List of Governors of South Dakota

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This is a list of Governors of South Dakota

List of South Dakota Governors

Number of Governors of South Dakota by party affiliation
Party	Governors
Republican	26
Democratic	5
Populist	1

#	Name	Term	Party	Life	City elected from	Notes
1	Arthur C. Mellette	March 22, 1889 January 3, 1893	Republican	18421896	Watertown	^[1]
2	Charles H. Sheldon	January 3, 1893 January 1, 1897	Republican	18401898	Pierpont
3	Andrew E. Lee	January 1, 1897 January 8, 1901	Populist	18471934	Vermillion
4	Charles N. Herreid	January 8, 1901 January 3, 1905	Republican	18571928	Eureka
5	Samuel H. Elrod	January 3, 1905 January 8, 1907	Republican	18561935	Clark
6	Coe I. Crawford	January 8, 1907 January 5, 1909	Republican	18581944	Huron
7	Robert S. Vessey	January 5, 1909 January 7, 1913	Republican	18581929	Wessington Springs
8	Frank M. Byrne	January 7, 1913 January 2, 1917	Republican	18581927	Faulkton	^[2]
9	Peter Norbeck	January 2, 1917 January 4, 1921	Republican	18701936	Redfield
10	William H. McMaster	January 4, 1921 January 6, 1925	Republican	18771968	Yankton
11	Carl Gunderson	January 6, 1925 January 4, 1927	Republican	18641933	Mitchell
12	William J. Bulow	January 4, 1927 January 6, 1931	Democratic	18691960	Beresford
13	Warren Green	January 6, 1931 January 3, 1933	Republican	18701945	Hazel
14	Tom Berry	January 3, 1933 January 5, 1937	Democratic	18791951	Belvidere
15	Leslie Jensen	January 5, 1937 January 3, 1939	Republican	18921964	Hot Springs
16	Harlan J. Bushfield	January 3, 1939 January 5, 1943	Republican	18821948	Miller
17	Merrill Q. Sharpe	January 5, 1943 January 7, 1947	Republican	18831962	Kennebec
18	George T. Mickelson	January 7, 1947 January 2, 1951	Republican	19031965	Selby
19	Sigurd Anderson	January 2, 1951 January 4, 1955	Republican	19041990	Webster
20	Joe Foss	January 4, 1955 January 6, 1959	Republican	19152003	Sioux Falls
21	Ralph Herseth	January 6, 1959 January 3, 1961	Democratic	19091969	Houghton
22	Archie M. Gubbrud	January 3, 1961 January 5, 1965	Republican	19101987	Alcester
23	Nils Boe	January 5, 1965 January 7, 1969	Republican	19131992	Sioux Falls
24	Frank Farrar	January 7, 1969 January 5, 1971	Republican	1929	Britton
25	Richard F. Kneip	January 5, 1971 July 24, 1978	Democratic	19331987	Salem	^[3]
26	Harvey L. Wollman	July 24, 1978 January 1, 1979	Democratic	1935	Hitchcock
27	William J. Janklow	January 1, 1979 January 6, 1987	Republican	19392012	Flandreau
28	George S. Mickelson	January 6, 1987 April 19, 1993	Republican	19411993	Brookings	^[4]
29	Walter Dale Miller	April 19, 1993 January 7, 1995	Republican	1925	New Underwood
30	William J. Janklow	January 7, 1995 January 7, 2003	Republican	19392012	Brandon
31	M. Michael Rounds	January 7, 2003 January 8, 2011	Republican	1954	Pierre
32	Dennis Daugaard	January 8, 2011 present (Incumbent)	Republican	1953	Garretson

Other high offices held

This is a table of congressional seats, other federal offices, and other governorships held by governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented South Dakota except where noted. * denotes those offices which the governor resigned to take.

Name	Gubernatorial term	U.S. Congress		Other offices held
Name	Gubernatorial term	House	Senate	Other offices held
Coe I. Crawford	19071909		S
Peter Norbeck	19171921		S
William H. McMaster	19211925		S
William J. Bulow	19271931		S
Harlan J. Bushfield	19391943		S
Richard F. Kneip	19711978			United States Ambassador to Singapore*
Bill Janklow	19791987; 19952003	H

Living former governors

As of 21 November 2012^[update], four former governors were alive, the oldest being Walter Dale Miller (19931995, born 1925). The most recent governor to die was Bill Janklow (19791987, 19952003), on January 12, 2012. The most recent governor to die in office was George S. Mickelson, who was killed in a plane crash on April 19, 1993.

Name	Gubernatorial term	Date of birth
Frank Farrar	19691971	(1929-04-02) April 2, 1929 (age 85)
Harvey L. Wollman	19781979	(1935-05-14) May 14, 1935 (age 79)
Walter Dale Miller	19931995	(1925-10-05) October 5, 1925 (age 88)
Mike Rounds	20032011	(1954-10-24) October 24, 1954 (age 59)

Notes

^ Mellette was the final governor of the Dakota Territory prior to his election as the first Governor of South Dakota.
^ Won over James Wallace McCarter
^ Kneip resigned to become Ambassador to Singapore on July 24, 1978; he was succeeded by Harvey L. Wollman.
^ Mickelson was killed in a plane crash on April 19, 1993; he was succeeded by Walter Dale Miller.

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