Edward Searing
10th Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin
In office
January 4, 1874 – January 7, 1878
Preceded bySamuel Fallows
Succeeded byWilliam Clarke Whitford
Personal details
Born(1835-07-14)July 14, 1835
DiedOctober 22, 1898(1898-10-22) (aged 63)
PartyLiberal Republican
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
OccupationEducator

Edward Searing (July 14, 1835 – October 22, 1898) was an American educator.

Born in Aurora, New York, in Cayuga County, New York, Searing received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Michigan in 1861 and 1864, respectively.[1] In 1857,[2] he moved to Wisconsin and taught school. Searing then moved to Milton, Wisconsin, in 1863 and became a professor at Milton College. Searing was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin and served from 1874 to 1878. In 1880. Searing moved to Mankato, Minnesota, and became the first President of the Mankato Normal School now Minnesota State University, Mankato.[3][4] Searing died in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on October 22, 1898, while at a normal school board meeting.[5]

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  1. ^ General Catalogue of Officers and Students, 1837–1890. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan. 1891. p. 33. Retrieved 2025-09-08.
  2. ^ Edward Searing, Wisconsin Historical Society
  3. ^ "Edward Searing, Wisconsin Historical Society". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-11-07.
  4. ^ 'The Class of Sixty-One University of Michigan,' Byron Cutcheon, J. Burnman & Son: 1902, Biographical Sketch of Edward Searing, pg. 145-146
  5. ^ 'Edward Searing Dead,' Milwaukee Journal, October 24, 1898, pg. 1
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