Colorado Chief State School Officers
Territorial School Superintendents
W. J. Curtice 1861-1863
William S. Walker 1863-1865
A. W. Atkins 1865-1867
Columbus Nuckrolls 1867-1869
William C. Lothrop 1869-1873
Horace M. Hale 1873-1876
State Superintendents of Public Instruction
Joseph C. Shattuck 1877-1880
L. S. Cornell 1881-1882
Joseph C. Shattuck 1883-1884
L. S. Cornell 1885-1888
Fred Diek 1889-1890
Nathan B. Coy 1891-1892
J. F. Murray 1893-1894
A. J. Peavey 1895-1896
Grace Espey Patton 1897-1898
Helen L. Grenfell 1899-1904
Katherine L. Craig 1905-1908
Katherine M. Cook 1909-1910
Helen Marsh Wixson 1911-1912
Mary C. C. Bradford 1913-1920
Katherine L. Craig 1921-1922
Mary C. C. Bradford 1923-1926
Katherine L. Craig 1927-1930
Inez Johnson Lewis 1931-1946
Nettie S. Freed 1947-1948
State Commissioners of Education
Nettie S. Freed 1949-1951
J. Burton Vasche 1951-1952
Burtis E. Taylor (Interim) 1952-1953
H. Grant Vest 1953-1959
John H. Swenson (Interim) 1959-1960
Byron W. Hansford 1960-1971
E. Dean Coon (Interim) 1971
Donald D. Woodington 1971-1973
Calvin M. Frazier 1973-1987
William T. Randall 1988-1997
Richard A. Laughlin (Interim)1997
William J. Moloney 1997 –
