Superintendents of Public Instruction
- Calvin H. Wiley, 1853-1866
- (office abolished), 1866-1868
- Samuel S. Ashley, 1868-1871
- Alexander McIver, 1871-1872
- James Reid (see note below)
- Alexander McIver, 1872-1875
- Stephen D. Pool, 1875-1876
- John Pool, 1876-1877
- John C. Scarborough, 1877-1885
- Sidney M. Finger, 1885-1893
- John C. Scarborough, 1893-1897
- Charles H. Mebane, 1897-1901
- Thomas F. Toon, 1901-1902
- James Y. Joyner, 1902-1919
- Eugene C. Brooks, 1919-1923
- Arch T. Allen, 1923-1934
- Clyde A. Erwin, 1934-1952
- Charles F. Carroll, 1952-1969
- A. Craig Phillips, 1969-1989
- Bob Etheridge, 1989-1996
- Michael E. Ward, 1997-2004
- Patricia N. Willoughby, 2004-2005 (interim)
- June Atkinson, 2005-Present
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