List Of Governors Of South Dakota: Wiki list article
The Governor of South Dakota is the chief executive of the U.S.
state">U.S. state of South Dakota. The current Governor is Republican Kristi Noem, serving since 2019.
Governors of South Dakota
- Political party
Republican (27) Populist (1) Democratic (5)
| # | Governor (birth and death) | Took office | Left office | Party | City elected from | Lieutenant Governor | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Arthur C. Mellette (1842–1896) | March 22, 1889 | January 3, 1893 | Republican | Watertown | James H. Fletcher George H. Hoffman | |||
| 2 |  | Charles H. Sheldon (1840–1898) | January 3, 1893 | January 1, 1897 | Republican | Pierpont | Charles N. Herreid | |||
| 3 |  | Andrew E. Lee (1847–1934) | January 1, 1897 | January 8, 1901 | Populist | Vermillion | Daniel T. Hindman John T. Kean | |||
| 4 |  | Charles N. Herreid (1857–1928) | January 8, 1901 | January 3, 1905 | Republican | Eureka | George W. Snow | |||
| 5 |  | Samuel H. Elrod (1856–1935) | January 3, 1905 | January 8, 1907 | Republican | Clark | John E. McDougall | |||
| 6 |  | Coe I. Crawford (1858–1944) | January 8, 1907 | January 5, 1909 | Republican | Huron | Howard C. Shober | |||
| 7 |  | Robert S. Vessey (1858–1929) | January 5, 1909 | January 7, 1913 | Republican | Wessington Springs | Howard C. Shober Frank M. Byrne | |||
| 8 |  | Frank M. Byrne (1858–1927) | January 7, 1913 | January 2, 1917 | Republican | Faulkton | Edward Lincoln Abel Peter Norbeck | |||
| 9 |  | Peter Norbeck (1870–1936) | January 2, 1917 | January 4, 1921 | Republican | Redfield | William H. McMaster | |||
| 10 |  | William H. McMaster (1877–1968) | January 4, 1921 | January 6, 1925 | Republican | Yankton | Carl Gunderson | |||
| 11 |  | Carl Gunderson (1864–1933) | January 6, 1925 | January 4, 1927 | Republican | Mitchell | Alva Clark Forney | |||
| 12 |  | William J. Bulow (1869–1960) | January 4, 1927 | January 6, 1931 | Democratic | Beresford | Hyatt E. Covey (Republican) Clarence E. Coyne (Republican) John T. Grigsby (Democratic) | |||
| 13 |  | Warren Green (1869–1945) | January 6, 1931 | January 3, 1933 | Republican | Hazel | Odell K. Whitney | |||
| 14 |  | Tom Berry (1879–1951) | January 3, 1933 | January 5, 1937 | Democratic | Belvidere | Hans Ustrud Robert Peterson | |||
| 15 |  | Leslie Jensen (1892–1964) | January 5, 1937 | January 3, 1939 | Republican | Hot Springs | Donald McMurchie | |||
| 16 |  | Harlan J. Bushfield (1882–1948) | January 3, 1939 | January 5, 1943 | Republican | Miller | Donald McMurchie A. C. Miller | |||
| 17 |  | Merrell Q. Sharpe (1888–1962) | January 5, 1943 | January 7, 1947 | Republican | Kennebec | A. C. Miller Sioux K. Grigsby | |||
| 18 |  | George T. Mickelson (1903–1965) | January 7, 1947 | January 2, 1951 | Republican | Selby | Sioux K. Grigsby Rex A. Terry | |||
| 19 |  | Sigurd Anderson (1904–1990) | January 2, 1951 | January 4, 1955 | Republican | Webster | Rex A. Terry | |||
| 20 |  | Joe Foss (1915–2003) | January 4, 1955 | January 6, 1959 | Republican | Sioux Falls | L. Roy Houck | |||
| 21 |  | Ralph Herseth (1909–1969) | January 6, 1959 | January 3, 1961 | Democratic | Houghton | John F. Lindley | |||
| 22 |  | Archie M. Gubbrud (1910–1987) | January 3, 1961 | January 5, 1965 | Republican | Alcester | Joseph H. Bottum Nils Boe | |||
| 23 |  | Nils Boe (1913–1992) | January 5, 1965 | January 7, 1969 | Republican | Sioux Falls | Lem Overpeck | |||
| 24 |  | Frank Farrar (1929-2021) | January 7, 1969 | January 5, 1971 | Republican | Britton | James Abdnor | |||
| 25 |  | Dick Kneip (1933–1987) | January 5, 1971 | July 24, 1978 | Democratic | Salem | William Dougherty Harvey L. Wollman | |||
| 26 |  | Harvey L. Wollman (b. 1935) | July 24, 1978 | January 1, 1979 | Democratic | Hitchcock | Vacant | |||
| 27 | .jpg) | Bill Janklow (1939–2012) | January 1, 1979 | January 6, 1987 | Republican | Flandreau | Lowell C. Hansen II | |||
| 28 |  | George S. Mickelson (1941–1993) | January 6, 1987 | April 19, 1993 | Republican | Brookings | Walter Dale Miller | |||
| 29 |  | Walter Dale Miller (1925–2015) | April 19, 1993 | January 7, 1995 | Republican | New Underwood | Steve T. Kirby | |||
| 30 | | Bill Janklow (1939–2012) | January 7, 1995 | January 7, 2003 | Republican | Brandon | Carole Hillard | |||
| 31 |  | Mike Rounds (b. 1954) | January 7, 2003 | January 8, 2011 | Republican | Pierre | Dennis Daugaard | |||
| 32 |  | Dennis Daugaard (b. 1953) | January 8, 2011 | January 5, 2019 | Republican | Garretson | Matt Michels | |||
| 33 |  | Kristi Noem (b. 1971) | January 5, 2019 | Incumbent | Republican | Castlewood | Larry Rhoden | |||
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