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Established July 01, 1876
Disbanded January 09, 1951
Last ModifiedBrentinCO August 02, 2018 10:12pm
DescriptionStatewide partisan elective office from the establishment of Statehood untl consitutional change in 1948

In 1948, the Colorado State Constitution was amended to provide for an elected state board of education with powers to set up qualifications for and selection of the Commissioner of Education and a professional staff for the Department of Education.

In 1950 the position of Superintendent of Public Instruction was replaced by an appointed Commissioner of Eduction.

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Date Type Results
Nov 02, 1948 General Election
 Nettie S. Freed(I)
255,965
52.68% 		 Essie Bell Marple
229,928
47.32%
Nov 05, 1946 General Election
 Nettie S. Freed
176,651
53.56% 		 Inez Johnson Lewis(I)
153,196
46.44%
Nov 07, 1944 General Election
 Inez Johnson Lewis(I)
248,503
51.32% 		 Florence A. Irwin
235,689
48.68%
Nov 03, 1942 General Election
 Inez Johnson Lewis(I)
171,172
50.99% 		 Oliver L. Troxel
164,543
49.01%
Nov 05, 1940 General Election
 Inez Johnson Lewis(I)
284,067
53.85% 		 Lucille Horton Latting
237,026
44.93% 		 Nellie A. Reed
3,588
0.68% 		 Alice Boyd Randall
2,846
0.54%
Nov 08, 1938 General Election
 Inez Johnson Lewis(I)
254,116
58.41% 		 Lucille Horton Latting
180,909
41.59%
Nov 03, 1936 General Election
 Inez Johnson Lewis(I)
289,956
63.15% 		 Berda B. Cardinal
154,356
33.62% 		 Anna L. Pierce
11,727
2.55% 		 Mary L. Geffs
1,959
0.43% 		 Edna M. Coppuck
1,181
0.26%
Nov 06, 1934 General Election
 Inez Johnson Lewis(I)
264,094
66.64% 		 Anna Evans Spomer
121,016
30.54% 		 Ida Crouch Hazlett
5,280
1.33% 		 Nellie A. Reed
4,221
1.07% 		 George Bardwell
1,660
0.42%
Nov 08, 1932 General Election
 Inez Johnson Lewis(I)
258,698
58.93% 		 Katherine L. Craig
167,114
38.06% 		 William J. Cooper
9,011
2.05% 		 Lizabeth A. Williams
2,600
0.59% 		 John Alpin Bruce
1,603
0.37%
Nov 04, 1930 General Election
 Inez Johnson Lewis
156,156
50.56% 		 Katherine L. Craig(I)
145,144
46.99% 		 Charlotte Farrell
3,302
1.07% 		 Raymond V. Holwell
2,950
0.96% 		 Haydee U. Zeitlin
784
0.25% 		 Elizabeth Soule
534
0.17%
Nov 06, 1928 General Election
 Katherine L. Craig(I)
196,900
53.89% 		 Inez Johnson Lewis
160,554
43.94% 		 Charlotte Farrell
3,892
1.07% 		 George N. Falconer
3,179
0.87% 		 Haydee U. Zeitlin
863
0.24%
Nov 02, 1926 General Election
 Katherine L. Craig
142,185
48.87% 		 Mary Carol Craig Bradford(I)
139,481
47.94% 		 John E. King
6,151
2.11% 		 Helen Lowy Dietrich
3,143
1.08%
Nov 04, 1924 General Election
 Mary Carol Craig Bradford(I)
170,108
51.78% 		 Katherine L. Craig
151,429
46.09% 		 Edward F. Wright
4,305
1.31% 		 Haydee U. Zeitlin
2,675
0.81%
Nov 07, 1922 General Election
 Mary Carol Craig Bradford
135,793
50.80% 		 Katherine L. Craig(I)
122,923
45.99% 		 Mary H. Hedgecock
4,553
1.70% 		 Tirzah E. Hamlin
4,038
1.51%
Nov 02, 1920 General Election
 Katherine L. Craig
139,969
49.57% 		 Mary Carol Craig Bradford(I)
132,967
47.09% 		 Mabel Brinson
9,450
3.35%
Nov 05, 1918 General Election
 Mary Carol Craig Bradford(I)
109,842
51.77% 		 Florence M. Stote
94,630
44.60% 		 Lizabeth A. Williams
7,700
3.63%
Nov 07, 1916 General Election
 Mary Carol Craig Bradford(I)
142,834
53.78% 		 Helen M. Wixson
107,310
40.40% 		 Mary E. Hotz Blakeley
15,444
5.82%
Nov 03, 1914 General Election
 Mary Carol Craig Bradford(I)
106,976
43.57% 		 Katherine L. Craig
102,171
41.61% 		 Florence E. Dick
21,134
8.61% 		 Jennie S. McGehe
12,610
5.14% 		 Mary E. Ginther
2,658
1.08%
Nov 05, 1912 General Election
 Mary Carol Craig Bradford
110,195
41.76% 		 Helen M. Wixson(I)
79,518
30.13% 		 Ida M. Cassidy
57,155
21.66% 		 Ida M. McMillan
16,396
6.21% 		 Mary E. Ginther
612
0.23%
Nov 08, 1910 General Election
 Helen M. Wixson
109,348
49.66% 		 Katherine M. Cook(I)
101,795
46.23% 		 M.R. Kerr
8,399
3.81% 		 Arline Mercer
671
0.30%
Nov 03, 1908 General Election
 Katherine M. Cook
126,883
48.33% 		 Katherine L. Craig(I)
121,122
46.13% 		 Luella Twining
8,192
3.12% 		 Katherine Scouller
6,357
2.42%
Nov 06, 1906 General Election
 Katherine L. Craig(I)
103,200
52.51% 		 Honara B. Maloney
76,155
38.75% 		 Andrew J. Larch
13,208
6.72% 		 James R. Wylie
3,989
2.03%
Nov 08, 1904 General Election
 Katherine L. Craig
119,368
49.53% 		 Helen Loring Grenfell(I)
113,482
47.09% 		 Lucie H. Benefiel
3,590
1.49% 		 Luella Twining
3,540
1.47% 		 Mathilde A. Johnstone
642
0.27% 		 Elizabeth Hutchinson
362
0.15%
Nov 04, 1902 General Election
 Helen Loring Grenfell(I)
87,103
47.25% 		 Anna B. Brandt
84,942
46.08% 		 Anna C. Parrott
7,345
3.98% 		 James R. Wylie
3,943
2.14% 		 Mary T. Sanders
1,007
0.55%
Nov 06, 1900 General Election
 Helen Loring Grenfell(I)
122,473
55.75% 		 Ione T. Hanna
92,245
41.99% 		 Elizabeth Smith
3,949
1.80% 		 Ida Johnson
1,003
0.46% 		  Scattering
9
0.00%
Nov 08, 1898 General Election
 Helen Loring Grenfell
89,526
61.96% 		 Lucy E.R. Scott
49,859
34.51% 		 Norman Clifford
3,579
2.48% 		 Frances Nacke
1,521
1.05%
Nov 03, 1896 General Election
 Grace Espy Patton
84,892
45.67% 		 Leonidas S. Cornell
69,333
37.30% 		 Ione T. Hanna
25,613
13.78% 		  Scattering
3,346
1.80% 		 James R. Wylie
2,117
1.14% 		 Edward C. Hill
587
0.32%
Nov 06, 1894 General Election
 Angenette J. Peavey
87,765
49.47% 		 Alice M. Catlin
72,266
40.74% 		 Mary Carol Craig Bradford
10,083
5.68% 		 Asa B. Copeland
7,281
4.10%
Nov 08, 1892 General Election
 John F. Murray
42,685
46.66% 		 Charles B. Timberlake
37,608
41.11% 		 Nathan B. Coy(I)
9,618
10.51% 		 A.B. Hyde
1,575
1.72%
Nov 04, 1890 General Election
 Nathan B. Coy
40,133
52.03% 		 Fred Dick(I)
35,560
46.10% 		 J.A. Ferguson
1,445
1.87%
Nov 06, 1888 General Election
 Fred Dick
51,127
56.41% 		 John L. Howe
37,272
41.13% 		 Joseph A. Smith
2,229
2.46%
Nov 02, 1886 General Election
 Leonidas S. Cornell(I)
30,813
89.92% 		 Asa B. Copeland
3,455
10.08%
Nov 04, 1884 General Election
 Leonidas S. Cornell
36,339
55.74% 		 T.R. Palmer
28,854
44.26%
Nov 07, 1882 General Election
 Joseph Cummings Shattuck
32,416
53.73% 		 F.M. Brown
27,920
46.27%
Nov 02, 1880 General Election
 Leonidas S. Cornell
27,503
52.95% 		 J.J. Crook
24,436
47.05%
Oct 01, 1878 General Election
 Joseph Cummings Shattuck(I)
14,972
55.73% 		 Owen J. Goldrick
11,894
44.27%
Oct 03, 1876 General Election
 Joseph Cummings Shattuck
14,304
53.42% 		 J.B. Groesbeck
12,473
46.58%

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