Superintendent of Public Instruction
James H Wentworth, 1869 – 1871
Jacob Dupree, 1871
James H. Wentworth, 1872
Joseph S. Howell, 1873 – 1875
Joseph Sappington, 1875 – 1877
T. J. Faulkner, 1877 – 1879
Emory Vann, 1879 – 1881
F. J. Franklin, 1881 – 1883
T. J. Faulkner, 1883 – 1885
T. J. Faulkner, 1885 – 1887
S. A. Wilcox, 1887 (died in office)
Thomas B. Hendry, 1887 – 1889
John R. Kelly, 1889 – 1893
J. P. Whiddon, 1893 – 1897
K. M. Tedder, 1897 – 1901
W. A. Hendry, 1901 – 1905
Abner E. Morgan, 1905 – 1909 (Sirmons)
W. A. Hendry, 1909 – 1913 (Perry)
Festus S. Jackson, 1913 – 1917 (Perry)
Festus S. Jackson, 1917 – 1921 (Perry)
W. T. Cash, 1921 – 1925 (Perry)
L. R. Moore, 1925 – 1929
W. E. Inman, 1929 – 1933
L. R. Moore, 1933 – 1937
S. L. Walker, 1937 – 1941
Paul D. Bird, 1941 – 1944 (enlisted in Navy)
D. S. Register, 1945
D. S. Register, 1945 – 1949
Alton H. Wentworth, 1945 – 1953
Alton H. Wentworth, 1953 – 1957
Alton H. Wentworth, 1957 – 1961
Vern Davis, 1961 – 1963 (resigned)
Alan E. Hart, 1964
Alan E. Hart, 1965 – 1969
Alan E. Hart, 1969 – 1973
Cecil Carlton, 1973 –
Robbins R. Woodell, 1979 -
Glenda G. Hamby, 1984 – 1988
Lester D. Padgett, 1988 -
Eloise Gardiner