List of North Dakota Superintendents of Public Instruction
The following is a list of North Dakota Superintendents of Public Instruction. The office was on a party-affiliated ballot until 1913, since then it has been on the no party ballot, although most Superintendents have had some association with one party or another. The Superintendent served a two-year term office until 1964. Since then, they have been elected to four-year terms.
| # | Name | Term | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Mitchell | 1889–1890 | Republican |
| 2 | William J. Clapp | 1890 | Republican |
| 3 | John Ogden | 1891–1892 | Republican |
| 4 | Laura J. Eisenhuth | 1893–1894 | Independent |
| 5 | Emma F. Bates | 1895–1896 | Republican |
| 6 | John G. Halland | 1897–1900 | Republican |
| 7 | Joseph M. Devine | 1901–1902 | Republican |
| 8 | Walter L. Stockwell | 1903–1910 | Republican |
| 9 | Edwin J. Taylor | 1911–1916 | Republican |
| 10 | Neil C. MacDonald | 1917–1918 | |
| 11 | Minnie J. Nelson | 1919–1926 | |
| 12 | Bertha R. Palmer | 1927–1932 | |
| 13 | Arthur E. Thompson | 1933–1946 | |
| 14 | Garfield B. Nordrum | 1946–1951 | |
| 15 | Marvell F. Peterson | 1951–1976 | |
| 16 | Howard Snortland | 1977–1980 | |
| 17 | Joseph Crawford | 1981–1984 | |
| 18 | Wayne G. Sanstead | 1985–2013 | Democratic/Democratic-NPL |
| 19 | Kirsten Kay Baesler | 2013– | Republican |
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