The 1892 North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction election was held on November 8, 1892, to elect the North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction. Republican incumbent John Ogden did not run for re-election. Democratic-Independent nominee and schoolteacher Laura J. Eisenhuth won the election, defeating Republican LaMoure County Superintendent of Schools Joseph M. Devine by four percentage points and becoming the first woman to be elected to a statewide position in the United States.

General election Candidates Laura J. Eisenhuth, schoolteacher and 1890 Democratic nominee for North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction (Democratic) Joseph M. Devine, LaMoure County Superintendent of Schools (Republican) Results

| style="background-color: #66ccff; width: 5px;" | | Democratic-Independent | Laura J. Eisenhuth | style="text-align:right;" | 19,078 | style="text-align:right;" | 52.38%

|- style="background-color:#F6F6F6" | style="background-color: #66ccff; width: 5px;" | | colspan="5" | Democratic-Independent gain from Republican

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