eleazer Root	Independent	January 1, 1849	January 5, 1852

2	Azel P. Ladd	Democratic	January 5, 1852	January 2, 1854

3	Hiram A. Wright	Democratic	January 2, 1854	May 29, 1855

vacant	May 29, 1855	June 26, 1855

4	A. Constantine Barry	Democratic	June 26, 1855	January 4, 1858

5	Lyman C. Draper	Democratic	January 4, 1858	January 2, 1860

6	Josiah Little Pickard	Republican	January 2, 1860	September 30, 1864

vacant	September 30, 1864	October 1, 1864

7	John G. McMynn	National Union	October 1, 1864	January 6, 1868

8	Alexander J. Craig	?	January 6, 1868	July 6, 1870

9	Samuel Fallows	?	July 6, 1870	January 4, 1874

10	Edward Searing	Liberal Republican	January 4, 1874	January 7, 1878

11	William Clarke Whitford	Republican	January 7, 1878	January 2, 1882

12	Robert Graham	Republican	January 2, 1882	January 3, 1887

13	Jesse B. Thayer	Republican	January 3, 1887	January 5, 1891

14	Oliver Elwin Wells	Democratic	January 5, 1891	January 7, 1895

15	John Q. Emery	Republican	January 7, 1895	January 2, 1899

16	Lorenzo D. Harvey	Republican	January 2, 1899	January 5, 1903

17	Charles P. Cary	?	January 5, 1903	July 1, 1921

18	John Callahan	none	July 1, 1921	1949

19	George Earl Watson	none	1949	1961

20	Angus B. Rothwell	none	1961	July 1, 1966

21	William C. Kahl	none	July 1, 1966	1973

22	Barbara Thompson	none	1973	1981

23	Herbert J. Grover	none	1981	April 9, 1993

vacant	April 9, 1993	1993

24	John T. Benson	none	1993	2001

25	Elizabeth Burmaster	none	2001	2009

26	Tony Evers	none	2009	2019

27	Carolyn Stanford Taylor	none	2019	incumbent

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Carolyn Stanford Taylor served as the Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction since 2019.

final_sentence: Carolyn Stanford Taylor served as the Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction since 2019.