Governors of South Dakota
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A list of governors from the state of South Dakota.[1]
Dakota Territory Governors
Note: Dakota Territory included both present-day North and South Dakota.
| Name | Years |
|---|---|
| William Jayne | 1861-1863 |
| Newton Edmunds | 1863-1866 |
| Andrew Jackson Faulk | 1866-1869 |
| John A. Burbank | 1869-1873 |
| John L. Pennington | 1874-1878 |
| William A. Howard | 1878-1880 |
| Nehemiah G. Ordway | 1880-1884 |
| Gilbert A. Pierce | 1884-1886 |
| Louis K. Church | 1887-1889 |
| Arthur C. Mellette | 1889 |
Governors of the State of South Dakota
| Name | Party | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Arthur Calvin Mellette | Republican | 1889-1893 |
| Charles Henry Sheldon | Republican | 1893-1897 |
| Andrew Ericson Lee | Populist Democrat | 1897-1901 |
| Charles Nelson Herreid | Republican | 1901-1905 |
| Samuel Harrison Elrod | Republican | 1905-1907 |
| Coe Isaac Crawford | Republican | 1907-1909 |
| Robert Scadden Vessey | Republican | 1909-1913 |
| Frank Michael Byrne | Republican | 1913-1917 |
| Peter Norbeck | Republican | 1917-1921 |
| William Henry McMaster | Republican | 1921-1925 |
| Carl Gunderson | Republican | 1925-1927 |
| William John Bulow | Democrat | 1927-1931 |
| Warren Everett Green | Republican | 1931-1933 |
| Thomas Matthew Berry | Democrat | 1933-1937 |
| Leslie Jensen | Republican | 1937-1939 |
| Harlan John Bushfield | Republican | 1939-1943 |
| Merrill Quentin Sharpe | Republican | 1943-1947 |
| George Theodore Mickelson | Republican | 1947-1951 |
| Sigurd Anderson | Republican | 1951-1955 |
| Joseph Jacob Foss | Republican | 1955-1959 |
| Ralph E. Herseth | Democrat | 1959-1961 |
| Archie M. Gubbrud | Republican | 1961-1965 |
| Nils Andreas Boe | Republican | 1965-1969 |
| Frank Leroy Farrar | Republican | 1969-1971 |
| Richard Francis Kneip | Democrat | 1971-1978 |
| Harvey L. Wollman | Democrat | 1978-1979 |
| William John Janklow | Republican | 1979–1987, 1995-2003 |
| George Speaker Mickelson | Republican | 1987-1993 |
| Walter Dale Miller | Republican | 1993-1995 |
| M. Michael Rounds[2] | Republican | 2003-2011 |
| Dennis Daugaard | Republican | 2011–2019 |
| Kristi Noem | Republican | 2019-present |
Further reading
- Oyos, Lynwood E., ed. Over a Century of Leadership: South Dakota Territorial and State Governors. Sioux Falls, S.D.: Augustana College, Center for Western Studies, 1987. 224 pp.
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